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The New York City Health Department has launched an iPhone and Android application - NYC Condom Finder - to help users find free condoms.

Speculation is that Apple is due to launch a smaller and cheaper version of its iPhone to sit alongside the current and upcoming breed of iPhones.

LG Electronics Inc said on Tuesday it was targeting a 30 percent annual rise in 2011 handset sales to 150 million units and would launch 20 smartphone models, as it seeks to turn its loss-making mobile division profitable.

The organization, which is agency in the United Nations, is calling for an international support for mobile broadband growth.

The shotgun marriage of Nokia and Microsoft's smartphone platforms puts software developers at center stage at the annual Mobile World Congress starting on Monday in Barcelona.

LG's entry in the tablet race is the 3D-ready, Android-equipped 8.9-inch Optimus Pad.

A local labor union chairman says tens of thousands in severance is a starting point for negotiations.

Here's what you should know about the world's first glasses-free 3D phone.

Here is a look at the 4G smartphones launched and announced by different carriers like Sprint, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile up to January 2011

Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE is gunning to be among the world's top three telecom equipment makers in the coming years, a wireless executive told Reuters on Monday.

RBC Capital Markets said in its highlights before the Mobile World Congress show that smartphone units may accelerate this year from last year’s 60 percent growth as devices do more and simultaneously move down market for the masses.

Nokia's smartphone alliance with Microsoft threatens more than 5,000 Finnish research and development jobs at the Finnish company and its subcontractors, a union boss said.

Nokia's all-or-nothing deal with Microsoft fails to answer key questions about smartphone development and risks a turbulent transition period, analysts said on Monday, driving its shares down yet further.

Motorola Mobility announced the acquisition of Mountain View start-up Three Laws Mobility Inc. (3LM) to expand the security of phones running on Google’s Android mobile operating system.

Sony Ericsson on Sunday announced the launch of Xperia PLAY, the first PlayStation certified smartphone.

Wireless Linux group LiMo hopes to benefit from a tie-up between Microsoft and Nokia as this should push smaller phone makers to seek alternative software platforms, its head said on Monday.

China's ZTE Corp aims to grow its cellphone sales 30 percent to 40 percent this year, on par with last year, while it focuses increasingly on the smartphone market, a senior official said.

Nokia's CEO on Sunday touted its recent alliance with Microsoft, saying it would be worth billions to the Finnish cellphone maker, which is seeking to catch up in the fiercely competitive smartphone market.

Sony Ericsson unveiled on Sunday its long-awaited PlayStation smartphone, taking video game console wars to cellphones.

Sony Ericsson unveiled on Sunday its long-awaited PlayStation smartphone, and said Verizon Wireless would sell the model in the United States.

Apple is working on a cheaper version of the iPhone that is aimed at slowing the advance of competing handsets based on Google Inc.'s Android software.