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Filed under: Handsets, ASUS

It’s been touted and shown off for a few months at this time, but it seems like ASUS may have finally given up on its luxurious Lamborghini-branded ZX1 smartphone, at least if Alex of MoDaCo is to be believed. According to him, ASUS has cancelled the planned summer launch of the device in order to ensure that “more important devices” scheduled for Q4 of this year are released on time. No word if that means we may still eventually see the pricey phone released sooner or later, but we wouldn’t recommend holding your breath at the moment.

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Filed under: HTC, Accessories

The Touch Diamond’s controversial rear-end styling not bold enough for you? Well, that’s an easy fix, mate — just make it stick out a little bit more. HTC has at this time detailed an extended battery kit for the Touch Diamond which includes a 1340mAh pack (up from 900mAh out of the box) and a larger battery cover to help you contain all that go-juice. Looks like it’s still on pre-order at this point, but once it pops, it’ll run £40.95 (about $81).

[Via MoDaCo, thanks Ward]

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Filed under: Software, HTC, Windows Mobile

The good news: HTC’s prepping to officially launch a Windows Mobile 6.1 update for its TyTN II any day (or week, or month) at this time. The better news: you can get it at this time. The bad news: although there are some video performance tweaks in place, they aren’t precisely revolutionary — and it’s still not true video acceleration. The worst news: AT&T’s Tilt update will apparently follow on at some nebulous point in the future. Got all that? So if you’re lucky enough to be sporting an unbranded Kaiser of some sort, why wait? Grab the update from MoDaCo and let us know how it treats you.

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