Microsoft to Increase Focus on Handsets for Poor (PC World)   08 May 2008 13:50 GMT
PC World - Microsoft will increase its focus on making mobile phones part of its strategy to spread IT to people in developing nations...
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China 3G System to Grow After Olympics (PC World)   08 May 2008 10:30 GMT
PC World - China's 3G (third generation telephony) system will expand service to 10 cities after August's Olympic Games, the nation's...
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Carphone Warehouse ties up with Best Buy (AFP)   08 May 2008 09:02 GMT

AFP - The Carphone Warehouse Group, the mobile phone retailer, said Thursday it has agreed to sell 50 percent of its retail operations to US electronics group Best Buy for £1.1 billion in cash as part of an overall tie-up.

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Apple inks Latin American deal for iPhone (AP)   08 May 2008 00:44 GMT
AP - In another step in the worldwide march of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America said Wednesday that it has inked a deal to bring the multimedia gadget to more than a dozen countries starting later this year.
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HTC's Touch Diamond Won't Touch iPhone 2.0 (NewsFactor)   07 May 2008 20:38 GMT
NewsFactor - Consumers wanting a touch-screen, Web-browsing, 3G-capable phone don't have to wait for the rumored 3G iPhone. HTC's new Touch Diamond matches -- some would say "copies" -- the features on Apple's breakthrough device while offering the speedy connections of 3G networks.
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Update: Sprint and Clearwire seal $14.5 billion WiMax deal   07 May 2008 16:07 GMT
Sprint Nextel and Clearwire will form a joint venture worth $14.5 billion to deploy the first nationwide mobile WiMax network, they said Wednesday.
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May's coolest gadgets   07 May 2008 15:34 GMT
If the new products we've seen in the last few weeks are anything to go by, we're in for a great year gadget-wise.
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European Commission Considers SMS Roaming Price Cap (PC World)   07 May 2008 12:00 GMT
PC World - Caps on the price of sending an SMS from a mobile phone while abroad came a step closer Wednesday, when the European...
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Pope to give new meaning to religious text (AFP)   07 May 2008 06:35 GMT

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI will give a new meaning to the term religious text by sending "inspirational messages" to mobile phones during Catholic World Youth day in Australia, organisers said Wednesday.

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Pope goes digital to better connect with youth (Reuters)   07 May 2008 04:36 GMT

Reuters - Pope Benedict will text message thousands of young Catholics on their mobile phones during World Youth Day in Sydney in July, hoping going digital will help him connect better with a younger audience.

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