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Opera Software and Skyhook Wireless today announced their partnership to bring geolocation to the Web. The companies are bringing the ability of sharing your location with any website. With the new W3C Geolocation Application Programming Interface (API), Opera will make Skyhook Wireless’ groundbreaking location platform available to any Web developer with just a few lines of JavaScript. For example, a popular coffee chain will write the necessary JavaScript code on their Web site, Opera will ask the user for approval, then the location will be submitted to the Web site servers and their service will display the coffee shop locations nearest to the user on a map.

Location is always relevant when someone is browsing the Web,” said Tatsuki Tomita, SVP of consumer products at Opera Software. “By embedding Skyhook’s technology into Opera and making it available through the W3C Geolocation API, we ensure that every Opera user gets the same, high-quality, location-based experience out of the gate.”

The new LG Arena will be exclusively available on T-Mobile in titan black, the company announced today. LG ARENA includes the latest DolbyMobile 2.0 technology for a globally released handset, to deliver an exhilarating surround sound experience for video content with its 3.0-inch WVGA screen. The LG Arena in titan black will be available from T-Mobile stores this month.

LG ARENA’s 3D S-Class UI was specifically designed to be a more fun and engaging gateway to an amazing multimedia environment. A cube-based layout provides four customizable home screens for direct access to all features. Music, movies, pictures and more are within reach, thanks to intuitive, touch-based 3D menus.

Other Specifications includes:

• GSM Tri-band, EDGE / UTMS
• Display: 3-inch touch screen, 480 x 800 pixels, 256k colors
• Weight: 105 grams
• Dimension: 105.9 x 55.3 x 11.95 mm
• Email / SMS / MMS
• WiFi
• A-GPS
• Java

[via engadget / slashgear]

According to sources familiar with Verizon Wireless's plans, the company plans to begin selling netbooks. According to Bloomberg's sources, Verizon is looking at models from more than one netbook manufacturer, and may offer them for sale as soon as ...

Announced during the Mobile World Congress last month, the HTC Magic has been found approved by the FCC with T-Mobile branding. There isn’t an official name yet for T-Mobile but it would mostly use the T-Mobile G2. The HTC Magic has a 3.2″ QVGA touch screen display and features a trackball and navigational buttons for quick, easy access. The full touch screen does not have a physical QWERTY keyboard. Instead, it will have a on-screen soft keyboard for all the text input.

HTC Magic Specifications:

• Processor: Qualcomm MSM7201a, 528 MHz
• Operating System: Android
• Memory: 512 MB ROM / 192 MB RAM
• Dimensions: 113 x 55 x 13.65 mm ( 4.45 x 2.17 x 0.54 inches)
• Weight: 118.5 grams ( 4.18 ounces) with battery
• Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 320×480 HVGA resolution
• Network HSDPA/WCDMA:
  • 900/2100 MHz
  • Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
  • 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)
• Device Control Trackball with Enter button
• GPS Internal GPS antenna
• Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
• Wi-Fi
• HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
• 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
• Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC-LC, MIDI, OGG
• Video supported formats MP4, 3GP
• Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
• Capacity: 1340 mAh
• Talk time:
  • Up to 400 minutes for WCDMA
  • Up to 450 minutes for GSM
• Standby time:
  • Up to 660 hours for WCDMA
  • Up to 420 hours for GSM
• microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

[via Engadget / Android Community]

Sony Ericsson Idou, the company first 12 megapixel camera phone, is said to be available in silver too according to semcblog. The full touch screen phone is announced last month at Mobile World Congress and will be available by the end of this year in most regions.