The Mobile Data Association has calculated there are now more mobile phones than people in the UK. Sweden, Portugal, Iceland, Italy and Luxebourg also have more than 100% market penetration.
A new US patent proposes a computer mouse function embedded in a mobile phone, enabling laptop users to control their computer without the need for a 'touchpad' or an additional mouse.
icNewcastle (which, admittedly, is unlikely to be sympathetic to David Beckham) reports that the Vodafone-sponsored England footballer has struggled to use picture messaging on his new mobile. (I'm sure Rodney Marsh knows a joke about David Beckham...)