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Article | 15/07/2009 Analysts: AT&T iPhone subsidy could hurt carrier's finances

The iPhone subsidy AT&T pays for each device totals about US$300 and is expected by some analysts to take a toll on the carrier's quarterly finances w...

Article | 15/07/2009 Insurer will pay for damaged iPhones

Two years after the Apple iPhone's debut, a longtime insurer of electronic gear is finally offering insurance for it.

Article | 15/07/2009 Apple: more than 1.5 billion apps served

It's no secret that iTunes' App Store has proven wildly successful--so much so that Apple's smartphone competitors are scrambling to duplicate the con...

Article | 15/07/2009 Texting teen falls into street, lands in headlines

For two days we've been treated to report after report about 15-year-old Alexa Longueira, who last week fell into an open manhole while walking around...

Article | 15/07/2009 Microsoft to let older phones use its app store

Microsoft planned to announce on Tuesday that it will start accepting applications for its Windows Marketplace for Mobile on July 27 and confirmed tha...

Article | 15/07/2009 LG attempts to challenge Apple with launch of application store

LG is the latest in a long-line of mobile phone manufacturers to launch its own app store.

Article | 18/06/2009 New TSMC chip development effort focuses on wireless first

The red-hot mobile device industry is pushing chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to focus its development efforts on low-power techn...

Article | 11/07/2009 Tanzania using SIM cards to track criminals

Tanzania has joined a group of African countries using mobile phone SIM card registrations to both track down criminals using mobile phones to commit ...

Article | 13/07/2009 Wildly successful iPhone App Store hits its first year

When Apple Inc.'s iPhone App Store celebrates its first full year in business on Saturday, it will have surpassed 1 billion downloads of the more than...

Article | 10/07/2009 Google Chrome OS shows limitations of Android

Google's decision to create a new Internet-centric OS for netbooks shows the limitations of the Android mobile OS for netbooks and raises questions ab...

Article | 9/07/2009 Android, Chrome OS differ over voice communications

As soon as Google Inc. announced it was working on the new Chrome operating system, questions arose over how the new OS will differ from the Android m...

Article | 7/07/2009 Report: DOJ reviewing US telecom deals with handset makers

The U.S. Department of Justice has begun to look into the way that large operators form exclusivity agreements for popular handsets over concerns that...

Article | 9/07/2009 iPhone 3GS battery life comes up short: is it the software

Another week, and yet another iPhone issue. Only this time, it's not overheating. Some users are reporting that the battery life on their brand new iP...

Article | 9/07/2009 T-Mobile launches myTouch 3G; no plans for HTC Hero

While Google Chrome OS is the hottest news right now, Google's Android OS is still revving to invade the smartphone market. At the T-Mobile myTouch 3G...

Article | 9/07/2009 Motorola to cut more jobs in mobile division

Struggling Motorola is laying off 74 more workers from its mobile-phone division.

Article | 9/07/2009 Telstra launches world first LG touchscreen smartphone

Telstra has launched six new Next G mobile phones, including a world-first -- the LG GM730f -- and a low-end phone targeted at social network users, t...

Article | 7/07/2009 LG reorganizes operations in Mexico, shutting factories

LG Electronics plans to reorganize its factories in Mexico, closing one LCD TV factory and ending mobile phone production in the nation, the company s...

Article | 8/07/2009 Mobile app stores under threat from cloud

Apple's iPhone App Store is a huge success, with over 50,000 mobile applications available and more than a billion downloads.

Article | 8/07/2009 Gartner: Location-based services subscribers to double in '09

Gartner predicts that the number of subscribers using location-based services (LBS) globally will double this year, even as mobile device sales declin...

Article | 8/07/2009 Opera CEO: Major US carrier deal imminent

The Opera Mini browser will soon have widespread distribution on mobile handsets in the U.S., according to the company's chief executive.