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Google Gets Serious About 411

Thomsom, maker of GE-branded telephones, has teamed up with Google to release a number of GE phones with a prominent GOOG-411 button above the keypad. Pressing the button will call Google’s toll free voice controlled business search service.

AOL Releases MyAOL for Cell Phones

It seems AOL wasn’t too serious about dropping the “AOL” part from their future products. After some beta testing, AOL is today launching MyAOL (a customizable mobile desktop) and a regular mobile portal for those not into the whole tweaking thing.

NewsGator for iPhone Works on Other Phones

Now this is useful - a free RSS reader for your mobile phone from NewsGator. What makes it especially interesting is that it’s been released specifically for the iPhone - it’s called NewsGator Mobile for iPhone - but works on any mobile device.

Cell Phone Users Attached To Phones

When it comes to cell phones 63 percent of users say they have a very personal connection to their mobiles according to a Harris Interactive poll released by Ingenio. The poll revealed that 44 percent of mobile users say their phones have improved their personal relationships. Sixty-six percent of women said that their cell phones were personal to them while 60 percent of men said the same.

New Look for MSN on Mobile Phones

The MSN Mobile Team at Microsoft launched a redesigned MSN portal optimized for mobile phones on Sunday, stepping up its offering at a time when more powerful devices increase the demand for richer content on handsets. However mobile Internet use still represents only a fraction of computer-based Web usage, but that could change with companies like Microsoft who see increasingly powerful mobile phones and faster networks opening the door for new services and content.

Mobile Phones Set To Take On GPS

The number of mobile phone subscribers who use mapping and navigation tools could pass 42 million globally by 2012, according to In-Stat's "Mobile Handset Navigation Applications May Threaten Global Personal Nav Device Market" report.

Cerf: Cell Phones To Drive Internet Growth

There are about 5.5 billion people on the planet. Roughly 2.5 billion of them use cell phones. Only 1.1 billion surf the Web. So when Vinton G. Cerf, who currently serves as Google’s vice president, states that mobile phones will fuel the growth of the Internet, well . . . maybe we should believe him. “The mobile phone has become an important factor in the Internet revolution,” said Cerf. “You will get those other 5.5 billion people only when affordability increases and the cost of communication goes down.”

Smart Phones for Smart Bloggers

I have noted a couple of times before that Nokia sent out phones and internet tablets in the past to some bloggers.

LG Phones To Deliver Yahoo Services

LG Electronics has 64,082 employees, a chairman and CEO who goes by the name “S.S. Kim,” and almost 50 years of corporate history. It also has a new “strategic mobile partnership” with Yahoo to distribute the company’s services on some phones.

Microsoft To Counter Apple With Zune Phone?

The buzz surrounding the announcement of Apple's iPhone has reached feverish proportions throughout the blogosphere in recent weeks. Not wanting to be left out of the smartphone party, rumors are now circulating that Microsoft is working on plans to develop its own Zune branded cellular phone.