A new Nokia phone has just been leaked onto the internet as part of a holiday greeting of sorts, sporting an AT&T logo and 4G reception. Although speculation should always be taken with a grain of salt, Paul Thurrott of SuperSite for Windows is claiming that this device is the Nokia Ace – a renamed version of the unreleased Lumina 900 and one of three LTE Windows Phones to hit AT&T next year. The device also looks eerily similar to the currently released Lumia 800, but the addition of a front facing camera and LTE suggest otherwise.

Following Nokia’s soon to debut Lumia 710 smartphone, the Ace will be the second Nokia Windows Phone to arrive stateside and the first phone preloaded with Tango. The device is expected to be announced on March 18.

[Source: Pocketnow]
[Image source: Pocketnow]

If you’re still waiting to get your hands on it, provided you have a N900, click the source link for additional information.

[Source: MeeGo Wiki]

Unofficial mockup of a Nokia WP7 device.

Shortly after the folks over at Redmond unveiled the newest version of Windows Phone 7, dubbed “Mango”, Nokia has confirmed that several of its future device slated for release this year will sport Microsoft’s newest mobile operating system. Nokia has officially said:

Today Microsoft has announced the key new ingredients of the latest ‘Mango’ release of the Windows Phone operating system. This is the software that will be used on the first Nokia with Windows Phone device, and so should be of keen interest to Nokia-watchers everywhere.

In addition, Microsoft employees said during the keynote that they have several Nokia handsets running Windows Phone 7 in their labs. And unlike most other products Microsoft has made, none of them have leaked. Also, they won’t look anything like the renders that Engadget has leaked before, according to Nokia’s Jo Harlow in an interview with Forbes.

Innovating? Exciting? Let us know in the comments!

[Source: Nokia]

Teachers across Europe must be sighing with relief after hearing this. The EU Committee wants to ban every single device that transmits information wireless both inside and near schools. Imagine what that will mean for homes right next to schools. All cellular phones, tablets, laptops, and (in theory) anything that connects to a network without using cables is set to fall under the ban.

They also give absolutely no basis for doing this, citing previous cases where tobacco and asbestos have lead to big health problems and significant costs for the countries or companies involved.

While this isn’t officially law, at least for now, it could fully end up taking effect sometime in the future. Is this justifiable at all? Leave us a note in the comments below after the break.

[Source: EU Committee website - PDF]

A Samsung Galaxy S2 and iPhone 4 side by side.

As part of the two companies’ lawsuits against each other, Lucy Koh, the San Jose judge in charge of the legal proceeding, has forced Samsung to had over several unreleased devices to its chief competitor, Apple. Apple will have a chance to go over the devices to look for infringing hardware and software that might violate its design and utility patents. The devices required to be hand over are both of the new Galaxy Tabs, Galaxy S2, Verizon’s Droid Charge, and AT&T’s Infuse 4G.

In most normal circumstances, the infringing company would have three months to turn over said products (in case they were under NDA and in development) – but Samsung has been too public about these products. Two of the three phones are released, and all of them have been shown to the public either online, in trade shows, and even via television advertisements. A limited edition Galaxy Tab 10.1 was also given to 5,000 Google I/O attendees earlier this month, as Apple points out – which further more justifies that the 3 month rule should not apply.

Apple claims the Touchwiz user interface used in these products might be a little too similar to the iOS user interface (see picture above) and wants to research the similarities in more detail. Despite the validity of the case, however, it’s hard to deny that Apple might be wanting the devices for its own gain too. With the iPhone 4S (or iPhone 5) along with a series of new iPods launching later this fall, the demand for these devices from a company like Apple might certainly raise some eyebrows.

What do you think? Is Apple doing this for its own gain, or to see if Touchwiz really does infringing on its patents?

[Source: Courthouse News Service]