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Article | 21/04/2009 Criminals pay top money for hackable Nokia phone
Criminals are willing to pay thousands of euros for a discontinued Nokia mobile phone with a software problem that can be exploited to hack into onlin...
Article | 17/04/2009 Cheap smartphones killing mid-price phones
Nokia's iPhone-wannabe 5800 XpressMusic smartphone is <a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Consumers-Seeking-Cheap-Smartphones-678251...
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 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 | 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 | 31/03/2009 Facebook, app return policy to come to Windows Mobile
Users of the forthcoming Windows Marketplace for Mobile will be able to return applications within 24 hours, and they'll finally get an official Faceb...
Article | 18/03/2009 Virgin plans touch-screen phone
Virgin Mobile USA plans to introduce touch-screen handsets as part of a move into "smarter" phones, the carrier's CEO said Tuesday.
Article | 12/03/2009 Mobile handset market to decline 8% this year says IDC
After years of growth, the global market for mobile handsets will contract by about 8 percent this year although smartphones will remain a growth area...
Article | 18/02/2009 Universal phone chargers to finally become a reality
An initiative backed by both mobile phone manufacturers and operators will result in a universal charger based on the Micro-USB interface for new mobi...
Article | 16/02/2009 LG launches the ARENA: a new flagship mobile phone
LG today announced a new flagship mobile phone, the ARENA (KM900).
Article | 30/01/2009 Australian company unveils Dick Tracy-style watch phones
Adelaide-based company NV Phones today launched a range of 10 mobile phone "smart" watches Sydney's Darling Harbour. "I can see in 10-20 years this wi...
Article | 27/01/2009 Smartphones key as phone vendors regroup
The fourth quarter wasn't a good one for the mobile phone manufacturers, and now they are looking to smartphones to save the day.
Article | 14/01/2009 Dude, you're getting a Dell smart phone!
Okay, we're a bit premature here. But that might happen if one analyst's prognostications are true. According to an Electronista report, Shaw Wu of K...
Article | 8/01/2009 LG debuts wrist-watch phone
LG Electronics announced Wednesday a high-speed wireless wrist-watch phone with video chat and text messaging capabilities at the Consumer Electronics...
Article | 31/12/2008 Security vendors ready fix for 'Curse of Silence' SMS attack
A single malformed text message can prevent some Nokia smartphones from receiving further messages via SMS (Short Message Service) -- and the offendin...