Has Microsoft Placed Its Last Mobile Bet? (PC World) PC World - When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, som...... Unboxing the Nokia Booklet 3G (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Nokia's Booklet 3G hit the PCMag labs Friday. Take a look as we unbox this sleek new netbook. A $99 8GB iPhone 3GS to Kill the Motorola Droid? (PC World) PC World - AT&T and Apple are preparing a cheaper iPhone 3GS just in time for the holidays to distract from the popularity of the Motorola Droid, according to sources quoted by a BoyGenius report. A cheaper version of the iPhone 3GS would come with only 8GB of storage and $100 off the original price tag, replacing the current $99 8GB iPhone 3G. EU agrees on Internet, telecoms user rights (AFP)
HP MEMS Could Shake up Motion Sensing (PC World) PC World - That accelerometer in your new iPhone 3GS must seem pretty cool, switching the phone to landscape view and steering you through racing games and all. But it's nothing compared with what Hewlett-Packard has come up with. EU agrees on new Internet user rights (AP) AP - EU lawmakers and governments agreed Thursday on proposed new telecommunication rules that better protect European mobile phone and Internet users from arbitrary service cutoffs. Pre-paid mobile ban hits Kashmiri lovers (AFP)
Technology not causing social isolation: Pew study (AFP)
Qualcomm fiscal 4Q profit slips 9 percent (AP) AP - Qualcomm Inc. says its fiscal fourth-quarter profit slipped 9 percent as revenue from the mobile phone technology it licenses and mobile-phone chips it makes declined. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AFP - The European parliament and EU nations have agreed new rules to improve the rights to European mobile phone and Internet users, and offer more protection against illegal Internet porn and copyright abuse.
AFP - Secret lovers in Indian-controlled Kashmir, used to arranging trysts on their mobile phones, are up in arms over a ban on pre-paid connections announced last week by the government.
AFP - Contrary to popular belief, technology is not leading to social isolation and Americans who use the Internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks, according to a new study.
