Sub-$15 handset possible by 2008   11 Oct 2005 11:15 GMT
Mobile phones could be sold wholesale for as little as $15 by the end of 2008, although the result might be a handset nobody wants, an executive from chip maker Texas Instruments said Tuesday.
Source: InfoWorld

NTT DoCoMo, Rakuten to tie up in online auction business (AFP)   11 Oct 2005 10:55 GMT

AFP - Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo and Internet commerce giant Rakuten said they have formed an alliance in online auctions to challenge domestic industry leader Yahoo.

Source: Yahoo

Samsung Electronics to set up mobile phone plant in India (AFP)   11 Oct 2005 10:53 GMT

AFP - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co said it will establish a mobile handset production unit in India to tap into the country's handset market which held high growth potential.

Source: Yahoo

Thailand to limit cell phones in restive south (AFP)   11 Oct 2005 10:50 GMT

AFP - Unregistered mobile phones will stop working in Thailand's insurgency-plagued southernmost provinces by mid-November, in an effort to curb bomb attacks triggered by cell phones.

Source: Yahoo

Free Wi-Fi? What's Google Up To, Anyway?   11 Oct 2005 10:49 GMT
Google bid to provide free Wi-Fi access across the city of San Francisco has a lot of people wondering what the company's up to. Hint: location, location, location.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Seagate Refreshes Desktop Drives (Ziff Davis)   10 Oct 2005 16:33 GMT
Ziff Davis - Seagate Technology Ltd. has brought its desktop Barracuda drives into the fifth generation, adding a half-terabyte model and 3GB SATA technology to its lineup.
Source: Yahoo

F-Secure extends antivirus to Windows Mobile   10 Oct 2005 15:43 GMT
F-Secure announced Monday its Mobile Antivirus software will be available for Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS.
Source: InfoWorld

Industry coalition hopes to break 802.11n deadlock   10 Oct 2005 14:46 GMT
More than two dozen leading manufacturers of wireless LAN equipment have formed an industry coalition aimed at breaking a deadlock in efforts to establish a new, faster Wi-Fi standard.
Source: InfoWorld

New Sony Ericsson phone to run on Symbian's latest OS   10 Oct 2005 14:07 GMT
During the first quarter next year, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications will start selling the first smart phone to be based on Symbian OS version 9.1 and the UIQ 3 software platform, the company said on Monday.
Source: InfoWorld

The Ins And Outs Of Wi-Fi-Cellular Convergence   10 Oct 2005 14:00 GMT
Wireless and wired operators are moving en masse toward converged services over cellular and Wi-Fi networks not because they want to, but because they have to.
Source: Mobile Pipeline