Saturday, July 3, 2010

BlackBerry eBay app arrives in Australia (and elsewhere)

The official BlackBerry app for eBay has been released in Australia and five other countries, and has come out of beta in North America. The free eBay Application for BlackBerry Smartphones allows users to search, bid, buy and check their eBay buying and selling activity. Notifications include winning an auction, being outbid, or the imminent ending of listings on the user's watch list. The app ...
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T-Mobile to Stop Selling Current Sidekicks

T-Mobile USA will stop selling its current Sidekick mobile phones effective Friday, though it will keep the Sidekick brand alive. T-Mobile - Sidekick - T-Mobile USA - Mobile phone - Microsoft
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Touch screen mobile devices' sales to double

Global market for touch screen mobile devices will increase by 97 per cent to reach 362.7 million units in 2010 in comparison to 184.3 million units sold in 2009, a report by Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company said.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-07-02 09:59 UPDATE 1-Sanyo finalising chip unit sale to ON Semi-sources

TOKYO, July 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Sanyo Electric is close to finalising the sale of its semiconductor business to U.S.-based ON Semiconductor, three sources told Reuters on Friday. ON Semiconductor will pay between 20-30 billion yen ($228 million-$342 million) for the unit, Kyodo news agency said. Sanyo, majority owned by Panasonic Corp, aims to reach an agreement with the firm, based in Phoenix ...
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