FT.com – Hutchison Whampoa on Wednesday said it would sell a stake in its Australian 3G mobile telephone arm to New Zealand's Telecom Corp (NYSE:NZT)oration.

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Canadian Press – NEW YORK – If your hipbone is connected to your BlackBerry or your thighbone is connected to your cellphone, those vibrations you’re feeling in the car, in your pajamas, in the shower, may be coming from your headbone.

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RIM BlackBerry Pearl (8130) More Photos – View Specs Sprint today announced the BlackBerry Pearl 8130, a smartphone with new multimedia and communications capabilities for both personal and business use. Sporting a thin, sleek design, the amethyst-colored smartphone supports a broad range of Sprint Power Vision Services. Besides accessing capabilities like calendar management, personal and [...]

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NewsFactor – On Tuesday, Google made yet another move in mobile social networking. This time, the acquisition target was Finnish startup Jaiku, a company that develops a mobile phone application that lets people send messages, view Web feeds, and even blog. It's what has come to be called a "microblogging" service.

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Maybe you made an important deal on the phone or your friend gave you driving instructions to a secluded place, but there are times when you wish you could remember every detail of a particular conversation. Total Recall is a software application that runs on a smartphone and can be set to automatically record all [...]

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Samsung today launched its special edition 18K Golden Edition E848, offering an 18K golden reflective surface and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games logo imprinted on the back. The Golden Olympic Edition E848 is 10.6 mm in depth, and comes with a large 2.2-inch LCD color display as well as a heat sensitive touch key design. [...]

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Canadian Press – TORONTO – Route1 Inc. (TSXV:ROI), a Toronto-based supplier of security and identity management software and equipment, has won a distribution deal with Novatel Wireless, a global provider of 3G wireless broadband systems.

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AP – South Koreans are increasingly turning to the Internet and mobile phones to buy sex following a tougher anti-prostitution law in 2004 targeting brothels.

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Samsung today announced plans to produce the world‘s first high-resolution active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) panel, using PenTile subpixel rendering technology from Clairvoyante. By incorporating Clairvoyante’s PenTile RGB technology, Samsung is able to develop the first handheld wVGA (480 x 800 px) OLED PenTile RGB panel, overcoming the manufacturing and performance challenges that [...]

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Google said today that it has bought Finnish startup Jaiku, maker of a mobile phone application where people can use to send short messages about where they are and what they’re doing. Terms of the acquisition weren’t disclosed. Google believes Jaiku’s technology can help develop new ways to use mobile devices, according to a note [...]

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