http://www.mobiletechnews.com Mobile Technology News. If you are an investor, technologist, or decision maker in the mobile/wireless industry, this site is for you. Stay up to date with the daily developments in this fast moving and fast growing industry sector. en-us (PICS-1.1 "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true comment "RSACi North America Server" for "http://www.mobiletechnews.com/" on "2000.02.01T17:48-0800" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0)) Copyright 1999-2005 Web Market, Inc. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:20:53 GMT robert@MobileTechNews.com webmaster@MobileTechNews.com http://www.mobiletechnews.com/mtn_logo.jpg http://www.mobiletechnews.com/ 173 89 Mobile Technology News http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/07/03/125306.html Customized version of Opera Mini browser being developed for an undisclosed U.S. operator. Agreement includes shipping phones with Opera Mini pre-installed. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/07/02/150411.html NTT DoCoMo announces service to transfer money to another DoCoMo user (up to US $200) basically by inputting the payee's mobile phone number. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/07/02/113449.html The Financial times has reported that Telefonica--partly due to concerns it may lose its top spot in UK's mobile phone market--is looking into buying T-Mobile UK following earlier reports Vodafone was considering buying the British mobile phone operator. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/07/02/112753.html Strategy Analytics views Comcast's recently announced "High-Speed 2go" service offering 4G mobile broadband and home Internet for $50 a month as highly competitive as neither AT&T nor Verizon offer anything comparable. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/07/01/122412.html Juniper Research releases new study showing increase from 106 million open source OS smartphones shipping this year to 223 million by 2014. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/07/01/122011.html Small business customers nationwide can now purchase Acer, HP and Panasonic netbooks and laptops, featuring AT&T's embedded 3G wireless technology, through the company's relationship with CDW, a provider of technology solutions. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/07/01/121631.html Of the four countries surveyed (the US, France, Germany and the UK) it was Americans (49%) and Britons (30%) who were most likely to agree that their mobile phone was now an essential part of their daily life. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/07/01/121345.html BestBuy survey reports barriers to smartphone ownership include the difficulty with the shopping experience, confusion about models and expense. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/07/01/120337.html Motorola Android-based handsets expected to be available by year's end and are targeted at the market's mid-to-low end. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/06/30/180105.html PC World conducted research in 13 test cities across the nation comparing Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T 3G networks in areas of speed and reliability. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/06/30/142827.html Verizon Wireless is making the BlackBerry Tour 3G world phone available for $199.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year contract. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/06/30/120408.html Comcast launches wireless broadband service today in Portland, Oregon - more cities to follow later this year. The service uses Clearwire's WiMAX network and Sprint Nextel's 3G network. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/06/30/110722.html Analyst suggests Palm Pre sales were above 300,000 units in June plus an estimated 70,000 in May. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/06/29/113027.html European Commission says top phone retailers agree to support agreement standardising mobile phone chargers in Europe beginning next year. http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2009/06/29/112616.html Virgin Mobile USA sponsored FreeFest concert tickets scooped up in minutes. However, fans can still earn their free tickets by donating time to charity. Mobile Technology news search search http://www.mobiletechnews.com/