MPs set to join the BlackBerry age (Computing.co.uk)

Parliamentary reporter, Computing , Monday 29 October 2007 at 00:00:00 But only after a three-and-a-half hour debate tried to prevent the use of handheld devices MPs are set to be allowed to bring blackberrys into the House of Commons after rebel members failed in an attempt to prevent their use - despite three-and-a-half hours of… >  Read the full article

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Instant messaging, texting growing as business tools (BizJournals)

Cell phones, blackberry devices and laptops are often the first items that come to mind when people think of business-related technologies. It may be time to add another technology to that list, however: instant messaging programs.

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Apple puts limits on iPhone purchases (People’s Daily)

Apple Inc. has limited iphone sales to two per customer and insisted on bank card payments on the phones to discourage resellers and guarantee holiday supply, media reported Sunday. “Customer response to the iphone has been off the c …

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Premier Pharmaceutical Services Provider Selects eGain OnDemand™ to Deliver Proactive Customer Service to Participants (PR.com)

Provider will use eGain software to deliver proactive, cross-channel, cross-lifecycle customer service to millions of participants through secure email, SMS and voice. Company will also consolidate inbound and outbound customer service with eGain [PR.com - September 20, 2007]

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Motorola Q3 Handset Sales Slide (ComputerWire via Yahoo!7 News)

Motorola has announced that third-quarter net income plunged 93.8% to $60m on revenue that fell 16.9% to $8.8bn. However, it was an operating loss of $248m on mobile devices after sales fell 36% to $4.49bn that dominated the figures.

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BUSINESS CALENDAR (The Toledo Blade)

The future of wireless and innovation is the subject of the keynote speaker Robert Crow at the 16th annual Canada-Ohio Business Dinner Nov. 7 at Bowling Green State University, at 4:45 p.m. in 101B Olscamp Hall. Speaker: Mr. Crow is an executive at Research in Motion Ltd., which made the blackberry wireless platform. Fees: $20.

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Shadow appears on iPhone trail (Seattle Times)

When Apple launched the iphone with AT&T in June, other carriers started scrambling to find something to match it. Today, T-Mobile USA is…

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T-Mobile Launches the T-Mobile Shadow - the First in a Planned Family of People-Centric Phones Built to Help Customers … (Finanzen.net)

T-Mobile USA, Inc., today announces the upcoming availability of the T-Mobile Shadow™ – the first phone in a planned franchise of phones under the Shadow brand, a name that will become synonymous with playful, easier and richer …

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iPhone may lead Xmas US handset sales (Macworld UK)

Apple’s iphone could become the biggest-selling handset in the US within the next six months, an analyst has said.

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iPhone: Nicht gegen Bares und maximal zwei Stück (InfoWeek.ch)

Apple will den unautorisierten iphone-Wiederverkäufern an den Kragen. Apple will der iphone-Entsperrerei offensichtlich den Garaus machen. Zu diesem Zweck hat der Hersteller in den USA den Verkauf des Vorzeige-smartphones scharf reglementiert.

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