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Lenovo Wants in on Smartphone Biz, Acquiring Palm Could Be the Ticket

Computing giant Lenovo hopes that within five years, up to 20% of its revenues may come from mobile Internet devices. Could Lenovo buy Palm?Lenovo's president and COO Rory Read made his points pretty clearly--he noted that his company ...READ»

Analysis Drives the Final Nail Into Dumbphone's Coffin

If you ever needed convincing that the future of cell-phone tech is more smartphones and less dumbphones, then AdMob's most recent statistics will change your mind: The smartphone is on the ascendant, and the "mobile internet device" ...READ»

If Your 9-Year-Old Doesn't Have a Cell Phone, He's Not Socializing Enough

One in five kids have their own cell phone by the time they are 8 years old, according to Nielsen's latest survey.READ»

2009: The Year Mobile Web Use Exploded

Mobile Web usage has been on the upswing ever since the iPhone leaped onto the stage. But new data form Opera suggests it's not just the iPhone that's delivering the Internet to smartphone users. Opera, in its Opera Mini format, is ...READ»

Nokia Enters the Smartbook Race, Reveals the N900

It's really Nokia's week for new gizmos--first the news of its first netbook, and now it's pulled the veil from the N900, a high-end Linux-powered touchscreen device. It's basically a smartbook--the device that could supersede the ...READ»

Nokia Introduces Augmented Reality App for Movies

Augmented reality has been slowly moving beyond the realm of science fiction into real life, but it just got a large boost from Nokia. The Finish cellphone maker has introduced a public version of an app dubbed "Point and ...READ»

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iPhone King of Mobile Web with 50% Share

Do people have a pent-up desire to surf the Web from their phones? Yes, if the experience isn't a pale substitute for desktop browsing. Based on some fresh data from mobile advertising marketers AdMob, the one smartphone to deliver ...READ»

RIM Upgrades BlackBerry Web Service

Canadian smartphone maker RIM [NASDAQ: RIMM] is reportedly expanding its BlackBerry Internet Service in preparation for its next generation of BlackBerry devices, which will require a more feature-rich Internet experience than ...READ»

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Samsung Debuts "Omnia" Smartphone

In the tech world, today is a red-letter day: Apple's [NASDAQ: AAPL] WWDC is set to kick off this morning (PST) in San Fransisco, and it's presumed that a new, 3G iPhone will be the life of the party. So it's curious that Samsung ...READ»

As Apple WWDC 08 Nears, Rumors Mount

With less than five days until Apple's [NASDAQ: AAPL] Worldwide Developers' Conference in San Fransisco, Mac fanboys are getting some exciting peaks into the coming announcements. Spy shots taken at the Moscone Center, where the ...READ»