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Microsoft accused Motorola of violating its patents with smartphones that use Google's Android operating system.

It appears that law enforcement officers are finding it too difficult to track the Facebook messages.

In short: With complete push email support, web browsing and editing of the attachment, the Nokia E71 can really give some tough time to BlackBerry.

Facebook is working with mobile phone maker INQ Mobile Ltd to create two smartphone devices that may have a network tie up with AT&T Inc, Bloomberg said, citing three people familiar with the matter.

Nokia pushed back delivery of its flagship N8 smartphone by another few weeks, saying it needs time to make final adjustments.

Social mobility is big business. Normally I don’t pay a lot of attention to the rumor mill. But in the case of a Facebook “affinity” phone, even if 90% of existing Facebook subscribers decide not to buy such device, it still represents a very big market; 50 million or so phones.

Tech research company Gartner reports that Google's Android will be in striking distance of Nokia's Symbian system for world champion in mobile operating systems, leaping past Research in Motion's Blackberry and Apple's iPhone iOS.

East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.

LG Electronics plans to launch 10 more smartphones and its first tablet computer by the end of the year, as it scrambles to catch up with rivals.

Watching video on the vast majority of websites has become possible on a mass market phone. The world's most popular video system, Adobe Flash, can now be played on the HTC Desire.