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Phonebooth a Strong Alternative to Google Voice [Telephones]

Google Voice is a solid option for your personal phone needs, but it might not be professional enough for freelancers and small business owners. Phonebooth is a great alternative that gives you a dedicated phone number, free minutes, and more. More
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Celsius X VI II’s Mysterious Mechanical Cellphone Gets Slightly Less Mysterious [Mechanics]

Last month, I risked life and limb to tell you about Celsius X-VI-II, a shadowy French company who was building a $300,000 mechanical cellphone. The first pictures of the phone have surfaced, though they don't exactly answer our questions. More
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The Inventor of the Cellphone Is an Android Man [Android]

Martin Cooper knows a thing or two about cellphones, having invented them and all. And while he's owned an iPhone before, he revealed in a recent interview that his current handset of choice runs Android. Guess which! More
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iPhone 4.0 to Integrate Multitasking this Summer? [Rumors]

Apple will include much-asked-for application multitasking functionality when they release the iPhone 4.0 update sometime this summer, according to all-things-Apple blog AppleInsider. Multitasking (more specifically, the ability to run third-party applications in the background) is one of those big pieces of functionality that separates the iPhone OS from Android, and while Apple's sort of worked around this problem with push notifications, there are instances when there's no substitute for multitasking. Fingers crossed that this one comes true. [ AppleInsider via Gizmodo ] More
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How to Make Your Personal QR Code [Cameraphones]

Ever since I installed a barcode-scanning app on my phone, I see QR codes everywhere—so naturally I wanted one of my own. If you're a barcode-scanning fool, the QR code to the left links to my personal web site. Fun! A QR ("quick response") code is a square barcode that makes getting URLs, location coordinates, any text or contact information onto a phone quickly. With a barcode scanner app installed, you just point your phone's camera at the code to read its contents
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Android-Powered Motorola Backflip Now Available at AT&T [Motorola Backflip]

Normally a phone like the Motorola Backflip wouldn't get much fanfare when it appears on a retail web site, but this is AT&T's first Android phone (of many), so let's give it, say, 40 words or so, shall we? [ AT&T ]
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Use Written Gestures to Search Your Android Phone [Google]

Forget typing out searches or searching by voice. Devices running Android 2.0 can now use Google Gesture Search to find contacts, music, and more. All you have to do is "draw" letters on the screen.
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Get the Most from Your Non-Smartphone with SMS Tools [Cellphones]

We talk a lot about using smartphones to stay productive here at Lifehacker, but those with regular cellphones shouldn't be left out. Weblog MakeUseOf offers a handy guide to keeping up on social networks and staying productive through SMS only. Photo by Jeramy Jannene . Some of you with regular cellphones may already have Facebook or Twitter updating set up via SMS, but a number of services allow you to cross-post on multiple social networks as well, such as Posterous and Ping.fm , making it a snap to update multiple sites quickly with just an SMS, MMS, or email from your "dumb" phone. They also delve into ways to receive updates on your cellphone for Twitter and Facebook, which is nice for keeping in touch on-the-go.
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This Windows Phone 7 User Interface Skin Makes Old WinMo Phones Feel Young Again [Winmo]

The mobile OS running on this old Toshiba TG01 looks like Windows Phone 7 and it mostly acts like Windows Phone 7. But in reality it's a clever user interface skin covering up Windows Mobile 6.5. Put together by a fellow named LeSScro, this interface tweak can make older WinMo phones pretend that they can handle Windows Phone 7 and will hopefully be made available soon. [ Pocket Now via Mobile Crunch ]
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All Android Phones in the U.S. Will Receive an Upgrade to Android 2.1 [Updates]

According to Android fan site Android and Me, every Android phone in the U.S. will eventually receive an update to Android 2.1. That's great news for Android users (like our own Kevin Purdy) who've been frustrated with how quickly Android devices are left in the upgrade dust . Not every device will be capable of supporting every feature of Android 2.1 (like live wallpapers or other hardware prohibitive stuff), but that's the sort of thing that's to be expected.
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