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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/technology/cell-phones technology Cellular Phones en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:40:11 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/technology/cell-phones http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/microsoftehealthresearchtapsxboxmobilephones pcworld/20100209/microsoftehealthresearchtapsxboxmobilephones PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:40:11 GMT PC World - Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company's Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_mobile_phone_market_share ap/20100208/us_mobile_phone_market_share AP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:51:57 GMT AP - Apple Inc.'s iPhone gained a percentage point of U.S. smart phone market share while BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Inc. lost a point in the last three months of 2009, according to research group comScore Inc. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100208/tc_pcworld/ipadsbestinnovationnocontractwireless pcworld/20100208/ipadsbestinnovationnocontractwireless PC World technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:46:00 GMT PC World - Apple's iPad, while getting slammed for lack of innovation in some areas, does something no other device seems to have done before: Offer customers 3G service on a month-to-month, no-contract basis. It's about time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/tc_nm/us_vodafone_oracle nm/20100208/us_vodafone_oracle Reuters technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:50:37 GMT Reuters - Vodafone Group Plc, the world's largest mobile phone operator by revenue, has secured a four-year deal to provide Oracle Corp with voice, data and management services to employees in the EMEA region. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_finland_nokia_layoffs ap/20100208/eu_finland_nokia_layoffs AP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:07:04 GMT AP - Nokia Corp. said Monday it will lay off 285 people in Finland, as the world's largest mobile phone maker strives to cut costs and streamline operations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandtelecomequipjobsnokia afp/20100208/finlandtelecomequipjobsnokia AFP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:14:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandtelecomequipjobsnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265624033528-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=j42a6ePAhE3jR4CGw4TPhw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Nokia's Research Center in Helsinki, October 2007. Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said it would restructure operations at its plant in Salo, Finland, to focus production on smartphones and could cut up to 285 jobs as a result.(AFP/Lehtikuva/File/Antti Aimo-Koivisto)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said Monday it would restructure operations at its plant in Salo, Finland, to focus production on smartphones and could cut up to 285 jobs as a result.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandtelecomequipjobsnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265624033528-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=j42a6ePAhE3jR4CGw4TPhw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Nokia's Research Center in Helsinki, October 2007. Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said it would restructure operations at its plant in Salo, Finland, to focus production on smartphones and could cut up to 285 jobs as a result.(AFP/Lehtikuva/File/Antti Aimo-Koivisto)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandustelecomequipnokia afp/20100208/finlandustelecomequipnokia AFP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:36:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandustelecomequipnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265614573222-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=p_1kE_329UBTyOI.T8h7RA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said Monday a class action complaint alleging securities fraud was filed against it in New York on Friday.(DDP/AFP/File/Volker Hartmann)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said Monday a class action complaint alleging securities fraud was filed against it in New York on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandustelecomequipnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265614573222-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=p_1kE_329UBTyOI.T8h7RA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said Monday a class action complaint alleging securities fraud was filed against it in New York on Friday.(DDP/AFP/File/Volker Hartmann)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100205/bs_nf/71499 nf/20100205/71499 NewsFactor business Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:13:40 GMT NewsFactor - The trend toward TV anywhere took another step forward Thursday as AT&T announced that it will support Sling Media's mobile application on its 3G network. Sling, whose player app is already in use on the carrier's Wi-Fi network, released a player for the iPhone late last year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_at_t_iphone_slingplayer ap/20100205/us_tec_at_t_iphone_slingplayer AP technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:17:30 GMT AP - AT&T Inc. said Thursday it will now allow Sling Media Inc.'s television-viewing program for the iPhone to operate over its "3G" high-speed mobile network. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100204/bs_ibd_ibd/20100204tech01 ibd/20100204/20100204tech01 Investor's Business Daily business Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:56:08 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Wireless service provider NII Holdings seems to be fighting a David-vs.-Goliath battle in Latin America. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_advanced_analogic_technologies ap/20100204/us_earns_advanced_analogic_technologies AP business Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:17:25 GMT AP - Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc., which makes chips for wireless phones and digital cameras, reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter loss narrowed to $4 million as sales rose 12 percent. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/tc_nm/us_samsung_phones nm/20100204/us_samsung_phones Reuters technology Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:38:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/tc_nm/us_samsung_phones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100204/i/r612531620.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ZVqHSHN2DVRzWi0JIIA2Uw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Models pose for photographs with Samsung Electronics' Android 2.1 platform-based smartphone model during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Seoul February 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak" border="0" /></a>Reuters - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it aimed to triple smartphone shipments this year to more than 18 million units as the world's second-biggest cellphone maker scrambles to make a mark in the fast-growing smartphone market.