Monday's News Bits - August 2009 edition
- Video of Windows Mobile 6.5 build 23022 shows new finger-friendly improvements, specially made for capacitive displays, according to Pocketnow. The additions include a bigger notification bar and the OK and close buttons now moved to the bottom left side. When you double tap on the screen an iPhone-like magnifier will appear. Check out the video below to see the changes with your own eyes. (source: Pocketnow)
- Info on two more LG phones from the GD series has emerged thanks to the Bluetooth SIG site. Both the LG GD310 and GD510 have Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP. According to the site’s info, the GD310 is slated for Asia and the GD510 for Europe but the release dates for both are not available yet. (source:)
- Sony Ericsson has announced the W508 Bob Sinclar Edition. The only difference between this funky, fresh looking edition and the original one is the pattern of the shell and some pictures, themes and music files included in the Sinclar edition.(source: SEMC Blog)
- BlackBerry App World gets another update – 1.1.0.15. OK, there must be some really nasty bugs inside RIM’s online app storefront, because just 10 days ago the manufacturer released an update and now it does it again. Hope this time everything will work fine… (source: BerryReview)
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