At the SyScan conference in Singapore Mr Miller disclosed that another hole was about to emerge and that this would allow attackers to run a software code on the phone that which is sent by SMS over a mobile operators network in order to monitor the location of the phone using GPS, you can even turn on the phones microphone to listen in on conversations, or force the phone to join a distributed denial of service attack or a botnet.

The vulnerability in detail is expected in to be disclosed in full at the Black Hat conference, but Apple are confident they will have the matter all patched up by the end of the month.

Source - engadgetmobile.com

Wirefly, who it appears sells lots of devices for Verizon, have put the BlackBerry Tour up for pre order, new customers get the price of $179.99 which indecently is a saving of $20 from Verizon’s direct price.

However, existing customers are able to upgrade to the Tour for a sum of $199.99. For more information go to crackberry.com

Mobiles being shipped with TV receivers would have also received an increase of 14%, and the cost of a mobile containing GPS would have had its cost price increased by around 3%.

A spokesperson from Nokia (NYSE:NOK) has said “Nokia is very pleased that the commission is taking this view and that the uncertainty surrounding the issue has now been removed”. Swedish Trade Minister Ewa Bjorling said in a recent statement that we are in need of more products and businesses free of tariffs, and that the backing received is a very promising and positive signal.

Questions are still being raised around the fact that a Nokia E71 is $300 on Amazon.com yet in Finland the same model retails for 370 Euro or $518.63, so where do you live? if you live in the EU what would the cost of a Nokia E71 cost you?

Source - intomobile.com

So that leads us to no surprise that there has been a Hero approved for WCDMA on bands II and V gracing FCC today. Indecently the bands are 1900 and 850MHz, respectively which is the exact combo AT&T subscribers would need to flip the switch to on high speed data.

There are also rumours that the Hero would be shortly coming to Sprint, but if we can wait until this version is released then maybe all we need to wait for is a little more clarity.For more information please visit engadgetmobile.com

The Pantech C570 is a fairly basic GSM handset with FM radio with RDS along with dedicated music controls, a remote with music controls, a 3.5mm jack and microSD expansion up to 8GB.

And that’s about all there is on the Pantech C570, no word on actual availability or what pricing the C570 will command, but we expect it shouldn’t cost too much.

Word has it that LG’s president for mobile business, Ahn Seung-kwon, during an interview with the Yonhap News Agency has said LG plans on becoming the number 2 mobile phone manufacturer in the world by 2012.

This then mean that LG is planning to overtake rival Samsung within the next tree years to grab that number 2 slot behind number 1 Nokia.

On the 1st of July, TerreStar-1 was launched by Arianespace from Kourou, French Guiana, and the CTO of TerreStar, Dennis Matheson, says… “With the successful launch of TerreStar-1, we are redefining the mobile communications landscape.”

This sits well with the previous new that TerreStar is partnering AT&T to offer their service later on in the year, although what it will mean cost wise is yet to be confirmed.

Apparently the official announcement states the Samsung Omnia II will become available with Windows Mobile 6.1 but will be upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5, which means the Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade will become available no later than September.

Quick spec reminder…3.7 inch OLED WVGA display, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 5.76 HSUPA, WiFi, 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus and D1 video recording, 16GB internal storage and expandable up to 32GB via microSD.

According to Samsung, the Samsung SCH-W760’s infrared camera is perfect for video conferencing in the dark. Now I’m not too sure why anyone would want to make a video conference in the dark but there you go.

Spec wise the Samsung SCH-W760 is a 3G slider with that 3 megapixel night vision camera, 2.8 inch AMOLED display at 240 x 400 resolution, and will be available first in Korea, and Samsung hasn’t said whether the mobile phone will be going elsewhere.

The Acer X960 sports a 2.8 resistive touch screen at 65,000 VGA colours resolution, Windows Mobile 6.1, HSDPA, ambient light sensor, home key, GPS button, circular D-pad, 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, and microSD slot.

The Acer X960 measures 106 x 59 x 14mm and features the Acer Shell user interface. So make sure you check out that hands-on video and enjoy.

Earlier this month Ovi Maps was updated with more map data via Navteq, performance and bug fixes, and weather forecast information.

Nokia Maps enables users to do a multitude of location based activities such as find their current location, perform local searches, turn-by-turn navigation, and voice guided navigation, and can plan trips on a mobile phone or PC and sync between devices.

The Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 release supports mobile devices on S60 3rd Edition FP1 and 2 and S60 5th Edition.

The word is that iPhone OS 3.1 beta enables the save a copy feature of video clips taken with the iPhone 3GS so portions of said video clip isn’t lost during editing. There is also mention of a video API which allows 3rd party apps to access and edit iPhone videos.

iPhone OS 3.1 beta also enables MMS messaging although it still doesn’t work due to AT&T not adding support for MMS. Bluetooth support for Voice Control is also in iPhone OS 3.1 which enables the user to speak commands and identify the titles and artists of songs. Improved graphic support and vibration when moving icons is also included.

So iPhone developers, what do you think of iPhone OS 3.1 beta?

Informa Telecoms and Media adjusted their forecast downwards by 14% from last year due to the slowdown in global economy.

Informa says mobile handset sales should begin to improve next year, but until then mobile phone owners will probably retain their handset for 6 to 9 months longer than before the economic crisis. Although Informa expect high end device sales to grow faster than affordable feature phones in 2010.

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dvice.com looks at the possible implications of allowing mid-flight mobile phone usage, and says many find someone chatting on a mobile phone in closed proximity such as a restaurant quite annoying, this could be due to that people seem to speak louder when using a mobile phone and would be the same on a plane.

But is allowing mobile phone use on planes a good idea? Does anyone know if they can actually interfere with a plane’s electronics? The advancement of technology is fine, but there was a time when people got along quite well without having to phone anyone during a flight.

It has been suggested that over in the United States Palm and Sprint sold a minimum of 300,000 Palm Pre handsets in its first week, can O2 and Carphone Warehouse do the same?

We know the Palm Pre will be exclusive to O2 and Carphone Warehouse and will be in direct competition with the iPhone 3GS, but either way it looks like O2 will be in a win-win situation carrying these two much sort after smartphones.