Devices

Apple has defied the economic gloom by reporting better-than-expected quarterly results, despite a slowdown in iPhone shipments.

According to an AP report, people queued through the night in London last night to be first to get their hands on the Nokia 5800, the company's first touchscreen phone which is set to rival Apple's iPhone.

Speculation is mounting that Huawei could launch a mobile device based on Google's Android platform at next month's GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The global mobile phone market will shrink 9 percent this year according to Strategy Analytics, with the first half of the year expected to be very weak.

Huawei, Motorola and Ericsson are reported to have been the biggest winners in the latest WCDMA infrastructure tender from China Unicom, Cellular News reports, citing a South China Morning Post report.

Apple has won a US patent for touchscreen controls and gained a potential legal weapon against iPhone competitors.

A Computerworld report claims that, although Motorola is laying off Windows Mobile developers, the company intends to continue to support the mobile platform.