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• Windows Mobile Growth Strong, Won't Match Android: IDC

  Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS will regain some of the smartphone market share it has lost recently - but will still be in last place in 2014, according to research firm IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

• Rhomobile upgrades development-as-service platform

  Rhomobile will announce Wednesday version 2.0 of its development-as-a-service platform for building smartphone applications.

• Taxing times lead to super apple app

  The Australian Tax Office is turning to iPhones, iPads and Androids to help teach disinterested school kids about tax and superannuation.

• Phones could replay live sport, swap movies

  Crowds will be able to replay live action at sporting events using their mobile phones, and literally lay their taste in entertainment on the table using Microsoft’s Surface tablet.

• Of smartphone owners, iPhone users are the most satisfied

  Apple 's iPhone came out on top in terms of customer satisfaction compared with other smartphones, according to a survey of 1,009 consumers who bought smartphones in the last six months.

• Smartphone sales shoot up, benefiting RIM, Apple, Android

  The smartphone's impact on the mobile phone marketplace globally is well-established, but smartphone growth continues its upward trend in fairly astounding degrees, according to market research firm Gartner Inc.

• Mozilla stops development of Firefox for Windows Mobile

  Mozilla has decided to stop development of a version of its Firefox mobile Web browser for phones running Windows Mobile.

• Windows Mobile apps won't work on new phones

  While Microsoft still isn't commenting on whether current Windows Mobile phones will be upgradeable to its new Windows Phone 7 software, it has finally officially revealed that existing applications won't work on the new platform.

• Study: Android, iPhone fastest-growing smartphone platforms

  Android and Apple's iPhone OS were the fastest-growing smartphone platforms in 2009, with sales of the iPhone OS overtaking those of Windows Mobile, research company Gartner said Tuesday. Symbian and Research In Motion's BlackBerry still lead the market, it said.

• Toshiba unveils its TG02 smartphone

  Toshiba's update on its TG01 multimedia smartphone has made a quiet debut at this week's Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.

• Microsoft CEO unveils Windows Phone 7 Series software

  Microsoft unveiled the next version of its operating system for mobile phones, Windows Phone 7 Series, featuring a move away from applications and towards functions.

• Google adds mobile management to Apps

  Google is adding some basic mobile device management capabilities to Google Apps that will let IT managers remotely wipe data from lost iPhones.

• Garmin-Asus to show its first GPS smartphone of 2010

  Garmin-Asus plans to display its first GPS smartphone of 2010 on Thursday, the M10, loaded with the latest version of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and a 3.5-inch touchscreen.

• Sony Ericsson makes a QWERTY comeback

  Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has launched the Aspen, a smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen, running the latest version of Windows Mobile.

• Windows Mobile 7 to get two versions, report says

  An intriguing new rumor suggests that Windows Mobile 7 may come in two different flavors: a business version and a media version. The mobile OS may come with a variety of different features including an impressive mobile version of Office, online collaboration, high-definition video, Xbox Live, and streaming TV, according to WM Experts, a Windows Mobile news site.