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Filed under: Software, Nokia

Nokia has declare that it’ll no longer be working on its own “business mobility solutions,” reallocating some of the knowledge and manpower in that division over to its consumer-focused push email client that recently launched in beta form. For what it’s worth, the announcement comes across not as a message that Nokia’s abandoning its enterprise customers — far from it, in fact, with the Eseries looking better than ever — but as a genuine admission that other companies with established solutions are better cut out to manage that functionality, even on Nokia’s own S60. Interestingly, Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco are all mentioned as partners with commitments to develop for Nokia’s wares, but noticeably missing is RIM, whose BlackBerry Connect went missing on the E66 and E71. These days, it’s hard to mention “enterprise” without also mentioning “BES” in the same sentence, so we’re not too sure how far Nokia’s plan to get in this place without roping RIM back into the equation.

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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, CDMA

Did you know Samsung was still making non-3G devices for Verizon? True story. Take this in this place SCH-u430, for example, a brand new flip (that we’ve actually known about for a while) featuring Bluetooth, 160 x 128 internal and 96 x 96 external displays, a VGA cam, and that’s about it. Notably absent from the feature list is EV-DO, meaning that if you’re looking for a tethering partner or an awesome way to download music on the cheap, the u430 is no friend of yours. Of course, considering that it’s free on contract, we can’t complain too hard, can we?

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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE

That Q11 can’t be far off at this time that Moto’s starting to send it through labs for regulatory approval, and ClubeCelular seems to have gotten the inside line on the latest Q as it happened through Brazil’s hurdles. Unfortunately, a quick glance at the rumored specs (and a few glances at the unglamorous shots Moto sent with the phone’s labwork) leave us scratching our heads as to why anyone would want this over a Q9: quadband EDGE, stereo Bluetooth, WiFi, miniSD expansion, a 2.5mm (yes, 2.5mm) headphone jack, and a 3-megapixel camera with flash. Besides the cam, we’re not seeing what the draw is — and we’re particularly bewildered as to why Moto would think it was cool to leave 3G out these days, so we’re hoping that particular spec magically materializes by the time the phone floats north (and no, Motorola, just because RIM thinks it can get away with leaving out 3G doesn’t mean you should, too).

[Thanks, eloy]

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