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Article | 7/05/2009 MTN offers Android-based HTC Dream in South Africa

MTN Group, Africa's biggest mobile-phone company, has released the Android-based HTC Dream smartphone in South Africa and is expected to start sales i...

Article | 7/05/2009 Wet iPhone? No sweat: Apple has a replacement plan

Sweating your iPhone out-of-service is now a slightly less terminal problem, thanks to a new wet iPhone replacement plan introduced by Apple this week...

Article | 7/05/2009 Android UI changes look with femtocell app

A new application for phones based on the Android platform automatically adjusts the device's user interface when it's in range of a femtocell, a smal...

Article | 6/05/2009 BlackBerry Storm 2 expected in September: Report

Research In Motion (RIM) will debut an upgraded BlackBerry Storm in September, SlashGear is reporting. According to "a source very close to the issue,...

Article | 5/05/2009 Bioware reveals new Mass Effect game coming to the iPhone

It was revealed last Friday that <a href="http://www.gamepro.com/games/xbox360/143401/mass-effect-2/">Mass Effect 2</a>, the sequel to Bioware's highl...

Article | 6/05/2009 What's Behind the Apple-Verizon Rumor?

The latest Apple rumor has Verizon peddling new iPhones, but industry watchers figure it's pure fantasy-at least anytime soon.

Article | 6/05/2009 Mobile phone shipments in Philippines take a dip

Mobile phone shipments in the Philippines fell 20% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08) as the economic downturn continued to impact cons...

Article | 5/05/2009 BlackBerry push API goes after consumers

Research In Motion is injecting the power of its popular BlackBerry push technology into the consumer arena by letting third-party developers write ap...

Article | 4/05/2009 Chinese iPhone apps expand as Apple seeks deal

A growing number of Chinese iPhone applications let users trawl through maps, look up English words and check stock quotes, even though the smartphone...

Article | 5/05/2009 Apple Bans Nine Inch Nails Update from AppStore

Apple's decency police are at it again, and this time their target is industrial-rock band Nine Inch Nails. An updated version of the new NIN iPhone ...

Article | 5/05/2009 RIM Launches BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0 at WES

Research In Motion (RIM) launched the latest edition of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), version 5.0, the company's core piece of BlackBerry in...

Article | 5/05/2009 Telstra unveils new mobile user interface

Telstra today announced the launch of a new mobile interface, dubbed the TelstraOne Experience, which will be exclusive to a range of Next G mobile ph...

Article | 5/05/2009 BlackBerry Gets Native Gmail, Google Contacts and Calendar

Ever wished you could get "push" Gmail on your BlackBerry smartphone? Or securely -- and wirelessly -- sync your Google contacts and calendar? If so, ...

Article | 5/05/2009 Nokia unveils E75 smartphone and Nokia Messaging e-mail service

Nokia today unveiled its latest E series smartphone in Australia -- the Nokia E75 -- and also launched a new e-mail service called Nokia Messaging.

Article | 5/05/2009 Optus introduces new 'yes' mobile plans for consumers, small businesses

Optus today announced new 'yes' and 'yes' Business GSM mobile plans targeted at consumers and small businesses.

Article | 5/05/2009 BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 now available

Research in Motion's latest version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which features a Web-based interface for device management, is now available.

Article | 5/05/2009 HP allies with RIM for mobile business on Blackberry

Hewlett-Packard and Research In Motion plan to design and sell business software together for RIM's popular BlackBerry smartphones.

Article | 5/05/2009 Zenprise can find lost BlackBerrys remotely

An upgrade to Zenprise's mobile-phone management software will let IT administrators find lost phones, using GPS to locate the devices.

Article | 5/05/2009 RIM to bind BlackBerry to Cisco phones

Research In Motion and Cisco Systems are teaming up to let enterprises integrate their BlackBerrys with Cisco IP phones, providing single-number capab...

Article | 4/05/2009 Programmer sues Google over 'Android'

The owner of an obscure US software development company is suing Google and everyone else in the Open Handset Alliance over their use of the word "And...