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	Should you risk jailbreaking your iPhone? Chances are, if you don't know the dangers involved, you shouldn't jailbreak. Read More WHITE PAPER: Service-now.com Boost IT Visibility & Value with a Great Service Catalog Many CIOs are being pressured to demonstrate IT value. Create a great service catalog that widely promotes your services that are easy to understand and request. Read Now! In this Issue You can get a Z10 in the U.S. now -- but it'll cost you $999 Can a 'nifty' iWatch from Apple catch on? Robert L. Mitchell: BYOD benefit: Fewer broken phones Matt Hamblen: Dual-SIM phones not coming to the U.S. (SIMs are too tiny for one thing!) Surface Pro flops in repairability test, says iFixit Smartphone sales skyrocket amid decline for feature phones Jonny Evans: Apparently, Apple's iPad is king of Valentine's Day gifts, so skip the roses PGA touts use of rugged handhelds for scoring and ticket scanning Apple CEO shoots down idea of cheap new iPhone Yahoo's Mayer says mobile mail is broken HTC, Nokia, Motorola, LG face suit alleging misuse of semiconductor patent HP Elitebook Folio: Delivering the business goods Africa is battleground for low-priced smartphones 5 wearable ideas Apple could borrow from sci-fi Richi Jennings: MacBooks now cheaper, still expensive WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid Straight Talk About Disk Backup with Deduplication This eBook is a "must read" if you are considering a move from tape backup to disk-based backup with deduplication. Did you know that depending on the architecture you choose, you could either improve your backup environment or go backwards? You may not be aware of the many considerations that need to be assessed. Learn more. You can get a Z10 in the U.S. now -- but it'll cost you $999 BlackBerry's Z10 went on sale at the unsubsidized price of $999 through wireless service provider Solavei and its retail partner GSM Nation. Read More Can a 'nifty' iWatch from Apple catch on? Reports that Apple is building an iWatch have lit a fire under the smart watch concept, at least in part because of Apple's past success with introducing new technologies. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: BYOD benefit: Fewer broken phones A BYOD program at Kadlec Health System has lead to fewer broken phones. The good news: Users are taking greater care when they own the devices. The bad: The fear of having to deal with broken or lost phone issues on their own has many employees opting to keep to those company-issued BlackBerrys. Read More Matt Hamblen: Dual-SIM phones not coming to the U.S. (SIMs are too tiny for one thing!) You do not want to be in the room while I'm trying desperately to swap out a tiny SIM card. Read More Surface Pro flops in repairability test, says iFixit Popular do-it-yourself website iFixit gave Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet the lowest-possible repair score, just 1 out of a possible 10, after spending hours getting the device open. Read More Smartphone sales skyrocket amid decline for feature phones Global smartphone sales skyrocketed by 38% in the fourth quarter year over year. Meanwhile, Samsung ended 2012 in the top position for both smartphone sales and overall mobile phone sales, Gartner reported. Read More Jonny Evans: Apparently, Apple's iPad is king of Valentine's Day gifts, so skip the roses Apple is developing an iWatch, and it seems pretty clear this will be next year's hottest Valentine's Day gift. Why? If you want to impress your significant other this year you can skip the diamonds, chuck those flowers in the trash and cancel that 'Valentine's Day Lover's Set Meal' reservation at the local restaurant, because 2013's hot gift for lovers seems to be an iPad. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. Simplifying the Transition to Exchange 2010 Summers Labs relied on a bare-bones AS/AV product, until a plan for a complete infrastructure refresh opened the door to a more comprehensive solution. Read this case study to learn how a cloud-based email management solution greatly simplified the company's transition to Exchange 2010. Learn More. PGA touts use of rugged handhelds for scoring and ticket scanning Professional golf teed off for another season in 2013 with the use of rugged handheld computers to help lower costs and improve efficiency in scoring and reading tickets at the gate. Read More Apple CEO shoots down idea of cheap new iPhone Apple will not create a new, inexpensive iPhone just for the sake of offering a cheaper alternative, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a speech on Tuesday. Read More Yahoo's Mayer says mobile mail is broken Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said there are problems with checking email on a smartphone, but her company is working on a solution. Read More HTC, Nokia, Motorola, LG face suit alleging misuse of semiconductor patent Tela Innovations has filed patent infringement complaints against key mobile handset vendors, including LG, HTC, Nokia and Motorola Mobility, before the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Read More HP Elitebook Folio: Delivering the business goods Business travelers willing to give Windows 8 a spin have a noteworthy option in the HP Folio Elitebook Folio 9470m. Read More Africa is battleground for low-priced smartphones Africa has become a battleground for low-to-mid-range smartphones following high-profile launches of products from leading manufacturers in the last two months. Read More 5 wearable ideas Apple could borrow from sci-fi Today's iNews bulletin appears to be the notion that Apple is developing new families of iOS-powered wearable device as it seeks new areas in which to innovate. Given there's more to a patent than "rounded corners," just what sort of sci-fi solutions might Apple (and inevitably Google) realize? Read More Richi Jennings: MacBooks now cheaper, still expensive Apple tweaks MacBook line, dropping prices (but not much). Apple isn't selling enough MacBooks, so is trying to make them less expensive. Instead of pricing them at the ludicrous level, they're now set at merely insane prices. (Over $2,000 for a reasonably equipped 13-inch Retina MacBook, still seems pricey to your humble blogwatcher, anyway.) 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