NewsFactor - Research In Motion may find that many of its customers are in motion, a survey of more than 1,000 smartphone users suggests. Asked about their next smartphone purchase, 39 percent of 159 RIM BlackBerry users told Crowd Science, an online research firm, that they definitely or probably want an Apple iPhone.
PC World - Confirming early speculations, Google added an AT&T and Rogers Wireless (Canada) 3G version of the Nexus One to its the now ubiquitous google.com/phone Web site. For a hefty $530, you can ditch your old AT&T phone and pop your SIM card into a shiny new Nexus One. That's right, this version comes unsubsidized so you don't have to renew or sign up for a contract.
InfoWorld - MonoDroid, which will enable deployment of .Net-based applications on Google Android phones, is in development at Novell, with a preview release planned for August, the head of the project said Monday.
China without Google — a prospect that looks increasingly likely — could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy. China's fledgling Web outfits would face less pressure to improve, eroding their ability to one day compete abroad.
Google expects its Android mobile operating system to flourish in China, Google's chief financial officer said Monday amid a two-month standoff with Beijing over Web censorship and cyberattacks.
Reuters - Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones.
Saudi Arabia warned its citizens on Monday to be wary of Internet and cellphone scams involving bogus charities that could be aimed at funding terror activities.
Reuters - China Mobile's 3G outlook will take center stage this week as China's three telecoms carriers begin to kick off quarterly results, with market focus on whether the nation's dominant player will turn up the volume in its low-key 3G roll-out.
AP - Factory worker Chen Qinghai frowned as he looked at a tall bulletin board full of help-wanted notices from companies making everything from photocopiers and DVD drives to mobile phones and car parts.
NewsFactor - Eager to be the first on your block with an iPad? Apple started taking orders for the tablets on Friday. Wi-Fi models running from $499 to $699 will be available on April 3; 3G models, costing $629 to $829, won't be available until late April.
