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Filed under: Handsets, Windows Mobile, HP, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

After missing its July release target by a country mile, we’d thought the Silver may have been canned — but nope, she’s alive and well, strutting her stuff for a few privileged hands around the world. The HSDPA 7.2Mbps handset with GPS and WiFi takes the original candybar Pearl’s wildly successful format and applies a hearty dose of Windows Mobile Standard — not a concept that’s plan to appeal to everyone, but for the S740 shoppers of the world, a totally viable alternative. So we know Vodafone has a keen eye on releasing this; anyone else?

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Tags: Candybar, Country Mile, Gps, Gsm Edge, Hands Around The World, Handset, Hearty Dose, HP, Keen Eye, Nbsp, Permalink, Shoppers, Smartphone, Target, Umts, Vodafone, Wifi

Filed under: Software, HTC, UTStarcom, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile

We’re not sure if it’s coincidence or if there’s some concerted effort to push out overdue Windows Mobile 6.1 updates all of a sudden, but for whatever reason, Verizon’s XV6800 is joining the AT&T Tilt this week in offering an official upgrade package for the first time. Could’ve come a little quicker, honestly — Sprint beat ‘em out the door by a country mile — but let’s just thank our lucky stars that it finally happened, shall we?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Tags: Amp, Coincidence, Concerted Effort, Country Mile, Lucky Stars, Mobile 1, Nbsp, Reason, Software Windows, Sprint, Utstarcom, Verizon, Verizon Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Windows Updates, Wireless Mobile, Wireless Windows, Xv6800