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Nokia MuralNokia’s Mural only landed on AT&T last week, and already its been pulled from shelves.  The problem, according to a leaked internal memo, is that Nokia “inadvertently turned off” its 3G support during production, meaning that all of the devices – including those sold – now need to be reflashed with new firmware.

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Vodafone UK have put three much-anticipated devices up for preorder, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2, Nokia E72 and LG GM750.  Set to begin shipping in November, October and October, respectively, the three phones each have HSDPA high-speed data connections and GPS.

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The HTC Touch Pro2 isn’t the only QWERTY handset Verizon are unveiling today, but it’s certainly far more traditionally-shaped than the Nokia 7705 Twist. The square device swivels open to reveal its keyboard, as well as packing a 3-megapixel camera, EVDO Rev.0 (not Rev.A), a 2.5mm headphones jack and a 2.4-inch LCD display.

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Nokia’s Booklet 3G has shown up for preorder on the company’s Italian webstore, priced at €699 ($1,019) unlocked and SIM-free.  The Finnish netbook – announced at Nokia World last week – packs a 720p-capable 10.1-inch display, integrated 900/2100MHz HSDPA/HSUPA and AGPS.  It’s expected to begin shipping at the end of October 2009.

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Nokia has revealed that it will not be customizing its N900 Maemo 5 smartphone to suit carriers, claiming part of Linux’s strength in the mobile market is offering customers a “compelling value proposition”.  It’s a potentially risky strategy; Nokia’s struggle to gain the same sort of foothold in North America as it has in Europe has been partly blamed on a refusal to adapt to carrier-demands there.

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Video demos of the N900 after the cut

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If you needed another reason to look beyond Maemo 5 to its successor, Maemo 6, set to be released in around twelve months time, then how about multitouch and gesture-based input?  Nokia have confirmed that Qt 4.6 will be optimized for Maemo 6 but also see a port to the upcoming Symbian 4, as well as bringing with it improvements to the WebKit browser and a reduction in the need for widgets.

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Having released Spotify Mobile for the iPhone, iPod touch and Android earlier on today, Spotify have followed up with a demo of their upcoming S60 version.  Much anticipated among Symbian users, the app will support the same offline playback and full catalog access of its released cousins.

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Video demo after the cut

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Did’t I just finish writing a week in review? That time again already? Ok, so here we go! Asus’ Eee netbook roadmap leaked this week showing us some of the new machines Asus has up its sleeves and tipping us off on the netbooks already on the market that will be going extinct soon. SanDisk got all official and stuff with a new low-end MP3 player called the Sansa Clip+. The thing gains a microSD card slot to accommodate that big bag of fail known as slotMusic.

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As well as the obvious product launches from Nokia World this week – the N900, X6, X3, N97 mini and Ovi SDK – SlashGear also had the opportunity to sit down with various executives and team members from the company and discuss not only Nokia’s plans for the future but some of the decisions that have brought them to this stage. After the cut in our Nokia World wrap-up, a new DRM-free media store, plans for future netbooks, the push for the US market and more.

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After our initial hands-on with the N900 – the video and gallery of which you can see here – we spent some more time playing with the Maemo 5 smartphone at Nokia World this week.  Our initial enthusiasm has been tempered a little by some of the real-world compromises that blending a smartphone and an Internet Tablet demand, though we’re still looking forward to a full review unit; check out our hands-on impressions after the cut.

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Video demo after the cut

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