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Sprint (NYSE: S) may not yet have a truly nationwide WiMAX network up and running in the US, but they’re making preparations to launch the first WiMAX phone in the US this year. Sprint has confirmed to Forbes that the No. 4 3 US wireless carrier will drop some sort of WiMAX phone on the American people in the first half of this year, and not by year’s end, as has been previously stated by WiMAX provider Clear. The phone is most likely going to be an HTC smartphone, making the incredibly feature-packed HTC Supersonic Android phone.

Looks like some new countries have been graced with an Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) App Store presence. This, according to Apple’s iPhone Developer News. If you live in one of the 13 countries mentioned below, you can now pop open iTunes or the App Store app on your iPhone or iPod Touch for Application heaven. The official note from Apple:

It’s always good when you get an hardware accessory that combines a keen eye on price, with good functional design. Case in point: the Mobilefun charge & sync cradle, available for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. Different than the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) minimalist effort, this one includes a USB cable and plug in to the bargain also!

The design of the cradle is such that it comes in three pieces:

Final Fantasy fans will no doubt be frolicking with fervor following the Final Fantasy news I’m about to put forth! Over at The Appera, screenshots of Final Fantasy I and II for iPhone had appeared. While the screenshots were solid proof, no confirmation that FFI and FFII were indeed coming to the App Store had hit us… Until Now. The developers over at Square Enix have posted on their Twitter feed and Facebook Page that yes, Final Fantasy I and II are headed to the iPhone (and iPod Touch). The release date and pricing is still TBA, but this is great news for any fan of this legendary RPG series.

Recession? What recession! Tesco, which is the leading UK Supermarket chain (with stores everywhere) is continuing it’s iPhone pricing offensive in to the New Year, with the news that it’s even easier to buy the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. How you might ask? Well, they’ve set up a toll-free (for all our US readers) number (0800 number, for those in the UK), which you can ring to get the iPhone double-fast – or at least quite fast, anyway.

By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews

In an effort to minimize the apparent scope of the problem faced by at least a sizable plurality of Nexus One customers this week, Google has issued a statement to the press. It essentially acknowledges what we’ve all seen with our eyes, that users are experiencing widespread 3G connectivity issues, but it offers no information as to what measures are being taken to address those concerns.

FCC has cleared a new ZTE device. It’s the X990, a low-end QWERTY keyboard-equipped phone, designed for those who like texting but don’t want to pay too much for a phone with full keyboard. In that sense, we’re talking about a non-3G device that also includes Bluetooth connectivity support, 2-megapixel camera, FM radio, web browser, music player, standard 3.5mm headset jack and a microSD memory card slot.

Telenor plans to raise more than billion from Indian lenders to fund its new Indian operations – Uninor. According to Telenor’s Fredrik Baksaas: “The details are being worked out… we are discussing with potential lenders here in India.”

He said the funds will be used to expand services to other parts of the country, and not for acquiring spectrum in next month’s 3G auctions. “…We might evaluate a circle by circle approach,” Baksaas added.

In a bit of interesting iPhone news via MacRumors, word has come out that a new iPhone has shown up in usage records… pointing to the fact that the next generation iPhone is indeed out in the wild for testing.

The iPhone App Developers over at Pandav noticed an identifier for an unreleased version of the iPhone in an analytics report provided to them by Pinch Media. With the latest and greatest iPhone (the 3GS) tagged as ‘iPhone 1,2′, a mystery phone showing up as ‘iPhone 3,1′ showed up in said records… thus, starting the rumor and speculation.

There’s an iPhone infection going around, so we thought it would be a good idea to post a quick “How-to” guide for changing your jailbroken iPhone’s SSH password. Unlike the Swine Flu, no amount of hand-washing or coughing into the bend in your arm is going to prevent your jailbroken iPhone from contracting a malicious infection. On the plus-side, changing the default password on your jailbroken iPhone should inoculate your handset from current iPhone worms.