Phone and software makers urge cheaper Web mobiles
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Wireless operators need to make  mobile Internet much cheaper if they want it to become a  success that can generate extra revenues, major mobile phone  and mobile software makers said on Monday.
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A new service promises cheaper mobile calls by exploiting VOIP, but it's not going to be easy. The big carriers must be considered, plus customers will have to punch lots of extra numbers. By Rachel Metz.
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Nathan Bales represents a troubling trend for cellular phone carriers. The Kansas City-area countertop installer recently traded in a number of feature-laden phones for a stripped-down model. He said he didn&#039;t like using them to surf the Internet, rarely took pictures with them and couldn&#039;t stand scrolling through seemingly endless menus to get the functions to work.
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InfoWorld - The wide variety of operating systems on mobile phones is hindering the growth of cool mobile Internet applications, according to Arun Sarin, CEO of network operator Vodafone.
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Company unveils 'WidSets' for Java-enabled phones.
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Given the iPhone hype, it's easy to forget other phones can play music and browse the Web. Here are three iPhone competitors that offer a lot of features for less money.
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The cellphone industry went to Barcelona to âshow off the latest and greatest phonesâ and, once again, hardware took center stage. But, Victoria Shannon (New York Times) points out, âsoftware is growing in importance as smartphones, capable of accessing the Web, become more popular.â So, Shannon continues, âit was no surprise that many of the phones were iPhone clones â with touch screens, sleek flat shapes and spare software interfaces. Apple was able to make a phone that paid equal attention to the software and the hardware. And the rest of the industry was following suit here.â
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Because of speed restrictions, mobile devices often have trouble downloading Web pages that are designed to provide the optimum experience for high-speed Internet users.
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A smarter Internet and a host of cheap, Web-enabled mobile devices will allow users to access a whole range of services on the move, research group Gartner Dataquest said on Sunday, ahead of its ITXpo symposium.
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Price and coverage are the key issues affecting mobile users, a survey of European consumers finds.
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Millions of pounds will be spent in the coming months trying to persuade people to upgrade to 3G phones. What do two users of the services which have been launched already think about what their fancy phone can do?
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Those who don't mind carrying a paperweight already have plenty of options for "smart" phones that do more than just make calls. The rest of us are stuck with a sad compromise between size and function.
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Instead of trumpeting low prices and new phones in ads, cellphone companies are more and more pointing out their rivalsÂ shortcomings.
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Mobile phone firms face a series of hurdles if they want to get their customers using their funky new handsets.
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Location-based services are trying to revamp the Web experience to be less cumbersome on mobile devices.
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Companies trying to deploy Internet phone calling face varied costs depending on the technology provider, according to a report.
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A group of mobile phone operators and handset vendors is developing a 3G (third-generation) mobile phone platform that combines many standard hardware and software components in an effort to reduce phone development time and costs.