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Verizon said today earnings rose 31 percent in the third quarter as wireless did better than expected.

The telecom company also said that its acquisition of Alltel was beneficial in the long run, making it the largest U.S. carrier, surpassing AT&T.

Verizon's third-quarter profit rose to $1.67 billion, or 59 cents a share, from $1.27 billion, or 44 cents a share in the same quarter a year earlier.

Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg said business was holding up well despite the economic turmoil, but said it would have an effect in the current quarter.

"The general consensus is that for the Christmas season, consumer spending is likely to be lighter and business spending will be somewhat curtailed until next year," he told analysts on a conference call.

Verizon added 1.5 million new subscribers in the quarter. It also added 600,000 subscribers through the acquisition of Rural Cellular, and ended the quarter with 70.8 million customers.

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Motorola has unveiled its phone device, the Motorola AURA which inspired by the luxury craft and design. It breaks the agreement and restore the art in mobile device design and manufacturing.

With a world premiere 16 million colors, Motorola Aura circular display with 300 dpi resolution and 62-carat sapphire glass objective, the AURA is equipped with a camera 2M and 2 GB of memory.

The combination of superb craftsmanship and a separate interface, AURA provides a sensory experience that is second to none of those with refined tastes. AURA should be available in Q4, 2008.

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Motorola introduces AURA, a unique handset which has a circular liquid-crystal display screen with 16 million colors. Capped with a Grade 1, 62-carat sapphire crystal lens - one of the most scratch-resistant materials on earth - AURA is simply elegant.

The front piece of the phone takes nearly two weeks to create. In that time, the stainless steel is sculpted, electro and hand polished, chemically etched and PVD coated. Its custom-engineered rotating mechanism is composed of more than 200 high-precision individual parts, and the gears are protected from harsh conditions with the same coatings used in high-performance racing engines. AURA is expected to be available around the globe beginning in Q4 2008 for about $2,000 a piece.

Specification:

• MMS, SMS, Email (POP3/IMAP embedded)1, Open Source
• Audio: AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced, MIDI, MP3, WAV, WMA v10, WMA v9
• Video: Capture/Playback, Capture/Playback/Streaming1, H.263, H.264, MPEG4
• Camera: 2 MP, Fixed Focus
• 2GB internal memory
• Bluetooth Version 2.0 plus EDR and A2DP, USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
• GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12
• Weight: 141.00 g
• Dimensions: 47.60 x 96.87 x 18.55mm
• Display: 1.55″ in diameter, 480 pixel diameter, LCD round
• Battery: 810 mAh typical, 780 mAH minimum
• Standby Time: Up to approximately 400 hours
• Talk Time: Up to approximately 7.3 hours

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If you're bored of squares -- and even rectangles -- the Motorola Aura will perk you right up. It's the world's first mobile phone to boast a circular screen

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It is a quad-band GSM device, the Motorola Moto Q 11 lack of support 3G. Maybe Motorola have forgotten how to add support for a 3G mobile phone. MOTO Q11 was announced the same day as the sexiest BlackBerry Storm.

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