1. Mobile users make same errors as disabled PC users

Academics have called on tech companies to overcome mobile-device usability issues, after research found mobile users make the same errors as motor-impaired PC users.

2. India and Japan to dominate WiMax market

The two countries are expected to be the mobile broadband's biggest markets in the Asia-Pacific region come 2012, according to Springboard Research.

3. Skype touts business credentials

Trying to shed the perception its voice over IP technology is just a consumer tool, the company stresses it can help small businesses keep costs low.

4. Apple considering slider-style iPhone?

New report suggests that company has developed prototypes of an iPhone with a hardware keyboard that slides under the display, but it won't be out until next year.

5. Mobile payments to hit US$300B by 2013

The annual gross transaction value of payments made via mobile phones to buy digital and physical goods is set to grow more than five-fold over the next five years, an analyst house predicts .

6. Surge of new software for the iPhone

Aiming to capitalize on the new features of Apple's iPhone 3G, developers are planning an array of applications, including several for business.

7. Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?

Femtocells could help speed the arrival of next generation mobile broadband networks, such as WiMax and LTE (long term evolution).

8. Orange: Bring Web 2.0 inside enterprise

Coining itself a "communications integrator", Orange Business Services wants to recreate a Web 2.0 environment for enterprises.

9. A free Symbian helps Google

Nokia's choice to eventually give away its smartphone software will mean more mobile Web use--and more Google search ads.

10. iPhone gets one step closer to China

Earlier this month, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the iPhone would come to China, but making that happen hasn't been easy.