Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2096 technology Cellular Phones en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:41 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2096 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/hasmicrosoftplaceditslastmobilebet pcworld/20091106/hasmicrosoftplaceditslastmobilebet PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:41 GMT PC World - When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, some companies had already spent decades developing their mobile platforms. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091106/tc_zd/245824 zd/20091106/245824 PC Magazine technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:02:41 GMT PC Magazine - Nokia's Booklet 3G hit the PCMag labs Friday. Take a look as we unbox this sleek new netbook. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/a998gbiphone3gstokillthemotoroladroid pcworld/20091106/a998gbiphone3gstokillthemotoroladroid PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:00 GMT PC World - AT&T and Apple are preparing a cheaper iPhone 3GS just in time for the holidays to distract from the popularity of the Motorola Droid, according to sources quoted by a BoyGenius report. A cheaper version of the iPhone 3GS would come with only 8GB of storage and $100 off the original price tag, replacing the current $99 8GB iPhone 3G. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/eutelecomsinternetparliament afp/20091105/eutelecomsinternetparliament AFP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:03:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/eutelecomsinternetparliament"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257454181137-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=qEc04g3Kw.XtyhX7tpv6CA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="EU Information, Society and Media commissioner Viviane Reding gives a joint press conference at the EU Headquarters in Brussels in May 2009. The European parliament and EU nations have agreed new rules to improve the rights to European mobile phone and Internet users, and offer more protection against illegal Internet porn and copyright abuse.(AFP/File/John Thys)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European parliament and EU nations have agreed new rules to improve the rights to European mobile phone and Internet users, and offer more protection against illegal Internet porn and copyright abuse.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/eutelecomsinternetparliament"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257454181137-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=qEc04g3Kw.XtyhX7tpv6CA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="EU Information, Society and Media commissioner Viviane Reding gives a joint press conference at the EU Headquarters in Brussels in May 2009. The European parliament and EU nations have agreed new rules to improve the rights to European mobile phone and Internet users, and offer more protection against illegal Internet porn and copyright abuse.(AFP/File/John Thys)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/hpmemscouldshakeupmotionsensing pcworld/20091105/hpmemscouldshakeupmotionsensing PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:00:24 GMT PC World - That accelerometer in your new iPhone 3GS must seem pretty cool, switching the phone to landscape view and steering you through racing games and all. But it's nothing compared with what Hewlett-Packard has come up with. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_hi_te/eu_eu_internet_rights ap/20091105/eu_eu_internet_rights AP technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:33:31 GMT AP - EU lawmakers and governments agreed Thursday on proposed new telecommunication rules that better protect European mobile phone and Internet users from arbitrary service cutoffs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/lifestyleindiaunrestkashmirtelecom afp/20091105/lifestyleindiaunrestkashmirtelecom AFP technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:18:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/lifestyleindiaunrestkashmirtelecom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257387279402-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Qsavyip_Y_zqN4QP36UqVA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A Kashmiri pedestrian poses with a cellular telephone in Srinagar on October 14. Secret lovers in Indian-controlled Kashmir, used to arranging trysts on their mobile phones, are up in arms over a ban on pre-paid connections announced last week by the government.(AFP/File/Rouf Bhat)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Secret lovers in Indian-controlled Kashmir, used to arranging trysts on their mobile phones, are up in arms over a ban on pre-paid connections announced last week by the government.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/lifestyleindiaunrestkashmirtelecom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257387279402-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Qsavyip_Y_zqN4QP36UqVA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Kashmiri pedestrian poses with a cellular telephone in Srinagar on October 14. Secret lovers in Indian-controlled Kashmir, used to arranging trysts on their mobile phones, are up in arms over a ban on pre-paid connections announced last week by the government.(AFP/File/Rouf Bhat)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitsocietytelecominternetpew afp/20091105/usitsocietytelecominternetpew AFP technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:07:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitsocietytelecominternetpew"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257383228537-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Pj7vhe5i6kokGErYVDVbcA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Customers use their laptop computers at a cafe in Beijing in July. Contrary to popular belief, technology is not leading to social isolation and Americans who use the Internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks, according to a new study.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Contrary to popular belief, technology is not leading to social isolation and Americans who use the Internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks, according to a new study.