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Good list of "wanted" upgrades for iPhone 4.0. — Most just jailbroken options really. Wait till June! The jailbroken community still provides plenty of fodder for next generation iPhone operating systems as this post proves. Most of these updates would be welcome advances. Add a faster processor etc and minimize the limitations re earlier generations [...]

Nokia could close Comes With Music next Tera | interesting perspective and numbers Hard to roll out a platform play one sku at a time. (tags: nokia mobile music itunes)

Interesting pointer from Gigaom – the Factory for iPhone Flash Games production Don't know how well it will work or what the "rights" contract says. Still it may be a way to test the waters for your flash game before launching a custom version. (tags: iphone flash games) Bill Thompson writes about his experience with [...]

Another advanced "touch" UI. Now squeeze your phone and launch an app. Or tickle it. The advances and the similarities in touch are increasing at a rapid pace. Not sure if polymorphic touch is the right description yet we seem to be going in that direction. When sensors for touch include the whole phone you [...]

Nokia adds navigation to $163 handset headed for India. The proposition isn't going to work with truckies. "In order to leverage its brand in developing countries like China and India, Nokia has announced its cheapest navigation phone, which is expected to hit the market by the second quarter of 2010." No doubt adding maps to [...]

The New York Times – Times Reader 2.0 – Welcome to the future. Your newspaper is here. Install it. I read the NYTimes often on the iPhone and so had missed the Times Reader 2.0. Now using adobe air you can read the paper that reads like a paper on your computer. Download and read. [...]

Did Nokia make a mistake by not developing touch for S40? Samsung’s numbers say – Yes. "If you listen to Nokia, they are telling us that they are doing great. They’ve sold 10+ million touch devices in a year. But Samsung’s numbers are telling us otherwise. They’ve sold 40+ million touch handsets in the same [...]