Matsushita counts cost of battery recall(FT.com)
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Matsushita counts cost of battery recall(FT.com)
FT.com - Matsushita (NYSE:MC) could incur costs of up to Y138bn ($1.2bn) to replace up to 46m lithium ion batteries for Nokia mobile phones.
Japanese eager to get hands on iPhones(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - TOKYO - Japan already has the funkiest cellphones in the world: More than their U.S. counterparts, Japanese consumers use mobile phones to watch TV, pay bills, order concert tickets, read manga (comics) and summon help from global-positioning satellites to figure out where they are. But market analysis suggests there’s still a niche in Japan for Apple’s iPhone.
High-tech sensors, cameras help cities reduce number of murders(Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - EAST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) - Barney Wright remembers a night three years back when the body of a young man was found in the weeds on Lenox Avenue - only because someone walking by heard his cellphone ring. He’d been shot.
RF Micro to Buy Sirenza for$900 Million(PC World)
PC World - Mobile phone chip maker RF Micro Devices Inc. plans to buy Sirenza Microdevices Inc. in a US$900 million deal aimed at expanding its presence in WiMax, broadband, cable TV, and wireless infrastructure.
RF Micro to buy Sirenza in$900 million deal(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Mobile phone chip maker RF Micro Devices plans to buy Sirenza Microdevices in a$900 million deal aimed at expanding its presence in WiMax, broadband, cable TV, and wireless infrastructure.