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 | Monday, February 08, 2010 - ComScore: Apple gains US smart phone share
(AP)
AP - Apple Inc.'s iPhone gained a percentage point of U.S. smart phone market share while BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Inc. lost a point in the last three months of 2009, according to research group comScore Inc. |
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| Monday, February 08, 2010 - iPad's Best Innovation? No-Contract Wireless
(PC World)
PC World - Apple's iPad, while getting slammed for lack of innovation in some areas, does something no other device seems to have done before: Offer customers 3G service on a month-to-month, no-contract basis. It's about time. |
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| Monday, February 08, 2010 - Vodafone Enterprise signs 4-year Oracle deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - Vodafone Group Plc, the world's largest mobile phone operator by revenue, has secured a four-year deal to provide Oracle Corp with voice, data and management services to employees in the EMEA region. |
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| Monday, February 08, 2010 - Nokia to ax 285 jobs in Finland
(AP)
AP - Nokia Corp. said Monday it will lay off 285 people in Finland, as the world's largest mobile phone maker strives to cut costs and streamline operations. |
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| Monday, February 08, 2010 - Nokia to cut up to 285 jobs in Finnish plant changes
(AFP)
 AFP - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said Monday it would restructure operations at its plant in Salo, Finland, to focus production on smartphones and could cut up to 285 jobs as a result.
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| Sunday, February 07, 2010 - Nokia says accused of securities fraud in US
(AFP)
 AFP - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said Monday a class action complaint alleging securities fraud was filed against it in New York on Friday.
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| Friday, February 05, 2010 - AT&T Will Let Revised Sling Player Use 3G on iPhone
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The trend toward TV anywhere took another step forward Thursday as AT&T announced that it will support Sling Media's mobile application on its 3G network. Sling, whose player app is already in use on the carrier's Wi-Fi network, released a player for the iPhone late last year. |
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| Friday, February 05, 2010 - AT&T now says SlingPlayer for iPhone on 3G is OK
(AP)
AP - AT&T Inc. said Thursday it will now allow Sling Media Inc.'s television-viewing program for the iPhone to operate over its "3G" high-speed mobile network. |
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| Thursday, February 04, 2010 - NII Holdings Holding Its Own As 3G Looms
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Wireless service provider NII Holdings seems to be fighting a David-vs.-Goliath battle in Latin America. |
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| Thursday, February 04, 2010 - Advanced Analogic narrows 4Q loss to $4 million
(AP)
AP - Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc., which makes chips for wireless phones and digital cameras, reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter loss narrowed to $4 million as sales rose 12 percent. |
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| Thursday, February 04, 2010 - Samsung aims to triple smartphone sales in 2010
(Reuters)
 Reuters - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it aimed to triple smartphone shipments this year to more than 18 million units as the world's second-biggest cellphone maker scrambles to make a mark in the fast-growing smartphone market.
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| Thursday, February 04, 2010 - AT&T Allows 3G Slingplayer: New Leaf Turning?
(PC World)
PC World - The Slingplayer iPhone app, once the poster child for everything wrong with AT&T's 3G service, will now be allowed to run free of constraints. |
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| Thursday, February 04, 2010 - Skype over iPhone 3G Network Coming Soon, Thanks to iPad
(PC World)
PC World - The Skype app for the iPhone is a stellar (and free!) download for anyone looking to connect via VoIP, but its one major flaw was its inability to conduct calls via 3G or EDGE networks. Meanwhile, other VoIP iPhone apps, such as iCall and Fring, have been riding AT&T's 3G wave for quite some time, making Skype look behind the times. The battle escalated to the point where an Internet advocacy group called Free Press filed a complaint with the FCC alleging anticompetitive practices. |
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| Thursday, February 04, 2010 - Lenovo Adds Mobile Phone Details, Posts Profit Rise
(PC World)
PC World - Lenovo's work on mobile phones with Google's Android operating system is focused on its high-end Lephone handset, but the company also wants to reach other price points, a company executive said Thursday. |
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| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - Nexus One gets touch and 3G capabilities
(AFP)
 AFP - Google is ramping up its entry in the hotly competitive smartphone race by adding "pinch-to-zoom" multi-touch and 3G wireless broadband network capabilities to the Nexus One.
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| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - Indian mobiles fall silent over tower dispute
(AFP)
 AFP - Mobile phone companies in India reacted furiously Wednesday after authorities shut down hundreds of allegedly illegal towers and left tens of thousands of users suffering cut-off calls and no reception.
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| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - Nokia says it has more than one million navigation clients
(AFP)
 AFP - More than a million a smartphone users have downloaded the free navigation software that Nokia started offering last month, the world's leading mobile phone maker said Wednesday.
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| Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - Nexus One Update Fixes 3G Problem, Adds Multitouch
(PC World)
PC World - Google has started pushing out an update for the Nexus One that will fix a 3G connectivity problem that has plagued some users and adds limited support for multitouch. |
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| Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - InterDigital promotes engineering VP to tech chief
(AP)
AP - Mobile phone equipment supplier InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday that it has promoted Naresh Soni to chief technology officer. |
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| Monday, February 01, 2010 - Pearson, Nokia form English teaching JV in China
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Publishing group Pearson and phone maker Nokia have formed a joint venture to deliver English-language learning materials to mobile phone users in China, the two companies said on Monday.
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