Google Inc., which owns the most popular and widely used search
engine in the world, will be launching their line of mobile phones,
the first to run on the company’s operating System, Android,
right in schedule.
June 19, 2008
Verizon Communications Inc. is preparing to offer discounts
to their wireless customers who subscribe to Verizon’s Internet
or television services but who do not have a land line phone
June 18, 2008
Sprint’s new Samsung Instinct, the most feasible competition
for the iPhone, is not only being launched first but will also be
less expensive, so a writer for the Washington Post is launching
a comparison.
June 17, 2008
Although it is by no means as widespread as email spam, text
message spam on phones is becoming increasingly common – and
annoying. According to the Seattle P-I, however, there are several
things cell phone users can do to block unwanted texts – 1.5
billion of which are expected to strike people this year.
Nokia To Buy Navigation-Software Group Navteq
According to an AP report, Nokia Corp. announced Monday that
it would buy U.S. navigation-software maker Navteq Corp. for
around US$8.1 billion as part of its push to expand the range
of services and content it offers.
Chicago-based Navteq is one of the world's leaders in electronic
mapping, which enables in-vehicle navigation devices and a
new generation of mobile-phone applications used for shopping,
emergency services and advertising.
"The navigation area is a fast-growing business, and
with location-based services expanding rapidly into mobile
communications devices, the industry is poised for even further
growth," Nokia said.
June 23, 2008
