News on Cellular Phones

Apple begins taking iPad orders in US

2010-03-12T11:16:03Z

<div><p>Apple fans flocked online Friday to be among the first to order iPad tablet computers slated to begin shipping in the United States on April 3.</p><p>Apple was offering free shipping on pre-orders but limited buyers to no more than two iPads each in a sign that supplies will be tight when the iconic company's latest creation hits the market.</p><p...

Bangladesh blocks 1.5 million mobile phones

2010-03-11T17:45:34Z

<div><p>Bangladesh has blocked 1.5 million mobile numbers and tightened regulations for buying and selling SIM cards following a spike in cellphone-related crime, an official said Thursday.</p><p>Under new rules, children under 18 will be barred from buying a SIM card and adults will have to show their national identity cards to register new mobile numbers, Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Shikdar told AFP.</p><p>...

Internet Marketing/Advertising Via Cell Phones

2010-03-11T22:55:35Z

The new buzz now is focused on Cell Phone Marketing. As early as March 19th 2007 USA Today wrote an article about this. They predicted that the youth of today will bring this type of marketing to a whole new level.<br><br>Cell phones have become very attractive as advertising tools also; a recent Harris survey reports that the cell phone use is increasing while the traditional landline telephone is fast losing customers. The fact i...

Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market

2010-03-11T00:30:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Palm, struggling in turnaround, may find innovative smart phones and software are not enough</div><div><p>Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.</p><p>Instead, the company is in danger of going the way of it...

PALM_SALES

2010-03-10T16:30:47Z

Chart shows quarterly sales of Palm smart phone units for fiscal years 2009-

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Palms Prospects

2010-03-10T13:18:39Z

In This March 8, 2010 photo, a customer uses a Palm Pre Plus at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Last year, Palm Inc. thought it had all the right pieces for a rebirth in the market it helped create. Palm had a new CEO who helped rival Gov. John Baldacci made clear his opposition but stopped short of threatening a veto.</p><p>"As it stands the governor doesn't support the bill, and he's based that decision largely on...

LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone

2010-03-09T18:30:15Z

<div><p>SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak...

New Windows phones won't run current apps

2010-03-05T19:00:10Z

<div id="subtitle">New Windows Phone 7 won't run current Windows Mobile applications</div><div><p>Microsoft Corp. has said its new software for smart phones, Windows Phone 7 series, is a "clean break" with the past. Now it's clear just how clean that break is: The new phones, expected late this year, won't run any applic...

Sony developing handheld devices to counter Apple: WSJ

2010-03-04T22:17:02Z

<div><p>Japanese electronics giant Sony is developing a new lineup of handheld products to counter Apple's stable of portable devices, according to The Wall Street Journal.</p><p>The newspaper, citing "people familiar with the matter," said the products under development include a ...

Palm shares continue downward spiral

2010-03-04T13:00:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Palm shares continue to slide amid tough competition from Apple, others</div><div><p>Investors have been selling shares of Palm Inc. at a rapid pace this year, worried that the company won't be able to turn its business around with new smart phones because of fierce competition from Apple and BlackBerry.</p><p>T...

Washington Post launches paid iPhone news app

2010-03-03T19:32:58Z

<div><p>The Washington Post, which launched a paid news application for Apple's iPhone on Wednesday, is also looking at other platforms but has no plans to charge for its website, a Post executive said.</p><p>Goli Sheikholeslami, Post vice president and general manager for digital operations, said the iPhone and Google on Wednesday threw its backing behind HTC, maker of the Internet giant's Nexus One smartphone, after Apple accused the Taiwan company of infringing on iPhone patents.</p><p>"We are not a party to this laws...

Skype comes to Nokia smartphones, companies say

2010-03-03T10:17:09Z

<div><p>Mobile phone giant Nokia said on Wednesday that its smartphone users could begin making free calls after it teamed up with Internet phone pioneer Skype which permits free calls.</p><p>"Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, ove...

Taiwan's HTC denies infringing iPhone patents

2010-03-03T06:15:44Z

<div><p>Taiwan's leading smartphone maker High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) on Wednesday denied infringing iPhone patents held by Apple after the US technology giant filed a lawsuit in the United States

Cisco makes companies more smartphone friendly

2010-03-03T06:15:42Z

<div><p>Cisco has unveiled a way for businesses to feel comfortable about letting workers use whatever smartphones tickle their fancies.</p><p>While hip new mobile devices such as Apple iPhones or Google's Nexus One smartphones have proven popular with the public at large, businesses have been averse to such device...

Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software

2010-03-02T19:16:29Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing...

Apple sues rival HTC as phone competition rises

2010-03-02T16:00:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Apple, facing stiffer competition in smart phones, suing rival maker HTC over iPhone patents</div><div><p>As Apple Inc.'s iPhone faces stiffer competition in the lucrative market for smart phones, the company is going after one of its main rivals with patent lawsuits claiming theft of touch screen technology and other features.</p><p>T...

Apple sues HTC for iPhone patent infringement

2010-03-02T15:16:03Z

<div><p>Apple filed suit on Tuesday against HTC, maker of the Nexus One smartphone from Google, accusing the Taiwan company of infringing on 20 iPhone patents.</p><p>"We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it,"

Summary Box: Apple suing HTC over iPhone patents

2010-03-02T14:46:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: Apple suing HTC over iPhone patents, as competition heats up</div><div><p>THE SUIT: Apple Inc. filed complaints against Taiwanese cell phone maker HTC Corp. on Tuesday, claiming many of the company's handsets infringe on patents related to its popular iPhone.</p><p...