Demand for smartphones and PDAs is continuing to grow rapidly, according to the latest statistics from analyst firm Gartner.Smartphone sales have already increased by 75.5 percent in the last year to 37.4 million units, and will grow by a further 66 percent during 2006, the statistics indicated.Sales of PDAs also continue to grow — by 5.7 percent in the last year to 7.4 million units. Growth of 6.3 percent is predicted for 2006, as PDAs continue to be eclipsed by more voice-centric smartphones.The distinction between PDAs …

Demand for smartphones and PDAs is continuing to grow rapidly, according to the latest statistics from analyst firm Gartner.Smartphone sales have already increased by 75.5 percent in the last year to 37.4 million units, and will grow by a further 66 percent during 2006, the statistics indicated.Sales of PDAs also continue to grow — by 5.7 percent in the last year to 7.4 million units. Growth of 6.3 percent is predicted for 2006, as PDAs continue to be eclipsed by more voice-centric smartphones.The distinction between PDAs …

T-Mobile has reversed its ban on voice over IP — but only for customers on premium contracts.The mobile operator banned VoIP in May this year “for commercial reasons” and said it would kick VoIP users off the network if they were caught. But this week it changed its data tariffs — and in the process partly overturned the ban.T-Mobile has now introduced two datacard tariffs, one of which allows the use of VoIP, and one which doesn’t. For £29 per month users can consume “unlimited” data through a combined 3G and Wi-Fi datacard, …

T-Mobile has reversed its ban on voice over IP — but only for customers on premium contracts.The mobile operator banned VoIP in May this year “for commercial reasons” and said it would kick VoIP users off the network if they were caught. But this week it changed its data tariffs — and in the process partly overturned the ban.T-Mobile has now introduced two datacard tariffs, one of which allows the use of VoIP, and one which doesn’t. For £29 per month users can consume “unlimited” data through a combined 3G and Wi-Fi datacard, …

Growth in handset sales will soon start slowing down in the developed world as manufacturers and operators run out of new features for phones, a report has suggested.According to Informa Telecoms & Media’s eighth annual “Future Mobile Handsets” report, released on Tuesday, the rate of overall worldwide mobile handset growth will peak in 2007 then fall dramatically. The global mobile phone market is expected to grow by 15.7 percent this year, but will plummet to only 3 percent in 2011, the report predicted.”While the mobile …