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The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced the GENIVI Alliance has chosen MeeGo as the basis of its next reference release for In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI).

MeeGo is an open source platform hosted by The Linux Foundation that brings together Intel Corporation and Nokia’s previous projects and is designed for computing device types including smartphones, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and IVI systems. Adoption by this major automotive alliance is a testament to the cross-device, cross-architecture advantages of the MeeGo platform. GENIVI is a nonprofit industry alliance with founding members BMW Group, Delphi, GM, Intel, Magneti-Marelli, PSA, Visteon and Wind River.

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One of the Nokia Blog readers spotted this ad in the UK (London) of the Nokia X6 and 5230 running on Android OS. As we all should know by now, Nokia do not have any plans at all to add Android to their devices. Someone is going to get fired for this, or what do you say?

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It looks like we will be able to legally unlock and jailbreak our devices according to library of congress! Read the entire Press Release over at the Daily iPhone Blog.

Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset.

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Android’s UK market share has grown by more than 10% in a quarter, latest GfK figures show. Android handsets now make up 13.2% of the market, compared with 3% in Q1 2010. The increase in market share equates to a 350% increase in the sale of Android phones, despite contract sales growing by less than 1%.

GfK analyst Megan Baldock said: ‘The figures suggest an increasing number of consumers are now asking for Android handsets by name. Operating Systems are no longer simply a by-product but a key selling point in their own right.’

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Apple’s iPhone 4 will be available in 17 more countries this Friday, July 30. iPhone 4 features FaceTime, which makes video calling as easy as one tap, Apple’s new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in stunning text, images and video, and a beautiful all-new design of glass and stainless steel that is the thinnest smartphone in the world.

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Offscreen Technologies, a games, productivity and entertainment app developer, today announced that their apps have been downloaded more than 34 million times and from 210 countries on Nokia’s Ovi Store.

Offscreen Technologies applications are available for Nokia touch devices, like the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97, Nokia X6 and Nokia N900. Several Offscreen Technologies apps have been downloaded more than million times each, like Level Touch, Bright Light Touch and Labyrinth Lite Touch.

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Heres a new hands-on video with the new Nokia E5. The Nokia E5 is optimized for messaging and e-mail with a full messaging keyboard and support for EGPRS, WCDMA, HSDPA/HSUPA (3.5G) and WLAN. Take photos with a 5 Mpix Full Focus camera. Write messages with intelligent text input, enjoy videos, music, and graphics on the 2.36” QVGA display. Additional features include GPS and Ovi Maps 3.0, UPnP, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, and USB 2.0 High-Speed. Supported WCDMA frequencies depend on the region/variant where the device is available.

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