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The FCC posted documents Monday approving the first cell phone based on Google‘s Android operating system for the U.S. Deutsche Telekom confirmed rumors that T-Mobile USA will roll out the first Android device with an HTC-manufactured handset dubbed Dream. infoSynch World (8/18) , The New York Times (8/18)

Palm as just released their much anticipated – and leaked – Treo Pro, a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device with a touchscreen and UMTS/HSDPA GSM networking. The phone also includes G.P.S. and improved WiFi handling for better and easier WiFi hand-off. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/20/palm-releases-treo-pro 8/20)

Apple has released a software update that is meant to improve the performance of its new iPhone 3G, which has been the subject of numerous customer complaints related to everything from dropped calls to poor connectivity. An Apple spokeswoman declined to say exactly what part of the $199 device the update is designed to improve. The Boston Globe/Associated Press (8/19)

Even though consumers paid more for mobile phones in the second quarter — average selling price was up 14% year-over-year at $84 — sales of mobile devices in the U.S. dipped to 28 million units, according to The NPD Group. On the global front, however, growth is predicted to continue, with ABI Research estimating worldwide sales growth of 13% this year. Network World/IDG News Service (8/19) , CNET (8/19)

Business road warriors have driven wireless data card usage to record numbers over the past year in the U.S., according to Nielsen Mobile. More than 13 million PC users now connect to the internet using wireless cellular network cards, with 55% of these devices having been acquired in the past 12 months. (Cynopsis 8/20)

Cox Communications positioned itself as a major player in the wireless-phone market when President Patrick Esser announced at a conference that the cable provider was developing a mobile device that will integrate the company’s full suite of services and make its content and applications portable. Cox Wireless spent more than $304 million earlier this year in the government’s wireless-spectrum auction. PC Magazine (8/19)

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