Text message spammer hit with $200,000 fine

American based Verizon Wireless has won a legal case against a SMS spammer who sent out 100,000 text messages via its network.
Specialized Programming and Marketing, and its owner Charles Henderson, were accused of sending 100,000 text messages to Verizon subscribers offering a prize of a cruise.
Verizon promptly sued under the US Federal Telephone Consumer […]

Samsung launches 6mm wide mobile phone

Long gone are the Huge brick like phones of the 80s.
The Samsung U100 boasts a digital camera and a music player. The battle for ever slinkier handsets has reached a new yardstick - a phone just 5.9mm (less than a quarter of an inch) thick.
Samsung’s U100, unveiled at a consumer show in Spain, shaves […]

RIM settle Blackberry lawsuit

Research In Motion (RIM), makers of Blackberry have settled a trademark lawsuit with Samsung over its handheld e-mail device.
The Canadian firm said the settlement included “provisions for the protection of RIM’s valuable trademarks”. RIM accused Samsung of misleading consumers with its rival BlackJack smartphone, which is comparable in design to RIM’s Blackberry device. […]

Vodafone users to access YouTube via mobiles

Mobile phone company Vodafone capped off a week of media tie-ups on Friday by announcing a deal that will allow its customers to access Google Inc.’s recently acquired online video service YouTube.
The launch will focus on the UK initially and involve YouTube providing a daily selection of videos to Vodafone customers. Vodafone said […]