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In a clear move to keep Motorola’s flagging mobile phone sales from pulling down its lucrative broadband and switching enterprise services the company is splitting into two publicly-traded organizations. The Mobile Devices company will focus on mobile handsets while the Broadband and Mobility solutions sector will work on secure voice and data communication along with broadband for enterprises and government.  Motorola shareholders will receive shares in each of the companies once the process is completed. (Iwantmedia 3/26, http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/26/cg-news-motorola-splits  3/26)

 
Fortune is reporting that Microsoft may be eyeing the iPhone as a potential outlet for their software, including Office applications and voice control for Apple’s iPhone. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/25/microsoft-ms-office-on-iphone-it-could-happen  3/25)

 
Samsung’s Anycall Haptic looks like a thinner version of Apple’s iPhone, but adds a new dimension to the touch interface. (http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/25/Samsung-launches-touch-screen-haptic-cell-phone_1.html?source=NLC-MOBILEHARDWARE&cgd=2008-03-26  3/25)

Looks like a blatant rip-off of the iPhone design to me.

 
CBS Mobile is partnering with a firm called Aggregate Knowledge, which sifts through click-histories of every story on mobile Web sites and looks at users in aggregate to find patterns so that it can recommend relevant Web content. CBS Mobile will offer the news feature this week. (Iwantmedia 3/26, http://www.news.com/newsblog/8301-10784_3-9903217-7.html  3/25)