The Reg Mobile: BlackBerry hits 88MPH, goes back to the future with NEW old 9720 mobe [Tue Aug 20 2013]

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*** Operators News ***

O2 tears wraps off £26-a-month mobe sport, music, games (and 4G)
High-speed next-gen phone broadband comes with kitchen sink
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/15/o2_copies_4g_pricing_from_ee_not_vodafone/


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Avere FXT with FlashMove and FlashMirror
This ESG Lab validation report documents hands-on testing of the Avere FXT Series Edge Filer with the AOS 3.0 operating environment.
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*** Handsets News ***

Japan's largest mobe operator to snub Samsung this winter
Crap Galaxy S4 sales drops Sammy out of favour
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/14/docomo_winter_lineup_snubs_samsung/


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Ensure Ease of Recovery with Asigra's Agentless Software
This customer success story details how backup/recovery is meeting the organization's business needs while providing a solid return on investment.
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*** Reviews ***

Apple sucking triple the phone switchers as Samsung – report
iPhone buyers also younger, smarter, richer than 'droid drones
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/19/report_apple_sucking_triple_the_number_of_phone_switchers_as_samsung/

ZTE's $80 Firefox OS mobe sells out on eBay
Can anybody keep these things in stock?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/19/zte_open_sells_out_on_ebay/

SQUEEEEE! Microsoft goes retro with pay-by-squawk NFC tech
Slow acoustic data transfer could work with any mobe
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/16/microsoft_research_dhwani_nfc_tech/

iPhone 5S: 64-bit A7, 128GB storage, flashy ƒ/2.0 camera, and...
Rumors, yes – but from a source with a good track record
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/16/apple_iphone_5s_rumors/

Apple files 'Bonk to Gift' near field communication patent application
'No, our phones don't have NFC – but let's grab the patent anyway'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/16/apple_files_bonk_to_gift_near_field_communication_patent_application/

BlackBerry: It's the end-to-endness, stupid
RIM's miracle impossible to recreate - but that won't stop people
trying
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/15/blackberry_analysis_its_the_endtoendness_stupid/

Peak Apple: Samsung hits DOUBLE the market share of iPhones
Lowest ever iThing prices can't close gap on Apple's arch-rivals
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2013/08/14/peak_apple_samsung_has_double_market_share_of_iphone/

Samsung Mega 6.3: A Very Large Phone indeed
But a darned nice bit of kit into the bargain
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/14/review_samsung_mega_6_android_smartphone/

NORKS prepping glorious People's Smartmobe
'Arirang' expected to "instill national pride and self-respect" into
the Korean people'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/14/norks_prepping_glorious_peoples_smartmobe/

BlackBerry hits 88MPH, goes back to the future with NEW old 9720 mobe
Brainwave: Crank out a cheap QWERTY BB7 phone for Asia, Latin America
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/13/bb_9720/


*** Software News ***

Rate-my-boink app scores frisky fanbois, fangurlz' SCREAMS, VIBRATIONS
Saucy sex study software reveals all, 'selfies' included
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/14/spreadsheets_app/


*** Suppliers News ***

Three's UK mobile network goes down on unlucky northerners
Hey, Scots and those oop north - who ya gonna call? Oh, no one
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/13/three_outage/


*** Retailers News ***

Wholesale telco IspONE goes titsup, Kogan mobile going dark
Telstra pulls the plug as ispONE calls in the administrators
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/19/wholesale_telco_ispone_goes_titsup_kogan_mobile_going_dark/



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