Total immersion on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond (FT.com)   13 Oct 2006 18:55 GMT
FT.com - One good test of a golf club's priorities is its attitude to mobile phones. Jabbering away on a mobile is incompatible with proper concentration on the course and civilised conversation off it. Clubs that don't severely restrict mobiles are places where business is more important than golf and are therefore to be avoided. A discreet glance at a BlackBerry, however, is another matter altogether and often necessary when trying to arrange a match. Texting is the grey area - all right in the locker room but not on the fairway.
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Nokia to close plant, lay off 300 (AP)   13 Oct 2006 18:03 GMT
AP - Nokia Corp. will close a Forth Worth facility that repaired and distributed cellular phones and lay off 300 of the plant's 450 workers.
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Nokia trims multimedia phone prices   13 Oct 2006 14:28 GMT
Retailers cite unexpectedly slow sales of N-series. Nokia exec notes that when prices are changed, they're changed globally.
Photos: Nokia's N75 and N95
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BenQ Mobile charts return from bankruptcy   13 Oct 2006 14:23 GMT
Managers of BenQ Mobile and the liquidator, Martin Prager, are working on a plan to convert the bankrupt company into a designer of mobile phones for other customers.
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Fox uses Treo's live video to cover plane crash   13 Oct 2006 11:45 GMT
Cameraman's handheld delivers live coverage of accident scene in N.Y. before satellite trucks arrive.
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Fox uses Treo to break N.Y. plane crash news (Reuters)   13 Oct 2006 07:28 GMT

Reuters - When a single-engine plane crashed into an Upper East Side apartment building on Wednesday, Fox News Channel delivered early live video to its viewers from the crash site using a hand-held mobile phone souped up with streaming video.

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FCC lets wireless sneak between TV airwaves   13 Oct 2006 04:24 GMT
Lets wireless devices tap the unused portions of TV bands, a win for those looking to use the spaces for high-speed Net service.
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Google delivers Japanese-language news to phones   13 Oct 2006 01:28 GMT
Free service displays reports from about 30 media outlets, including Asahi newspaper and state-run NHK.
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Google starts Japanese news service for cellphones (Reuters)   13 Oct 2006 00:30 GMT

Reuters - Google Inc. , the world's No.1 Web search engine, has started a free Japanese-language news site for mobile phones, to expand in a market where more people access the Web via handsets than PCs.

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Nokia, Trimble in navigation license deal (Reuters)   12 Oct 2006 21:57 GMT
Reuters - The world's biggest mobile phone handset maker Nokia unveiled a patent-licensing deal with technology firm Trimble Navigation on Monday, aimed at tapping into the fast-growing mobile navigation market.
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