Playboy Mobile announced a new photo contest for young sexy women from 18 years old, who can participate by registering at www.mspbm.com and submitting their photos. We can all begin voting, as the first round has already started and will last till March 15, and the second round will conclude on March 31, when they'll announce the winner. The winner will receive a $5,000 cash-prize and a pro… [These are short news! Click for details]

Kaspersky Lab announced the release of the new Kaspersky Mobile Security 7.0 software for Symbian and Windows Mobile based smartphones.It provides maximum protection for you handset against unauthorised data leakages, as well as network attaks, malware and SMS spam. In addition, it offers several new features that allow you to remotely block your smartphone in case it was lost or stolen, and also… [These are short news! Click for details]

Sprint today announced the Simply Everything plan, a domestic unlimited pricing plan that gives customers unlimited voice, data, text, email, Web-surfing, Sprint TV, Sprint Music, GPS Navigation, Direct Connect and Group Connect for $99.99 a month. The Simply Everything plan is available to customers on both Sprint’s CDMA and iDEN networks. Existing customers can switch without extending their current contract either by contacting customer service or by stopping by any participating Sprint retai…

The new low-end Nokia 3555 clamshell, recently approved by the FCC, will be available from T-Mobile on March 17. The phone features 3G support, stereo Bluetooth, speakerphone, VGA camera, microSD memory slot, and support for T-Mobile's myFaves service.Expect a very low price. … [These are short news! Click for details]

Vodafone UK in a partnership with Telmap started offering a new mobile navigation service to its subscribers, called Sat Nav.It delivers full GPS experience on your mobile handset, renders maps in 3D, and provides instant live traffic alerts and POIs. Currently the service is compatible with three GPS-enabled handsets from the carrier: Nokia N95 (including 8GB version), Nokia 6110, and the BlackB… [These are short news! Click for details]

Google is no doubt the most popular search engine in the Web.Therefore Opera Software decided to replace Yahoo! with Google Search in its Opera Mini and Opera Mobile Web browsers.Now anyone using either of these apps can access Google anytime directly from the browser's main page, and start searching the information they need right away. … [These are short news! Click for details]

Today the ITC held up an earlier judgment that Nokia did not violate three of Qualcomm’s patents regarding mobile phone technology. Other litigation between the two companies is still pending.

Remember the Samsung i550 ? This sleek GPS-enabled candybar phone has a nice set of features, with the exception of the lacking Wi-Fi… It was a major blow, but today the company has announced the new i550w, the same i550 model only updated with Wi-Fi connectivity.So why didn't they do it in the first place, I ask? … [These are short news! Click for details]

BlackBerry smartphones continue to be the choice of corporate users, according to a report by ChangeWave. The corporate IT spending survey indicated nearly three-in-four respondents (73%) cited Research In Motion (RIM), the manufacturer of the popular BlackBerry devices, as their company’s smartphone. While the RIM percentage is unchanged from the previous corporate smartphone survey in November 2007, its market dominance over arch rival Palm has continued to expand. The Treo maker came in at 18…

According to some sources, Apple is apparently planning to release the iPhone in Ireland on March 14.Irish O2 will be the official carrier and will sell the handset for 399 EUR and 499 EUR for 8GB and 16 GB models respectively. Available calling plans will be as following: 175 anytime minutes, 100 texts and 1GB of data - 45 EUR;700 anytime minutes, 150 texts and the same 1GB of data - 100 EUR; … [These are short news! Click for details]