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LiMo Foundation launches Linux Android rival
News Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here…  Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008   Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry  Photos: When art meets tech - Nokia phone Morphs into view... [31 Mar 2008]
Motorola to split in two
News Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here…  Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008   Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry  Photos: When art meets tech - Nokia phone Morphs into view... [27 Mar 2008]
Emirates rings up first in-flight mobile call
News Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here…  Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008   Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry  Photos: When art meets tech - Nokia phone Morphs into view... [25 Mar 2008]
Microsoft mobile - king of open world?
News Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here…  Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008  Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry  Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry  Photos: When art... [20 Mar 2008]
Google Sky gets browser app
News Users can also listen to podcasts and look at historical maps of the sky. Google has unveiled a browser version of its Google Sky application for people who don't want to download the Google Earth software. [14 Mar 2008]
New mobile masts to be drastically reduced
News Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here…  Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008  Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry  Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry  Photos: When art... [07 Mar 2008]
Ads popping up on US mobiles
News EU demands mobile roaming cuts Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008 Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Monday Photos: Google Android comes out to play Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Tuesday... [05 Mar 2008]
Poll: And the next killer app for mobiles is...
News EU demands mobile roaming cuts Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008 Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Monday Photos: Google Android comes out to play Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Tuesday... [04 Mar 2008]
T-Mobile injects cash into femtocells
News EU demands mobile roaming cuts Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008 Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Monday Photos: Google Android comes out to play Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Tuesday... [04 Mar 2008]
Nokia launches 'mobile sat-nav' for walkers
News Maps 2.0' also adds multimedia city guides, satellite images and a redesigned interface to the original version. Nokia has launched the second generation of its mobile mapping technology which now includes a 'Walk' application for navigating around... [11 Feb 2008]
Google mobile mission: Not lifting off as expected?
News When used with the Google Maps application, mobile users can even search for local restaurants and get directions to each establishment. With half the world's population soon owning a mobile phone, the opportunity to reach more people on the web... [11 Feb 2008]
Apple fattens its Touch and iPhone dials in more gigs
News The new iPhone and iPod Touch appear to be unchanged from their previous incarnations, though they ship with the new software unveiled at Macworld, which provides users with the ability to edit the home screen and triangulate their position using... [05 Feb 2008]
Beware of web 2.0
News Illsley said: "Today, if you want to build integrated back-end and front-end systems, you use technologies like Google Maps with lightweight APIs, whereas you used to buy several packages and integrate them into a framework. [30 Jan 2008]
iPhone gets location savvy
News The redesigned Maps application uses wi-fi and cellular base stations to triangulate a user's current location. The app also offers a hybrid map view - enabling street maps to be overlaid on satellite imagery in the style of Google Earth. [16 Jan 2008]
GPS phones to triple by 2012
News Growth in the GPS-handset user base should also lead to more applications that use such information, Malm added, pointing to the success of currently available location-based services like Google Maps. [16 Jan 2008]
