Palm CEO says company is not for sale (Reuters)   12 Oct 2006 18:25 GMT
Reuters - Palm Inc. is not pursuing a sale of the mobile phone and portable computer maker, chief executive Ed Colligan said on Thursday.
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Philips will transfer its mobile phone activities to Chinese CEC (AFP)   12 Oct 2006 16:01 GMT

AFP - Dutch electronics giant Philips said that it had signed a letter of intent to transfer its remaining mobile phone activities to the China Electronics Corporation (CEC).

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Users shy clear of high 3G fees   12 Oct 2006 15:36 GMT
If high fees for 3G (third-generation) mobile data services have kept you from becoming a heavy user, join the crowd. Excessive charges for Web surfing, music downloads, and games were among the main reasons given by consumers interviewed for a study conducted by German market researcher TNS Infratest.
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High Fees Holding Back 3G Services (PC World)   12 Oct 2006 15:00 GMT
PC World - Mobile TV and Web browsing too expensive for most users, study finds.
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Sony Ericsson hails exceptional quarter   12 Oct 2006 14:50 GMT
Walkman, Cybershot phones push earnings well past expectations, but prices likely to decline in fourth quarter.
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FCC delays vote on AT&T, BellSouth merger   12 Oct 2006 14:28 GMT
Federal commission has postponed until Friday its scheduled vote on merger of the two telecom giants.
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Palm strengthens ties with Asian operators   12 Oct 2006 14:24 GMT
In a bid to replicate the Treo's U.S. success in Asia, Palm has reworked its distribution strategy, betting that closer ties with Asian operators will translate into higher smart-phone sales in the region.
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Slow links, high prices cap mobile video success (Reuters)   12 Oct 2006 14:22 GMT
Reuters - Tens of millions of consumers around the world use their cellphones to take video clips, but they are reluctant to share those clips via mobile networks due to slow speeds and high prices, analysts said on Thursday.
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In Brief: HTC unveils Wi-Fi smartphone for T-Mobile   12 Oct 2006 14:01 GMT
Taiwan's High Tech Computer (HTC) Wednesday announced a new cellular handset for the U.S. market that offers a full QWERTY keyboard and support for Wi-Fi. The phone, called Dash, is based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile software and is the first from HTC to offer a full QWERTY on the phone's face, similar to Research In Motion's popular BlackBerry handset.
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Nokia completes navigation software company buy   12 Oct 2006 13:49 GMT
Nokia completed its acquisition of navigation software company Gate5 on Thursday, just a week after licensing hundreds of navigation patents from Trimble Navigation.
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