Devices

US smartphone-maker Palm is to remarket approximately 18.5 million common shares to fund the launch of its much-anticipated new Pre device later this year.

More details have emerged of the business model Nokia plans to adopt for its new Ovi online store that will go live in May and take on the might of Apple's App Store.

Mobile Entertainment notes that Apple's iPhone accounts for 3 percent of traffic on the BBC's iPlayer

Nokia's share of the global smartphone market slumped by 10.1 percent in the final quarter of 2008 as rivals such as Samsung, Research In Motion (RIM), HTC and Apple made gains, according to new figures from Gartner.

Microsoft yesterday confirmed that its new application store - Windows Marketplace for Mobile - will offer developers 70 percent of sales revenue from each application and allow them to set their own cost for each app.

Taiwanese smartphone vendor HTC has ramped up its efforts to become a household name with the launch of its first global advertising campaign.

Orange UK will begin the selling the iPhone from next month in time for a holiday season showdown with rival UK iPhone operator O2, reports The Guardian.