Nokia E63 Firmware Updated to Version 501.21.001 – Changelog Inside

Talk about not updating old devices!? Nokia sure has a good record of actually updating devices older than two years. Today they released a new firmware for the E63, and it brings the following changes with it.Changelog:Comes with Music along with Music Player baseline upgradedNew CwM account creation resolved for Indonesia variantsFixed Joining tab visible issue even after CwM account has been

Microsoft Hosting a Press Event On October 11th

Microsoft has today sent out invited to a Press Event that will be held in London, UK, on October 11th. The event will kick off at 9:00AM ET, and it will last for three and a half hours. That is a really long time for ‘just’ a press event, so I’d say there will be some hands-on with the new Windows Phone 7 equipped devices!Via Mobile News

MeeGo Ported to Nexus One, Dell Streak and HTC Desire – Video Proof Inside

MeeGo has been ported to run on the Nexus One, Dell Streak and HTC Desire! The project is still in beta stage, so don’t expect a final release anytime soon.More proof and video after the break!Via Mobile News

More Countries, More sellers, More buyers

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. — Tim Bray]

Since we launched Android and Android Market, we have seen the population of Android users and devices expand into many countries. This widespread adoption has brought with it growing interest in Android Market’s support for the buying and selling of paid applications in these additional countries.

We have been hard at work on this and it is my pleasure to announce that effective today, developers from 20 more countries can now sell paid apps on Android Market. Additionally, over the next 2 weeks, users in 18 additional countries will be able to purchase paid apps from Android Market.

Support for paid application sales is now expanded to developers in 29 countries, with today’s additions of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan.

In addition, Android Market users from 32 countries will be able to buy apps, with the addition of Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, and Taiwan. No action is necessary if you have targeted your paid apps to be available to “All Locations” and would like to launch in these additional countries. If you have not selected “All Locations” and would like to target these additional countries, or if you have selected “All Locations” and do not want to launch your apps in these additional buyer countries, please visit the Android Market publisher site regularly over the next two weeks to make the necessary adjustments as the new buyer countries launch.

We remain committed to continuing to improve the buyer and seller experiences on Android Market. Among other initiatives, we look forward to bringing the Android Market paid apps ecosystem to even more countries in the coming months. Please stay tuned.

Elisa Will Start Selling Unlocked iPhone 4s on September 30th

Elisa, a large operator here in Finland, just announced on their site that they will soon get the iPhone 4! This is the first time that you can buy an unlocked iPhone here in Finland.TeliaSonera (TeleFinland and Sonera) has previously been the only operator to sell any iPhones, and they’ve always sold them locked to their network. Now with Elisa, we will get the first carrier unlocked phones.

Download Game Alice in Bomberland for Nokia 5800, N97, X6 and 5530

Alice in Bomberland is a nice Java game which brings a new spin to the classical stories and characters from legendary author Lewis Carroll. Help Alice find the missing pages of its history while trying to prevent bomb attacks of the fantasy world of Bomberland. Do not worry, she meets many of the cool upgrades that will help you along your path in this strange world.

The main features of this game are:
  • Based on Lewis Carroll's classic stories Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, featuring famous quotes, poems and much more
  • Unlockable content including developer commentary and endless mode
  • Original illustrations by acclaimed children's book illustrator Mark Meyers
  • Alice character drawn by David Hellman, the visual artist from Braid
  • 48 whimsical, wondrous challenges featuring 8 unique settings
  • Featuring an 11 song soundtrack
This game is developed by Mr. Goodliving Ltd. and Sonic Boom, published by Sonic Boom, Inc. and Gamehouse. This game works with Symbian S60 5th edition touch screen mobiles such as Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, N97, N97 Mini, X6, 5530 XpressMusic, 5230, 5233 and 5235.

You can get the version 1.3.0 of this game. This game available to download is in Italian Language but easily playable by English users because of easy controls. The game is very exciting, graphics are awesome and sound is great.

Note: Make sure you off the on-screen keyboard before launching this game on your mobile to play it in full screen.

Game Alice in Bomberland for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (928 KB)
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Angry Birds for iPhone Updated – Brings Retina Support and New Levels

Angry Birds for iPhone got today updated to version 1.4.2. It comes with the following changes:Game Center supportRetina Display support15 tough new levelsAn awesome new golden egg sound boardLocalization for Efigs, Chinese and JapneseOptimized memory usageVia Mobile News

Download Widget Moon Phases 1.0 for Nokia 5800, X6, N97, 5230 and 5530

Moon Phases 1.0 is a Symbian S60 5th edition widget for touch screen mobiles. The widget is a freeware for mobiles. When you launch the application it displays the Moon phase and the Moon position in the zodiac for the current date. From the interface, you can select any date and it will display the Moon phase and the Moon position in the zodiac for selected date.

