According to this post on Bloomberg a few hours ago, DoCoMo is preparing to announce they will take a stake in Tata Teleservices. A company official, who asked not to be identified, is quoted as stating "The board approved the investment today" but declined to provide the size of investment, which the Nikkei Net Interactive site reported at 260 billion yen ($2.7 billion) for a 26 percent stake. If this happens - which seems quite possible - it would represent their largest overseas investment since the AT&T adventure back in 2000. This could be rather interesting 8-) Update: It's Official

Motorola today announced the VE66 with CrystalTalk audio technology for clear conversations, a 5.0-megapixel camera and MP3 player. The VE66 is a sleek, slider with the Motorola's new widgets integration. With downloadable widgets, consumers can get real-time information on weather, sports scores, stock tickers, flight information, social media and news headlines. It captures high-resolution images on its 5.0-megapixel camera. Pressing a dedicated camera key quickly auto-focuses, activates an LE...

The first BlackBerry clamshell looks great and does the basics well, though its lack of 3G data speeds is disappointing.

Ad-funded, youth-oriented mobile virtual network operator Blyk has raised a massive $50.4 million (40 million euros) round from its existing investors - one of Europe's biggest media/tech investments of the year.  The funding is a real boost for the company, both in terms of money as well as belief in its business model, which some advertisers weren't always convinced of. It also has a new partnership with operators in place, though the brief statement did not go into detail as to what this new strategy entails.

Rather ominously, CEO Pekka Ala-Pietilä also warned that "like everyone else [we] are feeling the impact of the world's financial situation," and had "taken decisive steps to cut costs and streamline our organization." It's unclear whether this means layoffs. It plans, however, to continue its international expansion.

Since its launch last year in September, Blyk UK has amassed 200,000 members and claims that the average response rate is over 25 percent for the 2000+ campaigns it has run. The company, which was started by ex-Nokia (NYSE: NOK) exec Ala-Pietila, has not disclosed who all of its investors are, but has scored two previous VC rounds - one in 2006 known to include Paris' Sofinnova Partners (which said at the time it was willing to commit 30 million euros, now $38 million) and another this January known to involve Goldman Sachs and Industrial & Financial Investments Company. More to come…

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• Ad-Funded MVNO Blyk To Roll Out In Germany, Spain And Belgium
• Blyk Advertisers, Skeptical On Subscriber Numbers, Just 'Don't Get It'
• Blyk Gets New Funding Round, Expanding To Netherlands

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In an interview with Reuters, Google's Andy Rubin hints that the first Android smartphone is coming down the final stretch.
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Starting next year, Disneyland visitors will be able to find their way about the park by cell phone — and like a ghost at Haunted Mansion, the mobile application could follow you home.