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• 17 September 2007

• News: O2's UK iPhone sacrifices revealed

  O2’s determination to win the exclusive deal to offer the iPhone in the UK has forced the mobile operator to agree to a number of concessions, according to The Guardian.

• 14 September 2007

• News: Free Apple iPhone unlock hack released

  A hacker group this week released a free, open-source unlock for the AApple iPhone (reviewed here), just a day after a commercial company started selling something similar for as much as £49 through a network of online resellers.

• News: Apple iPhone to face tough test in Europe

  Apple will face 'strong challenges' from incumbent networks and mobile phone manufacturers as it tries to crack Europe with the Apple iPhone.

• 13 September 2007

• News: Shareholders approve Palm private-equity sale

  Shareholders have approved the partial sale of Palm to private-equity firm Elevation Partners. Shareholders have approved the partial sale of Palm to private-equity firm Elevation Partners. Palm will also appoint former Apple iPod chief Jon Rubinstein as executive chairman of the board.

• News: Apple cuts iPhone deal with 3G tech firm

  According to Forward Concept analyst Will Strauss, a 3G version of the Apple iPhone is "imminent".

• News: Bangalore schools ban mobile phones

  Government officials in the southern Indian state of Karnataka banned mobile phones from schools and junior colleges. They say the mobile phone ban is to head off potential adverse health effects.

• 12 September 2007

• News: Palm makes bid for consumer smartphone market

  Palm today launched the Treo 500v, its first foray into the consumer smartphone market. The Palm Treo 500v will be sold in the UK and in seven other European territories exclusively through Vodafone. The 500v runs an adapted version of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system. The WM6 market is growing at double the rate for BlackBerry handsets in the UK.

• News: Vodaphone Palm 500 smartphone launches

  Palm and Vodaphone today launch the Palm 500 smartphone. UPDATE: GET FULL DETAILS OF THE PALM 500v HERE.

• News: Nokia refreshes mobile map application

  Nokia has added features to its mobile-mapping service, with a revamped interface and a status indicator to alert users when they're connected to a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite.

• 11 September 2007

• News: Ericsson, UN to give mobile phones to third world

  Ericsson is to contribute to the UN Millennium Villages project. The UN project aims to bring mobile communication to nearly half a million people in some of the world’s poorest countries.

• News: One million Apple iPhones sold

  Apple yesterday said that it had sold its one millionth iPhone, well ahead of its previously stated end of September timeframe.

• News: iPhone unlock software available for £25

  Vendors yesterday started taking orders for the first commercial software to unlock the Apple iPhone (reviewed here).

• News: Vodafone mobile phones get MusicStation

  In addition to launching more than 25 handsets later this year, Vodafone plans to offer MusicStation with its phones.

• News: Vodafone to announce Apple iPhone rival

  Vodafone Group PLC plans to launch a high-end, touchscreen rival to Apple's iPhone. Vodaphone is launching several phones for holiday shoppers in Europe.

• 10 September 2007

• News: Mobile phones not to blame for bee decline

  Recent claims that mobile phone signals may be responsible for the decline in honeybee numbers have been quashed by research.

• News: Software glitch shuts down BlackBerry service

  Some BlackBerry users in North America experienced problems on Friday when a software issue meant that the email service shut down, leaving the handheld device's email capabilities disabled.

• News: Apple iTunes update blocks free iPhone ringtones

  Apple iTunes has been updated to block users from creating free custom ringtones and then uploading them to an Apple iPhone (reviewed here)..

• 06 September 2007

• News: iSuppli backs new iPods & slates iTunes video

  Analysts at iSuppli have criticised the lack of video content on the iTunes Store, though broadly backed the new products announced by Apple yesterday.

• 05 September 2007

• News: Apple slashes iPhone price by a third

  At a special media event held at San Francisco's Moscone Center, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple is reducing the price of its iPhone from US$599 to $399.

• News: As it happened - Apple's big iPod, iPhone & iTunes announcements

  Apple launches new iPods, including the iPod Touch, the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store and a price cut for the iPhone during a high-profile event in San Francisco. Read on for the full blow-by-blow account

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