The LG Mini GD880 is being touted as “the smallest and slimmest 3.2-inch full touchscreen phone on the market today.” Small and slim it maybe, but it certainly doesn’t hold back on its the features. It comes with a 5-megapixel complete with advanced face detection, WiFi, A-GPS, FM radio, 7.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity, and a trio of social networking features – Social Network Connect for keeping in touch with online friends, Social Network Feed that displays the latest updates on the homescreen, and Social Address Book that stores all the contact info of your online buddies.

After hitting Europe this March, the LG Mini GD880 will also be released in other markets though they didn’t go as far as to mention any specific countries in particular. Its price is also still yet to be revealed, but with its given specs, we’re expecting this to be a whole lot more expensive than the Samsung S5620 Monte. You can read the full press release here.

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They do, however, recommend that you stay clear of this latest iPhone firmware unless you really feel that it’s necessary to update to this new software release. iPhone 3G S users who have already updated to OS 3.1.3 need to downgrade to OS 3.1.2 for this new PwnageTool to work successfully. You can find instructions on how to go about this here. If you can’t downgrade for whatever reason, this current iPhone 3.1.3 jailbreak won’t do you any good.

The iPhone Dev Team has a bunch of other reminders which you can find here that they strongly urge you to read first before deciding to update your iPhone’s firmware as well as info on where you can download iPhone PwnageTool 3.1.5. After you’ve read all their warnings and still manage to muster up enough courage to try this out, don’t forget to hit us up in the comments section below as we’d certainly love to hear how it goes for you.

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It comes loaded with a 1GHz processor, WGA touchscreen (not sure though of its size – 3.5-inch or 3.7, but it appears to be an AMOLED display), optical trackpad, camera (rating unknown) with dual LED flash, and HTC Sense running in tandem with Android 2.1.

Here’s its first appearance in front of a video camera:

It’s definitely confirmed on Verizon as evidenced by the carrier’s logo appearance during start up though pricing and an exact release date are both still yet to be revealed. Will it cross the border and become available in Canada as well? Only time will tell, but we’re certainly hoping so.

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So, where does Kodoo Mobile fit into the grand HSPA picture in Canada? Nothing’s confirmed yet, but Mobilesyrup got a tip that they might flip the switch of their HSPA network to on sometime in April or May. That’s just a couple of months away, and what’s even better is that there’s also news that they’ll be offering up the iPhone and other new smartphones to beef up their current mobile phone line-up. Great news, but again, this is still yet to be confirmed.

With that being said, this should serve as a good tip as to what we should all look out for in the coming months as far as Koodo Mobile is concerned. If any of these are true, it shouldn’t be long now before we hear an official announcement from them regarding their new HSPA network or their iPhone and other new handset offerings.

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They’ve posted this banner on their website letting everyone know that they will have the Android-powered Motorola Milestone slider in stores by February 18th. In fact, they’re now already accepting pre-orders for this highly anticipated device. For as little as a $50 in-store deposit, you can now assure yourself a Motorola Milestone once it arrives in Best Buy stores across the nation this month. Check it out here.

Pricing still isn’t available though. However, word around the net is that it will retail for $199 on a 3-yr contract and $549 outright purchase. So, now that it’s official on Best Buy, will you be pre-ordering a Motorola Milestone today?

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Here’s what each plan has to offer:

Bronze Plan ($30/month)

• 100 minutes
• Unlimited nights and weekends (6pm-7am) local calling
• Unlimited 2010 Winter Games Content (TV events, video highlights, live radio coverage)
• Unlimited Mobile Browser
• No text messages

Silver Plan ($40/month)

• 150 minutes
• Unlimited nights and weekends (6pm-7am) local calling
• Unlimited 2010 Winter Games Content (TV events, video highlights, live radio coverage)
• Unlimited Mobile Browser
• 250 text messages

Gold BlackBerry/Smartphone Plan ($55/month)

• 200 minutes
• 500MB of data
• Unlimited nights and weekends (6pm-7am) local calling
• Unlimited 2010 Winter Games Content (TV events, video highlights, live radio coverage)
• Unlimited Mobile Browser
• 2500 text messages

If you’re a sports buff who wants to keep abreast of the latest happenings in the winter games, there’s no question these plans will excite you. Do note, however, that minutes for voice calls are limited to the local Bell Mobility coverage area. Calls made outside will be assessed the appropriate long distance and roaming charges ($0.35/min – Canada/USA). The unlimited mobile browser also does not apply when you use the phone as a modem and there’s a one-time activation fee of $35 as well.

Still sound good to you? Then head on over here to find out more about their latest plan offerings.

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As far as its specs go, there’s also very little to cheer about as well. Sure, the Nokia 6303i Classic now boasts of more internal memory (55MB up from 14MB) expandable via mircoSD card (max of 8GB up from 4GB) and better battery life (8 hours talk, an hour longer than the 6303 Classic), but let’s face it, people nowadays expect more especially when it comes to version upgrades. The inclusion of WiFi or 3G connectivity would have been nice, but sadly though, neither made it to the table.

Anyway, for Nokia fan boys out there looking for a new mid-level handset to purchase this 2010, this will probably be more up your alley. The Nokia 6303i will begin shipping to select markets this first quarter with an estimated retail price of €105 ($144) before tax and subsidies are applied. You can read the full press release here.

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Interested? Here are your options:

$20 per month: Personal Email on BlackBerry One Rate Data plan
$35 per month: 500MB Consumer or Small business BlackBerry (BIS) One Rate Data Plan
$35 per month: 500MB Consumer or Small business One Rate Data Plan
$40 per month: 1GB Consumer or Small business BB (BIS) One Rate Data Plan
$40 per month: 1GB Consumer or Small business One Rate Data Plan
$45 per month: 500MB Mobile Internet Flex Rate One Rate Data Plan
$50 per month: 1.5GB DAP (for MSD customers) One Rate Data Plan
$55 per month: 1GB Corporate BlackBerry (BES) One Rate Data Plan
$55 per month: 500MB Corporate BB (BES) Flex One Rate Data Plan

Aside from these, they also now have a One Rate $50 Value Pack for smartphone users (iPhone, BlackBerry, Android or Windows Mobile). It provides 500MB of data, and comes with enhanced voicemail and unlimited text (Canada only).

Not bad, eh? These new One Rate data roaming plans is definitely a welcome treat for mobile data users who regularly travels to the US and don’t want to be hassled by any additional charges.

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This new phone from the no. 2 phone maker in the world boasts of a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with 720p video recording capabilities, WiFi (802.11n), GPS, DivX support, 3.5mm jack, the latest version of TouchWiz running on top of Android 2.1, and a speedy 800MHz processor. It’s already confirmed for release in Korea via SK Telecom this March so it doesn’t comes as a surprise that it also pack a T-DMB tuner as well. No word though on its pricing, and if it’ll be available elsewhere. You can check out more pics of the Samsung M100S by heading on over here.

On a similar, it’s already reported that Samsung will release an Android 2.1 update in the second quarter for the Samsung Galaxy (available on Bell in Canada). So if it happens that this new Samsung M100S Android phone doesn’t become available in the North American market, you can at least look forward to enjoying some Android 2.1 goodness on your Samsung Galaxy phone in the near future.

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