Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with word phone. 8 news.

(AP) -- Cell phone maker Motorola Inc. and Metrologic Instruments Inc. said Monday they have settled all outstanding patent infringement disputes between the two companies for an undisclosed amount. Since 2002, the two companies have been engaged in a number of patent disputes over barcode ...

Cell phone maker Motorola Inc. and Metrologic Instruments Inc. said Monday they have settled all outstanding patent infringement disputes between the two companies for an undisclosed amount.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Vonage Holdings Corp. said Monday that it has agreed in principle with Nortel Networks Corp. to end the pending litigation between them. According to a release from Holmdel, N.J.-based Vonage, the contemplated settlement involves a limited cross license to three Nortel and three Vonage patents and does not call for monetary payments by any party. Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nortel filed a lawsuit against Vonage, alleging that Vonage violated nine patents related to Internet phone services, countering Vonage's claims that Nortel had violated three of its patents. Shares of Vonage, which closed Friday at $2, were up about 9% in premarket trading Monday.

In the year of the iPhone, one of the newcomers to the cell phone market was the Helio Ocean. This phone has a clever design with keypads that slide out in different directions.

Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin is in line for a £45m payout thanks to this year's turnaround in the mobile phone giant.

Your cell phone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.

T-Mobile UK and 3 UK are combining their third-generation networks to save money.

Vodafone sought last night to play down suggestions that Arun Sarin, its chief executive, is set to reap a £45 million windfall from the turnaround in the mobile phone operator’s fortunes. Reports claimed that Mr Sarin’s potential windfall had been boosted by the 33 per cent jump in the company’s share price over the past year.