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HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's largest handset maker, Nokia unveiled on Thursday its first phone running on Linux software. The focus of cell phone business has shifted to services and software following Apple and Google's entrances to the market in the last two years. "As Nokia announces the software platform that will drive its future services aspirations it created a dedicated solutions unit -- the challenge will be to ensure that all these elements work in harmony in the face of fierce competition from Apple and Google," said Ben Wood, head of research at CCS Insight. THE LINUX BET Analysts see Linux as a key for Nokia to gain back ground in the coming years. The Finnish firm has dabbled with Linux since 2005, using it in "Internet tablets" -- sleek phone-like devices used to access the Web that have failed to gain mass-market appeal in part due to their lack of a cellular radio. Nokia said Linux would work well in parallel with Symbian in...

While we may not know exactly what item we're looking at in the photo above, we do know that we like it. This hot peripheral showed up on Lenovo's photostream without any explanation, and from the image it seems pretty much like a keyboard-lover's dream; it looks to be wireless, psychotically thin, and boasts an integrated trackpad and numpad. If you've been itching to find a stylish companion to that ThinkPad USB Portable Secure HD, this may just be the keyboard for you.

Called the Bend Mobile, this electric phone concept features a dual-slide design and also includes "a high capacity digital camera that also pops out to larger than expected proportions."

Nokia, you've done it again. As usual, the Finnish mobile phone kingpin has produced the kind of innovation and "wow" that we've come to expect with its latest patent request: a virtual keyboard. That's right, until now we've had to suffer the indignation of using a physical keyboard, vainly hoping that one day a company would come along with a concept that would upend the establishment and put a stop to the tyranny of single use, out-dated plastic keys... and now that day has come. Still, something seems vaguely familiar about this patent which details the workings of a "Mobile device with virtual keyboard." Okay, this system differs from others in that it expects you to wiggle your fingers around in front of the phone's camera, and responds to sound as well as vibrations, yet somehow we feel like the company's efforts could be better directed. A nice new QWERTY model wouldn't bother us, for instance. As the capabilities of mobile devi...

Reuters reports that the Philips Readius will be released in mid-2008. Developed by Polymer Vision, this device "is the world's first that folds out when the user wants to read news, blogs or email and folds back together so that the device can fit into a pocket."

You've heard of e-ink devices, like the Sony Librie, or e-reader, or whatever. But you've never seen a real working prototype of an electronic reader based on a flexible e-paper, that rolls up like a scroll .Reuters reports that the Philips Readius will be released in mid-2008. Developed by Polymer Vision, this device "is the world's first that folds out when the user wants to read news, blogs or email and folds back together so that the device can fit into a pocket."

This follow up to the first Sony Mylo builds upon its predecessor and adds a 3.5-inch touch screen, 1.3-megapixel camera, 1GB of built-in memory, and a host of multimedia/internet functions. The Mylo was Sony’s attempt to make their own version of Uber AMAZING PMP with Internet browsing and Messaging abilities