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/tc_nm/us_samsung_phones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100204/i/r612531620.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ZVqHSHN2DVRzWi0JIIA2Uw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Models pose for photographs with Samsung Electronics' Android 2.1 platform-based smartphone model during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Seoul February 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100204/tc_pcworld/attallows3gslingplayernewleafturning pcworld/20100204/attallows3gslingplayernewleafturning PC World technology Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:24:00 GMT PC World - The Slingplayer iPhone app, once the poster child for everything wrong with AT&T's 3G service, will now be allowed to run free of constraints. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100204/tc_pcworld/skypeoveriphone3gnetworkcomingsoonthankstoipad pcworld/20100204/skypeoveriphone3gnetworkcomingsoonthankstoipad PC World technology Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:32:00 GMT PC World - The Skype app for the iPhone is a stellar (and free!) download for anyone looking to connect via VoIP, but its one major flaw was its inability to conduct calls via 3G or EDGE networks. Meanwhile, other VoIP iPhone apps, such as iCall and Fring, have been riding AT&T's 3G wave for quite some time, making Skype look behind the times. The battle escalated to the point where an Internet advocacy group called Free Press filed a complaint with the FCC alleging anticompetitive practices. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100204/tc_pcworld/lenovoaddsmobilephonedetailspostsprofitrise pcworld/20100204/lenovoaddsmobilephonedetailspostsprofitrise PC World technology Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:30:12 GMT PC World - Lenovo's work on mobile phones with Google's Android operating system is focused on its high-end Lephone handset, but the company also wants to reach other price points, a company executive said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/tc_afp/ustaiwanitinternettelecomgoogletmobilehtc afp/20100203/ustaiwanitinternettelecomgoogletmobilehtc AFP technology Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:53:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/tc_afp/ustaiwanitinternettelecomgoogletmobilehtc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265226780310-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=UnsHsGEbt3zqdV3vmFx2xQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="The Google Nexus One smartphone. Google is ramping up its entry in the hotly competitive smartphone race by adding "pinch-to-zoom" multi-touch and 3G wireless broadband network capabilities to the Nexus One.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google is ramping up its entry in the hotly competitive smartphone race by adding "pinch-to-zoom" multi-touch and 3G wireless broadband network capabilities to the Nexus One.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/tc_afp/ustaiwanitinternettelecomgoogletmobilehtc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265226780310-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=UnsHsGEbt3zqdV3vmFx2xQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="The Google Nexus One smartphone. Google is ramping up its entry in the hotly competitive smartphone race by adding "pinch-to-zoom" multi-touch and 3G wireless broadband network capabilities to the Nexus One.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/tc_afp/indiatechnologytelecom afp/20100203/indiatechnologytelecom AFP technology Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:13:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/tc_afp/indiatechnologytelecom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265208453774-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=64QCWg5HIAHi8pwiC8K9HA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A man talks his mobile phone in front a government telecommunication billboard in New Delhi in 2009. Mobile phone companies in India reacted furiously Wednesday after authorities shut down hundreds of allegedly illegal towers and left tens of thousands of users suffering cut-off calls and no reception.(AFP/File/Raveendran)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Mobile phone companies in India reacted furiously Wednesday after authorities shut down hundreds of allegedly illegal towers and left tens of thousands of users suffering cut-off calls and no reception.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/tc_afp/indiatechnologytelecom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265208453774-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=64QCWg5HIAHi8pwiC8K9HA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man talks his mobile phone in front a government telecommunication billboard in New Delhi in 2009. Mobile phone companies in India reacted furiously Wednesday after authorities shut down hundreds of allegedly illegal towers and left tens of thousands of users suffering cut-off calls and no reception.(AFP/File/Raveendran)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/tc_afp/finlandtelecomequipnavigationnokia afp/20100203/finlandtelecomequipnavigationnokia AFP technology Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:12:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/tc_afp/finlandtelecomequipnavigationnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265208528868-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Cb6klFzVznDMR3jgua98Qw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="More than a million a smartphone users have downloaded the free navigation software that Nokia started offering last month, the world's leading mobile phone maker said Wednesday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - More than a million a smartphone users have downloaded the free navigation software that Nokia started offering last month, the world's leading mobile phone maker said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/tc_afp/finlandtelecomequipnavigationnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265208528868-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Cb6klFzVznDMR3jgua98Qw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="More than a million a smartphone users have downloaded the free navigation software that Nokia started offering last month, the world's leading mobile phone maker said Wednesday.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100202/tc_pcworld/nexusoneupdatefixes3gproblemaddsmultitouch pcworld/20100202/nexusoneupdatefixes3gproblemaddsmultitouch PC World technology Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:50:16 GMT PC World - Google has started pushing out an update for the Nexus One that will fix a 3G connectivity problem that has plagued some users and adds limited support for multitouch. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_bi_ge/us_interdigital_personnel ap/20100202/us_interdigital_personnel AP business Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:14:21 GMT AP - Mobile phone equipment supplier InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday that it has promoted Naresh Soni to chief technology officer.