Delivers media browser for all A team of former Apple engineers are promising to bring TV-like simplicity and some iPhone touches to the task of finding and consuming media on any smart phone. Continued

Mobile platforms merge with wireless The announcement this week that Ericsson would merge its Mobile Platforms division into the ST-NXP Wireless business sent shock waves around the industry. Continued

I don’t know the answer - can I phone a friend? Using notes during exams - aka cheating - usually gets you an instant ‘F’. But at one Australian school the pupils can now use mobiles, iPods and the internet during their exams. Continued

Mobile platforms merge with wireless The announcement this week that Ericsson would merge its Mobile Platforms division into the ST-NXP Wireless business sent shock waves around the industry. Continued

No touchscreen in sight Samsung has bucked the trend for keyless touchscreen mobiles and launched a handset with a slide-out Qwerty keypad. Continued

Delivers media browser for all A team of former Apple engineers are promising to bring TV-like simplicity and some iPhone touches to the task of finding and consuming media on any smart phone. Continued

Economic weakness Vodafone, the world’s largest cellco, grew revenues to 9.1bn, up by nearly 20 per cent, or 1.7 per cent organic growth, in the three months ended 30 June 2008. Continued

Widgets invade our living rooms Intel blinked its square eyes again today, when it unveiled a tie-up with Yahoo! to make another stab at connecting the TV and internet. Continued

Rub shoulders with online gods Microsoft s reMix08 lands on the golden beaches of Brighton next month and The Register can help you get there on the cheap. Continued

Analysis Bonanza for some, kill switch for others Apple is as usual dazzling the market with stunning headline figures that frequently overshadow underlying problems and dissatisfaction with its iconic iPhone and associated services. As bullish analysts say the device is set to sell almost 4.5 million units this quarter on the back of aggressive international expansion, CEO Steve Jobs crowed that the AppStore, launched a month ago with the 3G iPhone, has already processed 60 million downloads and is generating $1m a day in sales of paid-for software, and could crack the half-billion dollar mark within a year of opening. Continued

Coders to the rescue? The iPhone 3G only went on sale last week, but a Brazilian group already claims to have hacked the phone, allowing owners to use the device on any network. Continued

Blackberry v iPhone v Windows Mobile It used to be pretty simple. If you were a large organisation with a hard-core mobile email requirement, the only serious option from a security, robustness, manageability, usability and ease of deployment perspective was Blackberry. If you had a need to develop custom applications, then provided you were happy to construct your own middleware and management stack, then Windows Mobile was the accepted way forward. Continued

Networks place the blame at Apple’s door Eager punters cooing over their 3G iPhones are finding the third generation connectivity not quite what they had hoped, and according to some reports Apple’s super-phone is failing to meet the requirements of the 3G standard. Continued

T-Mobile confirms Googlephone launch. Ish T-Mobile will launch an Android phone this year and with Google allowing developers access to version 0.9, we’ll soon see if it has managed the finesse of an iPhone with Nokia-grade functionality. Continued

Analysis Bonanza for some, kill switch for others Apple is as usual dazzling the market with stunning headline figures that frequently overshadow underlying problems and dissatisfaction with its iconic iPhone and associated services. As bullish analysts say the device is set to sell almost 4.5 million units this quarter on the back of aggressive international expansion, CEO Steve Jobs crowed that the AppStore, launched a month ago with the 3G iPhone, has already processed 60 million downloads and is generating $1m a day in sales of paid-for software, and could crack the half-billion dollar mark within a year of opening. Continued

Networks place the blame at Apple’s door Eager punters cooing over their 3G iPhones are finding the third generation connectivity not quite what they had hoped, and according to some reports Apple’s super-phone is failing to meet the requirements of the 3G standard. Continued