From the pictures on Google Maps Mobile I'd say this might well be an absolute killer for you lucky buggers with neat mobile phones in countries where they have Google maps. Not living in such a country, or having a neat mobile though, im relying you you to to tell me if it's as good as it looks :)

Yahoo! and SBC/Cingular, together with Nokia are to build and market a Yahoo! branded mobile phone, as Rafat says this is probably a precursor to other online behemoths moving into the mobile hardware space.

Back in June Nokia announced a partnership with Apple to develop an open source browser for mobile phones. They've just launched their OS browser along with an open source portal to mark the occasion.

Source Title: Apple announces video-playing iPod Source Url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4336194.stm Story Text:

Apple have announced that in the US next week they will be launching a video-playing iPod with bigger storage space and a slimmer design.

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Oooooh, yes puh-leaze... Pointed out by slashdotters is this shiny new LinkSys Skype Handset - Only trouble is, with my slightly dodgy connection here in the country, im not sure i have steady enough upstream to do good quality VoIP :(

Source Title: VOIP Watch Source Url: http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2005/10/yahoo_msn_talki.html Story Text:

A bit of buzz is generating that Yahoo! and MSN will make their chat clients interoperable. TechCrunch shares some insight:

Source Title: AIM Launches Presence Program Source Url: http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3554111 Story Text:

AIM are to launch a "presense program" that if im reading this clickz story right, will allow sites to integrate AIM so they can be easily contacted and display user presense.

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Call me paranoid, but the thought of a data mining company being my ISP would give me the screaming heebie geebies... Reuters report that GOOG have offered the city of San Francisco free WIFI.

Source Title: SWITCH CALL LAUNCHES THE UK'S SIMPLEST VOIP SERVICE FOR CONSUMERS AND SMES Source Url: http://www.telephonyworld.com/cgi-bin/review/viewnews.cgi?category=all&id=1127346061 Story Text:

UK's "Switch Call" have announced an ambitious service to simplify VoIP calls by offering a regular phone number, free handset and "low cost" VoIP calls for £5 a month.

Source Title: AOL Offers VoIP for the Masses Source Url: http://blog.kelseygroup.com/kelsey/index.php?/weblog/more/aol_offers_voip_for_the_masses/ Story Text:

A new VoIP service from AOL called TotalTalk will roll out October 4th via the beta AIM Triton client. "TotalTalk includes: a "soft phone" (free PC-to-PC calls and PC-to-Phone calling capabilities via a Preview Edition of the AIM Triton client), unified voice, e-mail and instant messaging, enhanced voicemail and call management capabilities, and the ability to make and receive calls on a home phone line from anywhere users have access to AIM."

Source Title: Be an Empowered (mobile) Shoppe Source Url: http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000185.html Story Text:

Ysearchblog has announced that Yahoo has a beta of shopping search available for mobile. You can find more information here

Source Title: Reuters Source Url: http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9595359&section=news&src=rss/uk/internetNews Story Text:

After speculation and more suitors than Pamela Anderson at a bucks party, Skype is said to be sold to eBay for around $2 billion USD, according to the WSJ via Reuters.

Source Title: Open Source Alternative for Skype Source Url: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/06/1345209&from=rss Story Text:

Oh Skype, what have you done? We talked about how Skype should go Open Source a while back, and whilst their platform bid is a step in the right direction, it may not be enough.

Source Title: Coke-Vending Machines To Sell Mobile Content, in Ireland Source Url: http://www.paidcontent.org/pc/arch/2005_09_06.shtml#015685 Story Text:

In Ireland, Inspired Broadcast Networks have inked a deal with Coca-Cola to sell mobile content from coke vending machines.

Source Title: What lies behind the Google chatter? Source Url: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-1749986,00.html Story Text:

The Times "Diary of a former teenaged dot.com millionaire" written by Benjamin Cohen investigates the various options available with VoIP, and is good background if you haven't quite got your brain round what is going on with VoIP. And just to show that its not just TW readers (don't know, maybe Mr Cohen is a reader here) that are cynical/sceptical about G and privacy, his final paragraph is

Source Title: Skype signs first mobile network partner Source Url: http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/09/01/HNskypepartner_1.html Story Text:

Skype have signed their first deal with a mobile network. The German company, E-Plus, will start shipping phones with Skype from October according to a story first published in The Enquirer. There are more details in the followup InfoWorld piece

Source Title: Apple preps for iPod Phone Source Url: http://www.technologypundits.com/index.php?article_id=183 Story Text:

Get ready for an announcement from Apple, Motorola and Cingular next week on the new iPod phone you've almost certainly heard rumoured over the last few months.

Source Title: Skype Insists It Is Not For Sale; IPO Another Question Source Url: http://www.internetweek.com/news/170101948 Story Text:

Skype may not be for sale, but it'll have to get it's financial arse into gear as it's losing it's hold on the sector rapidly. With news of MS buying Teleo this morning, aswell as the recent GTalk launch the VoIP scene is starting to look crowded.

Source Title: One Device to Rule Them All Source Url: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68641,00.html?tw=wn_story_top5 Story Text:

…"Now it's starting to happen. Wi-Fi has redefined how consumers consume mobile media. Combine Wi-Fi with cell phones and satellite radio, and you can create an unbelievable social device." ~ Wired on Amp'd Mobile

Source Title: TV's Red Dwarf beams onto mobiles Source Url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4173466.stm Story Text:

I've not seen ANY of the new Dr. Who's as our satellite isn't quite powerful enough to get BBC, but im a HUGE Red Dwarf fan, and on that basis alone i thought it worth pointing out that you can buy episodes for your mobile :)