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O2 prices up the latest iPhone - June 10, 2008

You might need the calculator O2 has confirmed its pricing on the new iPhone, and will give away the 3G version of Apple's baby for 45 a month from the 11th of July.
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Afghan cellco accuses rivals of funding Taliban - June 10, 2008

Why else are we being attacked Roshan, the largest mobile provider in Afghanistan, has accused competitors of paying off criminals to protect their infrastructure, pointing out that it owned eight out of the ten masts destroyed this year.
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Making the mobile web ubiquitous - June 10, 2008

New wizards to take idiots onto phones Now anyone can have a mobile web site, thanks to Ubik: an idiot-proof toolkit released by Volantis that talks users through creating their own mobile web presence. Though it won't tell you why you would want to do so.
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Apple's 3G iPhone to launch 11 July - June 9, 2008

Price halved WWDC Yes, he did it. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has just unveiled the 3G iPhone, doubling the handset's talk time in the process - and halving the price.
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Apple under the gun to master the iPhone's 'second album' - June 9, 2008

We know near. Show us far Comment When your band scores its first big hit album, your work isnt finished. No, sir . . . your troubles have just begun.
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Samsung sneaks out snazzy 3G iPhone rival - June 9, 2008

Omnia first phone to integrate Windows Mobile, haptics In a bid to steal some of the anticipated 3G iPhone's glory - Apple's expected to announce it today - Samsung has launched Ominia, its Windows Mobile 6.1-based touchscreen handset.
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Google silences Android critics - June 6, 2008

'It is an open platform. Just not yet' Last month, on the official Android discussion group, David "Lefty" Schlesinger posted a message that questioned the open sourciness of Google's fledgling mobile platform. And he was promptly muzzled by Google developer advocate Dan Morrill.
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Phone watchdog plans text spam clampdown - June 6, 2008

Wd u lk 2 buy sm vgra No Txt u l8r NEway PhonepayPlus, the regulator responsible for the premium rate and phone-paid services industry, is planning to clamp down on the black market in lists of mobile numbers in response to growing anger at text spam.
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Verizon and Alltel join hands - June 5, 2008

Vodafone stays in background of $28bn deal Verizon's parent Vodafone has confirmed the second largest mobile operator in the US will soon take the top spot by acquiring Alltel for a total of $28.1bn.
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