NewsFactor – Another major wireless carrier will offer Google’s open-source Android mobile platform as Verizon Wireless agreed to collaborate on “leading-edge mobile applications, services and devices.” With this agreement, Android will now be offered by three of the four major U.S. carriers.

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NewsFactor – T-Mobile USA is prepping Samsung’s new Behold II smartphone for an exclusive launch in advance of this year’s holiday shopping season. The touchscreen-enabled 3G handset based on Google’s Android platform will provide users with direct access to Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube videos, and Google Talk as well as thousands of applications and games from the Android Market, T-Mobile said.

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NewsFactor – Adobe Systems’ Flash technology is ubiquitous on desktop and laptop computers, but its availability on smartphones and other mobile devices is spotty. Adobe is now looking to change that, with its announcement Monday of a public developer beta of Flash Player 10.1 for “smartphones, smartbooks, netbooks, PCs and other Internet-connected devices.” One device left off the list: Apple’s iPhone.

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Adobe’s Mobile Flash Player Will Skip Apple’s iPhone
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AFP – Norwegian telecom firm Telenor and Russia’s Altimo announced on Monday the creation of new a mobile operator, ending a protracted feud over control of a leading Russian mobile operator.

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Telenor ends Russia telecoms dispute
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AFP – Hit video game “Spore” is set to evolve onto the big screen as an animated movie, entertainment press reported Friday.

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‘Spore’ set for the big screen
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