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Over the past 3 years there are about 100 million cellphones taken out of service in the U.S. annually and I don't see cellphone use decreasing any time soon. From FoxNews.com: 'There are more than 153 million cell phone users in the U.S., and because phones have a relatively short life �...

From CNETReview.com: Siemens won our praise last year for its attractive SL56 slider handset, so we eagerly awaited the company's first flip phone, the CF62T. Sporting a cool blue hue and a wraparound antenna, the CF62T will undoubtedly catch attention. Alas, other than solid battery life and...

From About.com: German Boffins are developing a mobile phone that will alert users when their breath is bad or they are particularly smelly. Siemens Mobile said that a new breed of phone will have a tiny chip that measures less than a millimetre to detect unpleasant odours. It will examine the air...

From BBCnews.co.uk: "Vodafone has said it is to launch 10 new 3G handsets in November, as it aims to capitalise on the Christmas market. The handsets will feature state-of-the-art technology offering improved quality, sound, pictures and video, as well as access to 3G games. In April, it began...

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From Wireless.com: "A group of leading mobile phone vendors said Friday (Sept. 10) they will work together to bring about widespread delivery of broadcast television to mobile devices. The effort, which is part of the work of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), is aimed at developing specifications...

From Tony Smith of The Register.co.uk: Siemens today unveiled what's arguably the most iPod-like mobile phone yet, the shiny white plastic-cased SF65. The phone maker called the handset's design "contemporary and paired-down", but while its "polar white" colour scheme is decidedly reminiscent of...

The game of high-stakes acquisitions in the history of the telecom industry just got a lot juicier. Teddy Rogers and his players from Rogers Wireless today announced they have topped Telus' hostile takeover bid for Microcell, operator of Fido. In friendly talks, Rogers has agreed to purchase...

From RCRWirelessNews.com: "Vision- and hearing-impaired consumers can get some assistance from their wireless devices with two announcements this week. Danger Inc. has added new features to make its hiptop2 device useful for the hearing impaired, the company announced Wednesday. The...

From InfoSyncWorld.com: "It's all about the glamour and glitz as Editor-in-Chief Jorgen Sundgot offers up a first take on the 7260, one of three members of Nokia's latest fashion phone collection. Who said Nokia couldn't make fashionable phones anymore? Although admittedly having been stuck in...

From Blueserker.com: "Logitech announced it's new "affordable" headset today. By affordable, they mean $69.99 as opposed to their first headset which retails over $100. Not quite as affordable as I'd like to see -- but on the positive side they got away from that boom that popped out too often. The...

From WirelessNewsFactor.com: "Manufacturers hope to draw more customers to broadcast-enabled smartphones with color displays, local memory and applications for advanced multimedia content. But the jury is still out as to whether consumers will want to watch a basketball game or soap opera on a...

From the KoreaTimes.com: "The ITU Telecom Asia 2004 is showing top-of-the-line cell phones at the BEXCO in Pusan with the world's big-name handset makers competing to grab visitors' attention with newer models. People have the opportunity to eyewitness the global cell phone industry's cutting edge...

From MobileBurn.com: Research In Motion, aka RIM, and T-Mobile USA recently launched the latest and perhaps greatest of the GSM BlackBerry line of mobile phone communicators, the 7100t. Unlike prior GSM BlackBerry devices, the 7100t is shaped like a traditional candybar phone. Not unlike the Treo...

-- By Cyrus Li -- What if... you could send and receive text, email and picture messages while at work; access your cellular phonebook with just one click; and check your phone's battery life and reception from your pc? And what if you could do all that with over 200 models of cellular phones?...

From About.com Cellphones: "Camera phones are all the rage. They let you send news to your friends while on the move or grab a picture even when you forgot to bring your regular camera. But always keep in mind that your cell phone network provider will charge you something to transfer the camera...