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March 15, 2010

Verizon LTE handsets due by mid-2011

Filed under: 3G, 4G, Daily News, Devices, LTE, Networks, Public, Verizon Wireless, Wireless Access, mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 6:06 am

Verizon Wireless will launch its first LTE handsets six-months ahead of schedule in mid-2011.
 

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Android gaining in US while iPhone stalls: ComScore

Google’s Android OS was the only mobile platform experiencing significant growth in the US during the three months ending in January, carving out over four percentage points of market share, ComScore said.
 

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March 12, 2010

Motorola rolls out Android phones with Bing

US vendor Motorola will roll out Android smartphones in China that incorporate the Bing search engine by the end of the month.
 
Motorola said yesterday it will add Bing search and map functions to its Android-powered smartphones, as part of a global

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FTC seeks affidavits on Google AdMob deal: report

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly collecting affidavits from Google’s rivals over its proposed acquisition of AdMob, indicating it could be planning to scupper the deal.
 

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March 11, 2010

Cellcos get WAC on OS fragmentation

Another year, another Mobile World Congress, and if we learned anything this year, it’s this: everyone is concerned about the fragmentation of device platforms.

Except for the actual platform developers, of course. A number of them made it quite clear that whatever you think about platform proliferation, they’re not going anywhere.

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Innovating telecom

With its new mobile operating system, Microsoft has delivered a lesson in innovation telcos would be advised to learn.

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March 10, 2010

Coming soon: phone that sees through buildings

Filed under: Daily News, Entertainment, LBS and GPS, Mobile Apps and Content, Public, mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 6:07 am

A mobile phone that can see through walls or around corners could be just a year away, according to Australian researchers.
 

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March 9, 2010

Smartphones become a botnet target

Mobile phones could be the next target for computer hackers using botnets, after a computer security firm proved the malicious code can be installed in smartphones.
 
Security outfit TippingPoint say installing botnets in smartphones is a relatively easy task, after already installing corrupted software on nearly 8,000 of the mobile devices, via a downloadable

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March 8, 2010

Korean regulator wants marketing culled

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has announced plans to limit telcos’ marketing spending to less than 20% of sales by 2011.
 

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Apple bans Wi-Fi hotspot sniffers from App Store

Apple has banned another category of apps from the iPhone app store without notice – this time Wi-Fi hotspot detection applications.
 

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