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Nokia unveils rival to Apple's iPhone (Reuters)Reuters - Nokia unveiled on Thursday its first touch-screen phone, priced well below Apple's iPhone model, as the world's top mobile phone maker hopes to tap consumers for whom the iPhone has been too expensive. Full text |
Nokia sees net profit plunge 30% in third quarter (AFP)
Nokia Q3 below consensus, outlook soothes market (Reuters)
Nokia sees net profit plunge 30 percent in third quarter (AFP)
SanDisk Stresses Convenience as SlotMusic Cards Debut (NewsFactor)
RIM, AT&T Want Bold 9000 To Avoid iPhone Woes (NewsFactor)
Blackberry releases touch-screen phone (AFP)
Nokia's unlimited music service on sale Oct 16 in Britain (AFP)
Nokia CEO Says New Entrants Transform Mobile Market (NewsFactor)
Reuters - Mobile phone maker Nokia said on Tuesday it would launch its "Comes with Music" package with an offering in Britain, signing a deal with Carphone Warehouse to sell the first model. Full text
Reuters - Russia's third largest mobile phone operator MegaFon said on Tuesday it had signed a distribution deal with Apple Inc. to sell iPhone 3G in Russia. Full text
Reuters - Struggling Sony Ericsson (6758.T)(ERICb.ST) ditched on Monday rumors that its first cellphone powered by Microsoft's operating system would miss the key Christmas sales period. Full text
NewsFactor - Having banned from its App Store an application that turned an iPhone 3G into a wireless modem, is Apple ready to enable just such an application itself? Full text
PC Magazine - The IEEE standards body quietly published the 802.11r roaming specification last month, allowing handoffs between Wi-Fi access points in the same way cellular phones shift between basestations. Full text
AP - First an iPhone price cut left early buyers feeling foolish, and then came reports that some iPods were spitting sparks. Now the new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, spotty service, disappearing programs for the device and a veil of secrecy over software developers trying to broaden its appeal. Full text
AP - WHAT'S WRONG: The new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, spotty service and other oddities. Full text
Reuters - Vimpelcom , Russia's second-largest mobile phone operator, said on Thursday it had signed a distribution deal with Apple Inc. to sell iPhone 3G in Russia. Full text
Reuters - Looking for a partner? For millions of Indians, taking the first step towards getting married could be as easy as picking up a cellphone. Full text
NewsFactor - The iPhone took hits on two fronts Wednesday as Orange -- an iPhone 3G carrier in France -- admitted to limiting 3G bandwidth for its customers, and a security flaw was discovered in the iPhone that enables unauthorized users to access private data on the phone when it is supposedly locked. Full text