China, India lead surge in mobile subscribers: report (AFP)   04 Sep 2007 17:45 GMT

AFP - Asia's booming economic powerhouses of China and India are leading a fresh surge in mobile phone use with nearly 200 million new subscribers between them in the first quarter of 2007, the United Nations telecommunications agency said on Tuesday.

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Malaysia arrests seven Taiwanese over text message scam (AFP)   04 Sep 2007 17:40 GMT

AFP - Malaysian police have arrested seven Taiwanese nationals over an international mobile phone text messaging scam, a senior police officer said Tuesday.

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Mobile Phones Take Back Seat at Revamped BenQ (PC World)   04 Sep 2007 13:00 GMT
PC World - Taiwan's BenQ Corp. launched as a new corporate entity on Sept. 1, with plans to focus on digital projectors, computer monitors and other electronics, while its former main business, mobile phones, takes a back seat.
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Mobile phones take back seat at revamped BenQ (InfoWorld)   04 Sep 2007 12:51 GMT
InfoWorld - Taiwan's BenQ Corp. launched as a new corporate entity on Sept. 1, with plans to focus on digital projectors, computer monitors and other electronics, while its former main business, mobile phones, takes a back seat.
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Vodafone sees bright outlook for 3G phones in Spain (Reuters)   04 Sep 2007 12:46 GMT

Reuters - Vodafone sees glowing prospects for its position as Spanish market leader in third-generation (3G) mobile phone services, with 60 percent of its new customers opting for net-friendly handsets, more than overall market leader Telefonica .

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Sony Ericsson president Miles Flint resigns   04 Sep 2007 12:21 GMT
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB has selected Hideki Komiyama to succeed Miles Flint as CEO of the Japanese-Swedish joint venture, the company said Tuesday.
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Mobile phones take back seat at revamped BenQ   04 Sep 2007 11:15 GMT
Taiwan's BenQ Corp. launched as a new corporate entity on Sept. 1, with plans to focus on digital projectors, computer monitors and other electronics, while its former main business, mobile phones, takes a back seat.
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Everything the iPhone isn’t   04 Sep 2007 10:00 GMT
You wouldn’t know it from the Apple fanboy hallelujahs and breathy press coverage, but the iPhone isn’t the only game in town. In fact, as much as many InfoWorld staffers may admire the iPhone’s whizzy interface (we are consumers, after all), we don’t think it’s a particularly good phone for hardcore business users. InfoWorld’s Senior Technologist Tom Yager said as much earlier: he outlined the iPhone’s many shortcomings back in July and drafted a lengthy pros and cons list (heavy on the cons) to further illustrate his point.
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Supersmart phones for extreme mobility   04 Sep 2007 10:00 GMT
The iPhone is wonderful for well-heeled consumers and status-conscious gadget freaks (see my review, "iPhone: The $1,975 iPod"), but business users need more… much more.
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'Hackers' to share secret for iPhone free of AT&T (AFP)   04 Sep 2007 08:43 GMT

AFP - A group of hackers said they will soon sell software allowing Apple's iPhone to be used with any cellphone carrier, skirting AT&T's exclusive deal in the United States.

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