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June 30th, 2008

Another beibei spy shot

The Sony Ericsson BeiBei has been claimed dead a few days ago - nevertheless, new spy shots are leaked on an almost daily basis.

The latest leak involves the infamous HowardForums - a user posted the following shot of two newly-acquired BeiBei devices:

As of now, it’s really difficult to decide whether these devices will ship or not. The hardware seems to be ready to go - the question is SE’s willingness to risk a deployment…

June 30th, 2008

Spy shots of an all-black Nokia N76

So far, Nokia’s N76 has been critically acclaimed for its horrible product quality - the paint job chips off literally days after unpacking the phone. Nokia nevertheless seems to believe in the product - JAMPB managed to gather up a gallery of shots showing an all-black version of the flip phone.

Here are a few - visit JAMPB for the full gallery:

P.S. In case anyone of you wonders: yes - a “black” version of the N76 has been released a few months ago. However, it isn’t all black, but has a few silver elements on the front…

June 30th, 2008

OPera 9.,5. for Windows Mobile announced - where is the S60 version?

So far, Opera for S60 has been an excellent browser - I really enjoyed using it on my Nokia N71.

However, the Opera team recently fired up a blog post announcing a beta of Opera 9.5 for Windows Mobile (available on July the 15th) - Symbian was not mentioned anywhere.

We have sent an inquiry to Opera yesterday - and while the company usually responds very fast, the silence that followed can be considered a very bad sign…

Do you think that Opera 9.5 will ever hit S60 and/or UIQ?

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