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Windows Mobile Bandwagon Gets Bigger

Sony Ericsson joins; only Nokia holds out

(Newser) - Sony Ericsson will join most of the world’s other top cell phone makers in offering a smartphone based on the Windows Mobile operating system, leaving only industry leader Nokia without a Windows Mobile version. The first of the company’s new phones, called the “Xperia X1,” will... More »

Google Phone Rumors Swirl

ARM to show prototype at Mobile World Congress: source

(Newser) - The public will finally get to see Google’s Android cellphone platform in action at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, a source told Reuters. British chip maker ARM will show the prototype, the source said, though ARM and Google declined comment. The first phones and services based on... More »

Apple Lets Businesses in on iPhones

Corporate-focused data plan costs $25 extra each month

(Newser) - Get ready to send a more fashionable Out-of-Office Auto Reply. Apple and AT&T today revealed their first iPhone plans for businesses, allowing for discounted voice plans but charging a $25 monthly premium for data plans. New customers must sign up for a 2-year agreement, and existing AT&T customers... More »

Recyclers Turn Discarded Cellphones into 'Green Gold'

Waste from old electronics can pose a threat, or turn a profit

(Newser) - With a smelter burning at more than 2,100 degrees, Belgian recycler Umicore turns tons of e-waste - discarded cellphones, computers and televisions - into “green gold,” extracting precious metals in a process that, while not environmentaly pure is, in Greenpeace’s eyes, preferable to burying the waste... More »

New Year's SMS Jam Sends Bad Message

Experts worry about network overloads in future crises

(Newser) - When the ball dropped to usher in 2008 so many people texted New Year's tidings that mobile networks jammed, the AP reports. Sadly, this is nothing new: Bounced missives in the midst of disasters like 9/11, the '03 blackout, and Katrina can be life and death matters. But full backup... More »

Nokia Divides Itself to Focus on Mobile Net

New corporate structure emphasizes services and software

(Newser) - Furthering its plans to transform into a mobile Internet company, Nokia has announced a corporate reorganization into three divisions: devices, software and services, and markets. It’s the focus on software and services, Fortune writes, that’s exceptional for the world’s largest phone manufacturer, and signals the seriousness of... More »

Nokia Wins Big on Luxe Phones

Decked-out cell phones seen as status symbol for mega-rich

(Newser) - Nokia is enjoying increasing success with its Vertu subsidiary, a maker of luxury cellphones, as a super expensive phone becomes a status symbol for the mega-rich. Der Spiegel reports that Vertu phones, which come diamond- or gold-encrusted, make the iPhone look absolutely pedestrian with a price range from $6,500... More »

Cell Bills Trump Land Line Charges for 1st Time

Americans have 250M mobiles, 170M home lines

(Newser) - US households racked up bigger cellphone than land line bills in 2007 for the first time ever, analysts say. Only 6 years ago, households spent three times more on residential phone bills than on mobiles, a disparity that shrank to an average difference of only $28 by 2006. Now, with... More »

Court Upholds $1B Judgment for Motorola

Rejects claim that fraud damages amount to 'economic death sentence'

(Newser) - A federal appeals court has upheld a finding of $1 billion in punitive damages against the Uzan family of Turkey for defrauding Motorola out of $2 billion in start-up loans, the Wall Street Journal reports. The family had argued that the damages were so high that they amounted to an... More »

Nokia Siemens Targets Green Base Stations

New design would cut energy use by up to 40%

(Newser) - Nokia Siemens Networks is going green, Reuters reports. The Finnish-German partnership hopes to up its market share of mobile and fixed telecom networks by offering base stations that have greater range and use up to 40% less energy by shutting down when network traffic demands are low. The company is... More »

T-Mobile Makes Big Bet on Google Phone

'Android' handset plans fit with firm's other risk-taking moves

(Newser) - T-Mobile plans to release a cell phone based on Google software next year, making it likely to be the first US carrier to bring out a Google-powered phone. The bigger carriers are wary as the Internet giant moves onto their turf, but T-Mobile relishes the chance to offer Google apps,... More »

Sprint Profits Dive 77% As Subscribers Defect

Network loses most customers since Nextel merger

(Newser) - Sprint Nextel subscribers jumped ship this quarter, taking the stumbling wireless giant’s profits with them. Profit fell 77% this quarter, Bloomberg reports, as 337,000 contract customers departed, the biggest exodus since the Nextel merger. The company said it would miss its 10% growth goal next year. “Their... More »

Phone GPS Makes People Easier to Find...

...Is that always a good thing?

(Newser) - There’s nothing like Loopt for meeting up with friends. Loopt, and social-mapping programs like it, broadcast your cellphone’s location to other users, a useful service the New York Times says, with troubling privacy implications. “There is a Big Brother component,” said one analyst. “If my... More »

Nokia Profits Soar 85% on Popular New Models

Market share grows to give company biggest lead ever against competitors

(Newser) - The world's biggest maker of mobile phones announced an 85% increase in third-quarter profits today, topping analysts' estimates on the strength of popular new models. Nokia Oyj increased its already dominant market share to 39%, from 36% last year, giving the Finnish company more of the pie than its three... More »

Verizon Voyager Guns for iPhone

Handset from LG latest answer to Apple's hot product

(Newser) - Just as your head begins to ache with the iPhone cacophony, Verizon Wireless today announced its own challenge to Apple's hot commodity—the strikingly similar LG Voyager. A Verizon exclusive, Voyager also features a large touchscreen, but adds a full Qwerty keyboard that slides out sideways. Add Verizon's faster 3G... More »

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