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Filed under: Handsets, Features, Nokia, EV-DO, CDMA

Sure, you might be the biggest Christian Bale fan in the world right at this time, but what about this time next year when The Dark Knight DVDs are already collecting dust on bookshelves around the globe? That was the million-dollar question on our minds when we heard that Verizon was commemorating the launch of its Nokia 6205 and the latest Batman flick with a tied-in version of the low end flip. Turns out it’s all good, though — a look through the custom packaging revealed a grand total of two battery covers, one with the Batman logo and one without, so it should be pretty easy to avoid those embarrassing “what’s with the batphone?” queries in a few months’ time. Otherwise, there’s very little to say about the phone — it truly is a minimalist flip — though we’re definitely excited to see Nokia’s apparently renewed commitment to working not just with CDMA, but with CDMA carriers in North America.

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Filed under: Apple

You hear of this new iPhone 3G thing? Makepretty well, or so we hear. Apple says they sold one million of ‘em this weekend worldwide, compared to the 74 days it took them to hit one million with the last generation. So far the little bugger has invaded 21 countries, with France next on its hit list on July 17. Oh, and that App Store isn’t Maketoo bad for itself either, with 10 million downloads so far to iPhone 3Gs, updated iPhones and iPod touches. No breakdown yet on paid apps versus free apps, but Jared is free, and that’s all that matters. However, the saddest fact in all of this is that bunches of suckers enthusiastic fans are queued up at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store this morning in New York (pictured), showing either a level of devotion to this little plastic bauble, or of complete disregard for their jobs, which is altogether frightening.

[Thanks, Laura]

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Filed under: Handsets, Features, LG, Samsung, Apple

Alright, you three are sworn enemies, so what are we waiting for? Let’s get it on! Go ahead, seriously, exchange some blows. No better way to get the party started than with a little speed test; the Instinct’s Dat. services still seem to be jacked, but the Dare and iPhone 3G squared off with the LG model consistently besting Apple’s by between 50-100kbps over Verizon’s EV-DO network (see the gallery for the side-by-side). That’s not to say the Dare is consistently the faster phone — it has everything to do with the network in your area, the time of day, the circumstances, and which side of the bed you woke up on this morning — but it’s an engaging attention observation in this place nonetheless. We’ll follow up with an Instinct speed test (and another round of testing on the Dare and iPhone) when we can.

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