Just two days after announcing a new application for Windows Phone 7, internet auction site eBay has admitted it’s important to have a mobile strategy that includes mobile websites and apps.
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Online rail ticket service
thetrainline.com is planning to release a 'transactional' version of its mobile app later this month, enabling consumers to buy train tickets via their mobile phones. The current application, which is only available for the iPhone and other iOS devices, will be updated – and new versions will be produced for Android, BlackBerry, Nokia and other handsets.
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The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in the United Arab Emirates says BlackBerry services can continue to operate as normal because they're now compliant with the UAE's telecommunications regulatory framework. Certain BlackBerry services had been threatened with closure this month after security concerns were raised in August.
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This week's podcast from The Fonecast takes its regular look at news for the UK mobile phone industry, from the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to free Facebook access on Three UK.
There's also an interview with Dave Tharp of Roulette Cricket about his company's success in last week's final of the Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2010 competition.
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Research In Motion revealed a new tablet device and associated operating system at its developer conference yesterday. The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will arrive in the USA early next year (and in other markets from Q2 2011), while the BlackBerry Tablet OS software development kit is planned for release in the next few weeks.
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