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• 24 October 2007

• News: Microsoft to open up Mobile Device Manager

  Microsoft's new Mobile Device Manager faces a shortcoming because it is exclusive to Windows Mobile devices, but that might change, an executive said yesterday.

• News: Judge sides with Qualcomm in Nokia patent spat

  Qualcomm scored a minor victory in its continuing spat with Nokia when a judge last week recommended ending the investigation Nokia brought against it in August for infringing patents.

• 23 October 2007

• News: Breakthrough could boost iPod & iPhone capacities

  Samsung Electronics has developed a chip-manufacturing technique able to significantly increase the amount of music, pictures, videos and other data people can store in future iPods, iPhones and other devices.

• News: Sharp builds world's thinnest mobile phone LCD

  Both Sharp and AU Optronics said today that they had developed prototype displays that are less than a millimetre thick.

• News: Interview: BT predicts future of computing

  Artificial intelligence, intelligent viruses and Second Life 10.0 are all real possibilities, according to BT futurologist Ian Pearson. In this interview, he explains why we won't understand intelligent machines when they finally arise, and warns of the big ethical dilemmas we'll face

• 22 October 2007

• News: Group slates iPhone 'green' witch-hunt

  Greenpeace's claims that Apple's iPhone contains a range of potentially dangerous chemicals have been slammed by chemical industry group The Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF).

• News: Smartphone supercomputers on the way

  Engineers at the University of Edinburgh claim to have made a breakthrough which could lead to the development of mobile phones that are as powerful as laptops.

• 19 October 2007

• News: Ofcom considers mobile phone use on planes

  Ofcom has proposed allowing British airlines to offer mobile phone services to passengers via onboard base stations.

• News: Google sidesteps 'Google Wireless' speculation

  Google executives refused to discuss rumours of a new 'Gphone' mobile phone, or details of any participation in the upcoming US 700MHz wireless spectrum auction in the US during yesterday's quarterly earnings announcement.

• 18 October 2007

• News: Apple to release unlocked iPhone

  Apple is releasing an unlocked version of the iPhone that will allow users to run it on various cellular networks. But you have to live in France to get it.

• News: iPhone & iPod touch to get third-party apps

  Apple will release an SDK (software developers' kit) for the iPhone and iPod touch in February, according to Steve Jobs.

• News: Nokia Linux-based tablet has full keyboard

  Nokia has launched a new version of its Linux-based tablet device, this time adding a full keyboard.

• 17 October 2007

• News: Motorola boosts Symbian phones with UIQ stake

  Motorola hopes to increase its competition with Nokia's S60 platform by taking a 50 percent stake in UIQ, the Symbian user interface owned by Sony Ericsson.

• News: Symbian OS graphics boosted by ScreenPlay

  Symbian is adding a new graphics architecture as well as enhanced networking capabilities to its mobile OS, the company's CEO said at the Symbian Smartphone Show.

• 16 October 2007

• News: Usability test: Apple iPhone vs its rivals

  The Apple iPhone's UK launch date is just around the corner but, after all the build-up, is it worth your hard-earned cash? We found out whether the iPhone lives up the hype by testing it against two of its closes rivals - the Nokia N95 and HTC Touch.

• News: Symbian CEO: Smartphone users are cavemen

  Symbian's annual Smartphone Show in London's Docklands kicked off this morning with a keynote speech in which Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford claimed that far from being sophisticated, "we're modern cavemen".

• News: 16GB iPhone on sale before Christmas?

  A 16GB version of Apple's iPhone could be released in time for Christmas, according to the latest rumours surrounding the iPod/mobile phone hybrid.

• 15 October 2007

• News: T-Mobile offers pay-per-day broadband deal

  Seeking to tap into users needing occasional access to the internet whilst on the move, T-Mobile today introduced an "unlimited" pay-per-day mobile broadband offering.

• News: Greenpeace: Apple iPhone is hazardous

  Apple's iPhone contains hazardous chemicals not used by other manufacturers, according to Greenpeace.

• News: Apple, AT&T face $1bn US iPhone lawsuit

  Because the iPhone is locked to AT&T's wireless network, Apple and AT&T must answer a class-action lawsuit seeking $1.2bn in damages. The class-action suit also notes that Apple will not allow unauthorised applications on the iPhone.

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