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UK-based mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse Plc said it expects full-year earnings per share to be at the top end of 13.5 pence to 14.0 pence range.

RIM released its PlayBook 4G tablet at the CES 2011 to counter the barrage of Android and Windows tablets. However, RIM had a muted response to Android smartphone onslaught.

With the announcement that iPhone will be available to Verizon subscribers even as Apple ends its agreement with AT&T, the mobile landscape has taken a different look all together. This development is expected to affect the entire mobile marketplace.

Over the next few weeks Google will be rolling out the option to upload, store and organize any type of file in Google Docs and with this change one would be able to upload and access file from any computer, said a Google blog post.

Two companies looking to create next generation semiconductor technology for future mobile devices.

Google's mobile operating system Android will continue to grow at more than twice the rate of its major smart phone competitors in 2011, according to a latest estimate from market research firm Canalys.

New app/device combo from PLX Devices can control a user's mind.

The most interesting addition to Samsung Vibrant 4G smartphone from its previous version is that, it will be the first T-Mobile 4G smarphone that offers 21+ Mbps 4G speed in their network. Currently, only myTouch4G and T-Mobile G2 offers 14.4 Mbps 4G speeds.

Android phones and other mobile devices are more vulnerable to hackers than Apple iPhones due to Google's open-source policy in apps development, according to the chief of a security firm.

The iPhone on Verizon's network will be a big win for Apple, as pent-up demand driven by users who were waiting for an alternative to AT&T drives sales of the iPhone 4.

Users are reporting that phones using Microsoft's WP 7 operating system are uploading mysterious packets of data, and costing money in the process.

One most wanted and impressive feature of a smartphone is the long lasting battery life which needs to match up to its touch screen display. Motorola Atrix features the longest battery life and the biggest RAM.

Media has been set abuzz with the expectations that the Verizon's Tuesday, 8 a.m. announcement in New York will be the news that the iPhone will be available on its network. Here are some factors on how Verizon-iPhone tie-up would affect consumers and competition

Not to be left behind in the fight for 4G space, AT&T has introduced three phones on its network from Motorola, HTC and Samsung at the recently concluded CES 2011 in Las Vegas, and made sure it has the arsenal to make up for the iPhone loss, courtesy, Apple launching an iPhone for Verizon.

Top South Korean film director Park Chan-wook has shot an entire movie with iPhone.

Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile have their own share of 4G smartphones ready for release. Verizon has announced its 4G smartphone HTC Thunderbolt, the successor of Droid Incredible and Motorola Droid Bionic 4G, while Sprint showcased their HTC EVO Shift and T-Mobile had their share with Motorola Cliq 2, the successor of the Cliq XT which was launched last year. Also AT&T will get HTC Inspire 4G and Motorola ATRIX 4G.

The warring cults of Apple and Android could make Internet noisier now as data has shown that Google's Android-based smartphones have overtaken Apple iPhone during the quarter ending in November last year.

As expected, nearly every major original equipment manufacturer introduced or showed a tablet at CES, but the spotlight was on the Motorola XOOM that was the first tablet based upon Google's Honeycomb (Android 3.0) operating system. The RIM booth received high interest, and the Playbook received good reviews.

Ford Motors unveiled its first all-electric car, Focus, which is expected to get up to 160km on a single charge.

Most smartphones now come equipped with accelerometers to check their orientations and their spped in any direction; so there was no inherent reason a phone couldn't be a Wii-like controller.

Copia, the social media-based eReading platform, announced recently it will be available as a touch-optimized, pre-loaded application on all upcoming Windows 7 tablets.