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O2 pulls plug on OAP-monitoring service
Help is no longer at Hand - wrinklies and infirm get refunds
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You've got 600k+ customers on 4G... but look behind you, EE
Rest of market about to open up to rivals
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/24/ee_hits_4g_numbers_slips_on_total_customers/

Virgin Media hangs from traffic lights, hands out free Wi-Fi to
Brummies
Don't worry, they'll still get paid
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*** Handsets News ***

Guinness: Have a quick bonk over the bar and receive FREE BEER
Irish stout kings offer gratis pints to mobe-touting punters
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/26/guinness_rewards_early_adopters_with_a_free_pint/

Grey market mobes on the slide as makers go legit
'We want brands!' shout impoverished punters
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/25/grey_market_phone_slumps_brands_take_over/

Yes, UK fanbois, you can now use iPhones as bonking aids!
Bonkmania slips onto Apple gear thanks to EE and Moneto
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/23/pay_by_bonk_slips_onto_uk_iphones/


*** Reviews ***

Apple: Our 'average' iPad toiler does just a 46-hour week
Cupertino vows fresh probe into latest claims of labour rights' abuses
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/29/apple_pegatron_labour_rights_iphone/

New in Android 4.3: At last we get a grip on privacy-invading crApps
Decide which app can do what, and when - almost like a real computer
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/26/android_update_shows_hidden_depths/

Spanish mobile startup offers Firefox OS phones to world+dog
Not just for developers anymore
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/25/geeksphone_peakplus/

Apple drops hints about future low-cost iPhones
Maybe just older iPhone models, maybe something new entirely. We
report, you decide
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/24/apple_pleased_with_sales_of_lower_cost_iphones/

Verizon offers Motorola mobe with 48-HOUR battery life
Three new Droids debuted
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/23/verizon_new_motorola_droids/

Sammy had Sweet Fanny Adams to do with Swiss Fanny madam's blast
Teen's thigh-roasting phone EXPLOSION: THE TRUTH
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/23/thighsingeing_battery_not_a_samsung_at_all/

Ubuntu boss: I want to make a Linux hybrid mobe SO GIVE ME $32m
Donate $830 today, Penguinistas, and maybe get an Um Bongo phone by
2014
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/23/ubuntu_crowd_funded_smart_phone/

Nokia flops out its 4G, 4.7-inch WHOPPER: The Lumia 625
Cheap'n'cheerful modern mobe for the masses - without pay-by-bonk
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/23/nokia_lumia_625/

Moto X specs leaked ahead of expected August 1 launch
Google's mobe hopes coming to fruition
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/23/moto_x_specs_leaked_ahead_of_expected_august_1_launch/


*** Software News ***

The FLOATING mobile phone shop on the edge of the Internet
Reg man splashes down amid Asia's smartphone shift
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/25/the_floating_mobile_phone_shop_on_the_edge_of_the_internet/


*** Regulators News ***

Pentagon: Mobe operators want our radio bands? Fine, but it'll cost
$3.5bn
BTW, we're leaving a few drones around the place
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/24/us_military_offers_to_share_spectrum_for_35bn/


*** Suppliers News ***

Hey, Silicon Valley milky drink fans: Starbucks intros wireless
charging
Power Matters, but not to everyone
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/29/starbucks_extends_the_wireless_charging_groove/

T-Mobile US: Go ahead, PAY NOTHING up front for any device
Summer promotion bids adieu to down payments
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/26/tmobile_us_go_ahead_pay_nothing_up_front_for_any_device/


*** Retailers News ***

Galaxy S4 FIREBALL ATE MY HOUSE, claims Hong Kong man
Was the 'Love Machine' too hot to handle?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/29/samsung_phone_burns_down_house/

Fanbois smash iPhone 5s much sooner than iPhone 3s ... but WHY?
Phondleslab survey result shocker
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/25/early_adaptors_more_careless_with_iphone_hardware/



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