The first details on the first Dell Mini 10 with built-in T-Mobile 3G support have surfaced.

The carrier will begin to offer a version of the Dell Mini 10v with built-in T-Mobile webConnect support via embedded modem beginning on March 24th, the same day as the HTC HD2 launch for $199.99 after new agreement and data plan.

The T-Mobile version will be offered in an exclusive black/white color scheme and features a 10.1 inch LED backlit display, 1024 x 600 resolution, Windows 7 Starter Edition, an Intel Atom N450 processor and 1GB of DDR2 RAM along with a 160 GB hard drive and 1.3 megapixel camera.

New details have surfaced regarding the Motorola iDEN Android-based smart device formerly known as the Opus One and now known as the i1. The camera has seemingly been upgraded in resolution from its previous 3.2 megapixel configuration to a 5.0 megapixel assembly and it will include a version of Opera Mini instead of the standard WebKit-based Android web browser.

The Android build for the device has also seen a major change, as it now features the MotoBLUR social network oriented user interface instead of being a branded “with Google” build, suggesting that the manufacturer is moving away from such builds in favor of its own Android implementation with a recent example found in AT&T’s Backflip, which features Yahoo services instead of Google along with the aforementioned user interface.

As expected and previously reported exclusively here on PhoneNews.com, Verizon has launched the long-awaited Casio C741 Brigade rugged push to talk/messaging device.

The Brigade is the first messaging and multimedia device from the manufacturer that is also M810 certified for resistance to shock, dust, water and extreme temperatures.

Technical specifications consist of EVDO Rev. A support, QWERTY keyboard, 2.9 inch wide display at WQVGA resolution, dedicated messaging keys, text to speech, document viewer supporting Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint, PDF and TXT documents, 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus and flash, Bestshot photo selection with six total modes available and face detection.

The rest of the specifications include Clear talk noise reduction and voice recording, speakerphone, GPS support via VZNavigator, microSDHC expansion slot VCAST Music/Video support and Bluetooth with stereo audio support.

Pricing is set at $419.99 Retail/Month to Month, $369.99 on a 1 year agreement or $299.99 after a new 2 year agreement both before additional $50 rebates, bringing the totals to $319.99 and $249.99 respectively.

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Pricing and availability information for the highly anticipated T-Mobile HTC HD2 has been all but confirmed after months of speculation.

The Windows Mobile 6.5 powered device will not be receiving the previously confirmed Windows Phone 7 Series update, with HTC now confirming that the device is in fact incompatible with the new platform.

Pricing is set at $449.99 on Even More Plus plans, with monthly payments breaking down to either four equal payments of $112.50 or 20 payments of $22.50 per month, while pricing on a 2 year agreement is set at $199.99.

The device will launch on March 24th.

A Frisco, Texas based holding company by the name of SmartPhone Technologies LLC has filed suit against Apple, AT&T, RIM, Samsung, Sanyo, LG, and Motorola alleging that all the companies named are infringing upon patents owned by the aforementioned company.

Apple faces six counts of patent violations which include power conservation, telephony features, and email sync along with Bluetooth capability. The other companies were named together in violation of U.S. Patent No. 5,742,095, entitled “Personal Communications Internetworking”.

Smartphone Technologies is also seeking undisclosed damages from all of the companies involved, while requesting a jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas, where patent lawsuits are often filed in hopes of a favorable outcome for the plaintiff.

In a 2009 patent case also filed in Texas, Apple lost a similar case against patent holder OPTI Inc. when the same U.S. District Court had found that Apple infringed on patent No. 6,405,291, which meant that Apple was ordered to pay the company $19 million on top of an additional $2.7 million added on as pre-judgement interest, bringing the total judgment to $21.7 million.

Smartphone patents have now become a hot-button issue, with Apple, Nokia, HTC and others all involved in different lawsuits involving various technology patents involving one and/or the other manufacturer in recent months.

Palm has confirmed further details regarding the native PDK during GDC specifically relating to development support and hardware compatibility.

First, the most recent version of the PDK released recently is compatible with the Pixi for application development, rather than being limited to the Pre and Pre Plus as first thought, which means that all currently available hardware is supported. The developer preview of the PDK issued to select game and application developers before its public release did not include such support.

Related to that front, the first applications developed using the public PDK release have been given a vague availability timeframe between the middle of the year or a few months depending on the possibility of another webOS update to enable full support for PDK applications on the Pre and Pixi. The PDK has also been confirmed to support the Linux SDL library in order to ease porting of Linux applications to webOS with the PDK beta, along with being able to mix both webOS and PDK elements for application development.

Currently available PDK developed games do not utilize additional Palm hardware elements such as the QWERTY keyboard and the gesture area, but they are available to developers to integrate along with any other element of webOS that the Mojo SDK supports. The only exception in the plugin is that Flash only works in the web browser and can’t be embedded into a webOS or PDK application, with no further details on future support at this time.

Verizon is actively working with RIM on a new hardware revision of the BlackBerry Storm2 in order to correct accuracy issues centered on the lower left corner of the SurePress touch display reported in a small number of units.

Verizon has ordered all stores to return existing pre-revision stock in order to receive the new units which include “silicone actuators to improve touchpad performance and tactile response” inside the piezo-actuated display hardware.

Customers with pre-revision BlackBerry Storm2 units are also able to exchange them for the revised model if reporting issues with the touch display.

Adobe’s Principal Product Manager for Flash Mike Chambers has released a statement on his personal blog concerning Flash on Windows Phone 7 Series. In the statement, Chambers elaborates that “Adobe and Microsoft are working together to bring Flash Player 10.1 to Internet Explorer Mobile on Windows Phone 7 Series.”

Chambers didn’t state a timeframe for availability, but Microsoft has confirmed on previous occasions that Windows Phone 7 Series relies heavily on the competing Microsoft Silverlight platform. However, Microsoft has never explicitly excluded the use or integration of Adobe’s Flash in the web browser or on the new platform as a whole.