Location and navigation company TomTom is putting its local search service on portable navigation devices, iPhones and Android smartphones from this summer.
TomTom Places combines the company's business listing and POI database with its maps, helping people to find the type of business they're looking for.
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Sony's 'Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity' service is being made available for a number of Sony Ericsson Xperia smartphones from today.
The Android client is available for download in the USA, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
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UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has introduced new regulations that'll let mobile phone operators trade the rights to the radio spectrum they hold. The move is aimed at helping to increase mobile network capacity and improve mobile services for consumers.
This decision follows a government directive in December 2010.
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Chinese telecommunications manufacturer Huawei has announced a new tablet device called MediaPad.
It has a 7-inch 'HD' screen - promising a higher pixel density than the iPad 2 - and will run the Android operating system on a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm chip.
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Orange has announced a prototype mobile phone charger called the Orange 'Sound Charge'. It's a t-shirt that contains piezoelectric film, which converts sound waves into electrical charge. This is stored by a rechargeable battery within the t-shirt.
An interchangeable lead allows a variety of mobile phones to be connected and charged.
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