CTIA Sues San Francisco Over Cell Phone Radiation Notification Law

By Jacqueline Emigh | 7/28/2010

Arguing that San Francisco's new cell phone radiation law violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, the CTIA wireless industry association has filed a lawsuit to halt its enforcement.

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Android OS and Others Drive Growth of Mobile Linux

By David Barbosa | 6/5/2010

The explosive growth of Google's Android OS has pushed Linux into the top ranks of smartphone operating systems, and a market reserch firm predicts this trend is going to continue in the coming years.

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FDA Finds No Link Between Cell Phone Use and Cancer

By Kevin Bierfeldt | 5/18/2010

In the midst of ongoing research, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now saying that there is scientific evidence to suggest that cell phones do not pose a significant health risk as a result of radio frequency (RF) energy.

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AT&T Will Launch the Long-Awaited Garmin nuvifone G60 Next Week

By Ed Hardy | 9/29/2009

The oft-delayed Garmin nuvifone G60 is finally drawing close to release. AT&T announced today that it will launch this navigation-oriented smartphone in early October.

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Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 Could Finally Launch this Summer

By Ed Hardy | 6/16/2009

The release of the oft-delayed Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 may finally be drawing near. According to a company executive, the debut of this navigation-oriented smartphone could be in just a couple of months.

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An Early Glimpse of the Future of Nokia's Maemo Platform

By AWright | 5/20/2009

New information and a screenshot has recently leaked showing a possible future direction for Nokia's Maemo operating system. This will have a strong emphasis on home-screen widgets.

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Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 Delayed Yet Again

By Ed Hardy | 5/11/2009

The release of the Garmin-Asus nvifone G60 has been moved back yet again. Ths navigation-oriented device is now expacted to launch about 18 months after it was first unveiled.

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First Beta of Nokia's Maemo 5 SDK Released

By AWright | 4/29/2009

The Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for Maemo 5, the next version of the operating system that powers Nokia's Internet Tablet devices, has been released.

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Growth in the Smartphone Market Under Pressure

By Ed Hardy | 3/11/2009

The global smartphone market grew strongly in 2008, but that growth was showing signs of slowing by the end of the year. Several device makers enjoyed strong growth, but much of this came at the expense of Nokia.

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Nokia Updates the Alpha SDK for its Next-Generation Internet Tablets

By AWright | 3/2/2009

An updated version of the Maemo 5 Alpha SDK has been released. This includes the first shots of the new Maemo 5 user interface.

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Nokia Hopes to Increase Adoption of Qt with Additional Licensing Option

By AWright | 1/14/2009

Nokia looks to increase developer flexibility with its Qt framework by adding the LGPL Open Source Licensing option to it.

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Acer and Asus Subnotebooks Showing Strong Sales

By Ed Hardy | 1/6/2009

Both Acer and Asus experienced strong sales of their subnotebooks at the end of 2008, and are increasing their predicted sales volumes for 2009.

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