Motorola unveiled a whole slew of new Android smartphones, all said and done there were six. Of course, we have already mentioned the Flipout, Flipside and Bravo heading to AT&T. And the Droid Pro and Citrus which are heading to Verizon Wireless. That leaves the Spice. And for those in the US wondering which carrier more »

Brazillion website Zumo managed to get their hands on one of the new Dell Mini 3iX’s in Brazil earlier Tuesday afternoon. What they got to play with was a phone that: Has a completely button-free face giving it a very sleek look. Has a 3 megapixel camera with flash, autofocus, and video. Other basic utilities more »

There are a bunch of iPhone knock-offs out there, but there is this one product from a Brazilian company that is sort of like the iPhone, but meant specifically for the house.

There to parts to the product, the base unit and the phone unit to take calls. Basically, the Orby base unit comes with a lot of apps on the screen that perform different functions, which are very similar to the iPhone’s. It comes with 4GB of RAM, and a 512MB hard drive; the phone part comes with an internal microphone, as well as speakers to receive the call. Continued. . .

When I was in Sao Paulo last April, a free Linux based OS was the furthest thing from my mind as I surveyed the Favellas (slums) as well as the metropolitan parts of the city. In this country of new hope, the government has taken an interesting tack: computers for all. Their plan is to offer a free operating system to keep computer costs low and thus more affordable for all. It is an interesting approach that is gaining acceptance.

To date, the OS has an installed base of 1.5 million and looks to climb to 2 million by year’s end. The first open source OS for the country is Insigne, which opened a training center in Sao Paulo. Working closely with vendors, Insigne prides itself on a simple UI and basic functionality for email, word processing, spreadsheets, and browsing.