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Report: No Android until fourth quarter
News Google's mobile operating system won't be available until late this year, states newspaper report. With the iPhone 3G on the way, are developers losing interest?
Tags: Open source, Cellular phones, Development/design, Software engineering/development, Mobile, Google Inc., Android, phone, software, handset company
Philippine carriers willing to reduce SMS fees
News But country's operators slam government's proposal for free SMS, arguing that market forces--not the government--should force prices down.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, Mobile platforms/communications, Data services, India, Carrier, Text Messaging, Service, Government, food, SMS
Microsoft's ad pitch underpins Net moves
News The company is betting on its AdCenter tool to help it realize its grand ambition to deliver free software over the Internet.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Search, Advertising, Internet advertising
Windows Mobile 7 release delayed
News Microsoft's new cell phone operating system, aimed at helping the software maker better compete with Apple's iPhone, is now not expected until the second half of 2009.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Mobile platforms/communications, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Google Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows Mobile, phone, software, Microsoft Windows
NTT DoCoMo plans airborne Wi-Fi
News in brief Subscribers to mZone, NTT DoCoMo's wireless hot-spot service, could soon be surfing the Net at 30,000 feet.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi
FCC tests "white space" prototypes, again
News The FCC will begin the second phase of lab testing of prototype devices that use the "white space" between TV channels to transmit wireless communication signals.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Next-generation technology/networks
Nokia pictures wearable photo gear
News Nokia on Thursday announced that it's planning to launch new products that will let consumers take pictures from camera phones and transfer them onto tiny digital lockets and bracelets.
India spices up 'push to talk' campaign
News Cell phone service provider Hutchison Essar, a division of Orange, becomes the second of the country's wireless companies in a week to start the walkie-talkie style cell phone service.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications
Qualcomm debuts 'push to talk' service in India
News India's Tata announces a walkie-talkie mobile phone service that uses Qualcomm software and Kyocera's handsets.
Tags: Cellular phones
Intel, McCaw team up on WiMax
Insight The chipmaking giant and wireless pioneer McCaw join forces on WiMax--a significant move for the emerging industry.
Tags: Processors, WiMax, Personal broadband
Virgin Mobile: Life after Asian flop
News Sir Richard Branson's teen-friendly cell phones are ready to boogie into stores. But Virgin Mobile might have a tough time finding dancing room in a crowded U.S. market.
PalmSource woos developers to wireless
News With smart phone sales poised to take off, the OS company tries to persuade programmers to unsync and write software for wireless devices.
Recycling not easy for PC makers
News Companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computer are starting to become more involved with the recycling of their machines--and in the process, they're seeing firsthand how hard it is to deal with many of the products Silicon Valley has produced.
Japan to try GPS phones to prevent pandemics
News Softbank participates in a Japanese government-backed experimental project that uses GPS-enabled cell phones to track elementary schoolers' whereabouts for health-monitoring purpose.
Tags: GPS, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile, Apple iPhone 3G, Cell Phone, Japan, Softbank Corp., phone, Associated Press, 3G
Dell working on Android gadget
News Company is developing a pocket-size Internet device to take on Apple's iPod Touch, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Development/design, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Cell Phone, Internet Device, phone, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch
