Driven by smartphone sales, the mobile phone market rebounded with 21.7 percent year-to-year growth in the first quarter of 2010, IDC says.

Spy on the wire Concerns that an Indian security agency was tapping the mobile phones of politicians have forced the adjournment of the country's parliament, the BBC reports .

The mobile phone industry returned to form in the first 2010 quarter as shipments grew by 22% compared to the year-earlier period, according to IDC.

In support of National No Phone Zone Day, Iconosys, Inc., a leader in the development of innovative mobile and stationary telecommunications applications and technologies, announced today the release of the SMS Replier��-Lite featuring the free AutoDrive�� component � a solution to the deadly texting-while-driving social epidemic that monitors the speed of a user's vehicle. �

RIM entered the top five for the first time, pushing Motorola off the list of the world's best-selling mobile phone makers.