Cell Fun

Reuters - Vodafone Essar, India’s third-largest
mobile operator, will sell Apple’s iPhone 3G at 31,000
rupees ($708) for the 8GB model, a senior company official, who
could not be named, said on Wednesday,

AFP - Tech-savvy South Korea now has 45 million mobile phones, equivalent to 91 percent of the total population, the Korea Communications Commission said Wednesday.

AP - Apple Inc. has released an iPhone software update it says improves communication between the smart phone and wireless networks.

NewsFactor - After lots of complaints about iPhone 3G connection issues, Apple released a firmware update Monday with hopes it would fix the issues. But early reports suggest it didn’t work as planned.

AP - Nokia and travel information company Lonely Planet said Tuesday they are joining forces to sell maps and city guides that can be accessed on mobile phones.

Reuters - Wireless operator Softbank Corp (9984.T)
said on Tuesday it would offer mobile phones from Casio
Computer Co (6952.T) by the end of the year, broadening a
handset lineup that already includes Apple Inc’s
iPhone.

AFP - T-Mobile said Monday it plans to launch a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, making it the first operator to do so and posing a direct threat to Apple’s popular iPhone.

USATODAY.com - Spotty wireless broadband connectivity for some of Apple’s new iPhones most likely results from a problem with a chipset provided by Infineon Technologies.

AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone said Monday it had completed the purchase of a 70-percent stake in state-run Ghana Telecommunications.

AFP - The world’s top mobile phone maker Nokia has hired former Finnish prime minister Esko Aho as the firm’s new head of corporate relations, the company said Friday.