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Colin Gibbs
Friday, May 21, 2010

Yahoo has scheduled a big press event for Monday, but BoomTown’s Kara Swisher already has broken the details: the Internet giant will announce a partnership with Nokia to bring its apps and services to the Finnish manufacturer’s handsets. It’s a sound move for both parties — Yahoo gains access to a massive worldwide footprint of phones, while Nokia can build out its portfolio of mobile software and services. But I think it’s also an admission on the part of both companies that they’ve been left in the dust in the era of the superphone, and have a lot of catching up to do.

Apple moves toward larger iPhone screens

Cupertino has declined to comment, of course, but this piece from The Wall Street Journal certainly seems to be well-sourced.

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Samsung loses $10B market value on Apple order report

The report comes from Taiwan's DigiTimes and is (predictably) based on unnamed sources, so its veracity is uncertain. But the 6 percent drop in Samsung shares is very real.

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Verizon Wireless to push customers off grandfathered unlimited data plans

Verizon will kill those unlimited plans as customers migrate to its LTE network, and will replace them with new shared data plans that will roll out in a few months.

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HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE indefinitely delayed at U.S. Customs for investigation of Apple patent infringement

This may be the latest example of how screwed up our patent system is, but it's very bad news for the handset manufacturer nonetheless.

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Google shifts tack on Android

The Wall Street Journal reports on how Google is working with hardware manufacturers to wrest control of its mobile operating system away from carriers. If you're surprised, you haven't been paying attention.

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