table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNH2vlaUVrgsUMTWe8u7dIPrz9txHAamp;url=http://www.postonline.co.uk/post/feature/2175205/mobile-phones-success-smartphonesimg src=//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/OH7H2QqcxN4xZM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Post Online/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNH2vlaUVrgsUMTWe8u7dIPrz9txHAamp;url=http://www.postonline.co.uk/post/feature/2175205/mobile-phones-success-smartphonesbMobile bPhones/b: Success with smartphones/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fPost Online/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1By Andy Morris It was only 10 years ago that the bNokia/b 1100 mobile bphone/b dominated the world with its infamous monophonic bringtones/b. Costing around £80, functionality was limited to calls, texts and playing the preloaded Snake game./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=d5lFWhnPuiJlLIMnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNG--0iTInuIowkk8oZqt5pI2pvT4gamp;url=http://friskymongoose.com/nokia-loses-top-mobile-spot-to-samsung/img src=//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/tEq4teVVZIeNrM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Frisky Mongoose (press release)/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHDykaDsqNHGib3Npt7RKJZBTKuggamp;url=http://mashable.com/2012/04/28/samsung-top-handset-vendor/bHow Samsung Became The World#39;s Top Handset Vendor/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fMashable/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1It sounds like bNokia#39;s/b classic bringtone/b just got a few octaves lower and sadder. Friday, Strategy Analytics revealed the Finnish bphone/b-maker had been ousted from its lofty position at the top of the cellphone food chain. Samsung just became the leading b/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNG--0iTInuIowkk8oZqt5pI2pvT4gamp;url=http://friskymongoose.com/nokia-loses-top-mobile-spot-to-samsung/bNokia/b Loses Top Mobile Spot to Samsung/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrFrisky Mongoose (press release)/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dYwVgaW0tSSwn7MHM1YQHrqW9plPMnobrball 305 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNE5xDYTV6nDCBnMeiCRqjqN2nowygamp;url=http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/29/nokia-to-dump-worlds-most-ridiculous-luxury-phone-brand-vertu-for-265m/img src=//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/2cwhT_Xgnj2T3M/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2VentureBeat/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNE5xDYTV6nDCBnMeiCRqjqN2nowygamp;url=http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/29/nokia-to-dump-worlds-most-ridiculous-luxury-phone-brand-vertu-for-265m/bbNokia/b to dump world#39;s most ridiculous luxury-bphone/b brand, Vertu, for $265M/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fVentureBeat/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1The London Symphony Orchestra makes all the Vertu bringtones/b, and it takes 15 days for the company to make a single sapphire-crystal display. Most of the brand#39;s handsets are woefully outdated, mimicking top-of-the-line feature bphone/b and Blackberry b/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEvmiHZGJb4EbkJ5QxBTFbTosMhJwamp;url=http://vator.tv/news/2012-04-30-nokia-in-talks-to-sell-luxury-phones-vertu-to-permirabNokia/b in talks to sell luxury bphones/b, Vertu, to Permira/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrVatorNews/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGQ58gsyYWFkAHbJbiG0o5MZve__gamp;url=http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/nokia-close-to-ditching-pricey-mobile-brand-vertu-1078111bNokia/b close to ditching pricey mobile brand Vertu/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrTechRadar UK/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHsn9hAl_3X_v5Sct1llgtKZxjSPAamp;url=http://www.techcentral.co.za/nokia-to-ditch-luxury-phone-subsidiary/31464/bNokia/b to ditch luxury bphone/b subsidiary/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrTechCentral/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHCrty93OU6XFhnaBoWfQf_jTBVCgamp;url=http://www.fool.co.uk/news/investing/company-comment/2012/05/02/nokias-trying-to-lighten-its-load.aspxnobrMotley Fool UK/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEF85Migcyfh6I-hvAzps7wRlGTzgamp;url=http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID%3D473139nobrTotal Telecom/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFFGiNlO2eE6ZPI3guO5jcPoOqXnAamp;url=http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/tech-tech-boom-10017860/nokia-mulls-ditching-luxury-vertu-brand-for-200m-10026037/nobrZDNet UK (blog)/nobr/a/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dc-UdJCXaSKgDMMJxLbNf2_e5V6jMnobrball 166 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHDMPIF83fZUhabT6xEH3phA4LfIQamp;url=http://moneymorning.com/2012/05/16/mobile-wallet-technology-the-new-barbarians-are-at-the-gate/bMobile Wallet Technology: The New Barbarians are at the Gate/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fMoney Morning/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1[Editor#39;s Note: As Shah wrote in Part One, quot;Your future is calling and the bringtone/b sounds like a cash register.quot; Below is the second installment in this four-part series on mobile wallet technology. I hope you enjoy it.] By Shah Gilani, Capital Waves b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dHxSsiY7w4d_cMMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table