The HTC Raphael has been released for Europe by T-Mobile under the name of MDA Vario IV. The QWERTY cellphone will feature HSDPA with a maximum speed of 7.2Mbps, a 480 x 640 pixels display, 3.2MP camera, 528 MHz processor, 256 RAM and 512 ROM memory with an expansion slot for microSD card, Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS. T-Mobile MDA Vario IV has a talk time of 300 minutes and 320 hours in standy mode. The cellphone will be available for shipping as of next month.

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Advertisers have found a new way to promote their products. Bluepod Media signed contracts with 8 soccer clubs for installing 15 Bluetooth units within the stadiums. The fans can receive informations about their favourite club, including fixtures and profiles, but in the messages will be inserted adverts. Until now, the company have associated with 8 soccer clubs including Portsmouth, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham and Celtic. The fans seemed to reacted very well, around 6,000 out of 20,000 Portsmouth fans responded to this new service.