Best of SPE, 10 May 2009

Each week nosotros bring y'all the best of SPE. This calendar week, The iPhone Blog brings you a gigantic Altogether Bash Contest with a grand prize of a Mill Unlocked iPhone 3G done up, Colorware-manner. Crackberry.com had the WES 2009 Conference covered six ways from Sunday, likewise. Meanwhile, Nokia Experts stood out equally the single best place to discover out all there is know about the just-released Nokia E71x. There's much more, and so read on!

Android Cardinal

We're pretty excited that Android ane.five is getting pushed out to T-Mobile G1s this calendar week and took a wait at the official tour. Rumors of Android-powered netbooks persist but aren't quite enough to take our eyes off this sexy update to the G1.

CrackBerry.com

If y'all've missed our stupendous WES 2009 coverage, we have you covered right hither. The big news of the conference was clearly the BES v.0 announcement, but the fact that the BlackBerry Curve 8900 is coming to AT&T is nothing to sniff at either. Non enough? How nigh the BlackBerry Onyx in the wild and confirmation that a Storm 2 is in the works?

Nokia Experts

A big big week at Nokia Experts! The Nokia E71x is out on AT&T and, well, in that location'southward some bad news to impart: AT&T locked it down pretty tight. The hardware is every bit good every bit always, though. Fortunately for everybody, Nokia Experts is on the example with Tips for improving your Nokia E71x feel, walkthroughs for installing RoadSync 4, Nokia Maps, and Nokia Email, recommended E71x accessories, and a look at AT&T Navigator. On top of all that, a full review of MyPhone 2.ane shows y'all how to iPhonify your Nokia 5800 and the 8-hour-talk-fourth dimension Nokia E52 was released.

PreCentral.internet

As the rumors zero in on June 7th as the well-nigh probable launch date of the Pre, we saw somebody (likely Palm) release some sort of Pre hostage spoof and internal Dart training videos surface. Nosotros learned that the Pre is heading to Canada and also Commonwealth of australia too. Meanwhile Best Buy continues to be a rich vein of Pre rumors as Palm Pre Accessories and Cases appeared on their systems.

The iPhone Web log

TiPb Birthday Bash! That'southward correct, to gloat our first ceremony, nosotros're giving away an UNLOCKED ColorWare iPhone 3G all decked out in your choice of custom finishes. We're likewise giving away a bunch of accessories similar battery packs, earphones, Bluetooth headsets, and cases, iTunes gift cards, and a whole ton of apps. Contests cease Tuesday, so get enter now and win, win, WIN!

Oh, yeah, and Apple released iPhone 3.0 Beta five, with confirmation of a digital compass for the next generation iPhone hardware, age-based parental controls for the App Store, email podcast links from iPod app, and MMS and Tethering now locked out on AT&T?! Nosotros've updated our now-even-more massive iPhone 3.0 Walkthrough with all that and more, check it out!

TreoCentral

Our Treo Forums have been agile with talk most one of the perennial bug with Treos: ROMs. In this case, there are a lot of Dart Treo Pros out in the wild featuring pre-release one.03 ROMs instead of the official 1.04. We covered the topic and issued a buyer-beware to let you know that you shouldn't buy Sprint Treo Pros with the older ROM. Fortunately, if you're stuck on a one.03 Dart Treo Pro, these instructions in our forums should be enough for a Dart employee to upgrade your phone.

WMExperts

A relatively random smattering of news last week. Thw Windows Marketplace for Mobile has opened to developers, and we learned what apps won't be allowed. We got leaked launch dates for the T-Mobile Dash 3G and Bear on Pro 2. We institute the Palm Treo Pro for $249 at Best Buy (with contract). Nosotros learned that 9 Inch Nails' Trent Reznor isn't a fan of WinMo. Sony Ericsson'southward CEO called the Xperia X1 "an experiment," and we reviewed the voice-controlled BlueAnt V1 and HTC Affect Dual.