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 | Thursday, July 02, 2009 - NY thieves want iPhones, victims fight back
(Reuters)
Reuters - Thieves are increasingly going after iPhones and other smartphones but victims now can fight back with technology. |
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| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - Dell Adding GPS, Maps to a Netbook
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Dell will begin adding GPS to its Dell Mini 10 netbook next week, hoping that users will want GPS functions in netbooks as well as mobile phones. |
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| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - Apple Admits iPhone Overheating Issues -- Sort of
(PC World)
PC World - Apple has issued a warning on its support pages regarding iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS overheating, marking the first time the company has officially acknowledged the problem. Reports that the iPhone 3GS is having overheating problems have surfaced last week, merely days after the devices was launched. |
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| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - When Your Phone Rings, the Copyright Police May Come Calling
(PC World)
PC World - A digital rights group is contesting a U.S. music industry association's assertion that royalties are due each time a mobile phone ringtone is played in public. |
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| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - EU Slashes Mobile-Phone Roaming Rates
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The European Union has dramatically slashed the rates that wireless carriers can charge consumers roaming across the EU's member states. |
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| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - Cheaper mobile calls for EU travellers
(AFP)
 AFP - European holidaymakers can expect a lower bill for using their mobile phones while abroad in Europe this summer because new EU regulated price caps took effect across the 27-nation bloc on Wednesday.
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| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - Apple iPhones Could Shut Down in Summer Heat
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Whether or not anecdotal reports of iPhones overheating are true, Apple has taken them seriously enough to reveal the presence of a temperature warning screen for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Here's the catch: if the temperature is above 95 degrees while using your iPhone, it could shut down. |
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| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - Mobile Roaming Costs Fall as EC Announces End to Rip-offs
(PC World)
PC World - The cost of calling and sending text messages on your mobile phone from abroad in the European Union became cheaper Wednesday, as the new roaming regulation came into force. |
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| Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - EU travellers to get cheaper mobile phone calls from Wednesday
(AFP)
 AFP - European travellers will pay less to use their mobile phones while abroad in the EU from Wednesday when new regulated price caps take effect across the 27-nation bloc.
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| Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - Roaming phone charges to fall in EU from Wednesday
(Reuters)
Reuters - Making a telephone call, sending a text message or reading emails on a mobile phone from across the European Union will cost less from Wednesday. |
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| Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - Broadband, mobile key to economic growth: World Bank
(AFP)
 AFP - Access to affordable high-speed Internet and mobile phone service are key to economic growth and job creation in developing countries, the World Bank said in a report released on Tuesday.
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| Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - The iPhone 3GS Popularity Wars
(PC World)
PC World - Is shopping mania for the iPhone 3GS finally over? It's hard to say. Apple recently released an online tool that tracks the status of iPhone 3GS shipments across each of its 210 retail stores in the United States. This suggests that Apple is still concerned about the retail availability for it customers. While store employees might welcome the decrease in the number of times they have say, "yes we have it" or "no we're out" over the phone, the question remains: Isn't the whole concept of availability-tracking a little too late? |
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| Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - Fahrenheit 113: Hot iPhone's Tragic Number
(PC World)
PC World - The manager at my local Apple Store looked a little grim when I mentioned iPhone 3GS overheating and battery problems yesterday. "If that's what it is, you're going to have a flood of phones coming back," I told him. As if he had to be told. |
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| Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - Citibank Tests out Payments Using Mobile Phones
(PC World)
PC World - Citibank is starting a large trial of the use of mobile phones to make credit card payments at retail outlets and other points-of-sale in Bangalore, which the company is branding as "Citi Tap and Pay". |
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| Monday, June 29, 2009 - Google unveils SMS service for Africa
(AFP)
 AFP - Google on Monday unveiled a new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa, where cell phones are prevalent but Internet penetration is low.
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| Monday, June 29, 2009 - Mobile-Phone Chargers Will Become Universal
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Bowing to a request from the European Commission, 10 major device manufacturers have agreed to adopt a universal battery-charging design for their mobile handsets. Though the agreement only applies to mobile-device sales within the member states of the European Union, the standard is expected to have a far wider impact since the mobile-device market is essentially global. |
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| Monday, June 29, 2009 - Hot iPhone 3GS Is Getting Too Hot, Reports Say
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - News reports have cited overheating problems with the iPhone 3GS, but are the reports justified? Or is Apple's latest device headed for a major recall? |
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| Monday, June 29, 2009 - Europe to get standard mobile phone charger
(AFP)
 AFP - The mobile phone industry on Monday agreed to roll out a new pan-European standard phone charger from next year that supporters hope will be taken up around the world.
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| Monday, June 29, 2009 - Apple iPhone 3GS, A Flawed Phone?
(PC World)
PC World - Hot handsets aren't the only problems Apple is facing with its latest batch of iPhones. |
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| Monday, June 29, 2009 - Will Overheating Prompt an iPhone 3GS Recall?
(PC World)
PC World - I have a confession: I recently woke up with a hot iPhone. In fact, it happened twice. And that was just during the first week I owned my new iPhone 3GS. |
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