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Ever forget your phone charger and no one around has the same kind of handset?

Ever forget your phone charger and no one around has the same kind of handset?

Verizon's recent Droid ad poked fun at Apple's iPhone, but was shy when it came to offering a Droid release date, saying only November.

Verizon, No. 2 wireless carrier in the U.S., made its boldest attack on Apple's iPhone with a TV commercial that boasted Droid, a new smartphone from Motorola, does everything the iPhone doesn't.

Apple Inc. reports a 46 percent increase in its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings as the company posts higher revenue than a year ago led by better-than-expected sales of iPhones, Mac computers and iPods

Shares in Motorola Inc rose over 8 percent on Monday on investor anticipation that its second phone powered by Google Inc's Android system would be a hit at Verizon Wireless.

Verizon increased its bid to generate buzz over its Motorola Android-powered 'Droid' this weekend by rolling out an ad the questions the usefulness of Apple's iPhone.

It may not seem like it when commuters are shouting down their cell phones to the dismay of other passengers but most Americans believe there are unspoken rules about mobile phone etiquette.

Top mobile phone maker Nokia Oyj installed new leaders at its struggling cellphone business on Friday, bringing in a manager from rival Apple, a day after posting its first quarterly net loss.

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it has recovered most of the data feared lost by users of its Sidekick mobile phone, following a Microsoft server computer failure.

Watching his sons kick around a makeshift ball made from tightly bound plastic bags, Ugandan handyman Jackson Mawa marvels at the way business has improved since he bought a solar-powered mobile phone.

At the CTIA conference in San Diego on Wednesday, Samsung and Sprint unveiled the Samsung Moment, a touchscreen handset that has an Android-based operating system.

Microsoft Corp introduced new software for mobile phones on Tuesday, promising a range of devices to compete with Apple Inc's iPhone and Research in Motion Ltd's BlackBerry.

The world's first wind-up mobile phone has been created by the British firm TCL and is scheduled to launch in the first half of the next year, Telegraph reported on Monday.

Verizon Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. mobile service, quietly stopped selling the Verizon Hub on Tuesday, just eight months after it launched the experimental device which combined a home telephone and Web applications.

Theatergoers won't forget to turn their cell phones off again, after Australian actor Hugh Jackman stopped a Broadway show to ask one audience member to stop a phone from ringing.

It could be a rough holiday season for shareholders of Palm Inc as they wait to see if new smartphones can compete with the likes of Apple's iPhone, Motorola's new Cliq and the Blackberry.

Canadian telephone companies will have to write rebate checks to customers after the country's Supreme Court dismissed their appeals on how they should use extra cash they were ordered to collect by the telecommunications regulator.

The head of No. 3 U.S. mobile service Sprint Nextel Corp said on Thursday that it is fair for the U.S. government to ask whether handset exclusivity deals should have time limits.

The head of No. 3 U.S. mobile service Sprint Nextel Corp said on Thursday that it is fair for the U.S. government to ask whether handset exclusivity deals should have time limits.

The head of No. 3 U.S. mobile service Sprint Nextel Corp said on Thursday that it is fair for the U.S. government to ask whether handset exclusivity deals should have time limits.