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Nokia's Ovi Maps Racing now available, makes the world your course February 3, 2010 at 9:37 AM Since it looks like GT5’s still another decade or two away from release, racing gamers need everything they can to survive the wait, and this is just about the most creative way we’ve seen to do that. At a glance, Nokia’s Ovi Maps Racing looks like a pretty simple, standard 2D racer with an overhea… China Mobile's OPhone platform goes 2.0, supports WinMo API… wait, what? February 3, 2010 at 8:46 AM Remember the OPhone platform, Open Mobile System? You know, China Mobile’s supposedly beefed up Android? Things have become even more interesting as OMS jumps from 1.5 to 2.0 — it now supports Scalable Vector Graphics UI elements and does voice recognition, but what really caught our attention was… Nexus One's big update can be had without the wait February 3, 2010 at 7:49 AM Android’s devised one of the slickest, most widely-deployed systems for delivering over-the-air operating system updates to smartphones, but there’s a problem: you’ve got to wait until your carrier (or manufacturer) blesses you with them. They’re typically deployed in rolling batches so that it’s e… NesEm brings Kid Icarus (and a few hundred other games) to webOS at long last February 3, 2010 at 7:02 AM Don’t get us wrong, Game Boy is a great platform that brings back some awesome memories of summer camp, but let’s be honest — at the end of the day, NES is where the action’s at. After all, it’s the platform that introduced us to the time-tested Excitebike and Kung Fu franchises, right? To that en… Look out, WIND: Mobilicity next fresh carrier to launch in Canada February 3, 2010 at 5:14 AM The carrier formerly known as DAVE Wireless — one of the big winners in Canada’s AWS auction a year and a half ago — has adopted an official, consumer-friendly name on its way to availability later this year: Mobilicity, which is apparently supposed to evoke “the mobile carrier’s focus on simplici… DirecTV DVR Scheduler app celebrates 1 million iPhone downloads, new features on the way February 3, 2010 at 3:28 AM DirecTV’s DVR Scheduler app may have just arrived on Android and WebOS devices but it’s been around on iPhone for nearly a year and has now been downloaded by over 1 million users. Next up? the ability to order PPV without a home phone line, recommendations and ratings, and even direct to mobile… Dyzplastic's authorized Android figurines not upgradeable, but guaranteed not to crash February 3, 2010 at 3:21 AM Physically expressing the love that you feel for your Android-powered device can be difficult — hugging and caressing the phone gets old after a while, truth be told. Good news, though: artist Andrew Bell has teamed up with Google to release a series of authorized Android robot figurines, starting… Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch February 3, 2010 at 2:19 AM The iPhone isn’t the only handset getting bumped today — Google’s just outed a very, very significant update to the Nexus One that includes Google Goggles on board and a re-upped version of Google Maps that includes suggestions and a dedicated night mode. Much more significantly, though, they’ve ca… Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch (updated with video!) February 3, 2010 at 2:19 AM var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/Nexus_One_gets_a_software_update_enables_multitouch_Enga’; The iPhone isn’t the only handset getting bumped today — Google’s just outed a very, very significant update to the Nexus One that includes Google Goggles on board and a re-upped version of Google… iPhone OS 3.1.3 available now February 3, 2010 at 12:38 AM It’s not version 3.2, but there’s a little stopgap out now for iPhone and iPod touch owners in the form of OS 3.1.3. According to the changelog, we can expect better battery level reporting and fixes for problems with the Japanese Kana keyboard and some mysterious issues where third-party apps woul… Nokia cuts phone prices across the board, S60 biting deep into dumbphone territory February 3, 2010 at 12:19 AM The company notes that this is nothing more than a regularly-scheduled adjustment, but for what it’s worth, Nokia has quietly lowered prices across its entire range, in some cases by as much as 10 percent — nothing to sneeze at. Notably, the S60 5th Edition-based 5230 is now selling for €170 (… Micro SIMs can probably be fashioned from shaved down traditional SIMs February 2, 2010 at 10:06 PM We’ve finally found ourselves a solid, confirmed shot of a micro SIM in the wild, thanks to an FCC filing from Lok8u — the company that just inked a deal with T-Mobile — that shows the innards of its GPS watch torn asunder. Over on the right there is one of the micro SIMs in question, and as you … VZ Navigator 5.0 gets social with Facebook integration February 2, 2010 at 7:02 PM At $2.99 for 24 hours or $9.99 a month, the latest version of Verizon’s branded navigation service carriers over the same antiquated business model that seems destined for the scrap heap — but for what it’s worth, VZ Navigator 5.0 is now in full effect with a handful of new and freshened features…. Citrix Nirvana phone provides the full desktop experience — BYO keyboard and monitor (video) February 2, 2010 at 6:47 PM Citrix is something of a storied name in the IT industry, once the leader in remote desktop apps, now looking to make a big return with the Nirvana phone concept. The idea has been around for awhile, but partnership with mobile virtualization gurus Open Kernel Labs gives it new legs. Nirvana phone …