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, Nokia, MiscA review into Siemens’s compliance with an investigation into corruption has postponed the company’s equipment merger with Nokia. A merger of network infrastructure at the two companies may now be put back several months as investigators determine the validity of bribery charges levied at Siemens, and the effects of the arrest of the former head of Siemens’s equipment group come to light. As recently as November, the two companies had stated that they expected to become Nokia Siemens Networks — which was estimated would produce $20 billion a year in revenue — by January 2007. The companies now expect the merger to be complete by sometime in the first financial quarter of next year, although that depends on how well, or badly, the investigation progresses. As long as the two companies keep on cranking out the phones, then we’ll remain obliviously happy, but if the investigation turns up s’more dirt, we’ll be sure to shovel it through the nearest web browser window.

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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD Step behind the curtain at Ford Motor. Experience the documentary first-hand.

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, Sony Ericsson, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS

The gig’s up, Sony Ericsson; everyone’s scooped this thing, and you’ve no option but to come clean at this point. While there’s still no telling when exactly the W880i “Ai” is gonna go official, we’ve seen it from pretty much every conceivable angle now, and Russian site MobileLife has published some possible specs brought over from Esato. We could be looking at tri-band GSM plus UMTS (presumably on the 2100MHz band only), a QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, and Memory Stick Micro slot — all of which are believable enough, though we think it’s genuinely inexcusable at this point for a halo model from any major manufacturer like this to come equipped without quadband GSM, if not tri-band UMTS. That’s alright, folks, we don’t want your love anyway… we’re not sold on the Ai’s styling quite yet. Maybe the next batch of spy shots’ll clear it up for us?

[Thanks, Jabar]

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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD Step behind the curtain at Ford Motor. Experience the documentary first-hand.

Source: www.engadgetmobile.com

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, LG, GSM, GPRSCheck it Apple, LG just went official with their iPhone look-a-like LG KE850 Prada phone which they proudly tout as the world’s “first completely touch screen mobile phone.” Er, unless you consider the ones from Motorola, HTC, and others. Still, this is more than likely a dig at the iPhone which they can rightly make since the KE850 will hit select mobile shops and PRADA stores in the UK, France, Germany and Italy at the end of February and parts of Asia before March is through. Sadly, the KE850 is a non starter for the US market since this version is limited to tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 with EDGE data. It’s smaller than its fruity peer at just 98.8 x 54 x 12-mm resulting in a more compact, 3.0-inch display presumably with that 240 x 400 resolution we heard about earlier. In case you’re keeping track (and we know you are), the iPhone goes quad-band GSM with EDGE and WiFi in a 115 x 61 x 11.6-mm shell sporting a 3.5-inch, 320 x 480 display. Also, the KE850 seems to lack any significant on-board storage opting instead for microSD to boost capacity. Like the iPhone, it packs a 2 megapixel camera (with Schneider-Kreuznach lens and LED flash) and Bluetooth 2.0. However, there’s no mention of multi-touch capabilities, an on-screen keyboard, or the accelerometer and proximity sensors found on the iPhone. The KE850 PRADA’s UI is Macromedia Flash-based and opts for a minimalist, white-on-black display as opposed to the more, shall we say, OS Xish GUI we’ve already seen floated. Feature-wise, the KE850 comes with a video player supporting MPEG-4, H.264, and oddly, H.263 normally used for video conferencing; a document viewer supporting Microsoft’s PPT, DOC, XLS formats, PDF and TXT; an audio player with support for MP3/ACC/ACC+/WMA/RA formats; and a “music multitasking function for messaging,” whatever that is. How much? €600/$778… that’s how much. Still, a compelling choice for those who can’t wait for the iPhone’s Q4 European introduction or 2008 Asia launch. Click-on for more pics.

[Via AVING]

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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD Step behind the curtain at Ford Motor. Experience the documentary first-hand.

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