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Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60: AT&T Price Confirmed

The Garmin-Asus Nuvifone is vaporware no more! Boy Genius has unveiled some information about several upcoming AT&T smartphones, the G60 among them. The nuvifone G60 is a collaboration between the famed GPS manufacturer Garmin and PC-manufacturer Asus. It will cost $299 with a 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate. That’s a bit pricey for even a high-end smartphone. The G60 has a 3 megapixel camera, a 3.5″ touchscreen, a Linux-based OS, 3G capability, and a Garmin GPS. To be honest, the nuvifone doesn’t sound quite as awesome now as it did a year ago. That said, having a quality GPS built-in will save users the expense of a TomTom car set. No release date has yet been announced, but it’s expected out before the end of October.

Orange UK offers HTC Hero firmware update

Orange UK has just rolled out the ROM update for their HTC Hero, where it is touted to offer a boost in system speed, alongside touch-to-focus capability in the Hero’s camera. Orange has also tested the new software to make sure it is fully compatible with the network when released. As for T-Mobile, they claim that their update is more or less imminent, but nothing official has been heard from them yet as at press time.

New Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS 3.1 OS Unlock Software Released

The actual iPhone 3G/3GS unlock here at iPhone Unlocking Solutions . The current generation phone, iPhone, has the features of a PC, an iPod, a digital camera and a mobile phone. It is one of the most preferred phones having features of networking and browsing. But it gets expensive to buy an iPhone because it comes with a contract of limited use and you cannot run your iPhone after some time as mentioned in the contract of its provider. Unlocking helps you to run iPhone on any carrier of your choice and it releases an iPhone from Apple’s network. It simply means you are not bound to any network to run your iPhone and your iPhone is usable even after the end of the contract. Benefits of unlocking an iPhone are that it helps you to run third party applications and play retro-games.

Ping is Like a Free SMS Client For iPhone and iPod Touch Users

This Ping app by the guy who made PushGmail is a mix between text messaging and instant messaging. What you need to know is that it’s free and it’s fast. Ping is designed to look like the SMS app, and behaves much the same way. The messages you send arrive at the recipient’s screen instantly—similar to IMs—but also pop up with a Push Notification if you’re not actively using the phone.

MetroPCS Lands Motorola VE440

Today the Motorola VE440 became available for sale from MetroPCS. This monoblock-style phone is billed by Motorola as a music phone and has dedicated music keys, a 3.5mm headset jack, stereo Bluetooth, and support for microSD cards up to 8GB. The VE440 is a tri-band 800/1700/1900 CDMA device that is limited to 1x data but it has GPS. Other features include a 1.3 megapixel fixed-focus camera and support for MetroPCS’ chatLINK service. The VE440 costs $129 and is available online.