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Smartphones Less Popular Than Others

Smartphones draw much attention, but regular mobile phones still rule the market with 72 percent of U.S. handset purchases in the second quarter, according to NPD Group.
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Microsoft Strikes Deal With Nokia

Microsoft and Nokia are teaming up to launch the software giant's Office applications on the handset maker's devices.
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RIM Dials Up Dash Navigation Deal

BlackBerry maker agrees to acquire Dash, a Mountain View, California, startup that makes GPS maps.
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RIM Guidance Misses Street; Stock Tanks

Research In Motion gives a disappointing third-quarter outlook after slightly missing second-quarter earnings expectations amid higher R&D and marketing costs to fight Apple's iPhone. Investors boo shares 19 percent lower in after hours.
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BlackBerry-MySpace Poor Cousin of iPhone-Facebook

In another attempt to broden its customer base--and fight back Apple iPhones--the Canadian maker of the conservative BlackBerry smart phones launches a MySpace application.
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RIM Flips the Pearl to Fight Apple

Canadian maker of smartphones introduces its first clamshell, or flip phone, in its attempt to maintain a lead against Apple on the smartphone market.