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Article | 24/09/2009 New Acer smartphones with Windows Mobile 6.5 due next month

Acer plans to release three new smartphones in October to coincide with the debut of Microsoft's newest Windows Mobile operating system (OS), version ...

Article | 23/09/2009 BlackBerry users get free Australian shopping app

Australian BlackBerry smartphone users now have access to a free, online shopping application following the launch of the iDumpit app.

Article | 23/09/2009 Google offers push e-mail for iPhone, Windows Mobile users

Google on Tuesday introduced push e-mail for iPhone and Windows Mobile devices, stepping up its enterprise offerings.

Article | 23/09/2009 Gold rush! Big money seen for iPhone, smartphone app developers

A gold rush for iPhone and other smartphone application developers is in the works, with U.S. revenues from smartphone apps expected to increase more ...

Article | 22/09/2009 OpenID implementation works on mobile platforms

Swedish company Accumulate has implemented a version of the OpenID standard for mobile phones.

Article | 22/09/2009 Apple investigates iPhone 3.1 OS battery problems

Apple is investigating reports of poor battery life problems from iPhone 3GS users after they upgraded to the 3.1 OS. The iPhone 3.1 software update d...

Article | 22/09/2009 Reports: Microsoft pink tablet and phone in the works

Rumors of a Microsoft-branded multimedia handsets and a tablet PC have resurfaced in a big way with fresh details. Reports are swirling in the blogosp...

Article | 22/09/2009 Sony Ericsson unveils motion-activated headphones

Sony Ericsson may soon make the play button a thing of the past with its new motion-controlled earbuds. The handset-maker on Monday unveiled its MH907...

Article | 22/09/2009 Apple probes iPhone battery woes

Continued complaints by iPhone owners about fast-draining batteries have prompted Apple to ask some users to install power-logging software on their s...

Article | 19/09/2009 HTC Imagio: Verizon's must-have phone?

Verizon Wireless isn't known for great smartphones, but the carrier will get at least one nice-looking phone in a few weeks, with the HTC Imagio set t...

Article | 21/09/2009 Google says Apple did reject Voice app

Google told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that Apple did indeed reject the Google Voice application from the iPhone store, despite contra...

Article | 18/09/2009 Analyst sticks to BlackBerry Tour return rate report

The analyst who reported that a high percentage of BlackBerry Tour buyers are returning them because of trackball issues is standing by his research d...

Article | 18/09/2009 Swine flu near you? iPhone app will let you know

Apple's increasingly popular App Store has been flooded with a wide number of applications related to Swine Flu since the initial H1N1 outbreak in Mar...

Article | 18/09/2009 First 4G Android-based smartphone may arrive in '10

After talking to wireless carriers, handset makers and analysts here, I believe we'll be seeing an Android smartphone (possibly made by Samsung) and s...

Article | 18/09/2009 No more Windows Mobile phones from Palm

Palm said it will stop developing new phones running Windows Mobile software, instead focusing future development on its new WebOS operating system.

Article | 17/09/2009 Arm flaunts performance by boosting processor speed

Arm Holdings on Wednesday raised the clock speed of its Cortex A9 processor to 2GHz, with the aim of boosting application performance while drawing le...

Article | 16/09/2009 China Mobile iPhone killer will not be cheap

Lenovo Mobile is designing handsets for China's national 3G mobile standard that will sell for as little as US$150, but its high-end handset made to r...

Article | 16/09/2009 New jailbreaking tool available for some iPhone users

The iPhone hacking faithful can now unlock and jailbreak their original iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch 1G devices with the much-awaited PwnageTool ...

Article | 17/09/2009 Turn-by-turn GPS navigation comes to Android smartphones

Sygic has launched the first turn-by-turn GPS navigation app for Android-based smartphones, Mobile Maps 2009.

Article | 16/09/2009 Google releases SDK for latest Android version

Developers can now start working with the software development kit (SDK) for version 1.6 of Google's mobile operating system Android, the company said...