The Reg Mobile: Google RIPS aside curtain, exposes Nexus 5 phone, KitKat Android 4.4 coupling [Tue Nov 5 2013]

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This month's BlackBerry CEO vows: I won't axe the smartphone-making biz
Can lightning strike twice for former Sybase head?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/04/john_chen_says_he_will_revive_blackberry_smartphone_biz/

Is it TRUE what they say about the 'Moto G'? We FIND OUT on the 13th
Internet rumours conflict with each other - shocker
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/04/motorola_g_specs_leak_out/

Google and Samsung bare teeth in battle for LANDFILL ANDROID™
'Droid 'friends' scrap while Apple chuckles away
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/01/google_takes_care_of_landfill_android_takes_charge_of_its_pet/

Apple: SCREW YOU, BRITS ... no unlocked iPhones for you
Tech Data to flog SIM-lock-free mobes in Europe but not Blighty
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2013/11/01/tehc_data_iphone/

Google RIPS aside curtain, exposes Nexus 5 phone, KitKat Android 4.4
coupling
At last, the wait is over on leakiest smartmobe in ages
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/31/google_unwraps_android_kitkat_and_nexus_5_mobe/

Nokia wins UK patent spat: Quick, let's boot HTC One out of Blighty
Finnish firm seeks injunction AND compensation
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/31/nokia_htc_high_court_patent/

iPHONE 5S BATTERY: It may NOT just be you, it may be RUBBISH
More power in your pocket? Yes, about that...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/30/apple_recalling_iphones_after_manufacturing_flaw_in_5s_model/

Hero HTC phone takes a BULLET, saves shop worker's life mid-robbery
Mobe battery in doesn't-endanger-user shocker
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/29/htc_smartphone_takes_a_bullet_saves_shopkeepers_life/

Nokia emerges smothered in red ink, manages to flog cheapo Windows
Phones
A little more kerr-ching than last time
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/29/nokia_results_q3_2013/

Samsung is officially the WORLD'S BIGGEST smartphone maker
That little Cupertino-based mobe firm? Yeah, we've heard of them
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/29/samsung_smartphone_domination/

Moto sets out plans for crafty snap-together PODULAR PHONES
'A-ha, I see you have the pop-out chocolate digestive tray'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/29/motorola_project_ara/

Z30: The classiest BlackBerry mobe ever ... and possibly the last
It's what the Z10 should have been last year - and it's aimed at grown
ups
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/29/hold_for_pix_blackberry_z30/


*** And finally ... ***

ARM flexes muscle: Forget iPhone 5S's 64-bit edge – it will soon be
standard
Chip designer's mobile man: 'We'll play at the top end, the middle, and
the bottom'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/30/forget_apples_64bit_smartphone_ballyhoo_itll_soon_be_standard/

Australian telco tests broadcasts within 4G network
Acronym from hell LTE-B bounces back as LTE-Broadcast
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/29/telstra_tests_broadcasts_in_4g_network/



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