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	It's raining sub-$100 LTE smartphones Wireless carriers recently began offering LTE-ready phones at bargain-basement prices of less than $100, but those customers still must commit to paying a minimum of $60 a month, or $1,440 for two years of voice and data service. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Best Practices to Architect Applications in the IBM Cloud It's clear that cloud environments are a great way to deliver software—but what are the best ways to use it really well? Read this report to learn how to leverage cloud environments, design applications for successful cloud-based deployments and safeguard your virtual machines. Read Now In this Issue RIM launches BlackBerry Mobile Fusion HTC, Sprint announce Evo 4G LTE smartphone Sprint offers LG Viper on LTE for $100 JR Raphael: HTC One X vs. Galaxy Nexus vs. Droid Razr Maxx: Game on! 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RIM launches BlackBerry Mobile Fusion IT managers in business and government can consolidate management of smartphones and tablets on BlackBerry, iOS and Android platforms with the new Blackberry Mobile Fusion launched Tuesday. Read More HTC, Sprint announce Evo 4G LTE smartphone Sprint introduced the HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone, adding a new phone to a stable of devices that will be compatible with the carrier's high-speed network when it launches soon in the U.S. Read More Sprint offers LG Viper on LTE for $100 The LG Viper 4G LTE smartphone will be available for pre-order April 12 with a price tag of $99.99, and a two-year service agreement and rebate, Sprint said. Read More JR Raphael: HTC One X vs. Galaxy Nexus vs. Droid Razr Maxx: Game on! Wondering how HTC's One X stacks up next to the Galaxy Nexus and Droid Razr Maxx? Check out this detailed comparison of the three standout Android phones. Read More Samsung starts manufacturing speedy microSD card Samsung Electronics has started mass producing a microSD card that uses an Ultra High Speed-1 (UHS-1) interface to improve data transfer speeds, the company said on Wednesday. Read More Sophos buys mobile device management vendor Dialogs Sophos has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Dialogs Software, a mobile device management vendor based in Dortmund, Germany, the security firm announced on Monday. Read More Freescale BYOD plan finds happy users Freescale Semiconductor has responded to pressure from workers by implementing a BYOD infrastructure and a collaborative internal network that rewards people for new ideas. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Intelligent Systems - Connecting Data, Devices, and People The first Internet experience for the next billion users will not be primarily on a PC. They will use mobile devices to browse, social network, entertain and conduct commerce. Are your systems ready to connect with those devices, intelligently interact and unlock the Big Data that resides in those embedded systems? Learn More! RIM accused by NXP of infringing six patents Research In Motion has been accused of infringing six patents owned by NXP in a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Florida. Read More Samsung delays Galaxy Tab 2 family launch until end of April Samsung's low-cost tablets, the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) and Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1), have been delayed, and will now start shipping in the U.K at the end of April, the company said Tuesday. Read More Instagram for Android: Fun, but missing some iOS features After 18 months as an iPhone exclusive, photo-sharing app Instagram arrived for Android on Tuesday. Instagram allows you to take photos, apply a variety of filters, and easily share your work to many different places, including Instagram's own home-built social network. Read More European Commission opens antitrust investigation of Motorola Mobility Europe's top competition regulators have launched two antitrust investigations into Motorola Mobility. Read More Google buys payments company TxVia to boost Google Wallet Google has acquired TxVia, a payments technology company, to complement its own payments capability, the company said Monday. Read More Oracle, Google fail to reach settlement in Android lawsuit Oracle and Google have failed to settle their intellectual property dispute and appear headed to court on April 16. Read More Darlene Storm: ACLU: Cops often violate Americans' privacy by warrantless cell phone tracking After reviewing more than 5,500 police department documents, the ACLU warns the "government is routinely violating Americans' privacy rights through warrantless cell phone tracking." Disturbing surveillance capability trends include cops obtaining all phone numbers that used a particular cell tower or called a certain phone. Mobile carriers supply how-to-get info manuals have turned cell-phone location tracking into a booming business. Read More
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