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Thanks to new affordable touch screen technologies, also outdoors GPS receivers are being built with touch-sensitive displays. Outdoors conditions, however, can be anything from sunshine to pouring rain or snow, making it challenging to find the right technology for all situations. For instance, in freezing temperatures it would be nice to be able to tap the screen when wearing gloves. Garmin has introduced Dakota product line that is targeted at tough outdoors use, but the products can be used on the road as well.

The Garmin Dakota 10 is a compact outdoors GPS receiver with color maps. Its 2.6-inch touch screen …

First, digital cameras were built into mobile phones, then, MP3 players and next, camcorders are going to do the same. Increasingly, high-end phones are being designed as multimedia devices that can handle many media types. Walkman mobile phone range covers both simple, low-cost music phones and advanced multimedia products. The Sony Ericsson W995 is a high-end Walkman phone.

The Sony Ericsson W995 is a compact media phone with slide-out keypad. In fact, for a device designed for videos and music, …

Right now, as we are writing this, there are more than 14 million people logged onto Skype, talking, chatting, or simply waiting for someone to call. The vast majority of these people are signed in to the new telephone system on their PCs, but we are not the only ones who are also using smartphones to make free international phone calls via the Internet. Skype has been available as a free download for Windows Mobile smartphones for a couple of years already. Of course, there are other choices that you can find here. A popular free VoIP application, for instance, for Symbian smartphones is Fring which is compatible with Skype.

Skype application for Windows Mobile smartphones has reached its third major release. With every release, the software has inherited features from the PC application. Skype 3.0 for Windows Mobile lets you transfer files from your phone to the other end (PC or phone) during a live phone call. Also, if you purchase Skype credit, you can send low-cost text messages to mobile phones around the world.

PC World – Apple has issued a warning on its support pages regarding iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS overheating, marking the first time the company has officially acknowledged the problem. Reports that the iPhone 3GS is having overheating problems have surfaced last week, merely days after the devices was launched.

PC World – A digital rights group is contesting a U.S. music industry association’s assertion that royalties are due each time a mobile phone ringtone is played in public.

NewsFactor – The European Union has dramatically slashed the rates that wireless carriers can charge consumers roaming across the EU’s member states.

The world’s largest commercial satellite was launched into space today, with the goal of providing mobile phone service to “dead zones” in North America.

AFP – European holidaymakers can expect a lower bill for using their mobile phones while abroad in Europe this summer because new EU regulated price caps took effect across the 27-nation bloc on Wednesday.

PC World – The cost of calling and sending text messages on your mobile phone from abroad in the European Union became cheaper Wednesday, as the new roaming regulation came into force.

AFP – European travellers will pay less to use their mobile phones while abroad in the EU from Wednesday when new regulated price caps take effect across the 27-nation bloc.