AFP – British mobile phone giant Vodafone is to sell its shares in China Mobile to raise more than four billion pounds (6.2 billion dollars, 4.9 billion euros), a newspaper reported Sunday.

Appolicious – Samsung’s Galaxy S is now DivX Certified for HD, making it the first Android mobile phone to support the feature. The Samsung Wave was also Divx HD Certified, but the Galaxy S’s use of the Android OS marks a precedent for both Samsung and Google.

Reuters – Apple Inc is in talks with News Corp and Walt Disney, and several other media conglomerates to allow consumers to rent TV shows through iTunes, said sources familiar with the matter on Tuesday.

Reuters – Top mobile phone maker Nokia and chip maker Intel said on Tuesday their software joint venture had got off to a solid start.

AFP – Smartphones will make up over half of Asian mobile phone sales by 2015, with 477 million units likely to be sold, an industry report said Monday.