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Apple Blocking Opera Mini for iPhone
PUBLISHED: 10/31/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
Opera Software has created a version of Opera mini for the iPhone, but Apple is preventing the release of this browser.
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First Thoughts from the New Chief of the Windows Mobile Team
PUBLISHED: 10/26/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
The new head of Microsoft's Mobile Communications Product Group has laid out in general terms his company's plans for Windows Mobile.
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Nokia Reorganizing to Put More Emphasis on Consumer Services
PUBLISHED: 9/30/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
Although Nokia intends to keep offering business-oriented smartphones, it is going to stop developing its own backend products for the enterprise.
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U.S. Smartphones Sales Way Up; Standard Mobile Phone Sales Way Down
PUBLISHED: 8/20/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
The number of mobile phones bought by U.S. consumers declined 13% last quarter, but sales of smartphones rose sharply.
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Sidekick Slide No Longer Available
PUBLISHED: 8/9/2008  BY: AWright
In what may be a response to the newly released Sidekick, T-Mobile has reportedly discontinued the Sidekick Slide.
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Follow the Olympics on Your Phone
PUBLISHED: 8/8/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
The 2008 Summer Olympic games have begun. These may be happening in a far off country, but even people who aren't in Beijing can follow the results wherever they go, thanks to some services for mobile phones.
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T-Mobile Launches New Sidekick
PUBLISHED: 7/31/2008  BY: Adama D. Brown
T-Mobile and Danger have launched the latest in the Sidekick line of mobile devices, featuring improved web browsing and new platform tweaks.
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Stanford Offering iPhone Programming Course
PUBLISHED: 7/31/2008  BY: AWright
Stanford University (CA) will be offering an iPhone Programming Course as a part of its 2008 - 2009 course schedule.
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T-Mobile May Be Prepping New Sidekick
PUBLISHED: 7/18/2008  BY: AWright
A T-Mobile document leaked on the Web has revealed the name of the next Sidekick device, and when it will be released..
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Former Sidekick UI Developer Working on Palm OS II
PUBLISHED: 7/4/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm, Inc. was on a hiring spree a few months ago, luring high-level employees away from other companies. One of these was Matias Duarte, who was responsible for the user interface on the Sidekick and Helio smartphones.
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T-Mobile Sidekick Getting Significent Software Update
PUBLISHED: 6/17/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
T-Mobile is going to start distributing this week an Over The Air (OTA) update for the system software on the Sidekick LX. This will add a number of new features to this smartphone, mostly related to multimedia.
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Smartphones Selling Well in the U.S.
PUBLISHED: 5/21/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
Although the overall U.S. market for mobile phones declined in the first quarter of this year, sales of smartphones increased.
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