Sony Ericsson launches some new phones and discovers Android 2.1
Sony Ericsson is presumably acutely aware of this and, while still not exactly leading from the front, has announced that its Xperia X10 range will get a 2.1 upgrade before the end of the year. For reference, our Motorola Milestone got one automatically weeks ago. Another, more novel, upgrade to the X10 in Q4 will allow users to display content on their TVs, wirelessly, from their phone. On top of that, SE has launched no less than three new handsets today. The Xperia X8 is positioned as an entry level (under €200) Android (1.6) phone, with a three inch touch screen and 3.2MP camera. It will be available in Q3 in a bunch of different colours.
Hexus

Mobile operators may look to exit voice business, says consultancy
The provision of data access is now the most important part of a mobile operator’s business and some may decide in the future that offering voice services does not make economic sense. So says industry consultancy Northstream in a recently released white paper. In the paper, entitled ‘LTE – The Bigger Picture’, Northstream says that, as GSM networks come to the end of their life, and operator are faced with investment in solutions designed to enable voice over LTE, some may opt to relinquish voice provision. “Wireless data is the core business of a mobile operator,” the firm says.
Telecoms.com

Demand for Apple's iPhone 4 crashes ordering websites in US and UK
Apple has reported overwhelming demand for its new iPhone 4 model, selling more than 600,000 in a single day on Tuesday which saw ordering websites crash in the US and UK. In Germany, demand for the new model, which was only unveiled by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs at the start of the month, is running 10 times ahead of that for last year's model, the iPhone 3GS, reported Deutsche Telekom. By comparison, when the iPhone 3GS went on sale last year, 1m were sold in its first three days. But that debuted in eight countries, whereas the iPhone 4 has gone on sale only in five.
The Guardian

HP and Dell forced away from Windows
Microsoft's chums HP and Dell are being forced away from the software giant because the outfit is not quick enough adapting its Windows 7 software for a tablet gizmo.
According to an IDC report the hardware makers have found that Redmond's Windows 7 is too unwieldy for a tablet. David Daoud, an analyst at IDC, said that that although a lighter edition was planned it will not be in the shops until the end of the year giving Apple almost a year's head start.
Tech Eye

Javascripters promise Jobs-free HTML5 for iPad
Javascripters who slammed Apple and Google for hyping HTML5 are offering a claimed frustration-free answer to coding for iPads, iPhones and Androids. Ext JS is today expected to unveil the beta of a programming framework for building rich, web and touch-based applications and that draws on the HTML5 family of specs. Ext JS, which claims one million developers on its Javascript frameworks to-date, is also changing its name to Sencha Labs and committing to support open-source projects JQTouch - an AJAX mobile framework - and the Raphaël SVG library. Sencha said this'll provide wider access to technologies for standards-based web development.
The Register

AOL set to sell Bebo to private investors
Web giant AOL is set to sell the social network site Bebo to a private investment firm this month.AOL is planning to offload the social network business, selling it to investment firm Criterion Capital Partners, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tech Radar

San Francisco will tell the world about mobile phone radiation
Mobile phone users in the UK and EU will soon be able to tell if their mobile gadget is more or less likely to be toasting their brain cells.
A law passed in San Francisco will require mobile phone companies to post how much radiation they are pouring into your ear everytime you ring someone up to say, "I am on the train".
The Inquirer

BBC iPlayer viewer numbers reach 130m in May
The TV-on-demand player was visited by an average of 1.4m people a day in May, matching its February figures, driven by the new series of Doctor Who and General Election coverage. The broadcaster revealed the average time spent watching TV programmes on the iPlayer was 73 minutes per person, while time spent listening to radio was 178 minutes.
New Media Age

Broadband brands drop ‘unlimited’ claims
Fixed and mobile broadband providers are bracing themselves for a sterner regulatory regime regarding how they can advertise their services as regulators prepare a crackdown on service claims.The move has been prompted by the increased popularity of devices like the iPhone and services like the BBC iPlayer, which are squeezing network operators’ ability to keep up with demand.
New Media Age

Online to outstrip papers in ad revenue
The internet is poised to overtake newspapers as the second-largest US advertising medium by revenue behind television, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Entertainment and Media Outlook for 2010 to 2014.It predicts that the online ad business, excluding mobile ads, will expand to $34.4bn (£23.3m) in 2014 from $24.2bn (£16.5m) in 2009.
The Guardian