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Europe to Cap Prices for Roaming Text Messages and Data
(PC World)
PC World - European telecommunications ministers gave their backing on Thursday to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS (Short Message Service) text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad. Sony Ericsson Woos Developers in India
(PC World)
PC World - Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has launched its Developer World program in India with a contest aimed at attracting Indian developers to create applications and games for its mobile phones. Turkcell wins 3G license in Turkey
(AP)
AP - Turkcell, Turkey's largest mobile phone operator, on Friday won a tender for the country's third-generation mobile phone license. Cell Phones Distract Drivers More than Passengers Do
(PC World)
PC World - Cell phones distract car drivers more than talkative passengers, and hands-free devices don’t make for safer driving, according to a recent Reuters report on a new study published by the Journal of Experimential Psychology: Applied. Even worse, drivers who use mobile phones are as impaired as those who are legally drunk. Nokia takes on rivals with N97 touch-screen phone
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Nokia launched a flagship phone to update its aging high-end offering, but analysts said the device would not be enough on its own to help the world's top mobile phone maker recover lost market share.
Nokia seen outlining smartphone, services push
(Reuters)
 Reuters - World mobile phone leader Nokia is expected to bolster its offering of high-end phones at a media and industry event in Barcelona on Tuesday, where it is also due to outline a push into Internet services.
Nokia to Cease Sales in Japan
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Thursday it will stop selling mobile phones in Japan except for its luxury Vertu brand after struggling to expand its presence. Nokia to Pull out of Japanese Handset Market
(PC World)
PC World - The world's largest cell phone maker is pulling out of one of the world's biggest cellular markets. Nokia said on Thursday that it will stop developing handsets for NTT DoCoMo and Softbank Mobile, effectively ending a push that began five years ago when Nokia re-entered the Japanese market with the launch of 3G services here. HTC's Real IPhone Rival Stands Up: the Touch HD
(PC World)
PC World - High Tech Computer (HTC), the world's largest maker of smartphones that use Microsoft's Windows Mobile software, launched the Touch HD handset in Taipei on Wednesday, a 3.8-inch touchscreen mobile phone that more closely matches up to the iPhone 3G. Nokia says shipping touch-screen phone
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Nokia Oyj has started deliveries of its first touch-screen phone, the 5800, the mobile phone maker's answer to Apple Inc's iPhone.
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