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Devices running off S60 3dEditionFeaturePack 1 utilize OSS-browser ver. 2.0, which retains a whole lot of differences from the first edition, so this is why we are now extending the article with some new chapters. If this is the first time you read this review, then you should start with the very beginning, in case you have already looked through it or have a good idea what the first version was, then move on straight to the close-up of the second version.

Truthfully, we've lost count the number of times the Pocket PC community has expressed frustration over the sluggish Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade for the Axim X50/X50v series. Obviously, there were enough complaints for Dell to take action - perhaps a little too late for everyone's liking, but as they say, better late than never.

Access's open-source "application framework" for Linux devices, released under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), is now available for download. The Hiker Application Framework -- a set of libraries and utilities for GTK+ application installation, management, security, and inter-communication -- aims to enable the commercialization of applications targeting mobile Linux devices.

The Asterisk Development Team is pleased to announce the first release in the Asterisk 1.4 series, Asterisk 1.4.0, the VoIP SIP server.

Sasken Communication Technologies says its multimedia application/codec stack was licensed by Wistron NeWeb Corp. (WNC) for several Linux mobile phones due in early 2007. The phones will run Sasken's "Multimedia Subsystem Solution" (MSS) stack on a MontaVista Linux kernel and TI OMAP application processor.

A Polish site dedicated to PDAs showed a few pictures of the new HTC Athena Pocket PC Phone '“ an interesting device with additional QWERTY keyboard that can be attached for more real computer-based experience.

Trolltech has enhanced its dual-licensed software stack for mobile device UIs (user interfaces), and has moved more of it to GPLv2. Qtopia 4.2.0 features new VoIP (voice-over-IP) and WiFi capabilities, while the Open Source Edition now includes everything in the commercial version except DRM (digital rights management) and telephony components, the company says.

The LG VX9900 "enV", the subject of this review, is based heavily on the LG VX9800, later referred to as the "V" when marketers started realizing the strength of names such as those used by Motorola for its RAZR and SLVR lines. The enV shares the same basic communicator style form factor as the original V, but has received far reaching upgrades that turn what was merely an unusual and interesting handset into a downright killer device. Not only has LG improved the usage of the landscape mode interior display and its QWERTY keyboard, but it has also seen fit to add an auto-focus 2 megapixel camera as well.

Get ready folks, there's two new Philips WiFi video VoIP SIP handsets comin' down the pike. We just caught wind of this white hotness on the FCC site, and they do look mighty swanky. The Linux/Qtopia-based VP 6500 and VP 6000 are similar in many ways, as they sport a 2.2-inch screen with 65,000 colors and a QCIF+ 176 x 220 display, and a rotating 240-degree VGA cam.

Belkin is shipping a WiFi phone based on Linux and Skype's proprietary VoIP (voice-over-IP) client. The Belkin WiFi Phone for Skype can use open or encrypted WiFi networks, and connects seamlessly at commercial hotspots and hot zones operated by Boingo, Belkin says.