Today U.S. Cellular announced the release of the Samsung Axle on its network. The Axle is a low-cost flip phone with a camera and voice dialing capabilities.

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Motorola has unveiled its latest Bluetooth headset, the Endeavor HX1. This small headset features bone conduction technology for superior noise reduction.

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T-Mobile is believed to be preparing the unannounced Samsung Highlight touchscreen cell phone for launch on July 15, according to a leaked product sheet.

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LG has announced its new GW550, a smartphone powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard edition. The GW550 is a candybar cell phone with a small 2.4-inch QVGA display and a full QWERTY keyboard.

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Today T-Mobile USA and HTC announced the July availability of the new T-Mobile Dash 3G, a Windows Mobile smartphone based on the HTC Snap.

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A Vodafone Ireland forum moderator has stated that the carrier will pass on the Nokia N97 smartphone in favor of the unannounced “N97 Mini.” The moderator also says that Vodafone will not offer the Palm Pre, but will carry the BlackBerry Storm 2.

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Undeniably, Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch have become major players in the mobile gaming market. It seems like every developer under the sun is working on iPhone / iPod game of some kind. There are lots of games out there, and a rising number of them are pretty good, but the iPhone / iPod has thus far been devoid of another major aspect of the game industry: Third-party peripherals. Until now, that is. With the release of iPhone 3.0 firmware, Apple now mentions “Third-party Game Accessories” on the iPod Touch software update page.

The iPod and iPhone already have a huge accessories market, and we’re sure that there are plenty of companies looking to carve a new niche with gaming accessories. There are no details regarding what sorts of accessories are on the way, but we’d say some more traditional input devices are a pretty safe bet.

We’ll tell you one thing, we can’t wait to see what Nyko has cooking.

[Via Touch Arcade]

Gaming accessories headed to iPhone (maybe with buttons!) originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tecmo’s Nostalgeo no Kaze, being localized as Nostalgia by Ignition Entertainment, is a fantasy RPG set in a fictionalized version of our own world in the late 19th century. In this steampunk-inspired world, a young man named Eddy searches for legendary treasures, traveling around the world … on his zeppelin.

During E3, we had the opportunity to speak briefly with producer Keisuke Kikuchi (best known for creating Fatal Frame) and director Naoki Morita (known for his work on Sega’s Sakura Taisen series, which is finally coming to North America) about the inspiration behind the fanciful Nintendo DS RPG, and about life after the Tecmo-Koei merger.

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Interview: Tecmo’s Keisuke Kikuchi and Red Entertainment’s Naoki Morita on Nostalgia originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When Scottish rally racer Colin McRae died in a tragic helicopter accident in September 2007, many wondered how his passing would affect the final version of DiRT, the McRae-branded racing game that would come out later that month. The answer? Well, it was too late in the game’s development to include any significant changes — but Codemasters is making sure that the upcoming sequel to the well-reviewed racer adequately tips its hat to the driver who spawned the series.

MTV Multiplayer checked out DiRT 2 during a recent preview in NYC, and reports that players will be working to qualify for the Colin McRae Memorial Cup — what’s more, Codemasters’ Mark Turosz explained that players will “hear other drivers talking about him,” and that “he’s the central figure in the narrative.” Rarely do video games dabble in real-life tragedies — though it looks like Codemasters is handling it with a refreshing touch of class.

DiRT 2 tips its hat to the late Colin McRae originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yes, 12-year-old Billy Caruthers, projected winner of the 2036 presidential election has decided to resign from his pending office in order to dodge controversy surrounding his pending extramarital affair. He — oh, wait. We totally misread that headline. The president of magazine publisher Future US, Jonathan Simpson-Bint, is stepping down August 31 in order to start up his own business. Simpson-Bint has been working with the company for 18 years, and oversaw the launch of PSM, IGN.com and DailyRadar.com.

Future is currently looking for Simpson-Bint’s replacement — if you’ve got experience managing humongous publishing companies, yet find yourself working as a lowly fry cook at your local Carl’s Jr., perhaps its time you gained some upward mobility.

Future US president calls it quits originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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