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Article | 15/05/2008 WiMax vs. Long Term Evolution: Let the battle begin

A long-term battle is brewing between two emerging high-speed wireless technologies, WiMax and Long Term Evolution (LTE). Each would more than quadrup...

Article | 15/05/2008 The BlackBerry: In search of the 'prosumer'

What's this, a hip new TV ad for BlackBerry smart phones?

Article | 9/04/2008 Nokia 'Tube' seen as iPhone challenger

Nokia has begun publicly discussing what some are calling the mobile phone maker's biggest product response yet to the Apple iPhone -- a device with t...

Article | 3/04/2008 OMG! Txt msging soars

While mobile TV and other emerging technologies attract big headlines, one of the biggest success stories for wireless service providers is text messa...

Article | 27/03/2008 Motorola announces touch-screen mobile TV device

Motorola announced six new products and technology demonstrations Wednesday that are designed to improve the consumer mobile media experience. The dev...

Article | 10/03/2008 Wireless system helping send troubles down the drain

Founded in 1935, Roto-Rooter Group has flushed out the competition because its plumbers arrive on the same day of a cry for help to clear a clog or fi...

Article | 10/03/2008 Analysts: Security a concern for business use of iPhone 2.0

While Apple's iPhone 2.0 software announcement last week includes vastly improved security protections, questions remain over whether it will meet the...

Article | 14/02/2008 Could a touch-screen BlackBerry be in the offing?

Is there ever going to be a touch-screen BlackBerry 9000 from Research In Motion Ltd.?

Article | 12/02/2008 Motorola licenses WiMax chip set designs

Motorola announced yesterday that it is licensing its reference design for mobile WiMax radio chip sets, and that Enfora is its first licensee.

Article | 12/02/2008 Sony Ericsson details first phone with Windows Mobile

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB's first Windows Mobile device, to appear in the second half of 2008, will be called Xperia X1.

Article | 11/02/2008 Study revived this week ties mobile phone use to sperm count

Reports on the Web of a three-year-old study that linked mobile phone usage to men's fertility has created new interest in a follow-up study headed by...

Article | 6/02/2008 Mobile ad market part of Microsoft's goal in Yahoo bid

Gaining a bigger share of mobile advertising is a big reason Microsoft is bidding US$44.6 billion for Yahoo, according to industry observers.

Article | 5/02/2008 Are Dell, Google planning a phone partnership?

Speculation is mounting that Dell and Google will announce plans for a smart phone based on the Android platform at the Mobile World Congress next wee...

Article | 4/02/2008 Is the iPhone killing Motorola?

With last week's news that Motorola might sell off its mobile device unit, it's fair to ask: Is the iPhone killing Motorola?

Article | 4/02/2008 Tandberg launches OCS integration for easy videoconferencing

Videoconferencing device maker Tandberg in New York announced Friday that its products will interoperate with the Microsoft Office Communications Serv...