Word on the streets is that the T-Mobile Dash 3G phone will be hitting the shelves on July 15th.  Although there isn’t a photo of the mobile phone out right now, the specs have been spotted in the wild.  No price is known as of yet either.  Below is a list of the known phone specs:

- Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system
- AWS 3G capable
- GPS
- 2 MP camera
- 528 MHz processor
- microSD
- QWERTY keyboard
- Bluetooth
- Microsoft Outlook

[via BGR]

John Schappert was the Corporate VP of Interactive Entertainment LIVE of Microsoft’s Software and Services Business.  Now he is returning to Electronic Arts as the Chief Operating Officer.  Schappert left EA for Microsoft two years ago.

When Schappert was at EA, he worked in leadership positions behind the Madden NFL and Tiger Woods video games.  Schappert arrived at Electronic Arts when his gaming company studio Tiburon was bought out in 1998.

Microsoft has decided not to look for an individual to replace Schappert. Instead they have decided to allow Marc Whitten and Phil Spencer to head up their divisions.  Both of them will report to Don Mattrick, SVP of the Interactive Entertainment Business.

[via CNET]

Earlier this week, Samsung announced a couple of new Omnia Pros and the Mantra.  The company has now announced the Samsung Jet.  The Samsung Jet is touchscreen and is powered by the TouchWiz 2.0 user interface.  Other specifications include:
- 3.1″ WVGA display with AMOLED touchscreen
- 800 MHz processor
- TouchWiz 2.0 with 3D media gate user interface and motion response user interface
- 5 megapixel camera
- GPS
- Microsoft Exchange
- DivX and XviD
- DNSe and SRS Sound Effect
- HTML Dolfin web browser

[via Samsung USA News/BGR]

Google has reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission that they have invested $2.6 million in the genetic testing startup 23andMe as part of a Series B round of funding.  23andMe was co-founded by Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife Anne Wojcicki.

It is uncertain whether the deal was made directly through Google or through their Ventures subsidiary.  The $2.6 million round of fund was part of a $12.6 million Series B round.  The other $10 million came from Sergey Brin’s personal wealth of $12 billion.  This brings 23andMe’s total funding to about $21.6 million.  Other investors include Genentech, New Enterprise Associates, and Mohr Davidow Ventures.

Google owns a minority interest in 23andMe and also plans to lease space to the genetics company.  Google wrote in the filing that they took measures to ensure the decision before investing to make the agreement was free of conflict of interest.  Sergey Brin was not part of the investment discussions according to Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

[via BusinessInsider/NYT]

Earlier this week remote access software company LogMeIn announced that they are preparing for an IPO.  The company plans to offer 6.66 million shares at a price of about $14-$16.  The IPO is expected to take place on July 1.  LogMeIn will trade under the NASDAQ with the stock symbol LOGM.

LogMeIn had a net income of $1.5 million for the three months ending March 31 on revenue of $17.2 million.  About a year ago, the company had a net loss of $4.2 million on revenues of $9.9 million during the same time period.  Intel owns 5% of LogMeIn and other investors include Prism Venture Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, Technology Holding Central and Eastern European Funds, and Integral Capital Partners.

LogMeIn customers include AMD, CardinalHealth, 3M, Best Buy, IBM, DHL, SAP, etc.  The company is based on Woburn, Massachusetts.  The company indicated the IPO back in January.

[via AlarmClock/MarketWatch]

Earlier this week Amazon.com announced that the source code for Kindle devices has been open sourced.  The code is based on Linux kernel 2.6.22 with 2.1 software along with E Ink drivers and other hardware drivers.  The licenses for the code is unknown too, but it believed to be the GNU General Public License.  The code for the original Kindle, the Kindle DX, and the Kindle 2 is available here.

[via Engadget]

Since the Palm Pre has been released, they have sold over 100,000 devices.  Many of the retail stores selling the Pre had sold out on the first day giving Sprint a sales record day.  Over the first 12 days of the phone being on the market, about 666,000 applications were downloaded from the Palm App Catalog according to mobile analytics company Medialets.

These 666,000 downloads were made across about 30 applications available so far.  When Palm first launched the catalog, they had about 18 applications available for download.  No new applications were introduced in the last week.  When Apple launched their store, they had over 500 applications for download and millions of iPhone and iPhone 3G phones on the market downloading them.

Palm doesn’t have many applications available because there is limited access to the webOS software development kit.   And according to a TechCrunch commenter, the Palm OS doesn’t allow access to the 3D card which limits the number of entertainment applications.

[via TechCrunch]

Sub.Digger+ is a new script made for social news website Digg.com.  Sub.Digger+ makes using Digg.com a lot more intuitive especially if you and your friends are active on the website.  The service showcases a friends’ story submissions in an iframe slideshow format.  Digg allows you to view a friends’ submission too, but it is delivered in a way where you have to click through many pages to see them.

The problem with Sub.Digger+ is that it is a script.  Digg’s terms of service explicitly states that users that have scripts may be banned.  This is the reason why Brian Cuban was banned and why user MrBabyMan Andrew Sorcini was interrogated last year.  Digg user DiggBoss sent an e-mail to Digg admins about why his scripts should be allowed and why users should not be banned.  Digg employee Jen Burton did not give much of a response to the scripts except that the company was tweaking the algorithm to make Digg users feel like it was not necessary to use scripts.

To get started with Sub.Digger+, go to http://sub.diggerplus.com/ and type in your user name.  After that the Digg toolbar will appear at the top and the Sub.Digger+ toolbar will appear at the bottom.  All of your friends’ latest submissions will appear in ascending order by submission.  There is even a list view feature that shows over 100 submitted friend stories at once.

[via ReadWriteWeb]