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  • News: Lenovo sells smartphone business

    Lenovo has completed the sale of its handset unit to a group of investors, marking the official end of its foray into the mobile phone business.

  • News: Intel Centrino Atom expected to cost from $45

    Intel's Centrino Atom chip package will cost between $45 (£23) and $160 (£80), depending on the clock speed of the Atom processor that is included, the company announced at its Intel Developer Forum (IDF), which was held in Shanghai this week.

  • News: BlackBerry sales hit record high

    BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) shipped 14 million smartphones last year, including a record high 4.4 million in the fourth quarter, the company said on Wednesday.

  • News: Windows Mobile upgrade gets IE6 boost

    Microsoft has announced plans to upgrade Windows Mobile by the end of 2008, including the introduction of a new version of Internet Explorer that will bring desktop-browsing to smartphones.

  • News: 3G iPhone could be launched by May

    A 3G version of Apple's iPhone may be launched as soon as May, reports the Bank of America.

  • News: Report: 3G iPhone manufacturer revealed

    The world's largest contract electronics manufacturer - Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry - is in talks with Apple to make the next generation iPhone, according to Dow Jones, which cited an unidentified Hon Hai official.

  • News: Sharp launches mobile phone for bloggers

    Sharp has launched a new mobile phone in Japan that features a small Qwerty keyboard and a tool allowing users to easily update their blogs.

  • News: Ofcom approves mobile phone use on flights

    Passengers may soon be allowed to use mobile phone during flights, if plans from regulator Ofcom are approved.

  • News: Microsoft plans Apple iPhone apps

    Microsoft is plans to use Apple's iPhone software developer kit (SDK) to extend its Mac products for use with the mobile phone.

  • News: Hutchison 3G customers hit 17.6m

    Hutchison's 3G businesses grew their subscriber numbers by a total of 20 percent last year and the company said adoption of its 3 Skypephone "has been encouraging", when it released 2007 full year earnings yesterday.

  • News: Report: Ten million 3G iPhones ordered by Apple

    The launch of a 3G iPhone looks more likely than ever, according to Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney, who claims Apple has already placed an order for ten million of the second-generation handsets with an Asian manufacturer.

  • News: Music phones sales outnumber iPod shipments

    Sales of music playing mobile phones hit half a billion units in 2007, outnumbering shipments of personal media players like the iPod by almost 300 million, according to MultiMedia Intelligence. The analyst anticipates that in 2011, over half of all mobile phones will be considered music phones with 941 million units shipped.

  • News: BlackBerry vs iPhone: the verdict

    When Apple's iPhone stormed on the scene last year, it was heralded by users as the BlackBerry killer.

  • News: Unlimited iTunes downloads labelled 'uncompetitive'

    Apple's unlimited downloads on iTunes service has been slammed by rivals as uncompetitive.

  • News: HTC details first Google Android smartphone

    High Tech Computer's (HTC's) new mobile phone based on Google's Android smartphone platform will be called 'Dream', have a large touchscreen and full QWERTY keypad, a person close to the situation said today.

  • News: First Dell smartphone to run Windows Mobile

    Dell plans to launch its first smartphone, according to a report from Digitimes which claims the company is working with Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn on a Windows Mobile-based device.

  • News: Apple iPhone dominates mobile web browsing

    Apple's iPhone has become the most popular device for accessing news and information on the mobile web, according to M:Metrics, with 85 percent of iPhone users accessing such content in January. This compares to 58.2 per cent of other smartphone users and 13.1 per cent of the market average.

  • News: Adobe to build Flash Player for Apple's iPhone

    Adobe is to develop a version of Flash Player for the iPhone, despite Steve Jobs stating earlier this month that Flash Player for mobile devices isn't good enough for Apple's handset.

  • News: iPhone/iPod to get unlimited iTunes downloads

    Apple is considering a scheme that would give iPod and iPhone owners unlimited iTunes downloads if they pay a premium when they buy one of the devices

  • News: Mobile phones increase Google traffic

    Google has reported an increase in mobile phone users accessing the web from their handsets.