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Nokia to withdraw from Japanese market (AFP)

AFP - The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia said on Thursday it would stop selling and marketing its mobile devices in Japan because its market share there remained below expectations.

Nokia unveils N97 touch screen phone (Reuters)

Reuters - Nokia Oyj, the world's largest mobile phone maker, unveiled its flagship N97 model smartphone on Tuesday, which drew a lukewarm response from analysts.

Nokia eyes wider use of Linux software in phones (Reuters)

Reuters - The world's biggest mobile phone maker, Nokia, could start to use open-source Linux software on its more expensive phone models, a senior company official said on Tuesday.

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.

MySpace delivers video to mobile phones (Reuters)

Reuters - MySpace users with mobile phones are about to find out if they can walk and watch TV at the same time.

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.

EU nations back plans to limit text message prices abroad (AFP)

AFP - EU telecommunications ministers backed plans Thursday to limit the price of sending text messages by mobile phone while abroad in the European bloc.