The Reg Mobile: Windows Phone 8 BLOWN UP by Microsoft ... for phablets upgrade [Tue Oct 15 2013]

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*** Operators News ***

Jawohl! Vodafone gets nod for £6.5bn Kabel Deutschland slurp
Shareholders approve creation of Vaterland-ruling quad giant
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/14/vodafone_completes_kabel_grab/

BT Mobile inks network deal with EE, dumps Vodafone
Former state monopolies snuggle together for warmth
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/10/bt_dumps_vodafone_to_go_virtual_with_ee/


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*** Handsets News ***

Apple seeks engineer who knows way around China Mobile network
Draws close to deal to net 750 MEELLION potential fanbois – report
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/10/apple_set_out_on_great_job_trawl_of_china/

Firefox OS update adds performance, polish to Mozilla's webby mobes
We're not giving up, you know
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/10/firefox_os_11_update/


*** Reviews ***

BlackBerry's AD BLITZ: Reports of my death have been greatly
exaggerated
Crumbling Canadians can at least afford column inches worldwide
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/14/blackberry_takes_out_ads_pleading_with_worlddog_to_stay_aboard/

Windows Phone 8 BLOWN UP by Microsoft ... for phablets upgrade
Let's hope this isn't news to Nokia
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/14/microsoft_windows_phone_8_update_3/

Custom ringback tones: Coming to your next contract mobe?
Ditch the old 'brrr brrr' - and pay for an alternative sound
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/14/is_the_time_really_right_for_ring_back_tones/

Apple bags top Windows feature: Blue Screen Of Death comes to iPhone 5s
Twice as fast as the iPhone 5? Twice as CRASHY claims app bug watcher
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/11/iphone_5s_blue_screen_of_death/

Swap your old iPhone for a new one, Tim Cook tells British fanbois
US mobe exchange scheme coming to Blighty - reports
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/11/swap_old_iphones_new_tim_cook_apple/

Will BlackBerry be cherrypicked, or bought by its daddies?
Build it and and you will come ... back
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/11/lazaridis_fregin_blackberry_buyout_bid/

Dear Apple: Want to stay in business? Make an iPhone people can afford
You're going to run out of rich folk to keep your sales growth up,
predicts analyst
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/09/are_there_enough_mega_rich_fanbois_to_keep_apple_afloat/

Samsung touching up ROUNDED, CURVY plastic enhanced MODEL
World's 'first curved smartphone'... except it isn't
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/09/samsung_worlds_first_curved_smartphone/

LG starts producing flexible, curvy displays you can STROKE
Need to get 'em on handset before Samsu.. Do people even WANT curvy
smartphones?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/08/lg_bendy_plastic_screen_production/

Bling, bling, it's HTC here: Clear us a place on the gold phone
bandwagon
Another blingmobe 'chings into play as part of limited edition set
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/08/htc_ups_the_ante_with_gold_htc_one/


*** Regulators News ***

Ofcom, it's WAR! Mobe networks fire broadside over 2G spectrum pricing
PR offensive doesn't mention they were gifted it for free back in the
80s
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/11/network_operators_kick_off_pr_battle_over_2g_pricing/

T-Mobile FREES AMERICANS to roam world sans terrifying charges
Downtrodden digital peasants liberated ... by the Germans
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/10/tmobile_international_data_roaming_fees/


*** Suppliers News ***

Google's Wi-Fi not good enough for its home town
Mountain View fed up with poor connectivity, installs hotspots
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/10/googles_wifi_not_good_enough_for_home_town/



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