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  Yahoo shifts gears on mobile app

  Smartphone browsers are good enough to deliver Yahoo Mobile, so the search provider has killed off an on-device software version of the product that it was beta testing.

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  28% taking smartphones and laptops to bed for work: survey

  More than a quarter of 329 London workers surveyed admit they routinely take their laptop or other mobile computing device to bed to do work.

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  Alleged Blackberry Storm 2 photos surface

  Photos alleging to be the Blackberry Storm 2 surfaced online Thursday to the site Crackberry. While the images are new, there is not a lot to get excited about. The supposed images of the next-gen Storm appear to reduce any high-hopes of what the act...

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  Android poised for massive success?

  Google's initial success with its Android mobile operating system will continue -- and in a very big way. That's according to research firm Strategy Analytics, which predicts that global shipments of Android-based smart phones will grow a stunning 90...

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  Nvidia looks to mobile chips for growth

  Graphics hardware vendor Nvidia saw its revenue drop during the first quarter of 2010 but is pinning its hopes on mobile devices for growth during the recession.

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  Android gets updated to version 1.5

  The long-expected update to the Android operating system, version 1.5, has arrived. T-Mobile will be rolling out the new OS to existing G1 phones starting sometime next week. While you wait for your share of the software upgrade, take heart: There's ...

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  BlackBerry Storm 2 expected in September: Report

  Research In Motion (RIM) will debut an upgraded BlackBerry Storm in September, SlashGear is reporting. According to "a source very close to the issue," the Storm 2 will support Wi-Fi-a significant omission in the first-generation Storm, which debuted...

• MySpace expects huge growth in mobile social network users

  Just about every application is going mobile, as the App Store for iPhone has shown with its 1 billion-plus downloads.

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  Nokia unveils E75 smartphone and Nokia Messaging e-mail service

  Nokia today unveiled its latest E series smartphone in Australia -- the Nokia E75 -- and also launched a new e-mail service called Nokia Messaging.

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  New details, photo of Palm's rumored new smartphone: Eos?

  A flurry of new, much more specific, details are emerging on the Web about the rumored second webOS phone from Palm.

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  Palm's new Eos may be iPhone's next challenger

  Palm is upping its game with a new budget phone rumored to launch this fall on AT&T. Deemed to be another iPhone rival with a smaller price tag, the Palm Eos (or Pixie/Castle) sports a size 0 silhouette in a candy-bar form factor with a non-slideout ...

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  Motorola pushes ahead with Android phones

  Motorola Inc. is on track to have Android-based smartphones on sale in stores in time for the busy Christmas buying season, and will launch them with multiple carriers in regions around the globe, the head of the company's mobile device division said...

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  Acer working on several Android devices

  Acer is already working on several different devices using Google's Android operating system and software, and plans to launch a smartphone using the software later this year.

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  Far EasTone to release two Google Android phones this year

  Taiwanese mobile phone service provider Far EasTone is working with a "leading" local handset maker to develop two new smartphones that use Google's Android software.

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  'Leaked' iPhone 3.0 Screens Appear Online

  Tech blogs and iPhone fan sites continue to buzz with rumors and speculation about Apple's upcoming iPhone 3.0 software and new iPhone model or two that may or may not ship this summer. So why not add a few "leaked" screenshots to the mix?