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Google maintains the first Android OS-powered handsets will hit the market before the end of 2008, publicly refuting reports to the contrary. Last week TheStreet.com, citing sources familiar with Read more...

The application testing and review process that is used to approve BREW applications for distribution to customers is well known for its rigorous requirements. Operators know that an application that Read more...

Sprint to debut Samsung Instinct June 20. Read more...

Mobile technology and services provider Tira Wireless announced the launch of Tira modd, an open handset database promising developers and publishers information on more than 17,000 unique Read more...

Nokia launched its worldwide Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, a global competition encouraging development of new game concepts that exploit the features and functionalities of the handset giant's Read more...

Web browser development firm Opera Software released the beta preview of its Opera Mini 4.1 mobile web browser, promising a more interactive browsing experience on both the handset and the Internet. Read more...

CTIA Wireless 2008 Smartphone Summit. FierceWireless Sony Ericsson launches first U.S. HSDPA phone. Read more...

> Finding the smartphone sweet spot. FierceWireless > Entertainment tops Handango Read more...

Faced with intense competition from Apple--and with Google on the horizon--Nokia expanded far beyond its core device business last year, introducing new web, music and gaming services in concert with Read more...

Nokia will officially relaunch its N-Gage mobile gaming platform this week, according to a post on the handset giant's official N-Gage blog. According to Nokia, consumers with N81 and N81 8GB devices Read more...