The Buzz on new Cell Phones

A few weeks ago we heard rumors that the Motorola Shadow could earn the distinction of Nexus Two. Today Motorola confirmed that they are working with Google on a new phone to be sold directly to consumers.

There’s no telling if the Droidesque Shadow is the device in question, or if Motorola’s will even be Google’s next flagship device, but during an earnings call today Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha confirmed that the company is working on a “direct to consumer device with Google.”

Jha didn’t offer any details on the forthcoming phone, but his statement serves as confirmation of two things: Google’s Nexus One wasn’t a one-off experiment and Motorola is involved in one of its successors.

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With the announcement that the iPad would continue Apple’s often-rocky relationship with AT&T to serve up wide-area data, we wanted to know: exactly what does an iPad cost you over the course of a couple years? Granted, the iPad doesn’t support voice calling — nor does it require a contract, unlike the iPhone — but for anyone who uses an iPhone primarily for browsing and gaming, this could make for a serviceable alternative that saves money over the long term. Follow the break for the full rundown.

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The 32GB Nokia X6 just got a complementary 16GB counterpart. It lacks the awkwardly named “Comes With Music” feature of its big brother, but keeps the 3.2-inch capacitive screen and is compatible with (newly free) Ovi maps navigation.

Other specs? Why, of course! The 16GB X6 has pretty sick battery life, with 18 hours of standby and 35 hours of music playback. It’s also got a 5-megapixel camera that also shoots video, TV-out, and comes pre-loaded with games from EA and Gameloft.

No word on pricing yet, unfortunately, which is really the thing that’ll determine whether it’s worth a closer look. With a release in just a few months, expect more details to emerge soon along those lines.

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How long does it take for a smartphone to go from two hundred bucks on contract all the way down to a big, fat goose egg? If you’re Bell — and the phone is the Palm Pre — the answer is right around five months, apparently. Following its August release and a couple of mid-course pricing corrections, Bell’s now making Palm’s first webOS-based device available for free just as long as you’re willing to commit to three years at a minimum spend of CAD $50 (about $47) a month. The move likely comes on the announcement of the Pre Plus, perhaps as a preemptive strike against any of its competitors planning on carrying it — and if we were Sprint right now, we’d be paying very, very close attention to these guys.

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T-Mobile U.S. may have the Nexus One but T-Mobile UK is reportedly getting the HTC Bravo, a multi-touch packing, optical trackpad-toting variant of the Nexus One. Similar to the Nexus One, the Bravo will feature a 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, Wi-Fi, GPS, HSDPA and 5 megapixel camera. It is expected to launch with T-Mobile UK in mid-March and will be free with a two-year tariff of €35 ($49USD) or more per month. No double termination fees apply.

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We get the impression that Sony Ericsson didn’t intend for this release to go out quite yet, but for what it’s worth, we’ve now got official word that the rumored Kurara is the real deal — and it’ll be known as “Vivaz.” Yes, Vivaz. Okay, now that you’ve had a moment to recover, let’s take a look at the specs: S60 5th Edition (we’re surprised they don’t refer to it as a Symbian build in the release, but whatevs), 8.1 megapixel autofocus cam with image stabilization, face detection, and 720p video capture, FM radio, AGPS, WiFi, TV-out at VGA resolution, and a 3.2-inch WVGA (or 640 x 360… the PR lists both) display. It’ll be available in four colors — Moon Silver, Cosmic Black, Galaxy Blue, and Venus Ruby — when it launches this quarter in both North American and global 3G variants with quadband EDGE. If you can get over the name, you love Symbian, and the Satio isn’t for you, this might be your new objet d’envy for the first few months of the year. Follow the break for a hip-looking Sony Ericsson dude showing off the goods.

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Either Apple isn’t operating on the Gregorian calender, or these updates are just straight-up late. Either way, we’re pretty stoked to see the suits in Cupertino finally wise up and allow Microsoft’s best OS ever to work on its machines, as it has today issued new Boot Camp software (v3.1) for both 32-bit and 64-bit users of Windows 7. The updates add native support for Win7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate, and in case that wasn’t enough, they also fix “issues” with the Apple trackpad and add support for Apple’s wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse. You’ll also find model-specific drivers floating around to add even more support, and the Boot Camp Utility for Windows 7 Upgrade is said to “safely unmount the read-only Macintosh volume on Windows Vista” when upgrading from Vista to Windows 7. Hit those links below for all the bits and bytes that you’ve been so desperately waiting for.

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It seems that folks over in Sweden might be able to get their hands on the HTC Bravo as early as March. Swedish carrier, 3, has already revealed its plans to offer the device, which also indicates that other European markets will be getting the device soon too. In case you aren’t familiar with the HTC Bravo, it’s an almost identical device to Google’s Nexus One, which shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, considering that both devices are made by HTC. While there isn’t any official pricing for the device just yet, it’s speculated that it should be priced similar to Google’s Nexus One, which is $530 unsubsidized. Specifications of the HTC Bravo include:

• 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display
• 854 x 480 resolution
• 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU
• GPS
• Wi-Fi
• HSPA network access
• 5-megapixel camera
• Possibly Android 2.1

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So, it appears that the XPERIA X2 has been re-badged as the XPERIA X2a for North America, though less newsworthy is the fact that it’s still “coming soon”. Considering that Sony Ericsson had originally planned to release the X2 in Q4, then seemed pretty sure of itself that it would be ready for the first week of January, only to break that promise, we’re starting to wonder if the X2 is ever going to show at all. Yes, folks, at this point in time, the X2 seems destined to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor: delay after delay until the competition blows it away.

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The BlackBerry 8910 officially broke upon the scene yesterday when it was uncovered amongst the handsets that had recently received Bluetooth SIG certification. Details on the phone were sparse but a few hours later a spy shot of this unknown handset was leaked to the intertubes. The BlackBerry 8910 bears a striking resemblance to the previously leaked BlackBerry Atlas, a variant of the BlackBerry 8900 with EDGE-only connectivity, 8900-style keypad, 256MB of RAM, 624MHz processor, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, 3.2 megapixel camera and an optical trackpad. The Atlas/8910 is expected to launch in Asian and European markets at yet-to-be-determined date.

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