A memory card that wirelessly sends pictures from a digital camera to a computer letting you skip the tedium of plugging the camera in to upload images got bragging rights Wednesday at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

Software group Microsoftwill not launch a product that competes directly with AppleInc's iPhone, Chairman Bill Gates said in an interviewwith Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Google Inc. confirmed its plans to bid for a prized piece of the airwaves in an upcoming government auction, further underscoring the Internet search leader's determination to shake up the wireless market and plumb more profits from mobile phones.

Deutsche Telekom AG's mobile unit said Wednesday it would offer Apple's iPhone without a contract to comply with a court injunction, but consumers that opt out of a two-year contract will pay more than twice as much for it.

France Telecom will start marketing Apple Inc.'s million-selling iPhone in France through its wireless arm Orange.

Wireless phone company Turkcell has a lot going for it -- Turkey's strong economy and a young population that likes to gab on cell phones -- and one big worry: Vodafone.