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Google has acquired a small Canadian company, Reqwireless. According to the Financial Post, Reqwireless makes Web browser and e-mail software for use on wireless devices.

Motorola ROKR E1 was anounced to be the first iTunes mobile phone by Apple. Steve Jobs, chief executive, told a media event in San Francisco the $250 phone would hold 100 songs and would be sold exclusively in the US by Cingular Wireless, the biggest mobile operator. ROKR E1 Features: iTunes player with dedicated key […]

Online music provider Napster has announced the addition of a host of mobile phones to the list of MP3 players and mobile devices compatible with the Napster To Go portable subscription music service. The Motorola phone Moto Q is the latest addition to the list of the new generation. Napster To Go-compatible phones include handsets […]

TechWorld’s article points out new issues facing management due to increased popularity of mobile phones – “mini-PC”. It is expected that more than a third of the company-installed base will use the mini-PCs by 2008. Some of the issues that management needs to start thinking about: Identify mobile device management approach. Focus on protecting any […]

Apple is planning to cash in on the growing market by combining phone and music players. Apple called a press conference for next Wednesday to potentially use it as a platform for launching a handset combining the software behind the iPod with a phone capable of holding thousands of songs.

Video enabled mobile phones are being used to deliver marketing messages by real estate agents. In one early application of the “permission marketing”, a real estate agent is using this new marketing way to allure new customers. A potential property buyer can send an SMS with a special code word to a number carried on […]

Japan and China will join forces to develop a fourth-generation mobile phones expected to come into practical use around 2010. The fourth-generation mobile phones are expected to transmit data as quickly as optical fiber, taking the streaming of high-quality images to the next more desirable level. China presents itself as the huge potential market in […]

The deal has been struck between BBC Worldwide and mobile phone content company ROK Player to make popular shows available on mobile phones. The first shows to be licensed are the Classic Dr Who special The Five Doctors and three episodes of Red Dwarf – Marooned, Quarantine and Cassandra. “We want to give fans the […]

Japanese health officials made a connection between teen phone usage and a drop in the rate of smoking. There is “a high chance that phone bills are weighing on the money they spend on cigarettes”, said the head of research at the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry and assistant director of the National Institute of […]

According to IDC, the Western European mobile phone market (consisting of traditional mobile phones and converged devices) witnessed healthy year-on-year growth of 20% in 2Q05. IDC reports that shipments reached 37.6 million units, predominantly driven by increased traction in low-end segments and renewal demand for new feature-rich handsets, with sequential growth of 4% raising expectations […]