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New York City will launch a pilot program in which it will replace pay phones throughout the city with touch-screen like tablets. The program is scheduled to begin in May and will specifically target 250 of the city's 12,800 public pay phones to be replaced by the touch-screen kiosks. The kiosks will allow users to access local information in 10 different languages.

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) the Finnish mobile phone maker trying to turn around, warned its shift will take longer than expected. As a result, financial results for the first half of 2012 will be negative, it warned.

HELSINKI, April 11 - Nokia unveiled on Wednesday its Lumia 610 NFC model, first to take the emerging near-field communication technology that drives instant payment systems to Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, and promised more models in the future.

Anthony Garrett, a criminal who allegedly killed his mother, stepfather, and girlfriend, plunged to his death off a 300 feet cell phone tower at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He died later in the hospital from his injuries.

Samsung has always given a commendable competition to every single wireless device manufacturers, including Apple, with constant introduction of spectacular replacement devices at considerably low prices. Whether it is Samsung Galaxy S2 against iPhone 4S or Samsung Galaxy Tab against other Android tablets in the market, the South Korean giant has always given a stiff rivalry to other brand in the wireless world.

Sprint Nextel, the No.3 U.S. mobile service, is hoping to turn heads next month with the EVO 4G LTE, an HTC Corp phone with an advanced camera, a big screen, a high-speed wireless connection and crisper voice call quality.

The world's most populous country now has more than one billion cell phones. Over the past two years, China has added 200 million mobiles.

After a number of celebrities falling victim to phone hacking, the latest name to be added on the list is that of Charlize Theron.

Question: is that an Android phone in your pocket, or a condom? We're not joking around here. This is a serious down-to-earth question. Have you ever realized that many Android smartphones borrow the names from actual condoms? You probably wouldn't, but it is true. Sometimes we see the names of certain Android smartphones and we have to wonder what drove the manufacturer to name its device the Indulge, or the Sensation, all of which are names of condoms.

Some 100 million cellphones using Near-field Communication (NFC) technology will be sold this year, with sales more than tripling from a year ago, research firm Berg Insight said on Monday.

Microsoft’s friendly fan-based competition, known as the “Smoked by Windows” challenge, got a little more competitive over the weekend.

Fans of Angry Birds on the Windows Phone platform are not happy due to a decision made by Rovio, the creators of Angry Birds. There's a new version of the most popular mobile game out, called Angry Birds Space. This version is the most innovative one among all the previous versions of the game that Rovio has been churning out on a regular basis. As you might have expected, Angry Birds Space takes place in space, but while the gameplay mechanics are the same, there are some changes that will m...

Apps, apps, apps! That is the main challenge that Microsoft and Nokia, who are trying to claw back market share from Apple Inc's iPhone and Google's Android in the red hot smartphone market, face now.

Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), putting Nokia and other Windows phones more on a par with the iPhone.

Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), its chief executive said on Friday, putting Nokia and other Windows phones more on a par with the iPhone.

If you keep up with viral Internet trends, then you've most likely seen the photos circulating of the alleged Chinese gangster which have been viewed over five million times on Imgur since they emerged Tuesday. However, what we don't know is exactly where these pictures displaying a man with stacks of Chinese Yuans, fancy cars and puppies came from.

For the first time in history, China has surpassed the U.S. in monthly iOS and Android activations, becoming the world's fastest growing smartphone market, as IDC recently predicted. However, it hasn't stopped Microsoft from saying that it will surpass Apple with its Windows Phone.

Last Friday, 15-year-old Sierra LaMar disappeared from the driveway of her home and was never seen again. Her cell phone was discovered on the side of the road.

Unarmed black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's last telephonic conversation with his girlfriend before being shot dead by a neighborhood watch captain reveals that the shooter, George Zimmerman, had followed the boy and killed him in cold blood, the teenager's family lawyer said Tuesday.

Sales of smartphones with Microsoft Windows software have surpassed those using Nokia's old Symbian system in Britain, research showed on Tuesday, a sign of progress in Nokia's switch to Microsoft software.

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