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On the eve of CTIA Wireless 2008, Verizon Wireless introduced five new devices including the BlackBerry Curve, the LG enV2, the Motorola Q9c, the XV6900 and the Samsung Alias. The XV6900 smartphone Read more...

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

Analysts are once again clamoring for Dell to launch a smartphone soon. Strategy Analytics' director of Read more...

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates kicked off CES 2008--as well as his final year at the company's helm--with a keynote address that focused in part on the software goliath's continuing push into mobile. Read more...

A Forbes profile spotlighting Michael Dell and his second go-round as CEO of the technology firm bearing his name speculates that Dell is at work on a smartphone, developing the device in Read more...

Google released version 2.0 of its Google Maps mobile location and search application. New features include a beta version of Google's My Location technology, which triangulates cell tower ID Read more...

> Openwave debuts contextual mobile merchandising. FierceMobileContent > Sony Read more...

Symbian announced the acquisition of personnel and technology from MoGenesis, which develops smart OS mobile applications for the Chinese market. Financial terms were not disclosed. According to Read more...

Smartphone content provider Handango released the 2007 Third Quarter edition of its Handango Yardstick report, citing Research in Motion's BlackBerry 8830 as the device driving the most software Read more...

Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices claimed the top spot in a recent J.D. Power and Associates ranking of smartphone user satisfaction, with Palm and Samsung tied for second place while Motorola Read more...