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Spore Origins for Windows Mobile

Well we have it on the iPhone and now you can also get it for Windows Mobile Professional devices. EA Games have released Spore Origins, eat-or-be-eaten! Guide your creature through its early evolution and shape its destiny. Devour smaller creatures, explore primordial worlds filled with bizarre organisms, and avoid larger, lethal life forms. Grow your creature from single-cell to complex predator as you rise through 18 interactive levels.

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Orange internal statement on Blackberry Bold quality issues

We mentioned the other day about Orange removing the Blackberry Bold from sale due to quality issues, well today we received an anonymous tip off with an alleged copy of the Orange internal statement explaining the decision to their staff. Seems like Blackberry have a few problems to iron out with the Bold, you can read the alleged statement after the break.

Moto Q11 is official

The Motorola Q11 which Mobility Today spotted a few weeks ago has finally been given the official treatment, for mobile professionals and consumers who want a fully featured smartphone complete with a QWERTY keypad for fast messaging, easy access to email, location services and multimedia applications, the MOTO Q 11 delivers all of this at an affordable price so they tell us. Full specs after the break

SPB Online updated to 1.1

SPB Online is a fairly attractive program, we reviewed it here, and it provides a portal to premium SPB content. News is that they have updated the app to a 1.1 state. Have a look after the break at what they have done to attract your purchase.

Blackberry Bold quality issues

Just had a tip off that the Blackberry Bold will be out of stock at Orange in the UK for 2-3 weeks due to quality issues. We reviewed the Bold a while ago and our review model had problems with the camera not functioning at all so this is no surprise to hear. If your after a Bold be patient or risk a below par model.

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Blackberry Storm details now live on Vodafone site

Feel the power of the Storm – Purpose-built for Vodafone. The entertainment you want. The information you need and the email experience BlackBerry® is famous for. If you want it all, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone does it all – beautifully. So they say. Full details after the break along with a Vodafone competition to win a new Storm.

HTC Touch HD video now with English subtitles

The guys at Areamobile have just let us know that their video look at the HTC Touch HD now has English subtitles for those of us that don’t speak German. The new video is after the break for your enjoyment. To switch on the subtitles click the button down on the far right in the Youtube video window after you select play.

Sony Xperia X1 video review

Wolfstar from Xperiancers.com has got his hands on the new Xperia X1, and has shared his thoughts on the phone. Again he tells us that this is not a production model for sale but an evaluation unit with a non final ROM. Check out the video after the break and see what you think. Expecting our final release Xperia from Superetrader this week.

New iPhone security flaw

Yet another security flaw in the iPhone’s software had been found, and while it’s probably not particularly harmful to the majority of users, it is pretty interesting. Karl Kraft posted the exploit on his blog, but he wasn’t the one to uncover it. No, despite his skills with a computer and knowledge of the software, he didn’t find it. Instead he says it was found by his 12-year-old son.