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…and we use the word refine very loosely. In the last 30 days, Apple has dropped the App Store ban-hammer on applications that display images of scantily clad women and Wi-Fi scanning/stumbling applications. The bare-naked ladies were removed because, as Apple VP Phil Schiller put it, “the needs of the kids and parents” had to come first. Wi-Fi scanning applications got the boot for making calls to a private API, which raises the obvious question… why were these applications approved in the first place? So, what is latest app genre to feel the sting of Apple’s proverbial backhand? So called “cookie-cutter” applications. Apple is beginning to reject apps that were created using application building services and do not add any specific functionality to the iPhone or iPod Touch. Or, as TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid succinctly put it, “Apple doesn’t want people using native applications for things that a basic web app could accomplish.” Whatever the reasoning, Apple is sending a scary message to potential application developers… we can change our mind.

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Once upon a time, there were these cables that got into your home and into these things that went ring-ring, with numbers and redial buttons and call waiting. The DSP Multimedia Handset is the same, with Android and a touchscreen.

It’s also looks like the last twist to landline-based DECT handsets. In addition to Wi-Fi, this phone uses the Android operating system, meaning that you would be able to read your mail, surf the web, listen to music, talk with Google Voice, or use any of your favorite Android apps using its 3.5” TFT LCD touchscreen. It even supports accelerometers, so you can play even play games.

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Today T-Mobile launched the Nokia 5230 Nuron, a new touchscreen smartphone that offers free turn-by-turn directions with Ovi Maps navigation.

The 110.9mmm x 51.56mm x 14.47mm (4.37in x 2.03in x 0.57in) device, targeted as the mass market, offers a 3.2-inch 640 x 360 pixel resolution touchscreen, and is the first U.S. phone to come with the Ovi Store pre-loaded. Other features include a full HTML browser, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a 1320mAh battery good for 7 hours of talk time over GSM networks, aGPS, and a 2 megapixel camera.

The device is expected to retail online and in T-Mobile USA stores in the coming weeks. The device will cost $69.99 with a 2-year contract.

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Not a heck of a lot to report on this one, but a picture is worth a thousand words, no? The Mozilla team has posted a couple teasers pictures, on their Facebook page, of the Fennec mobile browser running on the HTC Nexus One and Motorola DROID. No word on a release time line or when a public build of the mobile Mozilla offering will be available to the masses.

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Hear that noise? That’s Fido saying goodbye to 2006 and hello to… 2009? Fido has finally caved in and introduced a modern-ish BlackBerry with today’s release of the Curve 8520. Attractively priced at $50 with a 3-year voice and data contract, the 8520 is also available to pre-paid customers for the one-time cost of $400. Throw in a CityFido plan and data add-on and you really can’t argue against this device if you’re in the market for an affordable smartphone. You know, unless you care about 3G.

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The rumored February 15th date for the rollout of webOS 1.4 has come and gone with nary a sighting of the latest OS offering from Palm. Now that the tentative launch date has slipped, another tentative launch date has popped up to take its place. This second rumored date reportedly comes from a source within Verizon Wireless who claims that webOS 1.4 will now rollout on February 25th. Palm did say that webOS 1.4 was expected to arrive in February so this new date sounds highly plausible and if it turns out to be wrong you always have your choice of February 26th, 27th or 28th. Let’s hope Palm can get this update out the door within its proposed time frame; if it slips into March, Palm may have some explaining to do.

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Owners of a Nexus One not afraid of flashing a ROM can shake things up by installing a leaked HTC Desire ROM with Sense UI that has been carefully prepared and packaged for your Google handset. The ROM is an Alpha release that may be a bit unstable for everyday use but it gives those  users who need to be on the forefront of technology a sneak peek at what is coming for Android in the upcoming months. One surprise included in the ROM is the presence of Adobe Flash 10.1, an inclusion that suggests the deployment of Flash for Android may be right around the corner. Interested parties can head on over to Modaco to get all the details on downloading and installing this custom ROM for the Nexus One. If you are just stopping by, you may have to wait a few hours though, as the download has been pulled while an improved version is being prepared.

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You’ll still have to wait until February 25th to actually get your hands on one, but those not wanting to take any chances on missing out on the Motorola Devour can now head down to their local Best Buy or Best Buy Mobile store and reserve one starting today. The only catch is that you’ll have to buy a $50 Best Buy gift card to hold your spot for the phone, but the good news is that you won’t have to deal with any of those pesky mail-in rebates — just a simple instant discount at the check-out. Curiously though, while Best Buy will gladly sell you a $50 gift card, it’s still not saying exactly much the phone itself will actually cost — here’’s hoping we hear more about that before you.

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Remember last week, when Motorola said it was releasing an Android 2.1 update for the Droid, but then totally didn’t? Moto tried to “explain” the situation in forums, but didn’t really, edited its long-erroneous Facebook post retroactively, and ended up breaking a lot of hearts. Well, now Motorola has a new “Software Upgrade News” chart detailing planned upgrades for its Android devices. While this is certainly helpful going forward, the lack of clarification on the Droid update doesn’t exactly solve the confusion that got them into this mess: Motorola is merely saying that the OTA upgrade will roll out “soon.” As previously promised, we’re also going to be getting a Cliq update to 2.1 eventually as well, which is now being pegged for Q2. Sadly, upgrades for non-US handsets are decidedly less expedient — or not even assured — but at least we’ve got something.

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Plenty of other Android phones have come and gone since the GeeksPhone One was announced way back in July of last year, but the phone is now finally available in Europe, and the folks at Android France have managed to get their hands on what seems to be one of the first ones. Unfortunately, the device is looking a tad less polished than some of the earlier shots we’ve seen suggested, and the device’s specs don’t seem to have seen any upgrades during its prolonged launch (definitely no Snapdragon here). There’s also not much in the way of actual impressions of the phone just yet (Android France is promising a full review), but there are plenty of pictures to keep you busy in the meantime at the link below.

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