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AP - Global mobile phone sales continued to surge in the first quarter, when shipments reached 282 million despite an economic downturn, research firm Strategy Analytics said Friday.

AP - Samsung Electronics said Friday that net profit jumped 37 percent in the first quarter amid strong demand for mobile phones in emerging markets.

AP - Samsung Electronics said Friday its profit rose 37 percent in the first quarter as strength in mobile phones and liquid crystal displays offset weakness in semiconductors.

Reuters - Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the
world’s top maker of memory chips, beat forecasts with a 37
percent rise in quarterly profit on stellar performances in
flat screens and mobile phones, sending its shares 4 percent
higher.

PC World - Samsung Electronics posted its strongest profit gain in years in the first quarter as sales of LCD screens and mobile phones…

AP - Samsung Electronics said Friday that net profit jumped 37 percent in the first quarter amid strong demand for mobile phones in emerging markets.

PC World - The 3G iPhone will be announced June 9, the likely date of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote at the company’s Worldwide Developers…

Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world’s biggest
mobile phones maker, said on Thursday it would co-brand a
limited edition of Renault Sandero cars in Brazil,
fully equipped with Nokia’s navigation system and car add-ons.

Reuters - Google Inc said on
Wednesday it has introduced brand-image ads for mobile phones,
in a bid to extend beyond the computer-based Web market into
the emerging market for advertising on phones.

Reuters - Blyk, a mobile phone service that
offers a number of free calls and text messages in return for
users accepting advertisements, said on Thursday it had reached
100,000 clients in Britain after six months.