The Reg Mobile: Everything's going to be all white: Google Nexus 5 mobe expected Friday [Tue Oct 29 2013]

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Call me maybe: Orange loses a segment as competition bites
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AT&T bags 363,000 new customers ... where did THEY come from?
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*** Handsets News ***

Samsung's at it AGAIN: SHATTERING profit records, that is
Chips are up for Sammy but the mobes may be heading down
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/25/samsung_results/


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*** Reviews ***

Everything's going to be all white: Google Nexus 5 mobe expected Friday
Much-leaked Kit-Kat 5-inch phone nearing release
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/28/lg_google_nexus_5_out_friday/

LG G Flex: A new cheeky curvy mobe with a 'SELF-HEALING' bottom
You thought only Samsung could do bendy phondle? Think again
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/28/lg_g_flex_smartphone/

Does Apple make you puke? Take this iOS 7.0.3 update with your tablets
No more nausea-inducing UI effects – and the Lock Screen bypass claimed
fixed, as well
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/25/apple_depukes_zoomy_ios_interface_with_703_update/

Broadcom sheds 1,150 workers in race to bundle 4G silicon out the door
Gotta lighten the load somehow
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/25/broadcom_sheds_staff_in_race_4g/

Finally! How to make Android USABLE: Install BlackBerry OS 10.2
New upgrade smooths rough edges with 300+ features and tweaks
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/24/blackberry_rolls_out_102_megaupdate/

Samsung GROVELS ABJECTLY to Chinese state media
It's 'CCTV', but not as you know it
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/24/samsung_kowtows_to_chinese_masters/

LG opts for a Brazilian, lobs out low-powered Firefox OS mobe Fireweb
First gadget to launch with version 1.1 of Moz's phone code
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/23/lg_fireweb_firefox_os_phone/

Hands on: We play with the slippery Lumia 1520, Nokia's first
phondleslab
The last ever 'proper' Nok?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/23/hands_on_nokias_phirst_phondleslab/

Very handy: Nokia's DC-50 wireless-charging power brick for your mobe
It's a spare battery, without the snakes' wedding of wires
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/22/very_handy_nokias_wireless_power_brick/

Nokia shows off camera gimmicks to PIMP YOUR PICCIES
Let me just adjust your Facebook profile pic. There you go...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/22/nokia_shows_off_lytrolike_camera_gimmicks/

SUPERSIZE ME: Nokia unveils Surface rival and 2 plumped-up phablets
Lumia, I hardly knew ya... SIM slot brings the RT tablet to the
train... and the boardroom
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/22/nokia_world_new_kit/

Americans shift gaze to cheap(ish) iPhone 5c, rest of world slurps 5s
bling
US can keep its colorful plastics mobes, sniffs planet
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/22/cheapish_iphone_5c_sales_gaining_ground_us_markets/


*** Software News ***

Hate data fees but love your HD slab? Here's a better way to pay for
bytes
Charging per meg in a gig-per-vid world will bankrupt punters ... but
there's a way out
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/26/a_gig_is_a_gig_unless_youre_apple_or_a_telco/


*** Regulators News ***

Locked into fixed-term mobile contract with variable prices? Not on our
watch – Ofcom
Now you can walk, says watchdog
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/24/phone_prices_to_be_fixed_for_length_of_contract/


*** And finally ... ***

Payday loan firms are the WORST. Ugh, my mobe's FILLED with filthy SPAM
Why's no one texting me about my 'accident' anymore?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/28/payday_loans_dominate_sms_spam/



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