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- 24 February 2009
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News: Motorola gives up on BlackBerry competitor
Motorola has agreed to sell its answer to Research In Motion's BlackBerry service - Good Technology - for an undisclosed sum, bringing an end to the company's foray into push services.
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News: UK mobile operators failing to protect kids
Nearly three quarters of Brits are concerned about the harmful content kids are accessing online using their mobile phones, says Mott MacDonald Schema.
- 23 February 2009
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News: Mobile application buyers spend big
A survey of US smartphone users who installed applications on their mobile devices in 2008 reveals that a surprising 16.5 percent spent between $100 and $499.
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News: Carphone Warehouse Eco Charger cuts power costs
The Carphone Warehouse has launched the Eco Charger - a mobile phone charging device that automatically stops pulling electricity when the phone is fully charged or the handset is disconnected.
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News: Free iPhone apps are quickly ditched
Just 20 percent of Apple's iPhone users that download software from the iTunes app store, use the programme the next day, says Pinch Media.
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News: More LG Prada phones on the way
LG Electronics and Prada are looking to continue their handset partnership or develop additional products together, even though no concrete plans yet exist, according to executives from both companies.
- 20 February 2009
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Video: World Technology Update - 20 February 2009
Green mobile phones user solar panels to charge, Samsung squeezes a digital projector into a handset, and Microsoft introduces a new version of Windows Mobile. All that news and more on this week’s World Tech Update.
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News: Mobile calls to cost £2.60 on Ryanair flights
Ryanair has increased the number of aircraft that feature satellite technology, which allows passengers to make mobile calls during a flight.
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News: iPhone and Android handsets get offline Gmail
Google is working on a mobile version of Gmail that allows Apple iPhone and Google Android handset owners access their email offline.
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News: Google Latitude: Everything you need to know
Google Latitude - a new function for Google Maps for Mobile - allows users to share their location with friends and family. We've found out everything you need to know about the service and how to use it
- 19 February 2009
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News: Apple blocks South Park iPhone app
Apple has refused to stock an app developed by the creators of US adult cartoon South Park in its iTunes app store.
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News: Video: World's first solar-powered mobile phone
Samsung and LG showed off prototype mobile phones at Mobile World Congress that can be recharged by solar panels built into the case. Called Blue Earth, Samsung's phone has a touchscreen and according to the company, a case designed to look like a rounded pebble. The handset is made from recycled plastic and doesn't include toxics like brominated flame retardants, Beryllium and phthalates.
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Video: Solar-powered smartphones demonstrated
At Mobile World Congress this year Samsung and LG showed off prototype mobile phones that can be recharged by solar panels built into the case.
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News: Video: Samsung phone includes mini projector
Samsung has partnered with Texas Instruments to create a mobile phone with an embedded projector.
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Video: Samsung embeds projector in mobile phone
Samsung has partnered with Texas Instruments to create a mobile phone with an embedded projector.
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News: IMImobile buys Nokia's M2Y music service
Nokia Siemens Networks has sold its Music2You (M2Y) music download and subscription service to Indian mobile technology developer IMImobile.
- 18 February 2009
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News: Garmin and Asus launch first smartphones
Garmin and Asus used Mobile World Congress to launch the first handsets in their joint smartphone venture, which was announced at the start of the month.
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News: Truphone SIM cuts roaming costs by 80 percent
Truphone has launched a mobile phone SIM that allows users to make VoIP calls when travelling in other countries, without being subject to constantly changing roaming charges.
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News: Opera Mini pushed by Yahoo & Vodafone
Opera has signed deals with Yahoo and Vodafone which will see the pair distribute its Opera Mini browser.
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News: Mozilla: 'Mobile Firefox' is essentially useless
Early adopters who downloaded the pre-alpha of Fennec - Mozilla's 'mobile Firefox' application - for Windows Mobile after it was announced on February 10 found it essentially doesn't work, the company has admitted.
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