With MoonPhases application in your mobile you will always be able to plan the best time for your romantic date :) Sounds cool? then try this widget on your mobiles. The application works with mobiles such as Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, 5530 XpressMusic, N97, N97 Mini, X6, 5230, 5233 and 5235. The application is developed by Vesuvian Software from bitsforfree.eu. You can download the version 1.0 of this application.

Widget Moon Phases 1.0 for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (75 KB)
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Vodafone 945 latest Android phone

After some time, Vodafone introduced a high end phone, Vodafone 945. it's the vodafone's second Android phone. this is an Android phone which has Android 2.1. it has a 3.2 inch capacitive touch screen and the resolution is 240 x 400 pixels. the internal memory of this phone is 300MB but it supports up to 32GB memory cards.
Vodafone 945 has 3.6MBP/s HSDPA modem, bluetooth and wi-fi. the main camera of this phone is 5MP and it supports 30fps video recording. it has a GPS receiver with A-GPS support. rumors says that this phone will come with a good package.

Download Application My World GPS Tracker for Nokia 5800, N97, X6 and 5530

My World GPS Tracker is an application for Symbian S60 5th edition based touch screen mobile phones such as Nokia N97, N97 Mini, X6, 5230, 5233, 5800 XpressMusic, 5530 XpressMusic and 5235. Its a social location tracking software for your phones. The application is quite useful as you will never miss the location of your friends.

Working with this application is very easy. All you need to do is to install the application, launch it and provide username and email address to create a new account and there you go. Let people know where you are located right now. You can show off your personal tracking live in real time. Your tracks can be viewed in live mode or any PC and browser.

You can leave the application active to have it catch GPS locations and submit them, then surf to the website and type in your username to see what has been submitted. The application works best when you're outdoors and on the move, especially not in concrete buildings. You can send all your friends and family to your profile on the website to have them see your current location. The information is available from http://www.jaspergoes.com/tracker/. If you close the application, you will no longer be trackable. Get the latest version 0.4.30 of this application from the following link.

Application My World GPS Tracker for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (30 KB)
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Reflections on G-Kenya

[This post is by Reto Meier AKA @retomeier, who wrote the book on Android App development. — Tim Bray]

Recently I visited Kenya for the three-day G-Kenya event. I was there for two reasons:

  • To talk about Android and the emerging mobile opportunities for African developers.

  • To ask questions and find out more about the reality of mobiles and writing code from the people there.

Of the countries I’ve visited to talk about Android, nowhere have people had such a close connection to their mobile phones as in Africa. While most Kenyans own feature phones, those mobiles are already used as much more than simple phones. Mobile payments are already common, and cheap data plans mean that many people access the Internet exclusively through mobile handsets.

There were two Android announcements while I was in town: a new low-cost Android handset (the Huawei U8220), and Android Market access for Kenyans. I can’t wait to see the kind of apps that come from developers who live in an environment where mobile is so pervasive.

Day 1: Students

G-Kenya was set within the beautiful campus of the Strathmore Business School, so it was fitting that day one was addressed to students.

Of the three groups, the students where the most enthusiastic about Android. This was likely influenced by their confidence that by the time they graduate, modern smartphones in Africa will have become the norm.

I love talking to student developers — without the commercial pressures of finding customers or a monetization model — they're free to innovate on whatever technology platforms they think are interesting.

Day 2: Developers

Modern smartphones are not yet prevalent in Africa, so it wasn’t surprising that many of the developers are currently focusing on feature phones. That said, it was generally acknowledged that it was a question of when rather than if smartphones would come to dominate. The trick will be picking the right time to invest in Android so that they're ready to take advantage.

Plenty of developers believe that time is right now. It was a pleasure to meet the guys behind Ushahidi, creators of an Android app created to report and record incidents during the 2008 election violence. Since their launch they’ve expanded to offer a global platform for crowd-sourced news where timeliness is critical.

I love opportunity the Android Market delivers to developers like the idea of developers like Ushahidi and Little Fluffy Toys (of London Cycle Hire fame). An app the solves a problem for your local community can easily be expanded to offer solutions to similar problems across the world.

Developer focus in Kenya seemed to follow similar lines:

  • Create products and services targeted at local communities (such as the developers creating a distributed system to help health-care workers record medical information in the field.)

  • Build robust cloud-based services that provide access to users from any mobile platform.

  • Expand from feature phones to Android to incorporate features like GPS positioning, maps, and recording video and audio.

