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30 March 14:19:43	BlackBerry is going back to basics after massive losses and will focus on the business market in which it made its reputation before its handsets became a fashion item amongst teenagers - "time to pull back from competing with Apple..." More in The Sun.   The Sun
27 February 14:24:59	Hot on the heels of the Pingit mobile payments system from Barclays Bank, "Vodafone and Visa announced a worldwide partnership to enable consumers to pay for goods and services using their mobile phones." More at TelecomPaper.   TelecomPaper
27 January 12:17:26	"Samsung overtook Apple as the biggest smartphone maker in the third quarter, but is likely to have slipped back into second place in October-December as Apple sold a record 37.04 million iPhones" - more at The Standard.   Evening Standard
26 January 11:18:09	Mobile operator O2 has posted a statement on its corporate blog following the privacy breach - "Security is of the utmost importance to us and we take the protection of our customers’ data extremely seriously."   O2 blog
26 January 11:17:18	"O2 has fixed a bug in the way it handles mobile broadband traffic that saw its customers unwittingly exposing their mobile phone numbers to website owners" - more on the O2 privacy/security breach at ZDNet.   ZDNet
26 January 11:16:21	A privacy breach has occurred at mobile phone operator O2 (www.o2.co.uk) - "Probe launched into O2 after it is revealed your mobile phone number is transmitted to EVERY website you visit on their smartphones." More at MailOnline.   MailOnline
25 January 12:34:26	Apple reports that it sold more than 37 million iPhones in the most recent quarter. More in The Standard.   Evening Standard
24 January 11:55:17	The Carephone is a mobile handset for people who need emergency response and monitoring services. Nicknamed the 'ElderBerry', the Carephone comes with large buttons, an easy-to-read display and is available on all 4 big UK mobile networks.   The Carephone
23 January 15:57:50	BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has re-shuffled its board of directors. The corporate double-act of Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis is replaced by little-known German Thorsten Heins. More in The Standard.   Evening Standard
10 January 17:02:02	TechCrunch reports that that iOS grabbed a 43% share of the US market in quarter 3 of 2011 as "former leader RIM’s sales tanked from over 20% in Q3 2010 to just 6% in October/November 2011". More at TechCrunch.   TechCrunch
31 December 12:24:44	HTC Incredible S and HTC Desire HD sell out online at the Carphone Warehouse Winter Clearance.   Carphone Warehouse
31 December 12:16:34	O2 has a January Sale - a number of smartphones on offer (with contract) including the HTC Sensation XL and the Samsung Galaxy S.   O2 January Sale
22 December 14:50:45	Blogger Ted Schadler reckons that "...the SMS services from the major carriers will start to feel the pricing pain if not the falling message-volume pain in 2012" as Apple's iMessage service starts to hit the SMS cash cow in the USA. More at his blog.  Ted Schadler's Blog
13 December 15:24:18	Research firm IDC (ww.idc.com) ranks Samsung #1 - "Samsung became the new leader in the worldwide smartphone market" in the third quarter of 2011, with shipments "topping the 20 million unit mark for the first time". More at ZDNet.   ZDNet
13 December 12:14:31	Digital Versus claims to have had a quick look at the first Android smartphone from Panasonic - "We didn't handle it for long, but from first impressions, we like what we saw."   Digital Versus
13 December 12:06:39	Panasonic is aiming to get back into the smartphone game - "Panasonic has confirmed that it will be re-entering the smartphone space, with its sights fixed on the European market. The firm aims to launch new products..." More at Telecoms.com.   Telecoms.com
13 December 11:31:13	"Adults Now Spend More Time With Mobile Devices Than With Print Media" - check out the PCWorld comment on the report released by eMarketer.   PCWorld
11 December 16:06:29	"The giant mobile that thinks it's a tablet" - Rob Waugh comments on the new Samsung Galaxy Note in The Mail On Sunday.   Mail On Sunday
11 December 16:05:35	"With the productivity of a PC, the world’s first 5.3” HD Super AMOLED Plus screen and new S-Pen functionality" - click on the Samsung link for more on the new Samsung Galaxy Note.   Samsung
