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Just a few months after Apple took on mobile phone goliath Nokia, the Cupertino-based iPhone innovator is filing suit against up-and-coming mobile phone maker HTC, alleging that the company is infringing on 20 iPhone-related patents. Read More

In our frequent travels across the web, often finding ourselves on our fair share of Android-obsessed websites, we've come across quite a few must-have Android...collectibles (for lack of a better, all-inclusive term). From time to time, we even get a link from some kind soul to the latest wares bearing the image of our Android friend. We've decided to compile a smattering of some of our favorites -- ranging from the cute and cuddly to the ubernerd intimate apparel -- for the envy of our own faithful Android fans. Enjoy. Read More

If you have a Motorola Android-powered smartphone complete with MOTOBLUR (Cliq, Devour and upcoming Backflip), you can harness the mystical powers of My MOTOBLUR -- Motorola's web interface -- to import contacts, locate a lost or stolen phone, and even remotely wipe a device should it fall into the wrong hands. Read More

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Vaguely reminiscent of the sleek and fantastically simple, clean interfaces conjured up in the blockbuster movie Minority Report, Israeli-based Else is promising to bring a new breed of smartphone interface to your right hand. Else, a subsidiary of Israeli company Emblaze, has developed an advanced prototype of a smartphone and operating system that employs a series of thumb-friendly fan menus in place of the ubiquitous grid of colorful icons. Read More

Just days ago AT&T threw open the doors to Sling Media's mobile SlingPlayer, bringing Sling Box owners mobile TV anywhere with a strong enough 3G signal. Yesterday Verizon Wireless announced a ground breaking partnership with Skype, with plans to bring the hugely popular internet calling service to nine of its BlackBerry and Android smartphones. Could these veritable about faces signal a sweeping change in the wireless industry? Read More

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Yesterday at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, Spain Microsoft revealed Windows Phones 7 Series, the anticipated and wholly overhauled update to Microsoft's perennial mobile operating system. Unrecognizable from previous versions of Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7 boasts a range of improvements in a finger-friendly, sleek and supremely simple interface. Here's a brief rundown of what Microsoft's latest has to offer, as well as video detailing the simple elegance of Windows Phone 7. Read More

The future must truly be upon us when a WiFi radio can be squeezed into that tiny SIM card that you'd slip into the back of your GSM cell phone. SIMFi, brainchild of a marriage between Sagem Orga and Telefonica, is a SIM card with integrated WiFi that can turn any old cell phone into a mobile WiFi hotspot. Read More

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If you've logged into your Gmail account in the past 24 hours, chances are you've noticed a new tab called "Buzz" complete with a Google-colored chat bubble icon. Making its debut yesterday, Google Buzz is the search engine giant's counter to Facebook and Twitter -- and it's integrated right into your inbox and is available on your cell phone's browser. Read More

Our resident Motorola Droid has been eagerly anticipating the perks of its update to Android 2.1, but didn't know when it could start boasting some of the same upgrades first touted by the Nexus One. Well, according to Motorola, Droids (or at least the first round of Droids) everywhere will be getting some flavor of Android 2.1 this week. Read More

In the last quarter, Apple Inc.’s iPhone did something it’s rarely done before: lose market share. Worldwide, the iconic device accounted for 16.6% of smartphone sales in the fourth quarter, dropping from 18.1% in the third, according to data compiled by ABI Research Read More