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July 2008
- Tech Firms Buoyed by Demand Abroad
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 18, 08 8:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The tech sector keeps rolling even as the overall economy continues to flail, the Wall Street Journal reports. Four of tech’s giants, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Nokia, posted quarterly results yesterday, riding high on developed nations’ need for cost-saving technologies and emerging economies’ demand for infrastructure upgrades as the Internet and cell phones enjoy wider use in the developing world. More »
June 2008
- Sony Gets Green Thumbs-Up in Electronics Rankings
  
  PC World | Jun 25, 08 4:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sony and Sony Ericsson are Greenpeace’s model tech citizens, topping a list of eco-friendly electronics companies. The environmental activists look at industry players’ use of hazardous chemicals, responsibility for obsolete products and—new this year—corporate policy toward climate change and other energy issues. Sony Ericsson was the first company to approach perfect on the chemical issue, PC World reports. More »
- Nokia Moves to Counter iPhone
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 24, 08 2:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a move aimed at bolstering its ability to compete with Apple's iPhone, Nokia is acquiring smartphone software-maker Symbian and moving toward increased cooperation with other mobile-phone industry veterans. Top handset makers and providers will participate in a nonprofit foundation to handle marketing and coordination for developers, and Symbian will combine its software into one open-source platform, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
May 2008
- Excoriated by China, 'Miserly' Firms Defend Quake Aid
  
  Associated Press | May 22, 08 10:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mega-companies are defending themselves against harsh criticism on Chinese websites that they’ve done too little to help earthquake survivors, AP reports. Companies such as McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, and Nokia were labeled “International Super-Misers” on one site. "We've been involved in helping and responding since day one,” said a McDonald’s rep, who added that the company pledged $15 million and is donating 40,000 meals. More »
April 2008
- Slumping Razr Sales Slash Moto Earnings
  
  Bloomberg | Apr 24, 08 7:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Apple and Nokia chewed away at Motorola’s cellphone market share, pushing the troubled handset maker to a larger first-quarter loss than expected, Bloomberg reports. Moto lost $194 million, or 9 cents a share, and revenues fell 21% to $7.45 billion. The company also issued a bleak forecast for Q2 as handset shipments plunged 40%. Moto plans to spin off its handset unit this year. More »
- Wireless Makers Work Out Deal for Faster Net
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 15, 08 2:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Big wireless equipment companies have worked out a royalty deal allowing for the adoption of new technology that should speed up the wireless web. The companies have agreed to limit the royalties they charge each other for patents related to a technology called long-term evolution, or LTE, reports the Wall Street Journal . The competing patents could have held off development of new, faster networks. More »
March 2008
- New Phones Compete With Software, Not Hardware
  
  Wired | Mar 31, 08 4:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The iPhone may have buzz, Wired writes, but the smartphone market is deviating from the model of Apple’s “Jesus phone,” particularly in the software area. Wary of Apple’s restrictive software development policies, Wired pegs the Nokia N95, with an open source application platform, as more influential in the development of future handsets. That’s not to say that the N95 doesn’t somewhat resemble the iPhone externally. More »
- Icahn Wins: Motorola Will Spin Off Mobile Unit
  
  Bloomberg | Mar 26, 08 8:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Motorola blinked in its showdown with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, announcing this morning it will spin off the foundering mobile-device division that lost $1.2 billion last year and has seen its share of the mobile phone market shrink from 22% to 12%, reports Bloomberg. Moto’s stock rose 6.6% on the news before the markets opened, after losing 45% in the past year. More »
- Apple May Offer Unlimited Tunes in iPods, iPhones
  
  Financial Times (UK) | Mar 19, 08 10:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Apple is considering bundling unlimited access to the iTunes library with its next generation of iPods and iPhones, reports the Financial Times. In a similar move launched in December, Nokia will pay music industry partners almost $80 per handset for “comes with music” phones. Apple has offered just $20 to labels included in its library. One insider says, “It's who blinks first, and whether or not anyone does blink." More »
- The Next Big Thing: Live TV on Your Phone
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 6, 08 12:31 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A new way to watch TV on your phone is in the works in Spain, the Wall Street Journal reports. DVB-H technology, from a small company called Abertis Telecom, will let users tune into live broadcasts rather than pre-recorded shows. What some are calling the next big thing in cell phones has started to make its way across Europe. The best part? Watching is free, since it's pulled from broadcast signals. More »
February 2008
- Phone Makers Chase Fickle Customers
  
  New York Times | Feb 29, 08 11:15 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - With the cellphone industry increasingly hit-driven, phone designers are plumbing the consumer psyche through cultural experts and focus groups, reports the New York Times. "Our job is to be behaviorists and psychologists," says an exec. Competition has heated up as consumers buy—and discard—phones at an ever-faster rate, with the most trend-conscious getting a new one every 9 months. More »
- GPS Phone Outwits Live Tour Guide
  
  CNET | Feb 14, 08 7:20 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Next time you strike out for the territory, you might be better served by Nokia’s new Maps 2.0 service than by a real live tour guide. CNet’s Marguerite Reardon literally road-tested the pedestrian GPS service at a Barcelona conference, taking to the Gothic Quarter’s labyrinthine alleys with the new 6210 Navigator phone, a Spanish guide, and a Nokia PR rep. More »
- India Rolls Out $20 Cell Phone
  
  Times (UK) | Feb 14, 08 1:27 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - On the heels of India’s $2,400 car comes its $20 mobile handset, the “people’s phone,” the Times of London reports. It has no smart features—not even a screen. “It is just a phone,” says the chairman of Spice Mobile, the phone’s developer, but the company thinks it can sell 10 million over the next year. More »
- Windows Mobile Bandwagon Gets Bigger
  
  Reuters | Feb 11, 08 11:59 AM CST
  
  (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 be on sale by the end of the year, reports Reuters. More »
January 2008
- Cell Phone Can Read to the Blind
  
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Tech Firms Buoyed by Demand Abroad

Sony Gets Green Thumbs-Up in Electronics Rankings

Nokia Moves to Counter iPhone

Excoriated by China, 'Miserly' Firms Defend Quake Aid

Slumping Razr Sales Slash Moto Earnings

Wireless Makers Work Out Deal for Faster Net

New Phones Compete With Software, Not Hardware

Icahn Wins: Motorola Will Spin Off Mobile Unit

Apple May Offer Unlimited Tunes in iPods, iPhones

The Next Big Thing: Live TV on Your Phone

Phone Makers Chase Fickle Customers

GPS Phone Outwits Live Tour Guide

India Rolls Out $20 Cell Phone

Windows Mobile Bandwagon Gets Bigger

Cell Phone Can Read to the Blind