iPhone cell phone charms at last...Yay?

Leave it to the Japanese to finally figure out a way to add cell phone charms to the iPhone, or just about any handheld that doesn't have a little loop for the charm to wrap around (which seems to be a must-have design option in Japan). The answer? Adhesive buttons. Just stick 'em on your phone (iPhone or otherwise) and wrap your strap/dongle/charm of choice to it.

This isn't an iPhone-specific thing, of course, but I guess there are a surprising number of people wanting to attach a charm to the iPhone and realizing they can't.

The only problem is that it looks pretty ugly. I understand the whole cell phone charm thing and wanting to customize the look of your phone, but the adhesive button is just unsightly--it looks like your iPhone has a growth coming out of it.

Plus, once you stick it on, good luck getting it off. I recommend getting one of those colorful iPhone decals instead if you want to stand out from the crowd. But hey, if you're a charm fanatic, go ahead and get one if you can decipher the Japanese on the Strap-ya page. It's only US$2.19, but the shipping is probably way more than that.

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Is Microsoft Exchange support a big deal to you?

Last week, HTC announced its second Android smartphone, the Magic, in Singapore. Aside from a sleeker design, some of the new features include a smart dialer, additional widgets, Chinese text input and native support for Microsoft Exchange.

If you didn't know, there are two flavors of Android devices. The ones that have "with Google" on the back, like the Magic in the UK, offer a pure Google experience, i.e, with no customizations introduced to the operating system. This also means Microsoft Exchange isn't supported. The Asian version of the Magic, however, includes native support for Microsoft Exchange. According to HTC, its license with Microsoft allows the Taiwan company to introduce the feature on Asia-bound Magics and that Microsoft Exchange will also be supported on the next few Android devices.

Sure, native support for Microsoft Exchange is a boon for the corporate environment, but would you turn away a smartphone because it doesn't support the feature?

"Firefox Mobile" alpha hits Windows Mobile 6

For months, Mozilla's mobile version of its Firefox browser has been in first alpha, then beta modes on two Maemo-run Nokia Internet Tablets that few possessed. On Friday, Fennec (as it's been code-named) has arrived on a platform that many more testers will be able to sink their fingers into: Windows Mobile 6.

As with Fennec beta 1 for the Nokia N810 and N800, Fennec Alpha 1 for Windows Mobile 6 (download the CAB file) has been tailor-made for the HTC Touch Pro, with an intention to expand to more handsets in future releases. The flashiest feature to expect is support for add-ons. We got a glimpse of them at CTIA, and judging from Mozilla's video tour of Fennec on Windows Mobile, the module is now much more fleshed out. In addition to a list of recommended add-ons is a tab to start searching for more extensions.
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What do you want from the next Android device?

While many cell phone fans are awaiting the launch of the Palm Pre and details of a new iPhone, there's another segment of the community that's waiting for something else: More Google Android phones.

Their arrival seems imminent with a T-Mobile-branded HTC Magic passing through the FCC and now the Samsung I7500 getting the official stamp of approval. Also, there are rumors of a Motorola-manufactured T-Mobile G1 v2 slated for October. And let's not forget that Sony Ericsson, HTC, and Samsung have more than one Android device slated for 2009.

While the prospect of new hardware is exciting and we certainly need some new designs to add to lonely (and umm, clunky) T-Mobile G1, let's not forget the guts of the phone, the actual Android operating system.
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Hands-on with the Samsung I7500

Recently, we had some hands-on time with Samsung's first Android smartphone, the I7500. Here are our early impressions of the upcoming handheld. We've also compiled a handy comparison feature between the Magic and I7500 here.
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