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Been holding out getting a new smartphone while waiting for a Windows Phone 7 handset to come out?  Well, your wait just got shorter.  Microsoft has rolled out the release to manufacturing (RTM) version of their latest mobile effort, bringing the new OS all that much closer to hitting store shelves.
While it will still take a bit of time to integrate with their partners’ hardware, software and mobile networks, there’s still a solid four months before the end of the year.  That means, there’s a good likelihood that a Windows Phone 7 device will come to market right in time for the year-end holidays.
According to Microsoft, the OS has been their “most thoroughly tested mobile platform” to date. Based on early impressions, it easily sounds like it could be the ace up their sleeve too, sending them right back into contention in the now-crowded smartphone space.
From what we remember, the [...]

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We’re not sure how rugged a slim and sleek smartphone can be, but Motorola claims their latest device “has been designed to handle everything that life throws your way.”  Called the Motorola Defy, it’s a semi-rugged Android phone with a specs list you typically don’t see in handsets marketed for their durability.
While the pleasant 59 x 107 x 13.4 mm frame isn’t  rugged enough to survive hard drops onto concrete, it claims dust-proof and water-resistant qualities.  The screen is scratch-proof, as well, so typical clumsy handling (read: your regular use) should leave it unscathed.
Details of the Defy include a 3.7-inch touchscreen (480 x 800 resolution), a 5.0 megapixel camera module with LED flash, aGPS, 3G (7.2Mbps HSDPA), WiFi, stereo Bluetooth, 3.5mm audio jack, DLNA support, microSD card expansion (up to 32GB) and a 1540 mAh battery (rated at over 6.5 hours of talk time).  It comes with Motorola’s CrystalTalk Plus, [...]

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Sony Ericsson announced its first TD-SCDMA smartphone, specifically directed at the Chinese market.  Called the Sony Ericsson A8i, the handset will be running China Mobile’s Open Mobile System 2.0, a proprietary platform based on Android.
A quick look at the handset reveals a design aesthetic that’s similar to what the company has done with both the Xperia X10 and X8.  It sports 117 x 59 x 14 mm dimensions and weighs 136 grams.
Details of the Sony Ericsson A8i include a 3.5-inch touchscreen display (854 x 480 resolution), a 5.0 megapixel camera, aGPS, 3G, WiFi, stereo Bluetooth, a 3.5mm jack, microSD card expansion (up to 32GB).  Battery is rated at 5 hours of talk time, with 260 hours of standby.
We haven’t played with OMS 2.0 first hand, so we’re not sure what it’s all about.  From the sound of it, though, it inherits most of Android’s messaging and overall smartphone capabilities, sans [...]

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