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Article | 21/07/2009 Mobile apps: What's in your future?
More predictions about the future of mobile devices are coming out of the MobileBeat Conference in San Francisco. Ilja Laurs, the head of GetJar -- a ...
Article | 18/07/2009 Verizon's exclusivity compromise: unimpressive gesture
All hail Verizon, the champion of change -- right? After all, the cellular company has caved into government pressure and agreed to loosen its grip on...
Article | 17/07/2009 ACCC cracks down on premium mobile services
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have joined forces to produce a...
Article | 16/07/2009 Declining phone sales drive down Nokia net income in Q2
Nokia reported second-quarter sales 25 percent lower than a year earlier, and net income down 66 percent. While it predicts that sales will stop dropp...
Article | 17/07/2009 Sony Ericsson unveils Facebook-friendly Walkman phone
AT&T and Sony Ericsson have unveiled their latest mobile phone designed to make life easier for Facebook fans who also love to take their music with t...
Article | 17/07/2009 Analysts see alarming development in mobile malware
The first worm that spreads between mobile devices by spamming text messages has developed a new communications capability that one security vendor sa...
Article | 16/07/2009 Symbian to start new developers program
The Symbian Foundation plans to launch a publishing platform later this year aimed at helping developers to get their programs into mobile application...
Article | 17/07/2009 Sony Ericsson launches 8.1-megapixel camera phone
Anyone looking for a camera phone that packs a little more punch than the obligatory low-end cameras found on most phones these days will undoubtedly ...
Article | 14/07/2009 Facebook responsible for growth in mobile web
Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are responsible for the growth in the use of the mobile web, says CCS Insight.
Article | 14/07/2009 Nokia's Surge debuts with Video Share, $80 price tag
AT&T and Nokia today announced that the Nokia Surge smartphone will go on sale July 19 in the U.S for $80 after rebate.
Article | 14/07/2009 LG previews its next Black Label designer handset
The fourth and latest member of LG's design-conscious Black Label family of handsets is out soon and already being teased on the Web.
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 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 | 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 ...