Sprint plans to launch the HTC Touch Pro2 — a touch screen smartphone with dual speakers, dual microphones, a mute button and professional speakerphone technology — on September 8.
Verizon has cut the price on some BlackBerry models to clear out inventory for the launch of the new BlackBerry Storm 2 in the coming months.
Samsung said it will launch an online store for smartphone applications on September 14 starting in Europe, joining a growing trend of handset makers following the success of Apple‘s App Store.
Reuters – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world‘s second-largest mobile phone maker, said on Monday it would open an online store for smartphone applications on September 14 in Europe.
Reuters – More than a third of consumers in Western Europe will access the Internet using their mobile phones by 2014, according to a research report published by Forrester Research on Monday.
Apple said reports of its iPhones “exploding” in France were not caused by the battery overheating but instead due to “external forces.”
The Federal Trade Commission said it is banning robocalls — prerecorded commercial calls — and that violators would face fines of up to $16,000 per message.
Japanese electronic makers NEC, Hitachi and Casio have begun talks about merging their struggling mobile phone operations to cut development costs in a saturated market.
A report supported by U.S. and British researchers suggests that people who use a cell phone have a “significant” risk of developing brain tumors.
NewsFactor – The rumors are true — Apple will distribute an iPhone 3G in China. On Friday, China Unicom announced the exclusive deal to sell Apple‘s smartphones in the world‘s most populous nation, a move that will expose the iPhone to the largest mobile consumer market in the world.
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