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Article | 17/04/2009 Cellcrypt secure VoIP heading to BlackBerry

Cellcrypt, a British vendor of software for encrypting cell phone calls, has set up shop in Silicon Valley and is getting a product ready for North Am...

Article | 18/04/2009 Sony Ericsson to cut another 2,000 workers

Struggling Sony Ericsson plans to cut another 2,000 jobs after shipments and market share dipped during the first quarter.

Article | 17/04/2009 Cheap smartphones prove recession-proof: IDC

Adoption of mid-range smartphones is set to buck the trend of falling revenue in the mobile market this year.

Article | 17/04/2009 Researcher finds possible bug in Apple's iPhone

Famed Mac hacker Charlie Miller has found another possible security vulnerability in Apple's iPhone.

Article | 16/04/2009 Sales drop, but market share holds steady for Nokia

Nokia Thursday reported first-quarter sales down about 27 percent year-on-year, as sales of mobile phones dropped below 100 million units.

Article | 17/04/2009 Wall Street Journal Releases Free iPhone App

The Wall Street Journal has jumped on the mobile content bandwagon and released an application for the iPhone. The financial newspaper set the price p...

Article | 17/04/2009 Nokia E71x seen as key to growth in US market

At the International CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas earlier this month, Nokia had one of the biggest booths, but it was mostly hidden near the back o...

Article | 16/04/2009 3 boosts 3G coverage

In a move designed to life uptake of its mobile broadband and 3G mobile services, Hutchison owned 3 Mobile has announced it has boosted 3G coverage an...

Article | 16/04/2009 Mobile's future is in links, ex-Nokia CTO says

The standard architecture that will realize the promise of mobile phones won't be hardware or software but a cloud-based platform that lets users navi...

Article | 16/04/2009 The Android 1.5 challenge: Beat iPhone 3.0, Palm Pre

Version 1.5 of the Android platform will have new features sought by users and developers since the mobile operating system's first release, but none ...

Article | 9/04/2009 BlackBerry Storm 2 coming in September?

Research in Motion (RIM) looks set to launch a new version of its BlackBerry Storm handset.

Article | 15/04/2009 BlackBerry Web e-mail users experience three-hour outage

BlackBerry users around the United States were stranded for about three hours Monday when their Web-based e-mail service blacked out.

Article | 15/04/2009 Google preps next version of Android

Developers will now be able to take a look at the SDK (Software Development Kit) for the next version of the Android platform, Google announced on Mon...

Article | 15/04/2009 Stanford's Cinder OS tightens mobile power control

Stanford University researchers are designing an operating system from the ground up to handle the power and security requirements of mobile devices.

Article | 8/04/2009 Apple seen readying huge Wi-Fi boost for iPod Touch, iPhone

Apple seems to be laying the groundwork to introduce high-capacity, low-power 802.11n Wi-Fi to the iPod Touch, and presumably to its 3G-enabled compan...

Article | 14/04/2009 Analyst: Dell in smartphone talks with China Mobile

Dell is in talks with China Mobile to offer a smartphone based on the carrier's mobile operating system, a move that would take Dell into a huge but c...

Article | 9/04/2009 Taiwan chip maker sues Apple over iPhone, iPod touch

Taiwan chip designer Elan Microelectronics said Wednesday it is suing Apple over the infringement of two U.S. patents.

Article | 8/04/2009 Cell phone pressure sensor lets receiver know if call is urgent

When your phone rings, most often you don't know whether its an urgent phone call or just a friend who wants to chat. A prototype on display at Boston...

Article | 7/04/2009 3 to allow Next G mobile broadband roaming from mid April

3 Mobile will expand its roaming coverage and introduce new roaming pricing for users from mid April.

Article | 7/04/2009 Network World: iPhone app: Skype for iPhone

The popular VoIP and chat application makes its iPhone debut. Watch Keith Shaw make a phone call to Jason Meserve.