Day 3: Entrepreneurs and Marketers

No one was surprised to see a lot of the developers from the previous day return for entrepreneur day, and the apparent lack of Android questions from Day 2 was more than made up for on day 3; the “AppEngine Challenge” on Day 2 fielded a record 30 entries, so it seems everyone was working on their entries rather than asking questions!

I didn’t speak on Day 3, but spent all day fielding questions from eager mobile developers hoping to catch the Android wave as early innovators and first movers. That included a team who were working to provide real-time public transit tracking of Matatu via GPS and Android devices.

Reflections

It’s an exciting time to be a developer in Kenya. I regularly asked developers how long they thought it would take for Android devices to become common place. Many suggested if I came back this time next year I'd see a flood of Android devices. Even the more pessimistic predicted no more than 3 years.

As I traveled back towards Jomo Kenyatta International, listening to the radio offering a free Sony Ericsson X10 Mini to one lucky caller, the future didn’t seem very far away.

Download Widget Theme Gallery for Nokia 5800, N97, X6, 5230 and 5530

Do you love changing themes very frequently on your mobile? In a dilemma from where to get all those cool themes for your mobile? So here is the solution of all your problems. You can have tons of new, cool and exciting themes for you right on your mobile with the help of Theme Gallery widget by SymbianThemes.us.

Very nice and simple interface provided in this widget. When you launch this widget, it will display all the themes from the website. You can also apply filter such as Top Themes or Featured Themes. Every theme will be displayed with two screenshots and if you want to explore this theme then click on View Theme button below the theme name and you will be navigated to theme screen.

This screen provides you information like compatibility, version and size. Also three screenshots and a link to download this theme directly on your mobile is simply awesome. You don't require your PC anymore to visit SymbianThemes.us website to download themes for your mobile. Just click on Download link here in this screen and there you go.

The application is very useful specially for those who prefer surfing on their mobile rather than PC. It's a Symbian S60 5th edition widget to work with mobiles such as Nokia N97, N97 Mini, 5800 XpressMusic, 5530 XpressMusic, 5230, 5233 and 5235. Enjoy a new theme everyday. Download this widget now and install it on your mobile to make these themes available for your anytime.

Widget Theme Gallery for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (30 KB)
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Download Application Windows 7 Trial for Nokia 5800, N97, X6 and 5530

Easiest way to own a Win7 desktop with all the functions listed as the way Windows does in your cell phone, simple operation, fresh appearance, and foremost, the access to each target app has never been so convenient with the Start Menu.

Win7, a latest app presented by MMMOOO is about to refresh your cell phone screen appearance and you. When you launch the application, you see a nice Windows interface with shortcuts on screen along with Windows Sidebar showing time and calendar. You can click on Start icon to open Start Menu.

Click on More icon on homescreen and you will see the Windows Explorer with shortcuts to open File Manager, Camera, Theme, Settings and Logs. Click on Settings button on Start Menu to change the wallpaper of your Windows. There are different wallpapers available.

The application works with Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, N97, X6, 5230, 5233, 5235, N97 Mini and 5530 XpressMusic. Get the version 1.0.0 of this application and experience Windows 7 on your Symbian mobile. This application is developed by MMMOOO The application is fully functional trial version.

Application Windows 7 for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (171 KB)
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Mobile Phone outsourcing goes insourcing pt2

Do you remember back in March I wrote the piece about "Mobile Phone outsourcing goes insourcing" ( http://trewmte.blogspot.com/2010/03/mobile-phone-outsourcing-goes.html ), well yesterday I was given a link to Kent Police website and to the webpage dealing with public meeting notes:
http://www.kentpoliceauthority.gov.uk/public-meetings/audit-governance-committee/23-september-2009?p=2
Download and

Download Widget National Geographic for Nokia 5800, N97, X6 and 5530

The National Geographic Society is one of the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. Founded in 1888 to 'increase and diffuse geographic knowledge,' the society works to inspire people to care about the planet.

National Geographic reflects the world through its magazines, television programs, films, music and radio, books, DVDs, maps, exhibitions, live events, school publishing programs, interactive media, and merchandise. National Geographic has funded more than 9,200 scientific research, conversation, and exploration projects and supports an education program promoting geography literacy.

Now you can enjoy the National Geograpic on your Symbian S60 5th edition based mobiles such as Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, N97, N97 Mini, X6, 5230, 5233, 5235 and 5530 XpressMusic. The widget lets you see stories from National Geographic about Animals, News, Science+History, What's New, World Culture and much more. You can drill down to a story to see the video. The interface of this widget is cool. This widget works in landscape mode.

