Which is not really news, but it might be interesting to note the prices/plans - starts at SGD 56 (USD 40) and SGD 348 (USD 245).

Symplification obviously hasn't been updated for some time, and the way things are going it's likely that they're not going to be.

According to news.com.com (*koff koff horrible url*) the iPhone is going to be announced on the first day of WWDC .

So Apple's iPhone is here. While official specs aren't out yet, and apple hasn't officially released any images of the phones other than full frontal shots , Arstechnica and engadget have enough between them that you generally know what to expect.

Unfortunately, as you all know, S60v3 (Symbian 9.1) broke compatibility with all existing symbian apps, rendering the Nokia 6280 a decent choice . We've lamented the lack of S60v3 apps before, but the tide is changing.

Thomas Oldervoll from Zenior AS has developed GCalsync , a java program which synchronizes phones. Currently at version 1.04, it supports basic sync functionality, although there are still a couple of rough edges, and not all java capable phones are totally supported.

Gosh. As can be seen from the chart above, which was extracted from a press release about the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation Study , Sanyo did the best, smacking down more established players.

Virgin Mobile US will partner with Microsoft's Xbox, Pepsico, and the American Legacy Foundation's anti-smoking "Truth" campaign ( www.whudafxup.com !!!) to show it's customers ads in exchange for free airtime. The advertisers apparently want access to Virgin Mobile's young userbase...

Reuters is reporting that European Union lawmakers are investigating a proposed tax on emails and mobile phone text messages as a way to fund the 25-member bloc in the future.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has banned 3G phones in Cambodia for ten years, because his wife received pornography on her mobile.