Danish Snack Maker Gets Microsoft Mobile Sales Assist   17 Oct 2005 21:00 GMT
The device -- dubbed mobile sales assistant -- builds on existing IT investments with Microsoft, including Windows, enterprise resource planning platform Axapta and radio frequency identification technology.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

New Deal Adds Flexibility To BlackBerry And Treo Deployments   17 Oct 2005 17:00 GMT
The deal will allow the Palm OS-based Treo 650 smartphone to connect to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which supports Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Nortel names former Motorola exec as CEO   17 Oct 2005 16:22 GMT
Mike Zafirovski, former COO of Motorola, will take over as CEO if Nortel Networks.
Source: ZDNet

Africa's cellphone explosion changes economics, society and adapts to a continent's needs (Canadian Press)   17 Oct 2005 15:09 GMT
Canadian Press - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Amina Harun, a 45-year-old farmer, used to traipse around for hours looking for a working payphone on which to call the markets and find the best prices for her fruit.
Source: Yahoo

20,000 Scots flout mobile-phone driving ban   17 Oct 2005 14:43 GMT
Police to launch a crackdown on cell phone chat behind the wheel, using license points as a threat.
Source: ZDNet

Sprint PPC-6700: The Evolution Of The Smartphone   17 Oct 2005 14:38 GMT
Sprint PPC-6700: The Evolution Of The Smartphone
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Tracking Mobile Phones For Real-Time Traffic Data   17 Oct 2005 14:13 GMT
Tracking Mobile Phones For Real-Time Traffic Data
Source: Mobile Pipeline

World's Largest Wi-Fi Cloud Stretches Over Fields Of Onions And Thistle   17 Oct 2005 13:39 GMT
While cities around the country battle to provide free wireless, the world's largest hot spot stretches over 700 square miles of landscape so dry and desolate it could have been lifted from a cowboy tune.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

OSDL plans Linux phone drive   17 Oct 2005 13:26 GMT
Motorola and PalmSource are among the companies that lined up behind a new initiative Monday that aims to promote the use of the Linux operating system on cell phones. The Mobile Linux Initiative was launched by Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) to tackle technical challenges and generally support the adoption of Linux on handheld devices.
Source: InfoWorld

Samsung to launch second hard-disk cell phone   17 Oct 2005 11:28 GMT
Samsung Electronics next week will begin selling its second cell phone to include a hard-disk drive, the company said Monday. It also announced that it is preparing a hard-disk-based phone for the European market.
Source: InfoWorld