GLOBAL - eBay and RIM have co-developed an application for BlackBerry devices to participate in the auction-site's activities.The application is available from the BlackBerry App World, free of charge. It is a beta release, therefore users should expect some bugs.In

GLOBAL - The latest Apple iPhone clone has been designed with a feature that many have requested for the original one, but has not been added, three models down the line - a hardware QWERTY keyboard.The T200 has a smaller

TORONTO, Canada - The Samsung Forever, also known as the SGH-A886, is the newest addition to the manufacturer's touchscreen-phone portfolio. It will be available to Canadian consumers via Rogers.The handset is said to be similar to the A&T Sostice in

GLOBAL - Mobile advertising giant AdMob's latest monthly report shows that the iPhone is now responsible for almost 50% of the web traffic on mobile devices, reassuring the dominating stature of the Apple's sole entry in the smartphone segment. However,

HONG KONG, China - LG has launched a China-exclusive Google Android-based smartphone. The GW880 will run on the tweaked OPhone platform, and be retailed by China Mobile.The device is compatible with China Mobile's TD-SCDMA band and with CMMB (China Multi

SEOUL, South Korea - Consumers shopping for a new phone this festive season will be delighted with LG's upgrade of its flagship BL40. The LG New Chocolate Christmas Edition has a 8 megapixel camera.To differentiate it from the standard version,

WATERLOO, Canada - Media Sync is a program that is available with BlackBerry devices to synchronize media files from PC or MAC, with the smartphone.Media Sync 2.0 works well, but the interface is not what one would expect. Very simple,

STOCKHOLM, Sweden and LONDON, UK - The Carphone Warehouse has suspended the sales of Sony Ericsson's iconic Satio, which was revealed as the first 12 megapixel camera phone in the market. Software problems contributed to its withdrawal.Revealed at the Mobile

GLOBAL - Apple iPhone owners whom have jailbroken their iPhone units in order to use it further, are at risk from a new worm, more powerful than its predecessor.The virus' damage occurs when it secretly takes control of users' internet

DALLAS, USA - Sony Ericsson's flagship smartphone Xperia X10 is assumed to be launching in US by AT&T. The latest specifications published suggest compatibility with AT&T's network, but not with T-Mobile's one.The X10 is the first smartphone from the Swedish-Japanese

ESPOO, Finland - Nokia is tapping on the lower mid-level segment of the market, for which it has announced two new 3G slider handsets, the Nokia 6700 Slide smartphone and the Nokia 7230.The lower mid-level segment overlaps with the entry-level

GLOBAL - The best equipped device in the mobile segment today, HTC's HD2 is rumored to be to getting a free upgrade to Windows Mobile 7 as and when it is released in the fourth quarter of next year.The device,

WATERLOO, Canada - Last week, Scott Totzke, RIM's VP of BlackBerry Security, stated his concerns about the use of "rogue" devices as tools to enable a distributed denial of service attack on wireless networks.An example of such an attack was

LONDON, UK and STOCKHOLM, Sweden - World-renowned music streaming service Spotify is now available for selected Symbian smartphones. The good news concerns mostly Nokia smartphone-owners, as well as some Samsung and Sony Ericsson smartphone-owners.Spotify has been available for the Apple

MOSCOW, Russia - Vobis Computer may have had positive returns with its first Google Android smartphone, as it is planning on launching a second one, named HighScreen Zeus.The HighScreen Zeus has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, jointly with a 3.2" touchscreen

BEIJING, China - China Mobile's OPhone portfolio will be widened this month with the arrival of the Dell Mini 3i, which will retail in two attractive colours.The full-touchscreen smartphone has a large 3.5" widescreen display with 640x360 pixels in resolution,

LOS ANGELES, USA - Microsoft earlier forged a partnership with Nokia, promising the release of the mobile version of its office suite Microsoft Office, and has recently released a public beta of its next-generation Office 2010 Mobile at the Professional

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sony Ericsson's upcoming Symbian full-touchscreen U5 Kurara has been previewed in-depth, prior to its official announcement. The device rivals the i8910 Omnia HD in both looks and software, but comes slightly late to the market.The preview confirms

ROME and MILAN, Italy - The BlackBerry Storm2 is widening its reach - RIM just announced that Vodafone Italia and Wind are both launching the BlackBerry Storm2 this week. It is the same phone that is available on Vodafone UK,

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sony Ericsson's Media Go software has leaked the J10 and U5 model names. These two phones, as well as the Xperia X10, are the latest to be made compatible with the software.Media Go is offered for users