30 November 12:18:47	Android had a 52.5% share of the global smartphone market in the 3rd quarter of 2011 according to research by Gartner (www.gartner.com).   Gartner
30 November 11:47:58	"The Apple iPhone 4S accounted for 42.8 per cent of all mobile phone sales in October" but 3/4 of sales were "from existing Apple users upgrading their handsets. Just 14 per cent were upgrading from the iPhone 4 to the newer 4S." in The Telegraph.   The Telegraph
30 November 11:29:34	Not being 'cool' is a new problem for Research In Motion (www.rim.com) - "Even longtime users acknowledge there's something decidedly uncool about owning a BlackBerry." More in the LA Times.   LA Times
30 November 11:22:48	"iPhone has unseated Blackberry as the most preferred smartphone in the workplace" - Research In Motion (www.rim.com) is losing its grip on the enterprise market. More at Trak.in.   Trak.in
27 November 16:23:42	Android 4 - the latest version of Android has actually been named 'Ice Cream Sandwich' by Google - is out. More at Android Developer.   Android Developer
19 November 10:33:33	"Mobile operators have hit back at comments made by Communications Ombudsman Lewis Shand Smith that more needs to be done to prevent bill shock for data services" - more at Mobile News.   Mobile News
19 November 10:32:45	Independent organisation Ombudsman Services says that UK mobile operators "could be doing more to help consumers understand the costs associated with data usage on mobiles...." More at ZD Net.   ZD Net
17 November 12:35:43	Three (www.three.co.uk) offers a £35 per month deal on the iPhone 4S - the selling point for heavy users of iMessage is the All-you-can-eat Data.   iPhone
16 November 15:34:26	Messaging om the new Nokia Lumia smartphone, a windows phone, "supports the standard SMS, MMS and e-mail with a few differences." More at TechRadar.   TechRadar
16 November 14:49:15	As the new Apple iPhone 4S with the iMessage IM facility arrives in the phone stores, the Mail on Sunday reveals just what the phone costs Apple to build by pricing the individual components that are used in its construction.   Mail on Sunday
5 October 10:46:03	"Apple hype falls flat as iPhone 5 fails to materialise" - instead there is an iPhone 4S. More at Marketing Magazine.   Marketing Magazine
5 September 16:17:47	The new Nokia 101 is a budget back-to-basics mobile phone with music, long battery life (8.5 hours talktime, 32 days standby) and dual SIM. It should be available in the UK in the last quarter of 2011 - Expansys (www.expansys.com) is taking pre-orders.   Nokia 101
18 August 11:29:34	"Sales of widget-rich devices have just outstripped normal mobiles for the first time, and one in three adults in Britain now has a handheld device" - more on the spread of the smartphone in The Standard.   Evening Standard
15 August 15:17:58	Google is to purchase Motorola Mobility, the smartphone business of Motorola. "The deal represents Google's biggest challenge yet to Apple, which has led the way in the smartphone and tablet markets with the iPhone and iPad." More in The Guardian.   The Guardian
11 July 11:28:34	Orange (www.orange.co.uk) has launched 2 new Android smartphones for the budget end of the market, available either on contact or pay-as-you-go. The Orange Barcelona costs £99, The Orange Stockholm costs £79. More at Trusted Reviews.   Trusted Reviews
7 July 14:52:58	The Carphone Warehouse summer sale includes HTC, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola and LG smartphones.   Carphone Warehouse
3 July 15:24:13	Samsung has released the info that the Galaxy S 2 (www.samsung.com/uk/galaxys2) has sold over 3,000,000 units worldwide in 55 days "despite still only being available in a few markets so far." More at Eurodroid.   Eurodroid
28 June 10:27:58	"Millions of users signed to Orange and Vodafone will be hit with inflation-busting increases in contract and pay-as-you-go tariffs" - MailOnline reports on "the latest in a series of increases by the major networks, who had vowed to recoup costs..."   MailOnlne
23 June 15:20:41	Despite an impressive interface featuring 'swipe', the Nokia N9 "will be DOA" - more in The Guardian blog.   The Guardian
23 June 15:19:38	Check out the Nokia N9 (http://swipe.nokia.com) smartphone on YouTube where there are a number of videos avaialble.   YouTube