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Hold on to your bandwidth – online video is growing in popularity, according to Wednesday data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

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Apple Inc and four record labels are working on a plan to increase digital sales of albums, while the computer maker is also separately developing a tablet-sized device, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

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Samsung mobile announces new line-up of texting cell phones with T-Mobile USA Complete with full QWERTY keyboards, T9 predictive text and auto word completion, Samsung Mobile and T-Mobile USA announced their latest text-friendly messaging phones. The Samsung Comeback and Gravity 2 complement T-Mobile’s existing line-up of text-friendly Samsung handsets. Powered by T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, the new phones also offer fast downloads and quick access to the Web to stay up-to-date on the latest news, weather and entertainment. T-Mobile messaging cell phones are currently available at T-Mobile cell phone stores.

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Nokia announced the Nokia 6760 slide, a messaging optimized handset with a sliding QWERTY keypad. Ideal for individuals who want to stay connected when they are out and about, the Nokia 6760 slide mobile phone offers fast and easy access to favourite social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace or Twitter as well as e-mail accounts from Ovi Mail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live Hotmail and thousands of other e-mail providers. With the new Nokia 6760 Slide cell phone you are always connected with your friends.

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ABI Research released a new in-depth market report. It reports that Entry-level cell phones enjoy 24% annual growth through 2014. The world’s largest underserved markets for mobile communications are in developing nations and regions. Asia, Africa, Latin America all have vast potential, but formidable barriers stand in the way. Among the most immediate: the low disposable income of most of the population. Low cost and ultra-low cost cell phones are seen as part of the solution to that problem, and according to a new study from ABI Research the two categories together will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24% over the next five years.

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Snom technology AG, developer and manufacturer of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephones, introduced the snom 870, an advanced touch screen desktop phone for the North American enterprise as well as small and mid-sized business markets. Designed for today’s information-driven workforce, the new Touch Screen VoIP phone is the latest addition to snom’s “8” series of fourth generation SIP phones and features a slim, elegant design and powerful multimedia capabilities anchored by its innovative color touch screen display and highly intuitive interface.

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