IDC sees single-digit handset market growth in '08 (Reuters)   25 Jan 2008 09:55 GMT
Reuters - Market researcher IDC expects growth in the global market for mobile phones to slow to single digits from this year onwards after unit sales rose 11.6 percent last quarter, it said in a statement on Friday.
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Cops try to zap porn images of 2 girls sent to Penn. cellphones and beyond (Canadian Press)   25 Jan 2008 02:50 GMT
Canadian Press - ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Police in Pennsylvania faced a difficult if not impossible task Thursday as they tried to stop the spread of pornographic video and photos of two high school girls, images that were transmitted by cellphone to dozens of the girls' classmates and then to the wider world.
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N.S. premier says he's adjusting to impending ban on cellphones while driving (Canadian Press)   24 Jan 2008 22:56 GMT
Canadian Press - HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald says he's going to have to change his way of thinking about using his cellphone while driving.
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YouTube makes its videos treasure trove mobile (AFP)   24 Jan 2008 20:42 GMT

AFP - YouTube on Thursday began making all of its videos available on the latest-generation cellphones as people increasingly shift to accessing the Internet on the go.

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YouTube Boosts Video Viewing for 3G Mobile Devices (NewsFactor)   24 Jan 2008 19:19 GMT
NewsFactor - Google's YouTube has rolled out technology to improve viewing its user-created videos on mobile devices.
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How the wireless spectrum auction could change your life   24 Jan 2008 18:05 GMT
Depending on who's talking, the wireless spectrum auction that starts on Jan. 24 will significantly change the mobile and wireless landscape in the United States, or it won't have much impact at all.
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Mobile app developer alliance pondered   24 Jan 2008 16:00 GMT
Do mobile application developers need to band together to tackle the tough issues facing them? Attendees at Sun's Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days Conference in Santa Clara, Calif. on Thursday afternoon will briefly discuss this issue.
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Nokia claims 40 percent of phone market   24 Jan 2008 14:51 GMT
Nokia reported a 44 percent rise in net profit for the fourth quarter, on sales that increased 34 percent. The company estimates 1.14 billion phones were sold in 2007, 40 percent of them bearing the Nokia brand.
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Nokia posts strong fourth quarter, full-year earnings (AFP)   24 Jan 2008 14:51 GMT

AFP - Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, announced soaring fourth quarter and full-year 2007 earnings Thursday boosted by strong handset sales.

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NTT DoCoMo, Google announce partnership (AP)   24 Jan 2008 13:29 GMT
AP - Japan's top mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo is partnering with search engine Google to provide Internet searches and other services on the carrier's handsets, the two companies announced Thursday.
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