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America's first 4G mobile phone breaks sales records

US mobile operator Sprint says the HTC EVO 4G broke sales records when it went on sale last Friday, although it's not quoted any specific figures. It says Friday sales of the HTC EVO 4G, which includes 3G and 4G technology along with a 4.3-inch screen and 8 megapixel camera, were the largest quantity of a single phone model sold in one day ever for Sprint.

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Qualcomm invests in mobile optics company

Wireless technology company Qualcomm has made what it's calling "a strategic investment" in Anteryon, which makes camera and laser projection modules for portable devices.

Netherlands-based Anteryon, formerly the optics division of Philips, produces miniature optical module production for mobile phone cameras and laser projection. Its factories currently produce millions of imaging units every month for mobile phone manufacturers. The investment funds will be used for Anteryon’s 'WaferOptics' optical module production technology and the expansion of its Asia production facility.

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A fifth of football fans expect the World Cup on their mobiles

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New HP printers promise printing from any web-connected devices

Almost any device with email connectivity – from PCs and laptops to mobile phones and tablet computers – can send documents to one of HP's forthcoming printers. The new HP ePrint platform uses 'cloud computing' to receive documents from anywhere in the world.

Each compatible printer will have its own unique email address, allowing users to print a document simply by sending an email. (Full details of the way this'll work haven't been explained yet). An HP ePrint mobile application will offer additional options. Customers will be able to send a range of popular document formats including Microsoft Office files, Google Docs, Adobe PDFs and JPEG images.

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Nokia Ovi Mail now has 10 million email accounts

Nokia's Ovi Mail free email service now has 10 million activated accounts. The company admits that many people already have multiple email accounts but points out that Ovi Mail is particularly useful in parts of the world where mobile phones are more popular than PCs. It says 7 of the top 10 countries activating Ovi Mail accounts are in emerging markets, including Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, China, Kenya and Nigeria.

Later this year Ovi Mail is expected to be co-branded as "powered by Yahoo!".

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