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LG to launch YouTube-friendly phones

News Google has thrown in its lot with a major handset maker to bring YouTube to the mobile platform. The handset manufacturer said it expects to launch the YouTube phones worldwide before the end of the year.

4 July 2007, 9:22

Motorola to split into two businesses

News Motorola is to split into two companies, following months of speculation about the future of its handset division. Certainly, for me, the thing that sealed it was in the fourth-quarter results where they said that not only is the handset division...

Tags: businesses, split, broadband, motorola

27 March 2008, 8:46

Vodafone admits video-calling is a flop

News Vodafone has denied it's giving 3G the cold shoulder, after weekend reports claimed that the operator was slashing handset subsidies and abandoning its hopes of making the technology a commercial success.

1 August 2006, 10:09

Google boss talks up iPhone

News Apple's much-vaunted iPhone received a ringing endorsement from Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who said the handset is a perfect platform for the search specialist's hosted applications. What you are really asking is to see my iPhone," he quipped before...

22 June 2007, 8:32

Nokia to open London flagship boutique?

News The handset vendor opened its second boutique on Saturday in Chicago, staffed by "highly trained graduates of Nokia's award-winning Nokia Academy programme". He pointed out that the multiple functions offered by the modern handset, which can be a...

26 June 2006, 9:31

Mobile users hang on to handsets

News People aren't getting bored or embarrassed about their ageing mobiles, with most keeping their trusted handset for at least one or two years -- and many much longer. But, indicating phones can last more than a couple of years, many respondents said...

Tags: cent, handset, mobiles, mobile phone

27 May 2008, 8:00

BenQ Mobile falls into liquidation

News There is to be no resurrection for BenQ Mobile -- the former handset maker has announced would-be bidders for its now defunct operations have pulled out. The handset maker started life in late 2005 after tumbling market share prompted parent...

27 February 2007, 9:04

Motorola to use Windows and iTunes

News Mobile handset manufacturer Motorola has announced that it is integrating Microsoft's digital rights management (DRM) technology into a number of its handsets. Combined, the two handset makers produced more than half of the 810 million mobile...

14 February 2006, 10:45

Motorola Q set for success

News Motorola's Q phone stands a good chance of success because the company has controlled costs in its effort to be the first handset maker to price a smart phone for the consumer market, according to a new study.

21 July 2006, 9:31

News.blog: ARM extends to Android

News Google's Open Handset Alliance. But ARM was a curious omission from the initial list of companies that agreed to join Google's Open Handset Alliance when it was announced in November along with the Android software.

Tags: companies, handset, google, mobile phone

7 February 2008, 9:45

iPhone chief suspect in US university network issues

News According to Network World, Apple's heavily hyped handset has been playing havoc with the wireless infrastructure at Duke University in North Carolina by flooding access points (APs) with as many as 18,000 MAC address requests per second.

18 July 2007, 9:45

A billion mobile phones sold every year by 2009

News Sales of mobile phones are on track to reach a billion annually by the end of the decade, when nearly 40 per cent of the world's population will own a mobile handset, according to a Gartner report. The sales volume can't be attributed to one region...

20 July 2005, 8:38

Symbian Foundation phones due in 2010

News On Tuesday, Nokia announced it intends to buy out all the shares in Symbian that it does not already own, costing the handset giant around €264m (£209m). This timeline puts the SF somewhat behind the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), which is the...

Tags: press, symbian, ericsson, motorola

25 June 2008, 9:26

Nokia to form open-source Android killer

News The mobile open-source world suddenly has a major new player, after it emerged on Tuesday that the Symbian, Series 60, UIQ and MOAP platforms are to be merged into an open-sourced platform to rival Google's much-feted Android Open Handset Alliance...

Tags: community, linux, ericsson, lg

25 June 2008, 9:13

Developing countries need sexy phones

News Speaking today at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong, CEO of the world's number two handset maker Ed Zander said developing economies have already caught the mobility bug. The company is working with trade body the GSMA on a sub-$30 (£15) handset and...

5 December 2006, 9:21