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Filed under: Handsets, Software, Apple, OS X

So, get a load of this. While tinkering within the iPhone 2.2 SDK, ArsTechnica discovered a neat little tidbit that could lead to some pretty extensible applications. In essence, the MPTVOutWindow class enables your iPhone to beam out video to a connected TV rather than the built-in screen. Of course, dock-connecting iPods / iPhones have been sending out videos for ages at this time, but this could actually enable applications to be used on the big screen. Sadly, the current code won’t allow screen interaction while the TV out function is active, but the accelerometer is still a go. Check out a short demonstration clip after the break, and feel free to let your imagination run wild after peeking the read link.

[Via AppleInsider]

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Filed under: Handsets, ASUS, O2, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

Sure enough, the ASUS-built O2 Xda Zest is more than just a figment of someone’s imagination, though speaking of imaginations, we clearly can’t hear this phone’s name without thinking about the soap. Sorry, just can’t do it. All that aside, the handset has finally made its way onto the carrier’s “Coming Soon” page, where we’re told that it will include Windows Mobile for opening up Office documents, a 3-megapixel camera, 3G, WiFi, 356MB of internal memory and a microSD expansion slot. Looking for more? Strap yourself down and wait until November, vaquero.

[Via CoolSmartphone]

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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, CDMA

“CDMA” and “Nokia” are two words that still don’t feel like they belong in the same sentence, but the trickle of CDMA products keeps flowing out of Espoo, so we guess we’re plan to have to start readjusting our attitude at some point. The latest handset is the lowly 1508 candybar, lacking the style exhibited by the 1606 and 3606 flips but getting by with an integrated FM radio, speakerphone, and storage for 500 contacts and 400 text messages — not a barn burner by any stretch of the imagination, but hey, it fills a niche. It’ll ship in the third quarter to “chosen” CDMA markets.

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