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Microsoft's Ballmer: No interest in buying RIM
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company is not looking to merge or acquire another large handset maker, such as BlackBerry maker Research In Motion. He said the software company is "doing well"... Read more...
Acer Android smartphone sales exceeding expectations
Newbie smartphone vendor Acer, the world's second largest computer maker, announced that sales of its touchscreen Android phone, called Liquid, have exceeded expectations. The company is experiencing... Read more...
Sony Ericsson releases WinMo 6.5.3 device
Sony Ericsson released one of the first smartphones to run on version 6.5.3 of Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS called the Aspen, which is part of the company's more environmentally friendly devices.... Read more...
When will WinMo 7 make its debut?
Is Microsoft's Windows Mobile 7 operating system going to be revealed next month or is it delayed until 2011? That's the question many folks are asking. While some sources indicate Microsoft plans to... Read more...
iPhone surpasses WinMo share for first time
The iPhone has surpassed Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform in total market share for the first time, according to research firm comScore. The firm estimates that the iPhone supported about 8.97... Read more...
Lawsuit filed against Palm, Sprint over webOS backup service
A lawsuit has been filed against Palm and Sprint Nextel over a snafu in the information backup service they provide for webOS-based devices that may have permanently erased some users' personal data.... Read more...
Some Sprint Palm users missing webOS backups
Just weeks after T-Mobile USA Sidekick users experienced a cloud computing snafu, Palm users on Sprint Nextel's network who are trying to move their backed-up content from one webOS-based device to... Read more...
T-Mobile USA resumes sales of Sidekick
T-Mobile USA said that it has resumed selling Sidekick devices, a little more than a month after a Microsoft server glitch caused some Sidekick users to lose their personal data. The carrier... Read more...
Windows 7 feature to turn laptops into WiFi hotspots
Nomadio has discovered a partly finished feature in Windows 7 that can turn a laptop into a wireless access point. Nomadio said it used the new "Virtual WiFi" feature in Windows 7 to create a free... Read more...
T-Mobile USA Sidekick users getting data back
Microsoft has begun restoring some of T-Mobile USA Sidekick users' contact information following a server failure that left some users without any of their personal data. On a T-Mobile USA support... Read more...
