NewsFactor - Research In Motion and its U.S. carrier, AT&T, are being careful to avoid the problems Apple had with its launch of the iPhone 3G. -- read full article
AFP - Research in Motion Ltd (RIM), maker of the Blackberry, unveiled its first smartphone with a touch-screen on Wednesday, its answer to the popular Apple iPhone.
Reuters - The cost of talking on the go is coming down, thanks to an increasing number of options for using Internet calling services on mobile phones as an alternative to traditional cellular service plans.
NewsFactor - As IBM sets out to launch its Bluehouse corporate social network to compete with Cisco and Google, word comes that Facebook and MySpace are the most popular social-networking sites for mobile-phone users. -- read full article
Reuters - The global mobile phone market should grow at much slower-than-expected rates next year as consumers put off buying new devices due to deepening economic concerns, according to forecasts from analysts.
Reuters - Wireless chipmaker Broadcom Corp filed a complaint in federal court against rival Qualcomm Inc , charging patent misuse, the latest round in their battle over cell phone technology licensing. -- read full article
AFP - Research in Motion Ltd (RIM), maker of the Blackberry, released its first mobile phone with a touch-screen on Wednesday, its answer to the popular Apple iPhone.
NewsFactor - Apple may not have reached its goal of selling 10 million iPhone 3Gs yet, but the company has spurred a large number of consumers to abandon their carriers and flock to AT&T, the exclusive mobile carrier for the iPhone in the U.S. -- read full article
Reuters - The global cell phone market should grow at much slower-than-expected rates next year as consumers put off buying new devices due to deepening economic concerns, according to forecasts from analysts.
PC Magazine - The launch of the iPhone 3G boosted Apple's smartphone marketshare within the United States from 11 to 17 percent, according to an NPD report released Monday. -- read full article
NewsFactor - The NPD Group, a market-research firm, reports that 30 percent of the U.S. consumers who purchased Apple's iPhone 3G from its release on July 11 through August switched mobile carriers in order to join AT&T, which holds exclusive U.S. sales rights for the red-hot device. -- read full article
Reuters - Thieves have hijacked sensitive data on millions of Deutsche Telekom mobile phone customers, the German company has acknowledged in its second major security scandal this year.
AFP - Roaming fees for mobile phone users in Southeast Asia making calls outside their own country may be cut by half early next year, according to report Sunday citing a Malaysian minister.
Reuters - Tired of running out of batteries and having to find a socket to charge your mobile phone or iPod? An Argentine fashion designer may have the answer: a timeless jacket with a built-in solar panel. -- read full article
AFP - Agence France-Presse will add mobile phone information services in Arabic, German and Portuguese in 2009 as it seeks to further boost revenues from the key new sector, agency chairman Pierre Louette said.
