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Review: A $130 phone headset helpfully talks back (AP)AP - Bluetooth wireless headsets for mobile phones are puzzling: We're supposed to control them with couple of unmarked buttons and get feedback from a single indicator light. Full text |
Even critics give Apple a pass on iPhone 3G woes (AP)
Summary Box: iPhone woes likely won't dent Apple (AP)
Vimpelcom says to sell Apple iPhone in Russia (Reuters)
Matchmaking mobiles ring in weddings in India (Reuters)
iPhone News: Orange Caps 3G Speed; Security Flaw Seen (NewsFactor)
LG Unveils Netbook PC With Embedded 3G at IFA (PC World)
Weak economy to sap handset market growth: Gartner (Reuters)
Adobe Photoshop Elements Goes Online and Mobile (NewsFactor)
AP - Railroad giant CSX said it has asked two nominees of activist hedge fund shareholders TCI and 3G Capital to join its board, but said it will await a vote review and court action before seating its two remaining members. Full text
PC World - When Samsung Electronics, a giant in chips, mobile phones and LCD panels, reported earnings on Friday, it noted worsening... Full text
AP - Samsung Electronics said Friday that second-quarter net profit surged 51 percent from the same period last year, amid strong performance in flat panels, televisions and mobile phones. Full text
Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), the world's top maker of memory chips, posted lower-than-expected quarterly profit and faces a tough second half with a sluggish chip market and lower margins in flat screens and mobile phones. Full text
PC World - Google may use a user-driven rating system to help keep bad or harmful Android applications off mobile phones. Full text
Reuters - The once media-shy Taliban have gone hi-tech with DVDs, mobile phone messages, ring-tones, emails and a website to publicize their exploits and lambast their Afghan and Western enemies, a think-tank said on Thursday. Full text
AFP - The number of mobile users in China, the world's biggest cellphone market, now tops 600 million, the government said, as subscribers increasingly abandon fixed lines. Full text
InfoWorld - With the iPhone 3G's banner opening weekend and newsstands looking like a rack of brochures for the device, a review of the iPhone 3G at this point might be pro forma, except for one thing: Full text
Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cellphone maker, has ended three years of legal battles with wireless chip developer Qualcomm and signed a patent agreement that boosted both companies' shares. Full text
Reuters - Shares in the world's top cellphone maker, Nokia (NOK1V.HE), rose on Thursday after it signed a patent agreement with U.S. firm Qualcomm , ending three years of legal battles. Full text