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  • US tech stocks bounce back

    The beleaguered Dow Jones Industrial Index surged back up above 9,000 in its largest single-day point gain ever Monday in the US, with Apple, Microsoft, Dell, and other tech companies capturing double-digit gains.

  • Bug halts BlackBerry Bold UK sales

    UK mobile operator Orange has temporarily stopped selling the BlackBerry Bold while it tries to figure out a solution to unspecified 3G-related problems on the handset.

  • Paranoid Android: Did they forget Oz?

    Dozens of phone calls and emails today made one thing clear: none of Australia's telcos or handset manufacturers have briefed their staff on when mobile phones running Google's Android system will be made available locally, if they are at all.

  • Photos: An overview of mobile open source

    Android is not the only open platform. Here's a quick guide to the mobile, open-source landscape.

  • HTC Touch Pro hits Australia

    HTC today announced local availability and pricing for the latest in its Touch series of smartphones, the Touch Pro.

  • Palm OS II due date slips

    Palm CEO Ed Colligan has tweaked the shipping expectations for the company's new Linux-based operating system, known as Palm OS II.

  • Android phones expected shortly

    US mobile carrier T-Mobile is expected to announce the first phone based on Google's Android mobile operating system on September 23, with the so-called 'Dream' phone from HTC to go on sale sometime in October.

  • Australia to get Xperia X1 late

    Sony Ericsson has announced that the Xperia X1 smartphone will be released in the UK, Germany and Switzerland on 30 September, but Australia will not see the X1 until at least three months later.

  • Nokia phones to support Exchange

    Nokia took aim at smartphone rival RIM this week, announcing plans to expand the number of devices that will automatically be capable of accessing Microsoft corporate email via the software giant's Exchange platform.

  • RIM's first clamshell BlackBerry

    Research in Motion has unveiled its first, long-awaited BlackBerry smartphone in a clamshell format.

  • Windows Mobile to get apps store

    Microsoft appears to be joining Apple and Google in the mobile "apps store" market.

  • US telcos brace for Gustav

    With Hurricane Gustav headed straight toward New Orleans, emergency officials and telecommunication companies are preparing for the worst.

  • 3G iPhone gets Gartner approval

    Apple's iPhone 3G smartphone is fit for business use, according to analyst house Gartner.

  • BlackBerry Bold lands in Australia

    Canadian phone company Research in Motion (RIM) launched its first HSDPA BlackBerry in Sydney today, the BlackBerry Bold, with Vodafone, Optus and Telstra confirming they will carry the handset.

  • HP reveals new mobile hardware

    Hewlett-Packard launched a range of new mobile business products in Sydney today, including laptops, an iPAQ and the company's first mobile thin client.

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