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Google recently announced version 2.0 of its Gmail for Mobile, a much sought after improvement to a platform that make its popular Gmail email service available for J2ME-based devices like the Blackberry phones and the Nokia N95.

According to Derek Phillips, software engineer for the Google mobile team, their focus on this second version is on delivering a faster and more reliable experience for users. Unlike the first release, the new Gmail for Mobile 2.0 eliminates freezing, provides the convenience of shortcut key and allows easier access to multiple Gmail accounts.

Is the remote disabler Google's evil design or a lame attempt to manage Wild West app market?

When Apple Inc. revealed that the iPhone is equipped with a remote switch that can be used to nuke unauthorized user applications, many iPhone users went in an uproar.
 
Seems that Google wasn't watching when Apple played out that episode.

Maybe.

Or, maybe just like Apple, it just decided that the uproar is just another loud noise that's bound to end in a whimper because smartphone fanatics simply can't live without what it has to offer.

For subscribers anxiously waiting their pre-ordered G1 1 phones  - the first handset to run on Google's Android mobile operating system  - it will be well worth to note that the shiny new device they're about to get has a remote switch that search giant Google can use to disable or remove applications that"violate its developer distribution agreement." Incredulous? Read your terms of service.
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Confidential data on 30 million German phone users became publicly available on the Internet as a result of a phone company, a spokesman for Deutsche Telekom (DT) said Saturday.

The DT spokesman confirmed an earlier report by the magazine Der Spiegel but also stressed that Deutsche Telekom, Europe's leading telecommunications firm, had managed to secure the data - including bank accounts - relating to its clients.

The data had been accessible but DT had no indication of a possible theft of the information. The company Friday had presented a new security system without mentioning flaws in the past.

Verizon Wireless, Vodafone Group and Research In Motion today announced that the BlackBerry Storm will be available later this fall, exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers in the U.S. and Vodafone customers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand.

A breaking Reuters story indicated that the world's top cellphone maker Nokia will unveil its first touchscreen phone at a media and analyst event in London next week, two industry sources told Reuters on Friday.

Finally, the mobile heavyweight is responding to rivals LG, Apple and Samsung, all of whom have rolled out numerous popular touchscreen phones over the last two years.

Follow the Reuters story here.  (Reuters via Yahoo)

Webcast of Android phone launch now open to public

Good news for phone service hoppers