NewsFactor - Sprint has rolled out the Samsung Ace — a dual-mode smartphone capable of switching seamlessly between Sprint’s CDMA and high-speed EVDO networks in the U.S. and the GSM/GPS networks more typically used overseas.

InfoWorld - Microsoft appears to be looking for new ways to tie Windows Mobile phones and Zune media players together, although a Zune phone remains unlikely.

Reuters - AT&T Inc , the biggest U.S.
mobile service, said on Tuesday it would offer unlimited mobile
phone calls for a flat rate of $99.99 a month, hours after
Verizon Wireless announced a similar plan.

Reuters - Mobile phone group Vodafone and
rival Orange, owned by France Telecom , are to share
mobile mast sites in a deal designed to cut costs and improve
coverage across Britain.

InfoWorld - The first generation of High Speed Packet Access mobile services increased download speeds to mobile phones. Now carriers are also launching HSPA services, also known as Turbo-3G, with faster upload speeds, making the mobile office even more of a reality.

Reuters - BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion
and rival Motorola have sued each other over
what they say are patent infringements for technology used in
their mobile phones.

PC World - A Russian mobile-phone operator is the latest service provider to team with Microsoft to offer Windows-based PCs on a subscription basis through the company’s Unlimited Potential program.

PC World - A new interface and expanded file format support are among the new development tools for Google’s mobile phone operating system.

AFP - A disruption of BlackBerry cellphones in North America for several hours Monday was caused by the failure of one of its recently upgraded systems, Research in Motion said Tuesday.

AFP - Users of social network sites like Facebook will soon be sharing their exact whereabouts with their friends in real-time, owing to new technology that uses the mobile phone as a tracking device, experts say.