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  Channel Tunnel set for mobile phone use

  Passengers in the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and continental Europe will soon be able to use their mobile phones in the undersea rail link, a newspaper reported.

  By AAP | 05 March, 2012 09:20

  Tags: Channel Tunnel, mobile phone, networking, undersea rail link

• Woolworths revamps online service by upgrading supermarket app

  Australian retailer Woolworths has flagged plans to revamp its online presence following a 63 per cent growth in online sales for the 2011 financial year.

  By Chloe Herrick | 02 November, 2011 15:06

  Tags: mobile applications, mobile phone, online, smartphone, woolworths

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  BlackBerry brand hurt by corporate mandate to use them

  IT shops push BlackBerry smartphones on workers for added security, but a new survey shows that workers are less likely to be highly satisfied with them, compared with phones that the users choose themselves.

  By Matt Hamblen | 28 September, 2010 09:41

  Tags: Blackberry, hardware, mobile phone, Mobility & Wireless

• Microsoft Tag: You're It

  The minds at Microsoft threw the beta off Tag, an innovative mobile phone barcode-scanning service that holds nearly limitless possibilities when it comes to . . . just about anything.

  By Brennon Slattery | 29 May, 2010 02:59

  Tags: information retrieval, Microsoft, mobile phone

• ZTE's first Japanese handset designed for elderly users

  Chinese handset and telecommunication equipment maker ZTE showed off its first handset designed for Japan, a model that's intended for elderly cell-phone users.

  By Sumner Lemon | 20 May, 2010 18:44

  Tags: elderly-friendly handset, Japan, mobile phone, ZTE

• Mobile phone shipments surge by 22% in Q1, IDC says

  The global market for mobile phones surged in the first quarter, growing by nearly 22% over a year earlier when the market had declined markedly in the midst of a recession.

  By Matt Hamblen | 01 May, 2010 01:31

  Tags: Blackberry, IDC, mobile phone, RIM BlackBerry

• 3G-satellite system coming to AT&T gets first call

  Though not as dramatic as the moon landing that took place 40 years ago Monday, a phone call over a satellite launched earlier this month was the first for a system that may dramatically expand mobile voice and data coverage in the U.S. and Canada.

  By Stephen Lawson | 21 July, 2009 07:35

  Tags: 3g, at&t, gsm, HSDPA, mobile phone, satellite

• Callforfree.net.au offers free calls to 70 countries

  A new service has been launched in Sydney which promises free telephone calls to 70 international destinations simply by calling a local mobile number.

  By Rodney Gedda | 27 March, 2009 14:58

  Tags: calling, international calls, mobile, mobile phone

• LG, Samsung develop solar-powered mobile phones

  LG and Samsung will both unveil next week mobile phones that you definitively won't want to keep in your pocket. They have developed prototype handsets that are recharged by solar panels built into the case.

  By Martyn Williams | 13 February, 2009 11:56

  Tags: lg, mobile phone, samsung, solar power

• Smart phone shipments to grow despite overall mobile decline

  Smart phones made up about 14 per cent of all mobile devices shipped globally in 2008 and should increase to more than 17 per cent of the total in 2009, according to new projections from ABI Research in New York.

  By Matt Hamblen | 30 January, 2009 08:12

  Tags: mobile phone, SMART PHONE