Mobile Rules! 08 Winners Announced
This past week, Nokia announced the winners of a fantastic friendly competition aimed at giving developers some good exposure. The annual ‘Mobile Rules!’ awards are …
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mobiPad: Control S60 & UIQ with a Wii Remote
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Sony Charging $50 to Not Annoy You
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T-Mobile BlackBerry 8120 & 8820 Roll Out Details and Schedule
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FliXee and YouTube Integration Added to Flixwagon
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Scheduled BlackBerry Outage; At Least They Told us This Time
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Alltel Finds its Muse
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XPERIA White Paper Issued to Developers; New Details
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No Third-party Music Apps on the iPhone?
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AT&T Sells Out of Refurbished iPhones
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StreamSmart Multi-platform Satellite Radio, Maybe
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No Flash Love from Stevie? Puh-lease, We Gots This
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Wireless Spectrum Auction Ends, FCC Banks
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Apple Working on Unlimited Downloads for iPhone and iPod?
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Stick it to the FCC, Save $100
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Refurbished iPhones Now Available from AT&T
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OctroTalk Brings IM, VoIP and File Transfer to Smartphones
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Colorware Launches Nintendo DS Lite Customization
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It’s a shame that spamming isn’t an offense punishable by death, preferably by public flogging at the hands of bat-wielding geeks. Alas, we do still …
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OG Nokia N95 Gets Some Update Love
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Apple TV + DVR = Billions?
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