Widget National Geographic for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (228 KB)
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Download Theme Camro Black by Saby for Nokia 5800, X6, N97 and 5530

Camro Black by Saby is another nice theme by Saby for Symbian S60 5th edition based mobiles. The background graphics of this theme is based on a car Camaro from General Motors. The theme looks awesome in basic homescreen. The clock on homescreen is designed so uniquely.

Impressive graphics and nice icons. Camro Black theme comes with nice set of custom icons. These icons looks great on this theme. This theme looks shiny. Though everything in this theme looks good but scrollbars could have been better.

This theme works with Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, N97, N97 Mini, X6, 5230, 5233, 5235 and 5530 XpressMusic. Its a fully transparent theme. Enjoy this nice theme by Saby on your mobiles.

Theme Camro Black by Saby for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (1.8 MB)
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Download Theme Sea side by Saby for Nokia 5800, N97, X6, 5230 and 5530

Want to relax in Sea side? Now enjoy the beautiful sea side locations right on your mobile screen using Sea side by Saby theme for Symbian S60 5th edition mobiles such as Nokia N97, N97 Mini, X6, 5230, 5233, 5235, 5800 XpressMusic and 5530 XpressMusic.

Water, Palm trees, sand and swinger. What a relaxing theme it is. Sea side is a perfect theme to try on your mobiles. The clock on the homescreen shows digit for hour and its so clear and nice. This theme looks awesome in Basic homescreen.

The icons used in this theme are new and fresh. This theme performs good. Sea side by Saby theme is fully transparent. Get this theme now and make yourself enjoy seaside.

Theme Sea side by Saby for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (1.9 MB)
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Download Cool Theme Nitin 232 for Nokia 5800, N97, X6, 5230 and 5530

Here is a cool new Symbian S60 5th theme Nitin 232 for mobiles such as Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, 5800 XpressMusic, 5235, 5233, 5230, N97 Mini and N97. Nitin 232 is a nice theme with very unique background graphics. The graphics are superb.

It's a grey color theme. The clock on homescreen looks very good. This theme comes with custom icons and these icons are shiny and comes with glassy effects. This theme is good in performance and provide ultimate user experience.

Nitin 232 theme is a must have theme for your Symbian S60 5th mobiles. Download and try this theme on your mobiles.

Theme Nitin 232 for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (905 MB)
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Download Theme Touch Vista (7s) 5th by t7 for Nokia 5800, N97, X6 and 5530

Touch Vista (7s)- 5th by t7 is a nice theme for Symbian S60 5th edition theme for mobiles such as Nokia N97, N97 Mini, 5230, 5233, 5235, 5800 XpressMusic, X6 and 5530 XpressMusic. It's a very simple black color theme.

Though the theme looks ordinary and similar to default theme but you will find it different when you use it on your mobiles. This theme is fully transparent and works well without any problem. The light green color used in this theme when you select something looks good.

There are so many nice themes are available for Symbian mobiles but for a change, you can try Touch Vista (7s) 5th by t7 theme. I hope you would like this theme. Get it now.

Theme Touch Vista (7s) 5th by t7 for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (1.5 MB)
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Nokia E7 newest 8Mp super phone with HDMI out

Nokia has very few capacitive touchscreen phones. i don't know the exact reason, but even most of the latest high end phones like N97 and N900 came with a resistive touchscreen. they recently announced a super phone, Nokia E7. i can say it's as a super phone because of it's super features. this phone has a very sensitive capacitive touchscreen. unlike many new nokia phones, Nokia E7 comes with a huge 4 inch AMOLED display with 360 x 640 resolution. this display has a new technology called 'Nokia ClearBlack'. it also has Touch sensitive controls like in new Android phones.
another special feature of Nokia E7 is it has a 8MP camera. the camera comes with a dual LED flash and supports 720p video recording. the internal memory of this phone is 16GB but there is no memory card slot.
Nokia E7 powered by a ARM 11 680 MHz processor. it has a 3D Graphics accelerator as well. this phone runs with a Symbian^3 OS. Nokia E7 has couple of features that came for a nokia phone , first time. it has Active noise cancellation feature with dedicated mic and a digital compass. also Nokia E7 has a HDMI port. it can be used as a TV out for 720p videos. this phone also support Dolby digital sounds. Nokia E7 is a good navigator. it has GPS and A-GPS as well. the maps application is Ovi Maps 3.0.


Download Application Pico Tie Master Lite for Nokia 5800, N97, X6 and 5530

Tie Master Lite is a new, unique and interesting application for Symbian S60 5th edition based touch screen mobiles. The application teaches you how to knot the Tie properly. With the Lite version, you can learn Four-in-hand knot.