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitsocietytelecominternetpew"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257383228537-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Pj7vhe5i6kokGErYVDVbcA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Customers use their laptop computers at a cafe in Beijing in July. Contrary to popular belief, technology is not leading to social isolation and Americans who use the Internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks, according to a new study.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_qualcomm ap/20091104/us_earns_qualcomm AP business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:43:24 GMT AP - Qualcomm Inc. says its fiscal fourth-quarter profit slipped 9 percent as revenue from the mobile phone technology it licenses and mobile-phone chips it makes declined. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091104/bs_nf/69884 nf/20091104/69884 NewsFactor business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:57:55 GMT NewsFactor - HTC has unleashed a new smartphone with a spacious 4.3-inch touch-sensitive screen and a five-megapixel camera. Even better, the new HD2 can even function as a 3G wireless router for other devices such as a laptop, the company said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_internet_isolation ap/20091104/us_tec_techbit_internet_isolation AP technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:28:20 GMT AP - A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091104/bs_nf/69876 nf/20091104/69876 NewsFactor business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:06:20 GMT NewsFactor - Verizon Wireless is using commercials to take shots at rival AT&T's 3G network coverage, which has been the source of complaints from smartphone users for some time. AT&T has fired back with a lawsuit claiming Verizon's ads are misleading. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/tc_afp/spainustelecomcooper afp/20091104/spainustelecomcooper AFP technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/tc_afp/spainustelecomcooper"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257347345167-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=t90ASbbmD5Y2ArdZ843omw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Motorola MOTO W233 Renew telephone, seen here in January 2009. The inventor of the mobile phone, Motorola researcher Martin Cooper, said Wednesday the devices have become too complex, with a range of features from cameras to music, since he made the first-ever wireless call over three decades ago.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The inventor of the mobile phone said Wednesday the devices have become too complex, with a range of features from cameras to music, since he made the first-ever wireless call over three decades ago.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/tc_afp/spainustelecomcooper"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257347345167-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=t90ASbbmD5Y2ArdZ843omw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Motorola MOTO W233 Renew telephone, seen here in January 2009. The inventor of the mobile phone, Motorola researcher Martin Cooper, said Wednesday the devices have become too complex, with a range of features from cameras to music, since he made the first-ever wireless call over three decades ago.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_hi_te/us_tmobile_outage ap/20091104/us_tmobile_outage AP technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:45:58 GMT AP - Wireless provider T-Mobile USA Inc. says it has cleared up service problems that were interfering with calls and text messaging for about 5 percent of its customers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091104/tc_pcworld/verizonlawsuitmakesattthevillainagain pcworld/20091104/verizonlawsuitmakesattthevillainagain PC World business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:04:00 GMT PC World - America is thanking AT&T this morning for drawing attention to how limited its 3G coverage is. This is something I never paid much attention to until yesterday, when AT&T sued Verizon over a TV ad comparing the carriers' 3G coverage. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091104/tc_pcworld/huaweipromisesseriesofandroidphones pcworld/20091104/huaweipromisesseriesofandroidphones PC World technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:40:11 GMT PC World - China-based Huawei Technologies will release multiple mobile phones using Google's Android operating system in coming months, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091104/tc_pcworld/attsuesverizonovertheresamapforthatads pcworld/20091104/attsuesverizonovertheresamapforthatads PC World business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:34:00 GMT PC World - AT&T has taken offense at the recent Verizon 'There's a Map for That' ad campaign and has filed a lawsuit against Verizon. AT&T claims that the ads are "misleading" customers and resulting in the loss of "incalculable market share." The lawsuit may backfire though as AT&T draws more attention to the ad campaign and the shortcomings of its own 3G network. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091104/tc_pcworld/heyattthecourtscantfixyour3gnetwork pcworld/20091104/heyattthecourtscantfixyour3gnetwork PC World technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:30:00 GMT PC World - You’ve probably seen Verizon’s “There’s a Map for That” ads on TV. The ads use two maps to compare the coverage area of Verizon’s 3G wireless networks with AT&T’s. Verizon’s 3G network is obviously available in far more places. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091103/tc_nf/69855 nf/20091103/69855 NewsFactor technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:56:02 GMT NewsFactor - China Unicom's agreement to offer the Apple iPhone 3GS may take a bite out of the Beijing company's bottom line. The wireless carrier's costs for marketing and subsidies may outweigh sales of iPhones and subscriptions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cellphones/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wr_nm/us_att_verizon nm/20091103/us_att_verizon Reuters business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:52:15 GMT Reuters - AT&T Inc is suing Verizon Wireless in an effort to stop its bigger mobile rival from using "misleading" coverage maps in advertisements that AT&T says are causing it to lose "incalculable market share."