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As Reuters reports, citing its own sources, the smartphone from Google, known as the Nexus One, will be available in the U.S. beginning with Jan. 5, 2010. There will be two possibilities to have it: without contract or with contract on T-Mobile.According to rumors, when signing a two-year contract with the operator, the initial fee for Google Nexus One will be $ 199. However, nothing is yet known regarding the conditions of the contract.The source says that in long terms, Google will become a full retail seller, and from mobile operators will receive only commission. He also expressed confidence that the smartphone from Google will change the business model of the mobile industry, as well as iPhone did in his time.An analyst expert from Baird Research, Will Power, believes that the entrance on the market of Google Nexus One (if this device will actually be sold under the brand of the internet giant) will have a negative impact on all manufacturers of smartphones, including such large as Apple, Research In Motion, Nokia , HTC, Motorola, Palm and Samsung. At the same time, most affected will be the current Google partners, which produce devices on Android platform.While neither Google, nor T-Mobile does not comment on rumors about the Nexus One.

The Synaptics company demonstrated a concept phone named Fuse, whose sensing parts is not only the screen but also the housing, as reports Electronista. In addition, on the sides of the phone are installed capacitive sensors and pressure sensors that can detect a touch, and the pressure force on the case.

Fuse is also equipped with an accelerometer, which distinguishes any tilting and movements of the phone in space. The device has a large AMOLED-display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels and the tactile feedback. The phone recognizes multitouch-motion, as well as provides a high level of three-dimensional graphics.

Synaptics Fuse is built on the Texas Instruments OMAP 3630 processor and in the development of the concept an active role played the companies TheAlloy and The Astonishing Tribe.

The novelty will be showed-off at CES 2010, Mobile World Congress 2010. It is unlikely that this concept will go into mass production, but the technologies used in it will be applied in phones and smartphones for the future.

Samsung has announced a major organizational restructuring that has made way for a new CEO, COO and CFO. Geesung Choi has been named as the new President and CEO of Samsung Electronics while the current Vice Chairman and CEO, Yoon-woo Lee will now act as a Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Jay Y. Lee has been named as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Ju-Hwa Yoon as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Samsung has also reorganized its company structure and will adopt the company system. In this system each business unit will be managed like a stand-alone company with its own President and CFO.

Previously, Samsung businesses were segregated into two – Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions but now will be operated under the same corporate entity with seven different companies.

Samsung reckons such structure will enable them to create greater autonomy at the operating level and also reduce the decision making hierarchy from three to two stages.

In other related news, Samsung Electronics has decided to absorb Samsung Digital Imaging and operate under the main brand. The union if approved, will allow Samsung to use SDIs optical technology and apply to other businesses while SDI will be able to benefit from Samsung Electronics’ global marketing and sales network.

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If you drop your HTC HD2 handset on the pavement, odds are that it’ll get the same damage as the unit below, photographed by an unlucky HD2 owner in Bristol. He managed to drop the phone on the concrete pavement and… well, let’s say the pavement survived.

The unlucky user wishes the handset didn’t have a flush screen and that it would pack a plastic body, to avoid this type of damage. Repairs have started yesterday and we’re really wondering how much this process will cost and if the warranty covers it.

Glass touchscreens lose the battle with resistance, again…

[via wmpoweruser]

It’s nowhere near as exciting as, oh, let’s say the release of OS 5.0 for all current generation devices on the market prior to the Storm2, but BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 has received its first update. Coming in at 2.5MB, BBM 5.0.0.55 doesn’t appear to offer anything new in terms of feature, but does include some much needed refinements to the otherwise solid app. What do we mean by that? You’re finally able to get visible previews of incoming pictures and the menu options been reorganized, now presented in a logical fashion. Want in on the action? Of course you do. Just hit up blackberry.com/messenger on device and upgrade away.