Intel buys wireless chip tech in mobile-phone push (AP)
AP – As the world‘s biggest maker of computer chips, Intel Corp. can’t afford to ignore its huge blind spot in mobile phones.
AP – As the world‘s biggest maker of computer chips, Intel Corp. can’t afford to ignore its huge blind spot in mobile phones.
AFP – At least 65,000 mobile phones powered by Google‘s Android operating system are being shipped every day, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said Thursday.
It is possible that the Apple iPad tablet is changing the way we use PCs just like the iPhone is changing the way we use mobile phones. The iPad, however, is a closed platform tightly controlled by Apple. The company controls which applications can be loaded to the iPad and whose content can be viewed [...]
AP – Teenagers have embraced text messaging as their main form of communication, but mobile phones are often a source of tension with parents and schools, a new survey finds.
AP – Teenagers have embraced text messaging as their main form of communication, but mobile phones are often a source of tension with parents and schools, a new survey found.
PC World – Mobile phones are an increasingly popular way to surf the Internet in rural China, but a “digital divide” is still growing between the country’s rural and urban areas, a survey found.
AFP – Microsoft on Monday unveiled a new line of Windows-powered mobile phones called “Kin” aimed at young users which emphasize social networking.
PC World – Hoping to lure the Facebook and Twitter crowds, Microsoft introduced its Kin mobile phones Monday.
AFP – Europe’s first auction of “fourth generation” frequencies got underway in Germany on Monday, technology that promises to revolutionise what mobile phones are capable of.
Nokia plans to bring its free music download offer to mobile phones in China, as it looks to emerging markets to boost its struggling service to compete with Apple‘s popular iTunes store.