World Tech Update Nov. 5, 2009 (PC World) Wireless & Mobile News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:20:23 GMT PC World - In this week's World Tech Update, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tours Asia and talks about the future of television, HTC launches the HD2 smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 6.5, Intel gets slapped with an antitrust lawsuit, Motorola's Droid gets ready to go on sale, an iPhone app from Harvard Medical School helps protect you from swine flu and new research enables 3D on a Microsoft Surface computer.

Droid joins 'Google phone' army in smart phone war (AFP) Wireless & Mobile News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:12:27 GMT A Verizon sign hangs in New York City. A Motorola Droid smart phone based on Google-backed software hits the US market Friday, taking aim at mobile device powerhouses such as Apple, Nokia, and Research In Motion (RIM).(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)

Verizon Launches Prepaid Mobile Broadband Plans (NewsFactor) Wireless & Mobile News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:45:53 GMT NewsFactor - Laptop-toting road warriors who don't want to commit to a long-term mobile broadband data plan might be interested in a new offering from Verizon Wireless. On Thursday, the wireless carrier rolled out three new mobile data plans as part of the company's prepaid portfolio.

Verizon to sell HTC Android phone for $99.99 (Reuters) Wireless & Mobile News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:55:30 GMT The new Droid phone, a Motorola Inc. and Verizon Wireless phone based on Google Inc's Android 2.0 system, is shown at a media event in New York October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Motorola's Droid May Appeal To BlackBerry Users (NewsFactor) Wireless & Mobile News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:51:58 GMT NewsFactor - Friday could be a landmark day in the history of the smartphone industry. Motorola's Droid smartphone hits the U.S. market after an advertising blitz on the World Series. The phone will be exclusively available through Verizon Wireless, which hopes the phone will woo customers away from AT&T.

EU agrees on Internet, telecoms user rights (AFP) Wireless & Mobile News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:03:16 GMT EU Information, Society and Media commissioner Viviane Reding gives a joint press conference at the EU Headquarters in Brussels in May 2009. The European parliament and EU nations have agreed new rules to improve the rights to European mobile phone and Internet users, and offer more protection against illegal Internet porn and copyright abuse.(AFP/File/John Thys)

Best Buy to install Google mobile applications (Reuters) Wireless & Mobile News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:47:17 GMT Reuters - Best Buy is offering to install Google mobile applications on smartphones sold at its stores as the electronics retailer steps up services to lure shoppers and tackle competition.

Verizon to Offer Prepaid Laptop Wireless Data (PC World) Wireless & Mobile News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:50:16 GMT PC World - Following in Virgin Mobile's footsteps, Verizon is offering a prepaid laptop broadband wireless service.

Upgrade Path to Android 2.0 Uncertain (PC World) Wireless & Mobile News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:20:30 GMT PC World - With this week's release of Verizon Wireless' Droid phone comes the first real test of the potential for fragmentation with Android.

MetroPCS falls as company cuts subscriber forecast (AP) Wireless & Mobile News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:06:48 GMT AP - MetroPCS Communications Inc. shares fell Thursday after the low-cost wireless provider reported a higher quarterly profit but cut its full-year subscriber forecast, citing continued economic weakness in the U.S. and increasing wireless market competition.