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Article | 27/05/2009 Nokia opens the door to its Ovi mobile apps store

Nokia has opened the Ovi Store, where owners of around 50 different Nokia devices can download applications, games, videos and podcasts.

Article | 26/05/2009 Vodafone, 3 reassure customers on pricing plans

A merger between Vodafone and 3 in Australia won't the pricing of customers' current mobile plans for at least two years, according to a statement rel...

Article | 25/05/2009 Apple and Cartier resolve legal tussle over iPhone app

Apple removed two iPhone applications from its App Store that allegedly infringed on the trademark of Cartier International, according to <a href="htt...

Article | 26/05/2009 Direct movie and TV downloads coming to iPhone?

More supposed details are leaking out about the next version of Appleâ's 3.0 software update for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Article | 26/05/2009 Practical speeds to make mobile bandwidth claims clearer

A group of four Swedish mobile operators have decided to use the term "practical maximum speeds" when marketing the bandwidth of mobile broadband, the...

Article | 25/05/2009 Huawei moves up in networking's big leagues

Huawei Technologies became the third-biggest seller of mobile infrastructure in the world in the first quarter, further expanding its worldwide role o...

Article | 22/05/2009 Microsoft won't let Windows Marketplace users share apps after all

Contrary to an earlier report, Microsoft Corp. said that purchasers of applications from its upcoming Windows Marketplace for Mobile e-store won't be ...

Article | 23/05/2009 Mobile consumers want greener phones

The results of a recent consumer survey conducted in North America by ABI Research suggests that nearly half of all mobile consumers are "somewhat lik...

Article | 23/05/2009 Yahoo upgrades iPhone app for voice search

Mobile searchers have another resource at their fingertips, this time in the form of Yahoo's updated iPhone app, which now includes voice-recognition ...

Article | 23/05/2009 Is Palm deliberately creating a Pre shortage?

What appears to be a deliberate plan to create an opening day shortage of Palm Pre smartphones may backfire and, in any case, makes it look like Palm ...

Article | 22/05/2009 iPhones in the enterprise leaving IT at wit's end

Executives smitten with iPhones are forcing enterprise IT departments to come up with ways to support the mobile devices even though big security and ...

Article | 22/05/2009 Romanian designer creates solar-powered Q-SOUND Bluetooth headphones

Romania-based engineering student and designer Shepeleff Stephen has developed a concept headset called the Q-SOUND, using solar energy to provide all...

Article | 22/05/2009 Apple to avoid netbook, try tablet in 2010, says analyst

Apple will wait until next year to enter the netbook market, and then will unveil not a knock-off, but a tablet-like device priced between $500 and $7...

Article | 21/05/2009 New iPhone gets OLED screen, video editing, says report

Now here's an interesting rumor for Wednesday: an Apple enthusiast blog claims the new Apple iPhone will ship on July 17 according to their inside sou...

Article | 21/05/2009 Palm, iPhone battle in price war

Are you a Sprint customer thinking of upgrading to the Palm Pre, but you're not eligible for a free or subsidized device upgrade? Better start saving ...

Article | 21/05/2009 Smartphone sales rise in Q1; RIM, Apple see biggest gains

Mobile phone sales globally dropped 9.4 % in the first quarter compared to the same quarter of 2008, while smartphone sales jumped 12.7% during the sa...

Article | 21/05/2009 Apple and RIM gain as smartphone sales grow

Smartphone sales for the first quarter increased by 12.7 percent year on year, a bright spot in a depressed mobile phone market where overall sales dr...

Article | 20/05/2009 Palm Pre available June 6, says Sprint

After months of anticipation, Sprint said Tuesday that the Palm Pre smartphone will be available for purchase on June 6.

Article | 20/05/2009 Pure announces its first iPhone-compatible DAB radio

UK company Pure has announced the release of the Sirocco 150 -- a DAB (digital audio broadcast) radio that is also compatible with the iPhone 3G and i...

Article | 20/05/2009 Yahoo shifts gears on mobile app

Smartphone browsers are good enough to deliver Yahoo Mobile, so the search provider has killed off an on-device software version of the product that i...