Cellphones mean fewer travelers use hotel phones (USATODAY.com)   10 Oct 2006 11:08 GMT
USATODAY.com - A growing number of business travelers are using their cellphones and other technology to avoid extra charges for Internet access and telephone calls. For hotels, a once-lucrative profit center is disappearing.
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Samsung starts marketing world's first 10 megapixel camera phone (AFP)   10 Oct 2006 08:17 GMT

AFP - South Korea's Samsung Electronics has started selling what it claims is the world's first 10 megapixel multimedia phone that offers crisp video and top-notch digital camera functions.

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Microsoft, Ingenio Sign Mobile Pay-Per-Call Deal (TechWeb)   10 Oct 2006 01:03 GMT
TechWeb - Ingenio says Microsoft has agreed to carry the company's pay-per-call listings in Windows Live Search for mobile phones.
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T-Mobile In Bid To Overhaul Competitors (TechWeb)   09 Oct 2006 22:43 GMT
TechWeb - Considered not long ago to be an acquisition candidate and lagging in the latest mobile phone technology, T-Mobile has made a decision to battle its U.S. counterparts for technology leadership.
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Motorola invests in video WLAN startup   09 Oct 2006 12:52 GMT
Venture divisions of Motorola and Deutsche Telekom are investing in a maker of wireless LAN gear for distributing video around a home.
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In Brief: RIM signs new BlackBerry partner in India   09 Oct 2006 12:20 GMT
Research In Motion (RIM) has signed a deal with operator Hutchison Essar to roll out the company's BlackBerry push e-mail service in India.
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Micron Shares Shrink on Shortfall (BusinessWeek Online)   09 Oct 2006 12:08 GMT
BusinessWeek Online - Shares of Micron Technology shed more than 10% of their value to $15.74 Friday after the Boise (Idaho)-based maker of semiconductor devices posted fourth-quarter earnings that came in below analysts' expectations. Micron's principal products are DRAM and NAND flash memory, and CMOS image sensors, used in a broad array of electronic applications including PCs, workstations, network servers, and mobile phones.
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Confessions of a cell phone junkie   09 Oct 2006 11:00 GMT
Sure, network quality matters. But more and more consumers are making cool phones a top priority when deciding on a new cellular plan.
Photos: Phones that sing
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Philippines says Texas Inst. eyes $1 billion expansion (Reuters)   08 Oct 2006 13:21 GMT
Reuters - U.S. semiconductor firm Texas Instruments Inc. , the world's biggest maker of chips for mobile phones, is scouting for an area either in the Philippines or China to build a new plant that will require investment of about $1 billion, a Philippine government official said.
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Service equips stolen phones with scream (Canadian Press)   07 Oct 2006 18:49 GMT
Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - An ear-piercing scream awaits would-be mobile phone thieves, and it won't stop unless the battery is removed, rendering the phone inoperable.
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