Four-in-hand knot: A narrow and slightly asymetrical tie that works with various ties and collars. It has a looser feel and a little bit more casual look. From the application you can click on Four-in-hand knot to play the animation which teaches you step by step.

Click on play button will start the animation. There are total 5 slides. You can also set the animation time. The default time is 5 seconds. The application is developed by Pico Brothers. There is a Pro version of this application called Tie Master Pro is available to purchase from OVI. The Pro version lets you master 10 necktie knots. Download the version 1.0.1 of Tie Master Lite application from the following link.

Application Tie Master Lite for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (99 KB)
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Download Widget Nokia OVI Blog for Nokia 5800, N97, X6, 5233 and 5530

Nokia OVI Blog is a Symbian S60 5th edition widget by Nokia Corporation to keep you updated with latest offerings from Nokia's OVI which includes updates from Twitter, Facebook, OVI Blog and YouTube. Now you will never miss a single update by Nokia's OVI.

From the top of the screen, you can select the updates from various services OVI uses to provide information to its users. Click on Blog and you will get the latest posts of Nokia's OVI blog. Select the Twitter and you will see all the latest tweets posted on Twitter by Nokia's OVI. Select the Facebook and you will see the facebook updates of OVI.

Select the YouTube and you will be able to watch all the videos uploaded by OVI on YouTube. The application is quite useful as it keep ups with the latest news from OVI by Nokia. The Widget works with mobiles such as Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, 5530 XpressMusic, N97, N97 Mini, X6, 5230, 5233 and 5235.

The version 1.0 of this widget is available to download. You can try this widget on your mobile and never miss the OVI updates.

Widget Nokia OVI Blog for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (162 KB)
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Take Advantage of Optimum WiF, if you are a Cablevision Customer

I noticed Cablevision (Optimum Online)'s free WiFi advertisement on my DVR the other day and just last night, I noticed Optimum WiFi appearing as I was scanning for a wireless hotspot while dinning out.  I decided to look into exactly what it is and how to go about accessing it since it is free to its cable/internet subscribers.  Here is the breakdown for you:

1. You must be a Cablevision/Optimum Online customer with a valid account(number).
2. You must be within the coverage area (map), in the Northeastern region of NY/NJ
3. There appears to be 3 different types WiFi network, indoor hotspot Optimum has arranged at local businesses, outdoor hotspot and partner hotspots
4. You must create an account in order to access the WiFi hotspots, this can be done using your account number (minus the last digit) here and it has a feature that automatically remembers your login and password

I think this is a pretty good solution for those on the go.  Given that iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G's Facetime requires WiFi, this could be a good solution for those living throughout the NY/NJ region.  For more information, go here.

Control Your PC With Mobile Witch Remote Control for Nokia 5800 and N97

Mobile Witch Remote Control is a nice Java based application to control your PC from your mobile phone. The aim of this application is to enable mobile phone owners to control basic functions of their PC from their mobiles using Bluetooth technology.

The Remote Control application consists of two parts, the client part and the server part. The client part is a J2ME application which is installed in a mobile phone. The server part is a Java application which is running on the target computer you want to access using your mobile client.

As shown in the screenshot, the application is currently offering the following functionality:
  • Control the movement of the mouse cursor
  • Left - Right Click
  • Rotate the mouse wheel
  • Press the mouse wheel
  • Control the arrow keys of the keyboard
  • Control the spacebar, enter, tab and backspace keys
The minimum requirements to install server on your PC are:
  • Windows XP SP1 or later
  • Java SE 1.6 or greater
  • Bluetooth adapter compatible with Microsoft Bluetooth stuck
After installation on both PC and mobile, you need to first start Bluetooth on both mobile and PC. If you PC is bluetooth discoverable. You can launch the server application on PC which will wait for your mobile client to connect. Once server is started, you can start the mobile application which will search for server and when server is available in the search result, you can double click on it to connect.

The application also provides you to have controls on some of the applications like Explorer, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Winamp, etc. If any of these application is currently in focus on your PC, you can control it. For example: you can perform following actions on Internet Explorer:
  • Back
  • Refresh
  • Next Tab
  • Close Tab
  • New Tab
  • Home
  • History
The application works great on Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition mobiles such as Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, N97, N97 Mini, X6, 5230, 5233, 5235, 5530 XpressMusic, E71 and E63. The mouse controls using onscreen keyboard is little slow but the desktop screen which comes on mobile is very clear and visible. You can enjoy your PC on your mobile. Get the version 2.08.0 of Mobile Witch Remote Control application from the following link.

Application Mobile Witch Remote Control for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 (3.40 MB)
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