Big Tech

US operator T-Mobile has halted sales of the Sidekick device after a server caused customers to lose personal data, reports the BBC. Microsoft subsidiary Danger, which designed Sidekick's software and service, confirmed the disruption.

Samsung, Microsoft and Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani unveiled a EUR700 touchscreen smartphone (pictured)  Friday that includes the new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system.

Various reports last week noted that attendees of Microsoft's Venture Capital Summit reported via Twitter that CEO Steve Ballmer said Microsoft "screwed up with Windows Mobile" and changed the Windows Mobile team recently to try to recoup losses.

AT&T has upped the ante in the ongoing debate around net neutrality in the US arguing that any proposed new rules should include web-based voice providers such as Google, reports Reuters.

Chinese search engine Baidu has launched a beta version of its mobile search service in Japan, reports Telecompaper.

Computer-manufacturer Dell - on a mission to make a name for itself in the mobile space - has reportedly won a deal to supply Android-powered handsets to US operator AT&T. The Wall Street Journal claims that Dell is expected to launch the phone in the US next year, its first dive into the country's competitive mobile market. AT&T is the second-largest US mobile operator and exclusive provider of Apple's iPhone.

More details have emerged on Verizon and Google's partnership for the Android platform.