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  • Google Voice finally finds a home on iPhone

    <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/100809-carriers-google-voice.html?fsrc=netflash-rss">Google Voice</a> has lassoed some big prizes over the past couple of years, including Verizon-based Android devices, but today it finally caught its biggest game yet: the Apple <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/060710-iphone-4.html">iPhone</a>.

  • Smartphones, data hogs causing wireless network capacity crunch

    Two-thirds of wireless carriers say their networks are suffering due to the surge in data traffic. They're racing to apply a wide range of technical and tariff changes to cope with the problem, and with the growing customer dissatisfaction, according to a new global survey of network operations staff.

  • Is Windows Phone 7 about to be jailbroken?

    An Australian coder has posted explanations and videos showing a way to access some private, unmanaged dynamic link libraries on his Samsung Windows Phone 7 handset, and the registry and file system. The announcement is sparking widespread speculation that Microsoft's mobile OS will soon be "jailbroken," allowing users to load applications of their choice, outside of those officially approved on Microsoft's Zune Marketplace.

  • Microsoft sues Motorola over licensing terms

    <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/41761480">Microsoft sued Motorola on Tuesday in a Washington court</a>, alleging that Motorola is refusing to license patents on a reasonable basis, as it promised during standards-setting processes.

  • Droid Pro tests Android's enterprise chops

    Although businesses have been spending more money on Android-based phones recently, they'll have their first opportunity on Tuesday to order an Android phone tailored specifically to enterprise users.

  • 8 useful Google Android resources

    If you’ve found yourself playing catch-up on Google Android, here’s a selection of resources from Network World and our sister publications to get you up to speed quickly.

  • Microsoft crafts shrewd apps plan for Windows Phone 7 launch

    As the first U.S. Windows Phone 7 handsets go on sale Monday, Nov. 8, Microsoft shrewdly has created an application environment that will make the phones instantly useable for many of the e-mail, social networking, photo, video and work tasks people do every day.

  • Windows Phone 7 handsets selling out in UK

    Pre-orders for Windows Phone 7 handsets in some European markets have already sold out, according to some news reports. The issue seems to be the collision of high consumer interest with small inventories, at least of some of the new phones.

  • Paid app, cloud service secure consumer Android phones

    Lookout Mobile Security has created a paid client application that makes use of the vendor's cloud-based service to secure Android smartphones. Lookout Premium adds new features for greater privacy, remote lock, remote wipe, and enhances its cloud-based backup-and-restore capability.

  • Android users split between Froyo, Éclair

    According to data released by Google Tuesday, 36 per cent of Android users are running the 2.2 (Froyo) version of the mobile operating system while 41 per cent are running the 2.1 (Éclair) version of the software.  Earlier versions of Android, such as 1.5 and 1.6, are now being used on less than a quarter of Android devices, according to Google.

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