The Reg Mobile: Best budget Android smartphone there is? Must be the Moto G [Tue Dec 3 2013]

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*** Operators News ***

WTF is the Internet of Things and how insurers will use it against you
The humbling sensation of having your stupidity monitored
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/27/the_internet_of_things_is_everywhere/


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*** Reviews ***

iPhone slips in Europe as Windows Phone claims OVER 10% market share
5c expands Apple's market, but fails to hold off rivals
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/02/iphone_loses_ground_in_europe_as_windows_phone_claims_market_share/

Best budget Android smartphone there is? Must be the Moto G
Motorola's cheap-as-chips assault on no-name handsets and iThings
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/02/review_motorola_moto_g_android/

Half of all mobes sold in South-East Asia are now smart
That's another 350m people coming online
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/02/southeast_asia_smartphone_android_jump/

Nexus phones carry SMS crash bug vuln
You have 1 new message: You've been p0wned
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/02/nexus_phones_carry_sms_crash_bug_vuln/

Dixons selling £68k gold, diamond, ruby and sapphire iPhone for Xmas
Anyone? Anyone? Sold to the sinister oligarch at the back of the room
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2013/11/29/harrods_iphone/

REVEALED: How YOU PAY extra for iPHONES - even if you DON'T HAVE ONE
Everyone is paying for unsold 5Cs right now
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/29/revealed_the_secret_apple_deals_that_squeeze_rivals_and_tax_you/

Schmidt: 'Android mobes are a great Christmas present to an iPhone
user!'
Plus: 'Being banned from Xbox Live for saying cr*p and plonker is just
stupid'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/29/quotw_ending_november_29/

Samsung to spend ENTIRE budget of London 2012 OLYMPICS... on ADS
Chaebol launches super-spendy $14bn-a-year plan
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/28/samsung_plans_to_outspend_76_countries_gdp/

Singaporean finn-off 'Newkia' readies Android phones
Former Asian execs shuffle deck chairs, alphabet, with new venture
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/28/newkia_nokia_new_rim_ceo_apac/

Ex-Nokia team unveil Jolla smartphone with added Sailfish OS
Sailfish OS comes with added Android support
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/28/exnokia_team_unveil_jolla_smartphone_with_added_sailfish_os/

Moto G: Google's KitKat bruiser could knock out, bury Landfill Android
'Loss leaders' and competitive advantage
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/27/googles_loss_leader_wants_to_bury_landfill_android/

Thai man reportedly dies clutching his scorched iPhone 4S
Third-party USB adapter again suspected of delivering fatal jolt
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/27/thai_man_dies_electrocution_iphone/

SCREW IT, says Motorola: Moto G mobe goes on sale two months EARLY
Now taking preorders in America for phones to ship in December
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/26/moto_g_early_us_preorders/

Apple supplier's '11-hours-a-day' toilers have '1 day off a month'
Report: Workers making screens for Samsung and pals 'often injured' on
job
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/26/biel_crystal_chinese_workers_report/

Samsung and HTC face Android 3D graphics test chart removal SHAME
Benchmark monitor sends alleged test cheats to the back of the class
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/26/samsung_and_htc_face_android_3d_graphics_test_delisting_shame/


*** Software News ***

4G networks are BIG TIME SUCK for us videogame-obsessed Brits
Meanwhile, at the mall: have you ever caught yourself 'showrooming'?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/29/orange_exposure_research_4g_in_spain_uk_france/


*** Regulators News ***

ENISA wants mobes to wander freely between carriers in emergencies
If your network's crocked, another one picks up the load in the
national interest
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/29/enisa_in_country_mobile_roaming_plan/



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