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DEVICES: Eco-friendly mobiles require a battle on many fronts

August 18 2008 - 5:59 am EDT | Phil Carson | RCR Wireless News

-PARTS FROM PDAS and cellphones are pictured at a Noranda Recycling facility in Brampton, Ontario. Noranda Recycling, a division of Falconbridge Ltd., recycles electronics items including cellphones, computers, and televisions to extract plastic and metals such as steel, aluminum, copper, lead, mercury, silver and gold.-Norm Betts/Bloomberg News

The ecological impact of the most ubiquitous consumer-electronics device in history — yes, mobile handsets — may be likened to a coin. ... Read More »

Today’s Headlines

Short-sighted royalty structure dings music biz — again

August 19 2008 - 5:54 pm EDT | Colin Gibbs

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It’s no secret that the recording industry is increasingly looking to mobile to offset plummeting revenues from CDs and other physical goods. But sometimes its strategies seem ... Read More »


Google finally updates Android SDK

August 19 2008 - 1:30 pm EDT | Google Subnet | Network World

After much waiting and wondering, Android developers finally got a real response to their gripes about the mobile phone OS's lack of direction: Google released an Android SDK beta ... Read More »


Nokia provides Lonely Planet maps on cell phones

August 19 2008 - 1:30 pm EDT | Audio Slideshow | Associated Press

Nokia and travel information company Lonely Planet said Tuesday they are joining forces to sell maps and city guides that can be accessed on mobile phones. ... Read More »


The iPhone Kill-Switch Kerfuffle

August 19 2008 - 1:30 pm EDT | by Olga Kharif | Business Week

Privacy advocates' concern over what Apple will do with iPhone user data may be overblown, industry experts say Read More »


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Calling Ralph Lauren

August 19 2008 - 1:30 pm EDT | Chris Matyszczyk | CNET

Survey: Home is where the wireless data card is

August 19 2008 - 2:04 pm EDT | Gary E. Salazar | RCR Wireless News

YouTube serves up ads to ‘millions’ of mobile users

August 19 2008 - 1:54 pm EDT | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

Investors punish Zi for reticence in Nuance transaction

August 19 2008 - 1:50 pm EDT | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

Getting from here to there

August 19 2008 - 1:47 pm EDT | Morgan Gillis, executive director, LiMo Foundation

Itron to use AT&T network for meter monitoring

August 19 2008 - 1:43 pm EDT | Allie Winter | RCR Wireless News

REVIEW: USA Today Election seems insufficient for the hardcore

August 19 2008 - 1:28 pm EDT | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

Visa and Partners Power Mobile Banking Alerts

August 18 2008 - 5:59 am EDT | Eric M. Zeman | Phone Scoop

Big Four banks ride 'new wave' of systems overhaul

August 18 2008 - 5:59 am EDT | Ry Crozier | ITNews

VCs Hope to See Wi-Fi Everywhere

August 18 2008 - 1:39 pm EDT | Beyond computers | Business Week


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