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	Apple struts iPad Mini, goes premium with $329 price Apple unveiled the iPad Mini, a smaller tablet starting at $329 that features a 7.9-in. 1024-x-768-pixel display and can run all existing iPad software without modification. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Introduction to Virtualization This video webcast is designed to help those with little to no virtualization experience understand why virtualization and VMware are so important to driving down both capital and operational costs. View Now! In this Issue iPad Mini vs. Google Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire iPad mini first look: Tiny, light but not perfect Surface RT review: Microsoft's bid for a thing of its own Nexus 4 smartphone details outed by U.K. retailer JR Raphael: iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7: Don't sound the death gong yet Apple adds Retina to 13-in. 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Here's a tech spec comparison. Read More iPad mini first look: Tiny, light but not perfect The iPad mini doesn't arrive in stores until Nov. 2, but we got to spend some time with one after Apple's media event Tuesday. Our conclusion: Yes, it's a small iPad, but there's more (and less) to it than that. Here are our hands-on impressions. Read More Surface RT review: Microsoft's bid for a thing of its own Microsoft has introduced its new Surface RT tablet in an attempt to create a product that will stand out in a crowded consumer marketplace. How well does it succeed? Read More Nexus 4 smartphone details outed by U.K. retailer Google's next smartphone, the Nexus 4, will have a 4.7-in. screen and start shipping on Oct. 30, according to U.K. retailer Carphone Warehouse. Read More JR Raphael: iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7: Don't sound the death gong yet Apple may be painting the iPad Mini as the death-blow to Google's Nexus 7, but outside of the company's magical force field, its grandiose claims don't hold much weight. Read More Apple adds Retina to 13-in. MacBook Pro, makes iMac customers wait Along with the long-rumored iPad Mini, Apple also refreshed its two best-selling Macs, the 13-in. MacBook Pro and the iMac. Read More SAP aims to be the Apple of enterprise mobility A home improvement retail chain can use an app running on an iPad to help design a customer's home, check inventory for the products, give a cost estimate to the customer, and take orders. Read More Verizon to ship Galaxy Note II in November Verizon Wireless, like AT&T, will start shipping the Samsung Galaxy Note II in November, but its subscribers will have to wait a bit longer than users on competing networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc. Realizing Real Business Value and Innovation with Mobility Do you want the same great results — a 44% bump in productivity, 1.5 times jump in revenue, profit margins tripling — that companies with great mobile solutions achieve? Read this paper to find out how to drive real business value with mobile. Learn more. Mobile wallet adoption could get boost from deadline on retailers to upgrade terminals Mobile payment systems could get a boost from a 2015 deadline that credit card companies are imposing on retailers to upgrade their point-of-sale terminals. Read More Samsung Galaxy Note II review: Is bigger really better? Samsung's Galaxy Note II is big, bright and powerful, with a number of new features. Here's an in-depth look at where it excels -- and where it falls short. Read More Sprint Direct Connect Now makes push-to-talk an Android app Push-to-talk, once the killer app of Nextel's iDEN network and more recently a feature offered on certain Sprint Nextel phones, has finally made the transformation into a downloadable Android app called Sprint Direct Connect Now. Read More Samsung updates app to automate smartphone functions with NFC Samsung Telecommunications America has upgraded the TecTile application, which programs NFC stickers to automate functions on its smartphones. Read More AT&T profit up slightly on flat sales AT&T reported revenue of $31.5 billion for the third quarter of this year, flat compared to the third quarter of 2011, while net income was up slightly to $3.6 billion. Read More HP prices Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid from $850 Hewlett-Packard's Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid will cost from $849.99 when it starts shipping in the U.S on Nov. 14. Read More Asus announces sub-$500 Windows 8 tablet Asustek Computer introduced the VivoTab Smart, a tablet computer with a 10.1-inch screen that will be available with Windows 8 starting at $499. Read More Nokia offers its cheapest Windows phone with Lumia 510, without version 8 The Lumia 510 is Nokia's new entry-level Windows Phone, priced at about $199 excluding taxes and subsidies and due to be released in November. Read More
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