Vodafone unites social networks
Vodafone has launched a suite of net services for mobile and PCs, aimed at grabbing a slice of a market currently dominated by Apple, Google and Nokia. Vodafone 360, as it is known, unites customer's contacts with information from social networks such as Facebook.
BBC News

Consumers see Palm Pre as best alternative to iPhone 3GS
Quick, what’s the first smartphone to come to mind as the best alternative to the iPhone 3GS? If you’re like many consumers, you probably answered “Palm Pre.” According to the study, the Palm Pre plays second fiddle only to the venerable iPhone 3GS in many smartphone consumers’ minds.
IntoMobile

Microsoft’s Project Pink Zune-Phones Leaked: Turtle and Pure
After ages of rumours surrounding Microsoft’s “Project Pink” and its links to Zune, we now have some pictures of the devices in question. The Pure and the Turtle will be made by Sharp and aimed squarely at the youth market, a forte Microsoft can claim since acquiring the desiginer of the Sidekick, Danger.
IntoMobile

Carphone stocks mobile Wi-Fi
Carphone Warehouse has teamed up with 3 and T-Mobile to offer portable wireless router devices. 3's Mobile Wi-Fi went on sale through the retailer on September 17, and is available on prepay priced at £99.99 or on contract for £15 per month on a rolling contract for £69.99 with 5GB download allowance.
Mobile News

Orange/T-Mobile deal slows spectrum plans
The Orange and T-Mobile merger has delayed Government plans to reallocate mobile spectrum as part of its Digital Britain programme. News of the merger has forced Government officials to make last minute adjustments to proposals, delaying a consultation document due to be published this month.
Mobile Today

Gmail battles through another outage
Google was forced to deal with another outage on its Gmail webmail service yesterday. The company reported that the outage affected "a small subset" of its user base. Once access was restored, chat features remained offline. The outages may reinforce sentiment amongst administrators that the service is not yet ready for enterprise use
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IBM offers new service and support for BlackBerry
Claims to help organisations benefit from mobile access to information and resources anywhere. IBM has unveiled a new subscription-based managed services and support for the BlackBerry Enterprise, designed to simplify management, technical support and cost of a client's BlackBerry deployment.
Computer Business Review

Orange launches sound of Orange Rock Corps Music Experience
Orange has today launched The Sound of Orange RockCorps, an innovative social music experience that allows people to create remixes of well known tracks using their own voice and sounds produced by their friends. People can create their own unique music or connect with friends through Facebook to create a joint track.
GoMo News

Intel targets Atom-based processor at TV
Intel's chips is now making a play for television sets and cable boxes through a new processor it released yesterday. It announced an integrated chip package code-named Sodaville, which is designed to run web and video applications on television sets.
PC Advisor

Mobile giant Nokia has launched mobile app development competition with a big-money prize
Nokia has launched a nationwide competition to encourage mobile developers to come up with the next big thing in terms of applications. The winning application will be published in Nokia’s Ovi Store.
IT PRO