The Reg Mobile: Nokia launches Android range: X marks the growing low-cost spot [Tue Feb 25 2014]

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*** Operators News ***

Mobe operators, need to check your network? There's an app for that
Strap a phone-filled backpack on and go for an urban stroll
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/24/gws_network_testing_app_at_mwc/

First Data hoiks out custom Android point-of-sale fondleslab
US transactions giant muscles into mobe payments market
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/18/first_data_mobile_payments_for_telcos/


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5 DNS security risks that keep you up at night
Find out all of the scary details about potential DNS attacks and what you can do to prevent them.
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*** Handsets News ***

Nokia launches Android range: X marks the growing low-cost spot
Burning its platform all over again?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/24/nokia_launches_android_range_x/

T-Mobile US makes peace offering with $250 BlackBerry olive branch
Sorry we insulted you. How about a new phone?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/20/tmobile_makes_peace_offering_with_250_blackberry_olive_branch/


*** Reviews ***

Mozilla takes wraps off 25 DOLLAR Firefox OS smartphone
Predicts 'flood' of cheap mobes for emerging markets
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/24/firefox_os_25_dollar_smartphone/

Cheap'n'cheerful Chinese mobesters ZTE launch Firefox phones
Billion-unit shipment hopes for Open C and Open II
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/24/zte_firefox_and_lte_tablet/

Nokia launches Euro ANDROID invasion, quips: 'Microsoft knew what they
were buying'
Finnish moke maker pees its pants at X-series news
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/24/mwc_2014_new_nokia_android_phones_coming_europe_toikkanen/

Sony enlists Michael Jackson's GHOST to flog Xperia Z2
Er, shamone!*
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/24/sony_xperiia_z2_m2_tablet/

Microsoft courts mobe-makers, tweaks Windows 8 for WIMPs
Windows Phone rules eased to allow cheaper phones by folks other than
Nokia
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/23/microsoft_tells_phone_makers_still_room_on_our_bus/

Jolla announces Sailfish OS 1.0, says Android love-fest soon to come
Just the latest of Finnish firm's monthly updates
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/21/sailfish_os_1_0/

We nearly MISSED OUT on iOS7 redesign: But someone snatched Jony Ive
from the jaws of quit
Day-glo culprit unmasked
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/21/jony_ive_almost_quit_his_industrial_design_course/

Years of AWOL Windows Phone features finally show up in video leaks
Long overdue 'quiet hours' function so WinPho fans can catch some
shuteye
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/21/windows_phone_update_leaked_video/

Help! Apple has snaffled the WHOLE WORLD'S supply of sapphire glass
Ubuntu chief: We wanted it for our mobes and they took it ALL
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/20/apple_eats_whole_worlds_supply_of_sapphire_screens/

You'll NEVER guess who's building the first Ubuntu phones in 2014
No, seriously, you probably can't
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/19/ubuntu_phone_hardware_partners/

HTC offers FREEBIE repair on new models with cracked screens
Plus online storage, upgrades... but only in the US
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/19/htc_one_free_cracked_screen_fix/


*** Software News ***

Opera launches public beta of data-saving app
Opera Max squeezes the net into mobiles
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/19/opera_max_data_compression_app/


*** Regulators News ***

Steelie Neelie 'shocked' that EU tourists turn mobes off when abroad
Roaming charges must DIE, vows top Eurocrat
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/19/neelie_kroes_shocked_mobiles_off_abroad_roaming_charges/


*** Suppliers News ***

FIGHT! BlackBerry,T-Mobile US CEOs clash in 'inappropriate' ad spat
John Chen shares BlackBerry fans' outrage over 'ill-conceived' iPhone
offer
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/19/blackberrytmobile_ceos_clash_over_tmos_outrageous_sales_promo/

Ericsson and Kodiak in Europe WALKIE-TALKIE-style push-to-talk push
Euro teens dissed it... hope construction, hotel crews don't
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/18/ericsson_kodiak_ptt/


*** And finally ... ***

Fandroids get their very own PERVY SMUT browser
It's called Jerky, which sort of cancels out its privacy settings
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/19/androids_mobile_smut_browser/



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