Australia has more cell phones than people, according to government statistics revealed Monday, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.”For the first time, there was more than one cell phone for every Australian in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, the Australian Communications and Media Authority reported. There were 21.26 million phones operating, a 7.6 percent […]

The new handsets will be called the HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch Pro, and the HTC Touch Dual Pro. The Touch Diamond is the Diamond, the Touch Pro is the Raphael, and the Touch Dual Pro is apparently a refresh of the existing HTC Touch Dual. As far as specs go, they are the following:

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Online phone retailer, Wirefly has published the results of its recently completed behavioral survey on consumer text messaging. Compiled through a survey of thousands of US-based cell phone users, the Wirefly.com research confirmed the rapid growth in text messaging usage, with 36% of respondents classifying themselves as heavy users - sending anywhere from one a […]

When Scripps National Spelling Bee Competitors gather in Washington, DC on May 29 for the 81st national championships, young people from all over the US will sweat over arcane words ranging from accretionary to zeugma. Words such as ‘calendar’, ‘embarrass’, ‘questionnaire’ and ‘liaison’ stumped adults in a random survey and spelling test of 18-60 year-olds […]

Samsung Electronics has launched its first HSUPA capable handset for the South Korean market. The Samsung SCH-M470 comes with all the usual mobile phone features, although the camera is restricted to just 2 megapixels. The OS is Windows Mobile 6. Samsung says that the data upload speed has been increased five-fold. In a demo, the […]

Nokia India expects that the country will have 500 million mobile phone users by 2010 - with 60 million of them having mobile video capability and 100 million using mobile music services. Speaking at the Goafest conclave, vice-president and managing director Nokia India, D Shivakumar, salso said that half the subscribers would be accessing the […]