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• Huawei launches 7-inch Android tablet

  By Spandas Lui | 21 June, 2011 11:57

  Communications vendor, Huawei, has unveiled the MediaPad, a 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb dual-core tablet with pricing and release date in Australia yet to be confirmed.

• BlackBerry brand hurt by corporate mandate to use them

  By Matt Hamblen | 28 September, 2010 09:41

  IT shops push BlackBerry smartphones on workers for added security, but a new survey shows that workers are less likely to be highly satisfied with them, compared with phones that the users choose themselves.

• Microsoft Tag: You're It

  By Brennon Slattery | 29 May, 2010 02:59

  The minds at Microsoft threw the beta off Tag, an innovative mobile phone barcode-scanning service that holds nearly limitless possibilities when it comes to . . . just about anything.

• ZTE's first Japanese handset designed for elderly users

  By Sumner Lemon | 20 May, 2010 18:44

  Chinese handset and telecommunication equipment maker ZTE showed off its first handset designed for Japan, a model that's intended for elderly cell-phone users.

• Mobile phone shipments surge by 22% in Q1, IDC says

  By Matt Hamblen | 01 May, 2010 01:31

  The global market for mobile phones surged in the first quarter, growing by nearly 22% over a year earlier when the market had declined markedly in the midst of a recession.

• 3G-satellite system coming to AT&T gets first call

  By Stephen Lawson | 21 July, 2009 07:35

  Though not as dramatic as the moon landing that took place 40 years ago Monday, a phone call over a satellite launched earlier this month was the first for a system that may dramatically expand mobile voice and data coverage in the U.S. and Canada.

• Telstra shows off new mobile interface

  By Spandas Lui | 05 May, 2009 16:16

  Telstra has unveiled a new mobile interface aimed at user adaptability. The TelstraOne Experience allows users to customise their mobile interface to suit individual preferences.

• Callforfree.net.au offers free calls to 70 countries

  By Rodney Gedda | 27 March, 2009 14:58

  A new service has been launched in Sydney which promises free telephone calls to 70 international destinations simply by calling a local mobile number.

• LG, Samsung develop solar-powered mobile phones

  By Martyn Williams | 13 February, 2009 11:56

  LG and Samsung will both unveil next week mobile phones that you definitively won't want to keep in your pocket. They have developed prototype handsets that are recharged by solar panels built into the case.

• Smart phone shipments to grow despite overall mobile decline

  By Matt Hamblen | 30 January, 2009 08:12

  Smart phones made up about 14 per cent of all mobile devices shipped globally in 2008 and should increase to more than 17 per cent of the total in 2009, according to new projections from ABI Research in New York.