[Strategy Analytics is calling for increased touchscreen phone shipments to start driving down the price toward mid-range sometime next year.]
Boston — According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, touchscreen phone shipments will reach 90 million units worldwide in 2009, accounting for 7 percent of total volumes. Price and screen size are critical factors for […]

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[Business Week looks at how the G1 stacks up against the iPhone.]
By Olga Kharif (BusinessWeek) — “In the most anticipated mobile-phone launch since the release of Apple’s iPhone, the T-Mobile G1 was unveiled Sept. 23.”

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[Tired of missing calls while hunting in your bag for your phone? Maybe a new Bluetooth watch from Sony Ericsson is the answer.]
London — Convenient, good looking and distinctive, the Bluetooth (TM) MBW-200 range of Bluetooth(TM) watches is an expansion of the highly successful Bluetooth (TM) MBW-150 range. With three different sophisticated designs to match […]

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[CTIA President Steve Largent issues statement expressing support for scientici research on safety issues relating to use of wireless phones.]
Washington — The Wireless Association® President and CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement today in advance of tomorrow’s House Domestic Policy Subcommittee Hearing into wireless phones and health effects:
“CTIA and the wireless industry take the […]

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[Scanbuy to preload ScanLife mobile 2D barcode app on Samsung’s camera phones.]
New York — Scanbuy, a global leader in mobile marketing solutions, today announced that it has secured a global agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. to preload the ScanLife mobile 2D barcode application on Samsung’s camera phones. Samsung will begin selling these phones in […]

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[Skyfire announces 0.8 version of its browser for Windows Mobile.]
Mountain View, CA — Skyfire, makers of the full PC Web experience browser for mobile devices, Skyfire, announced today that they are opening up registration of their free browser to all. In addition, the Mountain View based company is announcing the .8 version of their revolutionary […]

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[RIM’s support for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 provides enhanced real-time instant messaging.]
Waterloo, Ontario — Research In Motion (RIM) today announced support for Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 providing an enhanced real time instant messaging and presence experience for corporate customers using the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution.
Support for Office Communications Server 2007 advances the features and […]

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[Japan’s Softbank Mobile prepares for commercial launch of IMS-based femtocell systems in January 2009.]
By Richard Wilson — “NEC has received a femtocell order from Softbank Mobile for what it claims is the world’s first IMS-based (IP multimedia subsystem) femtocell system.”

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[Panasonic FOMA P706ie becomes 23rd LiMo-compliant handset and the seventh to be available in Japan. The handset offers mobile TV, HSDPA speeds, 3G international roaming, a 2-megapixel camera and upgraded sound output and voice-clarifying features.]
London & Tokyo — LiMo Foundationâ„¢, the global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile […]

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[T-Mobile announces it will release details on Google’s Android phone built by HTC at a press conference on Sept. 23.]
By Miguel Helft (NYT) — “T-Mobile said Tuesday that it would unveil details of the first and much-anticipated mobile phone based on Google’s Android software on Sept. 23 at a press conference in New York.”

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