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China adds conditions to approval of Google bid to buy Motorola Mobility

Charles Arthur The Guardian 05/20/2012

Authorities in China have put a surprising condition on their approval of Google's $12.5bn (£7.9bn) bid to buy the US phone and set-top box maker Motorola Mobility (MMI): that the Android operating system must remain available to all for free for the next five years at least.

BlackBerry services collapse Christopher Williams Telegraph 10/10/2011	Apple gets no love from Wall Street for new iPhone 4S RACHEL METZ and JORDAN ROBERTSON AP 10/04/2011
Millions of BlackBerry smartphone users have been cut off by a major fault at RIM, the Canadian company that makes the devices.	The most closely kept secret about the iPhone 5? There isn't one - yet. The new iPhone is faster, has a better camera and allows you to sync content without needing a computer. It includes a futuristic, voice-activated service that responds to spoken commands and questions such as "Do I need an umbrella today?"
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HTC unveils fashion-style smartphone in New York Focus Taiwan News Channel 09/20/2011	Apple loses another unreleased iPhone Greg Sandoval and Declan McCullagh CNET 09/01/2011
HTC Corp., the world's No. 5 smartphone maker, unveiled a thinner and sleeker smartphone in New York late Tuesday, hoping to boost sales in the crowded mobile market.	In a bizarre repeat of a high-profile incident last year, an Apple employee once again appears to have lost an unreleased iPhone in a bar, CNET has learned.
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WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk Danielle Dellorto CNN 05/31/2011	Android smartphones face data breach threat Tim Bradshaw Financial Times 05/18/2011
Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.	Owners of Android smartphones are being warned to avoid public WiFi networks after researchers found a security flaw that could affect the vast majority of devices based on Google’s software.
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Flexible future: Forget the iPhone, here's the smartphone made out of 'paper' that will shape with your pocket [VIDEO] Daily Mail 05/05/2011	Jobs Says Apple Made Mistakes With iPhone Data MIGUEL HELFT The New York Times 04/27/2011
In an industry where unbreakable and smaller are best, the world's first interactive paper computer looks set to dominate for years to come.The PaperPhone has a flexible electronic display that is set to herald a new generation of computers.Extremely lightweight and made out of a thin-film, the prototype device can do everything a smartphone currently does.	Hoping to put to rest a growing controversy over privacy, Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, took the unusual step of personally explaining that while Apple had made mistakes in how it handled location data on its mobile devices, it had not used the iPhone and iPad to keep tabs on the whereabouts of its customers.
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