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Sprint has announced it will start selling the Palm Pixi on November 15. The phone will be available online, via telesales, Sprint retail stores and Best Buy, RadioShack and select Wal-mart stores for $100 after $100 mail-in rebate with a new 2-year contract.

The Palm Pixi is the second WebOS based handset, and features a multi-touch screen, QWERTY keyboard for messaging, and a new Facebook application that better manages status updates and news feeds.

Owners of the Nokia N97 can now download and update their handset's firmware to v2.0. The update is now available for free download all over the world. Sorry, 5800 users, the luck was not on your side.

Nokia has announced the first TD-SCDMA-based cell phone for the Chinese market. The new 6788 will be available to China Mobile's 500 million customer base in the end of December, and will have the following specifications:

• 2.8" QVGA display;
• 5Mpix camera with Carl Zeiss lens and dual-LED flash;
• 4GB of memory;
• microSD expansion;
• GPS;
• 3.

Sprint Nextel has launced its WiMax wireless broadband network in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Unlimited 4G/3G data plans are now available at $70 per month.

Oh, how I love such videos:

A while after the European release, TomTom started selling its iPhone car kit in the U.S. The kit now is available trough Apple store and online for $119.95. Note that it's only compatible with iPhone 3G and 3GS.

According to se-blog.com, the possible announcement day for the Android-powered Sony-Ericsson XPERIA X3 (Rachael) is November 3rd. They found some evidence while digging into the “What’s Next?” event page's HTML source - the name Rachael was mentioned a couple of times. Let's wait and see, shall we?

 

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HTC has confirmed that they are working on several Android 2.0 based handsets, that should be available in the near future. It's nice to hear, since it would be weird if the only manufacturer to take advantage on the new OS would be Motorola with its Droid.

Telus has announced the release date for it's iPhone 3G - November 5th - which is the same day the carrier's HSPA+ network begins its operation. Prices for the handset aren't attractve, as we hoped them to be:

$99.99 on a three-year contract for the 8GB iPhone 3G;
$199.99 on a three-year contract for the 16GB iPhone 3GS;
$299.99 on a three-year contract for the 32GB iPhone 3GS

The company has also confirmed the upcoming releases of some hicg end phones, among which are the HTC Hero and LG New Chocolate (a.

The latest version of Android SDK now supports Android 2.0. Here's a comprehensive list of changes included in the build:

• Support for multiple Google and Exchange accounts;
• Third-party "sync adapters" allow apps to tie in to the phone's sync services;
• Quick contact menus for fast access to specific key pieces of contact information;
• Unified email inbox (yes!);
• SMS and MMS search;
• Text message auto-delete after a user-defined thread size is reached;
• Significantly improved camera controls with white balance, macro, effects, and more;
• Improved keyboard layout, dictionary, and algorithm based on multi-touch support;
• Double-tap zoom in browser, support for HTML5;
• Bluetooth 2.