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Review of Acer's X960 Windows Mobile smartphone

While big in the personal computer space, Acer is a newcomer to the mobile world and is now offering smartphones under its brand, thanks to the acquisition of E-TEN. We take a look at its X960 smartphone in this review.

Review of HTC's Snap smartphone for Sprint

The HTC Snap for Sprint is a Windows Mobile smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard and HTC's hot new Inner Circle email system. We give it a workout in this review, complete with video.

HTC Touch Pro2 review - taking care of business

The HTC Touch Pro2 is HTC's latest business smartphone. The Pro2 features a massive 800x480 pixel touchscreen and a large QWERTY keyboard. Russell gets down to business with it in this in-depth review, with 3 HD videos.

Palm Pre and the webOS, an in-depth review

It may be late to the party, but our review of the hot new Palm Pre comes equipped with pages of information as well as 5 HD videos. Read on for all you need to know about the Pre and the webOS.

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  ASCAP demanding royalties for ringtones played in public, EFF fights back

  By Brian James Kirk on Friday July 3, 2009

  After the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) filed suit against AT&T claiming that it is owed royalties for ringtones played in public, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is fighting back. Read More

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  TerreStar launches satellite for mobile broadband network

  By Brian James Kirk on Friday July 3, 2009

  TerreStar has successfully launched the world's largest communications satellite into space in preparation of its satellite mobile broadband network. Read More

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  Apple fixing iPhone root vulnerability; patents new technologies

  By Brian James Kirk on Friday July 3, 2009

  Apple is addressing an iPhone vulnerability that could allow attackers to access to the device's GPS coordinates, control the phone's microphone for eavesdropping, or turn the device into a denial-of-service attack bot. Read More

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  Sprint says it will be first to launch 3G femtocell technology

  By Brian James Kirk on Friday July 3, 2009

  A Sprint executive says that the company will be the first to launch 3G femtocell technology, after AT&T announced plans yesterday to release its 3G femtocell service in 2009. Read More

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  Review of Acer's X960 Windows Mobile smartphone

  By Russell Jefferies on Thursday July 2, 2009

  While big in the personal computer space, Acer is a newcomer to the mobile world and is now offering smartphones under its brand, thanks to the acquisition of E-TEN. We take a look at its X960 smartphone in this review. Read More

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  Google mobile universal search now available for all devices in 60 countries

  By Brian James Kirk on Thursday July 2, 2009

  Google's universal search has been made available for all mobile devices in 60 countries and in 38 languages. Google's familiar universal search returns results for news, images, blogs, videos, and products on one page. Read More

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  Nokia brings Ovi Maps 3.0 out of beta with official release

  By Brian James Kirk on Thursday July 2, 2009

  Nokia has officially released Ovi Maps 3.0 for S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition devices. The software lets users utilize a variety of location-based services and sync map data between PCs and mobile devices. Read More

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  ZDNet: "Pink" could be a Microsoft-branded phone

  By Brian James Kirk on Thursday July 2, 2009

  ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft has chosen a well-known ad agency to create a campaign for its 'Pink Project,' which Foley says is a Microsoft-branded phone. Read More

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  Zero01 Mobile misses launch date, seeks service distributors

  By Brian James Kirk on Thursday July 2, 2009

  Zer01's unlimited voice and data service missed its July 1 launch date. The company is still seeking distributors to sell the service. Read More

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  European Union drops planned TV/GPS tax on cell phones

  By Brian James Kirk on Thursday July 2, 2009

  The European Union has dropped a planned cell phone tax after manufacturers lobbied against it. The plan would have introduced a 14 percent tax on phones with TV receivers and a 3.7 percent tax on phones with navigation features. Read More

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  1 billion fewer mobile phones will be sold because of financial downturn

  By Brian James Kirk on Wednesday July 1, 2009

  The financial downturn will cause 1 billion fewer phones to be sold over the next five years according to a new report. Handset sales are expect to begin bouncing back starting in 2010. Read More

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  Skyfire updated with reduced memory footprint and general fixes

  By Brian James Kirk on Wednesday July 1, 2009

  The Skyfire smartphone web browser has been updated to have a reduced memory footprint, history and cookie improvements, better SMS sharing and zooming behavior, and more. Read More

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  Analyst: Palm has sold 300,000 Pre smartphones

  By Brian James Kirk on Wednesday July 1, 2009

  A research analyst predicts that Palm has sold 300,000 Pre smartphones, an estimate that is much higher than other predictions but notable because this analyst is typically an industry pessimist. Read More

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  Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1 beta and SDK to developers

  By Brian James Kirk on Wednesday July 1, 2009

  Apple has released its iPhone OS 3.1 beta and iPhone SDK version 3.1 to the developer community. At least one new feature includes the ability to save a copy of edited movie files on the iPhone 3GS. Read More

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