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While it hardly comes as much of a surprise after leaks from both Sprint and Verizon, RIM has finally made its long-awaited CDMA-enabled Pearl 8130 (a.k.a. “Pearl 2″) official, with it likely headed to the aforementioned carries sometime between now and Thanksgiving. This one comes with built-in GPS along with A2DP/AVRCP Bluetooth, a 2 megapixel camera (with video recording capability), and a standard 3.5mm audio jack. (http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/01/rim-announces-blackberry-pearl-8130-for-cdma-networks 10/1)
Blackberry Pearl 8130
What’s next for Google? Among other activities, the search giant is busy experimenting with the delivery of geographically localized advertising via mobile phones. Social-networking sites caught Google off-guard, admits ad exec Tim Armstrong. Their traffic is “really incredible.” (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2190338,00.asp 9/28)
Yahoo’s mobile Internet search service will be included on the handsets of about 100 million Telefonica customers in Europe and Latin America. The move will roughly double the reach of Yahoo’s mobile search service as rival Google still dominates in PC Internet search. (http://www.reuters.com/article/smartThinking/idUSN3024930220071001 10/1)
News Corp., CNN and Sony Pictures as early as this week will begin distributing their video content via Nokia’s Video Center on the N95 multimedia phone. A Nokia representative said the company hoped to add the links to other phone models in the future. (The Hollywood Reporter 10/1)
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