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CrunchPad in the 'DeadPool', left with legal hurdles

The CrunchPad Tablet PC has “self destructed” and is now “in the DeadPool” just weeks before its public launch, according to TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. TechCrunch's partner in making the CrunchPad, Singapore-based FusionGarage, broke off plans ahead of the set Nov. 20 launch, Arrington said in a posting titled “The End of the CrunchPad” on his site Monday.

SmarTone to offer Apple iPhone in Hong Kong soon

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SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. on Monday announced an agreement with Apple Inc. to sell the hot iPhone 3G and 3GS in Hong Kong, making it the second carrier for the popular handset in the city.

Nokia plans one Linux phone next year: source

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Nokia plans to install Linux software on just one new smartphone next year, a source told Reuters on Monday, dampening prospects of a quick makeover of the Finnish group's struggling product line-up.
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Nokia plans one Linux phone: source

Nokia plans to install Linux software on just one new smartphone next year, a source told Reuters on Monday, dampening prospects of a quick makeover of the Finnish group's struggling product line-up.
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Jail broken iPhones hacked by new virus

Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said.
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Analyst predicts Verizon will offer iPhone in 2010

Unsurprisingly, iPhone sales are booming across Europe as the end of exclusivity arrangements rev up the demand for Apple mobile phones. Broadpoint AmTech analyst predicts Apple will finally do the same in the US and will add Verizon as a carrier in 2010.
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Nokia phone margin, smartphone outlook eyed

- Nokia Oyj's battered shares could get a boost when the firm looks ahead at next week's investor day to an expected upturn in handset margins and a more competitive smartphone offering in 2010.
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Google phone strategy takes off, challenges ahead

Google Inc has won a seat at the smartphone table. Two years after the Web search leader announced its plan to barge into the market, a dozen phones are using Google's Android mobile operating software, including Motorola Inc's heavily promoted Droid phone.
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iPhone to attract 10 pct of 3G users by 2012, Unicom says

Apple's wireless carrier in China on Friday expressed its high expectations for the iPhone despite the relatively low sales since its debut, hoping the handset to attract 10 percent of China's 3G users in the in the next three years.
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Ex-Vivendi CEO Messier testifies: Losses not fraud

Former Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier told a U.S. jury he never, never, never committed fraud as he took the stand on Friday in a civil trial pitting international shareholders against the French conglomerate and former top executives.
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Wall St drops on recovery concerns, tech rout

U.S. stocks slid on Thursday as another batch of economic data pointed to the fragility of the recovery and a brokerage's dim view on the semiconductor sector hit technology shares.
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Daily Wrap Up - Nov 17

BlackBerry holds its ground;Fed remains vigilant on inflation;EU's 'Dark Pools' review
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BlackBerry CEOs stick to strategy, dismiss analysts

Research In Motion's top executives say the BlackBerry will hold its ground in a fierce battle with Apple's iPhone and other rivals, even as a boom in smartphone sales shakes up a market segment that their company once ruled.

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