Users awash in emerging wireless options   19 Oct 2005 16:39 GMT
The days of simply giving traveling employees a cell phone for talking and a laptop for dial-up data are long gone, replaced by a complex landscape of overlapping choices. There are decisions to be made regarding devices, carrier contracts, performance and reach -- with all the major technologies offering moving targets to boot.
Source: InfoWorld

Publishers sue Google over book search project   19 Oct 2005 16:37 GMT
Association of American Publishers accuses Google of "freeloading on the talent and property of authors and publishers."
Source: ZDNet

NTT DoCoMo adds walkie-talkie function to 3G mobiles (AFP)   19 Oct 2005 16:12 GMT

AFP - Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo unveiled its new line of third-generation (3G) mobile phones with a walkie-talkie feature, the first of its kind in the country.

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Samsung's 7-Megapixel Camera Phone Hits Road (PC World)   19 Oct 2005 16:00 GMT
PC World - Cell phone will sell in China next, possibly other markets will follow.
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Cingular posts rise in profit (Reuters)   19 Oct 2005 12:40 GMT

Reuters - Cingular Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile phone service, said on Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose 56 percent on strong sales, but it added fewer new customers than analysts had anticipated.

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Samsung shows 7-megapixel cameraphone for China   19 Oct 2005 11:37 GMT
Samsung Electronics plans to ship in a mobile phone with a built-in 7-megapixel camera in China later this year, according to a company spokeswoman.
Source: InfoWorld

TI works with Chinese firm on low-cost 2.5G handsets   19 Oct 2005 11:32 GMT
Texas Instruments (TI), the world's largest maker of chips for mobile phones, worked with a Chinese handset maker to produce a low-cost 2.5G mobile phone aimed at emerging markets like China and Latin America, the companies said Wednesday.
Source: InfoWorld

Broadcom Debuts Voice Over Cable Chip For VoIP Services   19 Oct 2005 11:31 GMT
Broadcom has announced a new voice over cable chip designed to provide improved performance and reliability to voice over cable modem customer premise equipment.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Making a routine of citizen journalism   19 Oct 2005 10:00 GMT
Compared with New Orleans we’ve got little to complain about, but last week’s torrential rains did flood parts of southwestern New Hampshire pretty badly. The town of Alstead, 15 miles north of my home in Keene, got the worst of it: roads crippled, a clutch of homes swept away, several people killed. In Keene, folks were evacuated by boat from homes all along Beaver Brook, and more than a few furnaces and water heaters were wrecked when basements took on five and six feet of water.
Source: InfoWorld

Nokia launches new phones for "style-conscious" (Reuters)   19 Oct 2005 07:22 GMT
Reuters - Mobile phone giant Nokia (NOK1V.HE) announced three new phone models on Wednesday, saying they were being pitched at the "style-conscious" market.
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