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  Handset shipments down 11% in first quarter: report

  Although an 11 percent drop in handset shipments can't be considered good news, device manufacturers can at least take solace that things weren't worse, according to a new report from ABI Research.

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  AT&T Gears Up for Palm Pre vs. iPhone Battle

  Palm has yet to announce a launch date for its much-anticipated Pre smart phone, but the blogosphere rumor mill is expecting a mid-May debut. If true, Palm's competitors are running out of time to develop counterattack strategies to persuade current ...

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  Report: President Obama to get secure BlackBerry 8830

  President Barack Obama is due to receive a high-security BlackBerry 8830 soon, a Washington-based newspaper reported Thursday.

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  HTC Magic delayed until May 5

  HTC has revealed that its Magic handset, which runs on Google's Android platform, won't be available in the UK until May 5.

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  AT&T Plans to Double 3G Speeds

  AT&T is doubling the download capacity of its HSPA 3G network just before a new iPhone device is expected to launch. The new speeds take AT&T's capacity from 3.6 Mbps to 7.2 Mbps for 3G devices. Called HSPA+, the tweaked network is currently in two t...

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  Cheap smartphones killing mid-price phones

  Nokia's iPhone-wannabe 5800 XpressMusic smartphone is <a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Consumers-Seeking-Cheap-Smartphones-678251/?kc=rss">doing great</a>, analysts say. But Nokia as a whole is expected to report a steep drop in ...

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  Palm's webOS lives up to hype, early developers say

  Underneath the sleek exterior, the multi-touch display and the sliding keyboard of the upcoming Palm Pre smartphone is the real innovation: a new kind of operating system designed with the mobile Web in mind.

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  Analyst: Dell in smartphone talks with China Mobile

  Dell is in talks with China Mobile to offer a smartphone based on the carrier's mobile operating system, a move that would take Dell into a huge but competitive market in China, an analyst said Monday.

• Boomers prefer PCs, but Gen Y wants smart phone

  Issuing corporate smart phones isn't just about catering to the preferences of the next generation. As a lower-cost alternative to company laptops, mobile phones might be better suited to the current economic climate.

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  RIM launches BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone

  RIM today launched its latest BlackBerry smartphone, the BlackBerry Curve 8900.

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  Michael Dell hints at smartphones, mobile Internet devices

  Michael Dell gave the strongest hint to-date that his company is developing a mobile Internet device or smartphone at a speech in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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  BlackBerry owners encouraged to switch off for Earth Hour

  Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) has launched a Web site for users of the smartphones dedicated to the latest news about Earth Hour.

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  Palm sales plummet as Pre waits in the wings

  Palm's revenue plunged in its most recent quarter as the struggling company, preparing for the release of its next-generation device, sold 42 percent fewer smartphones than in the same period last year.

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  Acer smartphones to hit markets soon

  Two new smartphones from Acer will be available in some markets early next month, while the company's two premium handsets, the M900 and F900 will be out later in the second quarter, according to company representatives.

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  Mobile Web use explodes in US

  ComScore Monday provided further proof that the mobile device is taking over our wired world. The metrics company says the number of Americans using the mobile Internet has more than doubled in the last year from 10.8 million in January 2008 to 22.4...