iPod converted to iPhone

OK, we admit that title is slightly misleading. But think about it, that's what an iPhone is outside of the US--a really expensive iPod. Well, a certain Singaporean owner wasn't too happy with that, and bravely attempted the Turbo SIM hack to unlock his AT&T-activated iPhone. And as you can tell from the image, he didn't end up with an iBrick.

More on what it cost him, the process and a larger picture, after the jump.
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LG's 5-megapixel iPhone clone set for October release

In Europe that is. No word on when it will reach Asia shores, so the wait for the iPhone and its army of clones continues. Lucky sods flying up to the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin next week will be able to get their paws on the new KU990 for some touch and feel. For now, we're already collecting buckets of drool just gawking at pictures of the 5.1-megapixel autofocus camera-phone with Schneider Kreuznach lens, ISO 800 sensitivity, image stabilizer, 3-inch touchscreen LCD and 120fps video. Wait, who the hell needs a 120 frame rate for shooting videos on a mobile phone? Guess you can't have too much of a good thing.

Dopod D810 successor appears Down Under

Users in Australia are the first to get the HTC P3600i, the successor to the HTC P3600, more commonly known as the Dopod D810 in this region. This PDA-phone has started appearing on Australian online stores, and some enthusiasts on message boards based there have already been discussing their purchases.

As was reported earlier, this new PDA-phone will come with more memory and a faster processor. It has a 500MHz Samsung chip and 256MB of ROM, though the RAM remains the same as the D810 at 64MB. ROM is used for storing applications and data, while RAM is temporary storage for running applications. Other features remain largely similar with HSDPA connectivity and built-in GPS. Its design is also similar to the D810, with the most obvious difference being the HTC logo rather than Dopod.

CNET Asia spoke to a HTC representative who confirmed that the P3600i is already available in Thailand, too. It will go on sale in Singapore at the end of August, but the company was unable to confirm its release for the rest of Asia Pacific at this point. No official pricing is available yet either. The Australian online stores list this model with prices just slightly past the A$1,000 (US$777) mark.

Thanks, Allan, for the tip.

Upcoming GPS PDA-phones from Asus

We have gotten word from Asus that new Windows Mobile handhelds will be coming soon. The two models that will be released at the end of the year are the P750 and P527.

The P750 is the successor of the P735 3G PDA-phone. This new version has connectivity options aplenty. This includes GPS and also HSDPA, a first for an Asus handheld. The company was unable to release photos of the device at this point, but an earlier report from the::unwired had a leaked photo, which revealed that this would have a keypad though the earlier P735 did not.

The other device coming is the P527. This is the follow-up model of the P526, and is also a GPS-enabled model with a numeric keypad. Details about its specifications are currently scant, but Asus did reveal that it will come with Travelog, a bundled application that lets users tag their journeys with photos and memos, as well as integrate with Google Earth so friends can track your travels. As with the P750, no images are available yet, but we will provide an update as soon as those come our way.

Palm's "Centro" is a "shrunk-down" version of the 755p

Rumors about the new Palm handheld never seem to die, but a media event held by Sprint in Northern Virginia has shed some light on the upcoming device.

According to Gearlog's Sascha Segan who was at the event, the Palm Centro, better known as the Gandolf to most Palm followers, has such a tiny QWERTY keyboard that "it's actually impossible to type on this thing with two thumbs". A Palm representative at the event told Gearlog that the handheld is targeted at the youth.

However, it's not clear to us whether the Centro will run on the Garnet OS or the newer Linux-based version from Access or Palm. As usual, Palm wasn't forthcoming with details.

Via Gearlog
Pictured is the Palm Treo 750

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