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MobileCrunch has a fairly detailed look at the new Android emulator. They go through all the current apps—the phone, the browser, Google Maps—and even crash the OS a few times for good measure. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/19/android-video-walk-through 8/19)

Nokia’s new Carbon Arte phone carries a premium price tag of $1,600, but the advanced smartphone is not housed in your ordinary polymer casting. Nokia has constructed the fingerprint-resistant 8800 from carbon fiber, titanium, polished glass and stainless steel around sophisticated multimedia features, 4GB of memory, OLED display, 3.2-megapixel camera and a “tap-for-time” feature. cellular-news (U.K.) (8/19)

Google, ever eager to make some money off YouTube, is testing display advertisements for the mobile version of the video-sharing service. The test will allow YouTube “to learn how video viewers engage with mobile advertising,” says company exec Christine Tsai. (Iwantmedia 8/19, http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10019346-93.html?hhTest=1 8/18)