Hate Hidden Fees? PC World Wants to Hear from You (PC World)
PC World – Has your cell phone provider or cable company ever slipped a surprise charge onto your monthly bill? If so, you aren’t alone. Sneaky fees from your credit-card issuer, online ticket broker, or that site you did business last month have people turning red with anger.
China Mobile Shows Dell, Lenovo ‘Ophones’ (PC World)
PC World – China Mobile displayed smartphones from Dell, Lenovo Mobile and other companies running its mobile operating system at a Beijing event on Monday.
Samsung to open smartphone download store in Europe (Reuters)
Reuters – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world’s second-largest mobile phone maker, said on Monday it would open an online store for smartphone applications on September 14 in Europe.
Europe mobile Internet usage to reach 39 percent by 2014 (Reuters)
Reuters – More than a third of consumers in Western Europe will access the Internet using their mobile phones by 2014, according to a research report published by Forrester Research on Monday.
FCC Will Take a Close Look at Wireless Industry (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – The Federal Communications Commission launched three formal Notices of Inquiry on Thursday through which it will closely scrutinize the mobile wireless market in the United States. The commission said it expects the three interrelated probes to lay the groundwork for future public policy-making that fosters innovation and investment, promotes competition, and ensures that [...]
It’s Official — China Unicom Will Sell Apple’s iPhone 3G (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – The rumors are true — Apple will distribute an iphone 3G in China. On Friday, China Unicom announced the exclusive deal to sell Apple’s smartphones in the world’s most populous nation, a move that will expose the iphone to the largest mobile consumer market in the world.
Apple seals deal to bring iPhones coming to China (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090828/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_iphone“><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090828/capt.18b9353478bf4d4291f2b2411032502a.china_iphone_xkc101.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=xA96g7RYUz25oc._ZLXZ7A–” align=”left” height=”81″ width=”130″ alt=”Chang Xiaobing, chairman and CEO of China Unicom speaks next to the screen showing the 3G iphone at the company interim results announcement in Hong Kong Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. China Unicom Ltd. said Friday it will sell Apple Inc.’s iphone in China this year, ending months of rumor [...]
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