HTC to Break One Million HTC Touch Diamond Shipment This Month

HTC CEO Peter Chou has told Digitimes that the company is expected to break their one million Touch Diamond shipment by mid-August. This is about 2 months after HTC start selling the new HTC Touch Diamond. HTC has previously estimated to ship 2-3 millions Touch Diamond in this year.

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Disable Your iPhone Airplane Mode Before iPhone 2.0.1 Upgrade

While quite a number of the iPhone users has got some errors during the iPhone 2.0.1 firmware upgrade, you might want to disable the Airplane mode before you do the upgrading.



If you see the following error, you can disable the Airplane mode when you are on the emergency screen

“Information for activation cannot be obtained from the iPhone”

if you see the the error below, you can click Restore in iTunes to fix it

“iTunes could not update the carrier settings on your iPhone. An unknown error occurred (OxE80000001).”

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Samsung Omnia SGH-i900 Available in White This Week

CNet Asia has some sweet info on the Samsung Omnia SGH-i900 windows mobile smartphone. New Samsung Omnia in white color will be released in Singapore this week. The changes is only applied to back cover though, the front panel still remain the same color and design.



Other than the new color option, new Omnia firmware will be released for Singapore users in August too which includes new widgets add-on and chinese text input in Hanyu Pinyin mode. Currently users are rely on third party software like CE-Star to key in the chinese characters.

It is not sure if the new white color will be offered in other regions, Singapore will be one of the first countries that got it this weekend.

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Obopay and Grameen Solutions Partner to Offer Mobile Banking Services

Obopay and Grameen Solutions announced a partnership and aim to deliver mobile banking services to a billion of the world’s poorest people by 2018. The Grameen-Obopay Bank A Billion Initiative will provide access to affordable financial services.

Through the wireless mobile technology, Grameen-Obopay plan to offer cross-border remittances, money transfer, payments, savings and credit accounts services. Working initially in Mumbai, India and in Bangladesh, The Grameen-Obopay Bank A Billion Initiative will begin delivering services in October, 2008.

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New N-Gage Game Reset Generation Offers Multiplayer Action

Nokia has announced the availability of Reset Generation, a new N-Gage games by Nokia Games Publishing. Players begin by choosing a hero from ten designs by celebrity artists. Players then either conquer the game in 18 single-player story missions or compete with up to four players online.

Players can also enjoy seamless multiplayer action between mobile and PC. On PC, the game is free to play and is available as an embeddable web widget and as downloadable content with N-Gage compatible devices. The mobile version sold through Nokia channels will cost around 10-12 EUR depending on local taxes and can be bought with a credit card or charged to an operator subscription where operator billing is available. Reset Generation is developed by Finland-based RedLynx of Pathway to Glory fame.

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Mophie juice pack 3G Extends Your iPhone 3G Battery Life

mophie gives more power to iPhone 3G fanatics everywhere with the all-new juice pack 3G battery extender. The redesigned case houses a rechargeable lithium polymer battery within an comfort-grip case with a soft-touch, non-slip finish. The added “juice” gives consumers up to an additional 350 hours of standby time, 6 hours of talk time on 3G, 12 hours of talk time on 2G, 6 hours of Internet use on 3G, 8 hours of video playback, or 28 hours of audio playback.

The juice pack also integrates a 4 LED ‘charge status’ indicator letting you know how much juice is left, and connects to your computer via USB passthrough. The mophie juice pack 3G will be available online and in stores this September at an MSRP of $99.95.

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Artificial Life Announces VBotAttack Game for iPhone

Artificial Life will be releasing another title of its own branded V-series mobile game: VBotAttack. Developed exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch, VBotAttack also utilizes the accelerometer, touch-screen, 2D / 3D map landscapes and 2D / 3D vector graphics.

In the VBotAttack iPhone game, players take the form of a VBot and must battle against the evil VBot ruler by eliminating enemy robots, solving physical puzzles and making tools from various physics-based items in order to be reunited with a kidnapped true love. In addition, players can configure other VBots that swarm together in unique ways to pass through numerous traps appearing throughout many complex stages in the game.

The ultimate goal of the VBotAttack game is to overcome the enemies and obstacles, allowing the VBot to reunite with his kidnapped true love in the end.

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