According to Wall Street Journal, Research In Motion Ltd. plans to introduce a touch-screen version of its BlackBerry device, according to people familiar with the matter, answering the challenge posed by the popularity of Apple Inc.’s iPhone.
Dubbed the Thunder, the new BlackBerry is among RIM’s strongest moves so far to appeal to the increasing number [...]

The GPS software for real time navigation with voice directions is not bundled with the new iphone 3G  by apple. You have to shell $100-$130 to buy additional software to explore the A-GPS features of iphone 3G. This might be a little disappointment for people who were expecting the GPS functionality on iphone out of [...]

Apple Inc. (AAPL) on Monday introduced its long- awaited 3G iPhone for $199, which will be available starting July 11, and outlined its new iPhone software store, in moves demonstrating how central Apple’s iPhone is to the computer maker’s future.
The new iPhone and the steep price cut was the most eagerly anticipated of the developments [...]

According to a press release from AT&T, the carrier will no longer give a portion of monthly usage fees to Apple. Instead carriers will pay Apple a subsidy for each phone sold, in order to bring the price from $399 down to $199 for the 8 Gigabyte model.
Consumers will now be forced to pay $30 [...]