Yahoo announced the expansion of its oneSearch mobile search service to Canada and five European markets. The Internet giant will initially offer consumers select content including News, Finance, Weather, Image, Flickr and Web results. In addition, users will have access to search business listings, complete with ratings and reviews, and the company is promising more content feeds over the coming months.

“What consumers want from a mobile search is entirely different to what they want on the PC,” said Kerry Munro, general manager, Yahoo! Canada. “Yahoo! oneSearch is designed specifically for the mobile phone. It understands what busy consumers are looking for when they are on the move and brings up relevant answers in the first screen. Yahoo! oneSearch delivers better results with just one search, instead of a sea of Web links to PC sites.”

Following HTC’s commitment to provide Windows Mobile 6 upgrades for some of their smartphones, Dopod International announced its Windows Mobile 6 upgrade roadmap. Not all devices will be upgradeable. For instance, contrary to HTC, Dopod is not planning a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the C720W (HTC Excalibur, aka T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) Dash).

Dopod will allow users of the 838Pro (HTC Hermes), P800W (HTC Artemis), U1000 (HTC Athena/Advantage), and D810 (HTC Trinity) to upgrade their devices to the latest version of Windows Mobile OS. Interesting enough, the last mentioned (Dopod D810/HTC Trinity) was not on the HTC’s upgrade roadmap — leaving some hope for Trinity users to get their updates as well. (via: unwired)

Hmm, a Ferrari smartphone has been approved by the FCC. Sounds like a dream…

Following Vertu and Sony Ericsson, Acer decided to jump-in with its version of a Ferrari handset. Unlike the first two mentioned companies, Acer decided to make a Ferrari smartphone. The FCC filing reveals that Acer Ferrari c500 Pocket PC sports a 2.8″ QVGA touchscreen, 64 MB SDRAM, 128MB NAND flash, a GPS, memory card slot, and support for Bluetooth and WiFi wireless connectivity. On the other hand, Acer decided to go for Samsung’s 300MHz 2442 processor (why not bundling the faster processor for a Ferrari device?) and the Windows Mobile 5. Hopefully the latter will be upgradeable… (via: Engadget)

No cost?

No tricks?

I’d give a blood sample to see what Nokia Researchers are working on!

When I think "customization," wall papers, face plates and stickers come to mind.

Check out what Mehmet Erkök did to his Nokia (NYSE: NOK) devices:

This post over at boing boing has got my creative juices flowing.

The process is simple, know how most image editing tools have color correcting features? Well what if you could tell photoshop to take the colors from your favorite painting and apply them to your digital photograph?

Here is an original picture:

Now the colors from this painting were used as a template:

And this is the end result:

Could this type of filtering be enabled in future N series devices? Think of the possibilities!

Darla Mack has the scoop on the brand new N76 design site. Which one is your favorite?

None really appealed to me in the beginning, but then I found out why. Look at the front of the N76:

Large gray/chrome border around the screen = poor design

A clam shell with American 3G support.

It was supposed to launch almost 6 months ago, but we will let that slide.

Do yourself a favor: buy unlocked, unbranded. Always and forever.

I’ve read about T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) At Home before, but I didn’t know it was going to launch so soon:

The service, often referred to as dual-mode or Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA), allows a mobile phone to seamlessly switch from cell towers to available WiFi networks when the user comes within range. This would then allow the user to make and receive phone calls via VoIP over the WiFi network—using the same phone number and handset—thereby saving precious cell plan minutes for when there are no WiFi networks available. Other benefits include reduced load on cell networks, increased bandwidth for media streaming and web surfing, and improved call quality over WiFi.

Customers in T-Mobile’s test markets have paid a flat fee of $20 per month on top of their regular service plan fees to use the service, with an additional $5 per line on the account. This pricing structure falls in line with many VoIP services and is lower than the monthly cost of most landlines. However, that pricing structure could change upon national launch, according to the WSJ’s sources. Customers will be able to sign up at T-Mobile retail stores and some retail partners.

I can’t wait! I mainly use my phone at work or at home, both locations have wifi. There are still a lot of questions:

• Will my unlocked, unbranded handsets work with this service? They do have wifi after all.
• Will this work over any wifi network?
• Will you let users use mobile internet while connected to wifi? Let them taste what it is like at home and maybe they’ll sign up for a data plan, just a thought.
• How much bandwidth is needed?

The GPS never worked, the camera isn’t going to replace a stand alone point and shoot anytime soon and the firmware is buggy.

This is why I love Eugenia’s reviews, she always voices her complaints clearly and recommends solutions.

Her answer: Wait for a few firmware upgrades.

My answer: Wait for the next Nokia (NYSE: NOK) flagship. The N95 is clearly a first generation product.