»  Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) have teamed up with Taiwanese chipset vendor MediaTek to better appeal to China, India and other emerging markets. [PCWorld]

»  A comparison video of Nexus One vs. iPhone explains why it’s difficult for developers to work with the Google phone. [PocketGamer]

»  Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) reports global mobile data traffic has increased 160 percent over the past year to 90 petabytes per month, the equivalent of 23 million DVDs. [Release]

»  Next version of Microsoft’s MyPhone service will probably be Silverlight-based and enable syncing among social networks’ status/info. [MobileTechWorld]

»  ComScore (NSDQ: SCOR) mobile research finds BlackBerry is still the leading smartphone with 41 percent share. [Release]