On Tuesday, Nokia World witnessed the launch of three new phones (and much talk about the coming-very-soon Nokia N8). Elsewhere, LG revealed two new Android-powered handsets; the LG Optimus One and LG Optimus Chic. Both run Android 'Froyo' version 2.2; the Optimus One will arrive in Europe from October, while the Optimus Chic will follow in November.
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Less than six months after launching its Android application, mobile browser company Skyfire says over one million consumers have downloaded the Skyfire mobile browser to their Android phones. Skyfire is currently in the top 0.02% of all products in the Android Marketplace.
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HipLogic, which already offers an alternative 'home screen' with live information for mobile users, has announced a new application called *Spark. (Yes, the asterisk is part of the product name). It's currently available free in beta form for Android and Symbian users, having been revealed yesterday at Nokia World in London and at DEMO in San Francisco.
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This week's podcast discusses changes at the top in Nokia, reorganisation at Vodafone and more power for 3G transmitters. There's also a report from the Qualcomm IQ2010 event in London, where Mark Bridge talks to Melanie Honnor about mobile TV and learns about Qualcomm's mobile developer platform from Tia Cassett.
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Orange and Nokia have announced an integrated Ovi service that'll combine apps from the Orange Application Shop with content from Nokia's Ovi Store.
Nokia’s Ovi Store with Orange will be accessible by Orange customers in the UK and France in 2011.
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