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MP3 playback? Check. Two cameras? Check. Built-in mobile Buddhist altar? Che… Wait, WTF?!

You read correctly. The Odin 99 has landed on the streets of China, and a single tap of the phone’s dedicated lotus-leaf button will load a private, customizable, animated altar.

The …

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Nokia was forced to apologize to users Tuesday after the launch of its Ovi Store did not go as planned.

According to the statement posted on the company’s Ovi Blog, the Store suffered from performance issues due to a large spike in traffic. “We apologize for any inconvenience this …

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Welcome to the 411, my new Q&A column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I receive plenty of questions about these subjects via e-mail, so I figured many of you might have the same questions, too. At times, I might solicit answers from readers if I’m stumped. Send your questions […]

Samsung Jitterbug Dial is affected by a recall.
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Samsung has just issued a recall for all Jitterbug phones sold after March 1, 2008. The Jitterbug phones, as you might recall, are simple clamshells designed for seniors, mostly for emergency purposes. Apparently some of these affected phones can …

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The sneaky Pantech Aladdin is hiding a slide-down keyboard.
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Pantech seems to have a thing for slider phones, if the Matrix, Matrix Pro, and the Helio Ocean 2 are any indication. The latest Pantech Aladdin continues that trend with a candy-bar form …

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Nokia Mako
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If you weren’t overwhelmed enough with all the upcoming smartphones slated to come out this summer, this will surely blow your mind. Over the Memorial Day weekend, Engadget Mobile hit the jackpot and got its hands on what appears to be a slide deck …

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Text away with the Samsung Gloss.
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Square phones like the LG Lotus may look rather peculiar, but it appears the trend is beginning to catch on. On Tuesday, Samsung launched its own square phone, the Gloss for U.S. Cellular.

Like the Lotus, the Gloss (aka the SCH-U440) …

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Sunbathers in Japan will have another beach- or pool-friendly keitai (phone) to carry around this summer. Simply known as the Solar Phone SH002, a 10-minute exposure to direct sunlight will yield one minute of talktime or two hours of standby.

Of course, the mileage you get is dependent …

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Nokia on Tuesday officially launched the Ovi Store. This is the Finnish company’s answer to services like the App Store for the iPhone and the Android Market for Android smartphones. The Ovi Store allows developers to list their programs in an online catalog so users can easily download or …
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I’m not a big fan of anything subterranean, but every time I’m in NYC, for practical reasons, I take the subway.

This time around, it was also because I wanted to find out if the City Transit NYC Subway Guide iPhone app was worth $2.99. I ended up catching something else which, by itself, totally […]

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Engadget Mobile got its hands on some AT&T internal documents, and one of them shows a new HTC Android device called the Lancaster. Like the HTC Dream, this model comes with a slide-out keyboard, though the front looks similar to the design of the newer HTC Magic.
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LG Glance with gold trim
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Despite the buzz behind the LG enV3 and the enV Touch, LG will also release a lesser known model for Verizon this summer, called the LG Glance, according to Phone Arena. It’s a basic 1.3-megapixel camera phone in a candybar …

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