In an interview with Forbes, Carlo Bozotti, the Chief Executive of European semiconductor maker STMicroelectronics has said that Nokia WP7 phones will be powered by ST-Ericsson U8500 dual-core chipset.

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If you are a Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone user, this might be a sad news for you but it also indicates that it is time for you to change your phone.

Windows Mobile is a very old OS. In one word, it is “outdated”. To continue support for that mobile OS will no longer be practical and that is why Microsoft has fixed a date to end support for this OS.

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Wow, that is a huge amount paid by Microsoft to own Skype. Some resource say that it is overpriced but if Microsoft is willing to pay that much, the people behind the Redmond based company are planning something big.

What I personally feel is, Microsoft is going to implement some Skype related system into their WP7 OS (for smart phones). It can also mean that Skype application will no longer be available for other smartphone OS e.g. iOS & Android.

Well, that is just my personal thought. Anything can happen. They have just got it today and we should know what’s happening in the next few days.

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According to advertising firm WPP’s “BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands” study, Apple is now the most valuable brand in the world. Previously Google was holding this place.

Based on the study, Apple’s brand value has shot up 859% since 2006 and increased 84% to $153.3 billion this year.

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That is an interesting figure, isn’t it? The Windows Phone 7 device was just launched (if I am not mistaken, about one and a half month ago) and up to date, more than 1.5 million phones has been sold worldwide. That sales figure was officially announced by Microsoft just 2 days ago.

From my point of view, the Windows Phone 7 OS has a great potential to succeed in years to come. Whether it can topple Android and iOS is another story because those OS are already in the field quite long and they can anytime buck up if the people behind the development of those OS realise that there is a potential rival for them.

The only thing that I could see is, Nokia made a big mistake by too much depending on their Symbian and being ignorant of their rivals. That is why today I can see their phones not giving them a good sales figure. I am expecting Meego OS to help Nokia climb up the staircase again.

SOURCE – Windows Phone 7 device sales top 1.5 million units

Just came back from Maxis’s HTC HD7 preview. Erm, to be frank, the crowd was not great. Well, I was there at 4:20pm and it may be due to people still working at that time and also because it was a ‘by invitation only’ event.

I was the 9th person and since I was there early, I was just hanging around & looking at the brochure. There were a lot of HTC HD7 phones for preview as well. While testing the phone, I was impressed with the simple interface. I know that many of you find it to be boring but for me, it is simple and straight forward.

The moment I start my camera, damn, the battery went dead. Now I regret for not buying a proper camera phone

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Maxis has officially announced their pricing for the latest Windows phone 7 – the HTC HD 7. The RRP for this model is RM2399 but you can buy it at a discounted price if you subscribe for 12 months or 24 months contract.

The price will be RM1699 for 12 months contract and RM1399 for 24 months contract.

For those who have pre-registered their device, the collection date is on the 24th of November, from 5pm to 9pm. If you have not pre-registered this device, no worries because the nationwide sale will start from the 26th November onwards.

If you are purchasing this device on 24th of November, you can try your best to be among the 1st 30 customers (which is not easy though) because you will get a FREE Jawbone Bluetooth Headset worth RM428 (I guess this is only for 24 months subscription)

By the way, please make sure that you get an email invitation like how I’ve got above before coming on the 24th to purchase your device. This is a RSVP event and you might end up in disappointment if you come without being ‘invited’ .

Facebook has denied rumors saying that it is currently working on its own phone. On an interview with Mashable, a Facebook spokesperson, Jaime Schopflin, has said that the information from TechCrunch was false. This was the exact statement made :

The story, which originated in Techcrunch, is not accurate. Facebook is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make phones and apps more social. Current projects include include everything from an HTML5 version of the site to apps on major platforms to full Connect support with SDKs to deeper integrations with some manufacturers.  Our view is that almost all experiences would be better if they were social, so integrating deeply into existing platforms and operating systems is a good way to enable this. For an example, check out Connect for iPhone and the integration we have with contact syncing through our iPhone app.  Another example is the INQ1 phone with Facebook integration (the first so-called ‘Facebook Phone’). The people mentioned in the story are working on these projects. The bottom line is that whenever we work on a deep integration, people want to call it a ‘Facebook Phone’ because that’s such an attractive soundbite, but building phones is just not what we do.

Well, that was the exact thing told by Google in 2007 but end up they introduced Android to us.  Even Microsoft denied that they were working on Zune before but end up it was a reality. So at the moment, only time can say what is true

According to the rumor, Facebook is making its own mobile OS using Android platform. If you would like to know more on what has happened previously, here you go – Facebook is also building a phone like Google (keep it as a secret ).

By the way, TechCrunch has replied to Facebook’s comments by saying that they are hiding something as how Google & Microsoft did. More info HERE.