Motorola Renew is World’s First Carbon Neutral Mobile Phone

Motorola has announced plans to launch the world’s first completely carbon neutral mobile phone, at CES 2009 in Las Vegas. The shell of the W233 Renew is made entirely of recycled water bottles, and will be available via T-Mobile within the next three months.

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Bluetooth gives spies a window into your life

Cellphones with Bluetooth are more of a privacy threat than RFID chips, say researchers who used the system to track 10,000 people in one city

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T-Mobile eyes 25 U.S. high-speed markets in ‘08

NEW YORK (Reuters) - T-Mobile USA, the No. 4 U.S. mobile service, said on Monday it launched its first commercial high-speed wireless service in New York City, and plans to expand the service to 20 to 25 other major U.S. markets by the end of the year.

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Egypt asks mobile firms to bar anonymous users

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has asked mobile phone companies to block service to anonymous subscribers as a public security measure, and at least two firms have begun efforts to comply, Egyptian officials and mobile firms said on Monday.

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BBC & ISPs At Loggerheads Over iPlayer Bandwidth Issues

“ISPs say the on-demand TV service is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope.”

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Growth in ringback tones energizes mobile market

DENVER (Billboard) - As the cash cow that was the ringtones market slowly heads to pasture, the music industry is turning to a new mobile stud — ringback tones.

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Africa, Asia cushion mobile phones from slowdown

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A continuing mobile phone boom in emerging markets in Asia and Africa mostly offset a drop in demand for expensive models caused by global market turmoil, a survey showed on Monday.

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China plans 3G commercial trials in 8 cities: report

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The parent of China Mobile , the country’s top wireless operator, will start commercial trials of a homegrown third-generation wireless standard, TD-SCDMA, in eight cities on April 1, state media said on Friday.

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3G iPhone launch seen in 2nd quarter

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple is expected to launch a high-speed wireless version of iPhone in the second quarter and to produce as many as 8 million of the devices in the third quarter, according to Bank of America.

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Analysts see 3G iPhone coming out in 2nd quarter

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc is expected to launch a high-speed wireless version of iPhone in the second quarter and to produce as many as 8 million of the devices in the third quarter, according to Bank of America.

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