Is Japanese wireless carrier SoftBank planning for a new version of the Apple iPhone, or are sales just a bit slow? Who knows, but from Friday through the end of May, anyone can sign up for an 8GB Apple iPhone 3G in Japan for 100% free.

AppleInsider and CrunchGear report that starting Friday, SoftBank’s new “iPhone for Everyone” campaign (read translated webpage) will offer the 8GB Apple iPhone for free, as long as you sign up for a new 2-year contract. The promotion will runs through May 31.

In the meantime, SoftBank will sell the 16GB Apple iPhone for a bit discounted price—just 11,520 yen (about USD $119), and you can even pay for the smartphone in monthly payments, which come out to less than $5 a month during the 2-year agreement.

SoftBank subscribers will still have to pay monthly voice and data charges, of course, although as AppleInsider notes, the carrier is chopping its standard data plan (about USD $62 per month) by more than 25%.
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Ok, now we continue to the second part of T-Mobile G1-Google Phone Full Reviews. If you missed the first part, you can still read it here. Apart from before, the call quality was awesome on the G1-Google Phone (some callers couldn’t detect that we’re on a cellular phone), the G1-Google Phone’s speakerphone was loud & clear, and the dialer app is efficient and user friendly (T-Mobile’s myFaves feature is now supported).

Messaging options on the G1-Google Phone are abundant—just about all that’s missing is full-on Exchange support, which will come once an enterprising developer fills the void. Alright, but how’s G1-Google Phone 3G reception? If you’re in New York, you probably had no trouble getting a 3G signal, both in Manhattan and Brooklyn—indeed, 3G reception on the G1-Google Phone was better than on Apple iPhone 3G. Remember that T-Mobile only recently launched its own 3G network, and it’ll only be live in about 21 cities by the end of the month. The G1-Google Phone will work on EDGE technologies-Beside that, you can always having a connectivity to the internet via Wi-Fi (wireless networks).
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Got password protection enabled on your Apple iPhone? Recently we’ve discovered there’s a real easy way for attackers to skip the password prompt screen and get access to your contacts, browse the Internet, read all your e-mails, and even make a calls. Luckily, there’s a fix/patch released for that security hole.

According to Ars Technica, posters on the MacRumors forums discovered the security hole, and it’s a pretty big one.
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After a buzz of leaks, the rumor about Palm Treo Pro finally got approved. At first glance, it’s a one slick smartphone, although you’ll have to ‘provide’ a pretty bucks to get this Palm Treo Pro.

Firstly, let’s get to the roots. This Palm Treo Pro is indeed, as expected, operated by Windows Mobile handset Pro version 6.1, which includes mobile versions of Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, and Palm itself plans to sell it directly, starts from $549 for an unlocked version of it. The “unlocked” term here means no contract, good news for everyone who doesn’t want to be tied with a carrier for two years.
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While you’re busy with shopping and many other things, a mobile phone company T-Mobile just launched a whole brand new model Sidekick that’s both can afford by you and totally user customizable. -Video Reviews Here-

This little gadget called Sidekick has gone by quite few other names before as example LX, Slide and Sidekick 3, but this whole new model is simply named T-Mobile Sidekick, but many have been calling it as “Gekko” but not “Gecko” in “InternetGecko” ok, Just joking. T-Mobile Sidekick has been called “Gekko” since its details information hit the Internet.
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