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Apparently LG is Microsoft’s company of choice to launch the first Windows Phone 7 Series device. Not a lot of spec information yet, but the phone is suspected to having a 3.7 high resolution capacitive touch screen, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, and WiFi. Unfortunately, current Windows Mobile 6 phones such as the HTC Touch Pro 2 or the HTC Diamond 2 are unable to have a software upgrade to Windpws Hone 7. This is because Microsoft has set out a strict set of guidelines for devices to officially carry the “Windows Phone 7″ branding and name. Surprisingly, the almighty and powerful HTC HD2 does not quality. Why? Because it does not have the three main buttons Windows Phone 7 requires.

Various companies and websites are giving away free phones including Telus, Crackberry, and PhoneDog. We’re also giving away an exclusive prize for our YouTube followers. All this and more in this special episode of Phoneage. All of the news articles and video links can be found in the YouTube’s video description.

See you guys on Friday!

Today, at about 3:40 pm eastern, Google on the Google Photos Blog and Pickik on their blog announced that Google had bought Pickin.com. Picnik, for those that have never heard of it, is a photo-editing website that you can upload and edit photos. It is integrated to many websites such as Picasa Web Albums, Facebook, Flickr, Yahoo! Mail and Photobucket.
 

Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman showed Engadget.com a huge suprise this afternoon at The Engadget Show. He showed an LGs Windows Phone 7 Series phone early prototype! The QWERTY slider is the first Windows Phone 7 Series device the world has ever seen. Engadget claimed that:  

This video discusses possible features that Apple may be hiding from the public from what may be on the iPad. These are just pure rumors, but there still is very good proof on some of the rumors.

The first rumor is the possibility of some sort of multitasking, maybe in a dashboard form, on the iPad. Kevin Fox from fury.com figured out that the iPads in the iPad promotion videos are missing six core applications which are Stocks, Weather, Voice Memos, Clock, Calculator, and Compass. As Kevin stated, these are apps that “wouldn’t know what to do with 1024 x 768 resolution if you gave it to them. Think about it, why would you need a 10 inch screen to use any of these apps? It is vary possible that Apple will be implementing some sort of a dashboard onto the iPad because of this.
 

BoyGeniusReport.com received some exclusive information by one of their “BlackBerry connects” earlier today. This exclusive information is about a possible BlackBerry slider phone. Directly from BoyGeniusReport, here is what the phone may be like:  

Thanks to some SDK and patent detective work, users have now helped solidify the theory that video calling will be coming to the Apple iPad as well as the next generation iPhone, the iPhone 4G. From the SDK, files helped indicate the video calling feature as well as an image of leaked video “Call and End” buttons. The evidence is more substantial on the iPhone as an image of one of Apple’s patents clearly illustrates a front facing camera, with interactive “swiping” capabilities.
 

The Nintendo DSi XL is Coming Soon. The release date in North America is March 28th and in Europe is March 5th. The main difference between the Nintendo DSi XL vs. the Nintendo DSi is the size. The DSi XL is 93% larger. The stylus is larger, as well. It is also a glossy finish opposed to the DSi’s matte finish. The XL also has better battery life and brightness. The DSi XL will be sold for $189.99 US dollars. In Europe, the XL comes in Wine Red and Dark Brown, and in North America, the XL comes in Burgundy and Bronze.

Today, the iTunes store reached the milestone of 10 billion downloaded songs. iTunes was launched back in 2003 and it took Apple five years to reach the first five billion songs downloaded, but only two years for the next five billion songs. In other words, Apple reached 5 billion songs downloaded in June of 2008 and 10 billion songs today, on Steve Jobs’ 55th birthday! Happy birthday Steve!

If you had been following the countdown to 10 billion songs, you would had known that Apple was awarding a $10,000 iTunes giftcard to the person who downloaded the 10 billionth song. The winner is yet to be announced.
 

The Motorola Devour gets reviewed by Engadget. The Android powerd aluminum small brother of the Motorola Droid is quite impressive spec wise. Even thought the device doesn’t have the latest and most hardcore tech specs, the Devour can most definitely hold its own in the hands of tech users – and besides, it wasn’t made to compete against say the Nexus One or the HTC HD2. The Devour is an extremely well built and versatile machine for the mid-range market, and was recently featured in a Superbowl commercial starring none other than Megan Fox. The Devour is coming to Verizon in March for $150 on selected plans after a $100 mail-in-rebate. However, for you anxious folk, you can pick it up at BestBuy on February 25th, tomorrow, for $99.00.
 

Leaked pictures of a supposed Symbian^3 phone are circulating the web. It is codenamed the “Nokia X10″, which has a form factor is very similar to the Nokia X6. According to the rumours, it has a Qwerty keyboard and AMOLED touchscreen.

First off, it’s a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard design. It will be powered by a Cortex A8 CPU at 600MHz and have 256MB of RAM, with 16GB or 32GB of internal memory. The screen on the Nokia X10 is said to be a 3.2″ AMOLED capacitive touchscreen. Other specs are a 5MP camera with LED flash and 3G with HSDPA/HSUPA, Wi-Fi, GPS and an accelerometer for UI auto-rotation.