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BlackBerry Bold debuts in North America

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:06:00 PDT

Rogers Wireless is the first North American carrier to sell the BlackBerry Bold.

Palm Treo Pro: Not digging it

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:28:00 PDT

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Palm Treo Pro: Not digging it--Underwhelming. That's the word that comes to mind when Adam Richardson looks at the new Palm Treo Pro.

EA hires engineer who had brain rewired and became an artist--A stroke turned an engineer's life of suffering into a new career in digital art to which Spore players will be privy.

Swiss secret sauce to power green choppers--Swiss helicopter uses hydrogen peroxide as environmentally friendly fuel.

Microsoft Surface could be a great jukebox--Matt Rosoff saw Microsoft's Surface touch table "in the wild" for the first time, and after playing with a music application built for Sheraton, thinks it could make a great jukebox.

Nokia takes 'Lonely Planet' mobile

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:09:00 PDT

Company is adding Lonely Planet travel guides to its Nokia Maps 2.0 service.

Daily Debrief: Possible fall pizzazz from Palm

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:55:56 PDT

CNET's Kara Tsuboi and senior editor Bonnie Cha discuss what to expect from the Treo Pro and whether this iteration will help the company refresh its image.

American Airlines launches in-flight Wi-Fi

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:18:00 PDT

The service, called Gogo, is available for $12.95 on some cross-country flights.

Motorola's consumer handset chief resigns

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:02:00 PDT

Rob Shaddock will be replaced by company veteran John Cipolla in what is expected to be a "seamless" transition, handset maker says.
(By David Meyer of ZDNet UK)

Ringback tone sales to triple in four years

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:25:00 PDT

Those tunes that play while you wait for someone to pick up are expected to generate $4.7 billion in revenue for mobile operators by 2012, according to new research.

Palm leaks Treo Pro photos and videos

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:40:00 PDT

Photos and videos of Palm's soon-to-be addition to its Windows Mobile smartphone lineup are all over the Internet on Tuesday morning after Palm posted, then quickly pulled, the images.

U.S. mobile-phone sales take a hit

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:03:00 PDT

Market researchers at NPD Group report a year-over-year sales decline of 13 percent in the second quarter. The silver lining: higher sales of more expensive, feature-rich phones.

Debate rages over free wireless spectrum

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:43:00 PDT

Google has upped the ante in its lobbying efforts to get the FCC to approve freeing up new wireless spectrum.

Google releases near-final Android programming tool

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:16:00 PDT

With version 0.9 of the software development kit, programmers get better compatibility with real Android phones due next quarter--but no Bluetooth interface.