Device Arena

Hearing the calls from weary holiday shoppers everywhere, help has arrived. This holiday season, Motorola, Inc. has a sleigh-full of new gadgets, from sharp new handsets and multitasking smart phones to “gotta have” accessories that make sensational gifts and stocking stuffers.

“Motorola’s wide variety of stylish handsets and headsets are among this season’s most wanted gifts,” said Kathleen Finato, senior director North America marketing, Motorola. “With so many devices, Motorola is sure to have a great new device perfect for anyone on your holiday gift list.”

Motorola’s holiday line-up includes a variety of gadgets that enable the enjoyment of unique experiences, from complete organization, to music immersion, to Web browsing, all while keeping in constant, clear contact with friends and family.

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AT&T and LG today announced the availability of the new Shine by LG, a stylish new multimedia device for mobile phone users who want to stand out in a crowd. The Shine by LG arrived in stores Nov. 23, the day after Thanksgiving – “Black Friday”.

The Shine by LG is a sliding form-factor device, offered exclusively through AT&T, that features a silver exterior and comes with video, music and camera features and a 2.2-inch mirror LCD screen. Additional features on the Shine by LG include a 2.0-megapixel camera with video record and Bluetooth 2.0 capability for music and voice. The body of the Shine by LG is an elegant metal body surrounding the mirror LCD screen.

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It’s time for our next Market Update edition. You can expect our market reports every Friday. Those will inform you on the latest (and greatest) mobile phones that hit the stores on a weekly basis. As previously noted, unfortunately, we won’t be able to comment local availability in stores near you, as well as on carrier-subsidized prices.

Nokia N82

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White Plains, NY – Nokia announced that the new Nokia N810 Internet Tablet has begun shipping nationwide in the United States. With a new slide-out keyboard, built-in GPS, digital audio/video playback and Wi-Fi capability for VoIP calling, the Nokia N810 provides the functionality of a traditional computer but all in one sleek, stylish and portable device.

“More than ever, people want to bring their online communities with them wherever they go – whether it’s on vacation, a business trip, or just around their neighborhood – and the pocketable Nokia N810 Internet Tablet lets consumers do just this,” said Bill Plummer, Vice President, Multimedia, Nokia North America. “As consumer demand increases for new multimedia experiences, Nokia is taking the leadership position to create new devices that meet this demand and maximize the experience for the user.”

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M:Metrics, the mobile media authority, today unveiled the first competitive tracking service for mobile advertising, M:AdTracker, at the Mobile Marketing Forum.

This is the third major product release from M:Metrics, and further advances the sector by providing advertisers with tracking of who is advertising on the mobile Web. It follows the launch of MobiLens service in 2005, which provides media consumption metrics using the largest monthly global survey of mobile subscribers, and MeterDirect in April 2007, the only syndicated research service to provide consumption metrics using on device metering technology on smartphones.

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