BlackBerry maker RIM (Research In Motion) said on Dec. 4 it plans to make a direct takeover offer to Certicom for $52 million in cash. - OTTAWA (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said on Wednesday it plans to make a direct takeover offer to Certicom Corp shareholders of C$1.50 a share in cash because it has been unable to advance talks with the encryption software firm's manageme...

HTC, maker of the new Google Android G1 smartphone, has bought design consultancy One Co to tap its fashion expertise in everything from furniture to snowboard boots. - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) HTC, maker of the new Google Android G1 smartphone, has bought design consultancy One amp; Co to tap its fashion expertise in everything from furniture to snowboard boots. Financial terms were not disclosed....

Nokia said on Thursday it would receive an up-front payment and royalties from BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion for use of its wireless technology patents. - HELSINKI (Reuters) Nokia said on Thursday it would receive an up-front payment and royalties from BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion for use of its wireless technology patents. Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said RIM has ...

Leading mobile games publishers Electronic Arts (EA) and Gameloft have said that the mobile gaming industry will ride-out the current economic downturn that has led to a decline in handset sales, reports Reuters. Their comments came in response to an earlier announcement this week by rival mobile gaming company, Glu Mobile, which said it is to cut jobs and operating expenses across its global orga...

The global cell phone sales leader revises warning for second time in three weeks. Nokia said it aimed to increase its market share in cell phones in 2009 as smaller rivals struggle in the economic downturn. - HELSINKI (Reuters) - Global mobile phone industry sales volume will fall more than expected as consumers cut spending, the world's top cell phone maker Nokia said on Thursday in its sec...

Gartner reports the first slowdown in smartphone sales since it started tracking the market for handheld devices with computer-like features. - HELSINKI (Reuters) - Growth in the global smartphone market slowed to 11.5 percent in the third quarter year on year, the slowest rate of growth since it started tracking smartphone sales, research firm Gartner said on Thursday. Some 36.5 million smartphon...

Reuters - Sales of mobile phones will shrink faster than expected as consumers are cutting spending, the world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Thursday in its second warning in three weeks.

Reuters - Global mobile phone industry sales volume will fall more than expected as consumers cut spending, the world's top cell phone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Thursday in its second warning in three weeks.

Most of the tech bloggers have been cranking up the news that Nokia eyes Linux as the platform for their for high-end phones! Speculation started when the Ukko Lappalainen, vice president at Nokia's markets unit, told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the "Nokia World" that "In the longer perspective, Linux will become a serious alternative for our high-end phones" Actually analysts...

Telus, Canada's No. 2 phone company, said on Wednesday it is buying new technology from Nortel Networks that lets telecom companies quadruple the capacity of their networks. - TORONTO (Reuters) Telus, Canada's No. 2 phone company, said on Wednesday it is buying new technology from Nortel Networks that lets telecom companies quadruple the capacity of their networks. Telus' deployment...