CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. By contrast, devices running Microsoft's Smartphone 2002 operating system look like slightly bulkier cell phones, with a jog dial for one-handed dialing and for browsing contacts and other information. U.K. carrier Orange sells a Smartphone 2002 phone. Microsoft is battling to be inside the next generation of devices that blend the functions of a phone and a PDA (personal digital assistant). However, all five of the world's top cell phone makers--Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, Samsung and Siemens--are planning to make phones using a rival operating system called Symbian. Samsung is the lone licensee of Microsoft's Smartphone software among the top five handset makers.

Microsoft recently suffered a big blow when U.K, handset maker Sendo said it dropped the software giant's Smartphone software in favor of using Symbian, A Microsoft representative declined to comment, HTC's "Falcon," a cell phone that uses the software giant's Pocket PC Phone Edition software, gets a nod of approval from the Federal Communications Commission, An HTC representative could not be reached Thursday to comment on sales plans, but because the phone uses Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) phone networks, Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless are likely the haunted mansion iphone case candidates for selling the device in the United States..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. Yahoo and AOL are building a technical bridge between their instant-messaging applications and Short Message Service (SMS), a technology that lets cell phones send or receive a type of e-mail. SMS e-mails are less than 160 characters and don't have any attachments. Instant-messaging application developers and Microsoft, the maker of MSN Messenger, have considered wireless messaging as a new source of revenue. While instant messaging is free on computers, most wireless carriers charge subscribers a fee for every SMS text that's sent or received.

But wireless messaging, popular in Europe, hasn't taken off in the United States as many cell phone carriers had hoped, Fewer than 10 million of the nation's 140 million cell phone consumers use their the haunted mansion iphone case handsets for anything more than voice calls, In Europe, more than 1 billion text messages are sent every day, Subscribers to five of the nation's top six cell phone providers can access AIM from their phones if they are already registered AIM users, said Derick Mains, an AOL spokesman, For now, the new service will be limited to those participating in a trial of AOL's newest version of AIM, 5.2..

America Online is testing a way for AOL Instant Messenger users to send messages to a friend's cell phone--even if the recipient isn't an AOL subscriber. Most cell phones can exchange text messages with other cell phones or computers. But often a cell phone owner has to be a registered user of an instant-messaging service to participate. Instant-messaging rival Yahoo has already launched a similar service, available only to AT&T Wireless subscribers. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion.