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Seesmic is having a huge week. The startup that develops Twitter and Facebook clients for the web and desktop just unveiled a native Windows client at Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference earlier this week. At the Real-Time CrunchUp today, Seesmic is launching its first venture into the mobile space with impressive apps for both the Android and BlackBerry, which are now available for download here.  

It's been a while since we've heard anything about the next generation BlackBerry Pearl (code-named Stratus and/or Striker). But today today two different sites leaked details on this hot un-released device! Both CrackBerry and Salomondrin got hands-on time with the new Pearl2.  

The new images and video come from Salomondrin.net and CrackBerry.com, and they offer a fairly detailed look at what's next in RIM's Pearl smartphone lineup. The BlackBerry Pearl 9100 is the third version of RIM's Pearl, behind the Pearl 81xx and Pearl Flip 82xx , and it has a very similar "candy-bar"-style form-factor to the original 81xx-series. The defining feature of the entire Pearl family is RIM's "SureType" keyboard and software combination, which squeezes multiple characters onto single keys to  

China Unicom, the nation's second largest cell phone carrier, said on Friday it expects nearly 10 percent of the third generation (3G) users in the country to switch to Apple Inc's iPhone in the next couple of years. Tian Wenke, general manager of corporate business department of China Unicom, told China Daily that the smartphone has already evoked good interest from business users. "We expect nearly 10 percent of China's 3G users to buy iPhones," Tian said at an industry forum in Hangzhou.  

Purchase this BlackBerry device and get a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card.  

DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd has introduced its all-in-one DG Smart Plan for BlackBerry smartphone, which includes unlimited BlackBerry data usage starting from RM58 per month. In a statement yesterday, DiGi said its offering was the most affordable and available for all users. The celco said the plan offered customers unlimited data usage, which includes access to e-mail, instant messaging services, social networking and web browsing.

Customers will enjoy greater savings with the plan’s rebate, in which a monthly bill exceeding RM100 and RM200 will be given a 25% discount and 100% discount respectively, off the unlimited BlackBerry data usage fee of RM58 per month   -DiGi

 

Black Friday 2009 is upon US (:P), and with deals being offered left and right by every single major store out there, things might be confusing as it can prove difficult to find which are the best deals. We won't help with the confusion and tell you up front that the smartphone deals that Wirefly's Black Friday 2009 Deals include are one of the best Black Friday 2009 deals around. Three smartphone Wirefly Black Friday 2009 deals hover around as one of those "you can't miss me" things in life.  

The Celio Redfly C8N looks like a netbook. But it actually serves as a headless input device and display for a smartphone. It's been around for a while; we last looked at it in May 2008 , when it did a passable if unsatisfying job connecting to a Windows Mobile device.  

Shares of Dell Inc. fell Nov. 20 after it reported weaker-than-expected revenue and profit for the third quarter as the computer maker missed out on a fledgling rebound in technology spending. After the close of trading Nov. 19, Dell reported a net income of $337 million, or 17 cents per share, compared with $727 million, or 37 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Excluding one-time items, Dell posted earnings of 23 cents per share.

sizable" gap between what the company reported that conforms to official accounting principles and its pro forma profit excluding certain one-time items. Companies issue pro forma earnings to separate out charges and gains that cloud its true operating performance. But it could be used too aggressively to dress up flagging profits.   -Shaw Wu