Little big phone: Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, a toothsome hand-fulla Android [ Tue Dec 23 2014]

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Iliad owner coughs €2.3bn for Orange Switzerland
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UK.gov binds mobe operators to £5bn not-spot deal
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If at first you don't succeed ... Fire, FIRE again: Amazon mulls
smartphone sequel
Mobe software tweak released amid Fire Mark II rumor
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BlackBerry CEO Chen says to expect profits ... in 2016
For now, revenues still spiraling toward drain
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Banish the fear of Big Brother when you bring in BYOD
The magic of MDM
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Pitch Black: New BlackBerry Classic is aimed at the old-school
This mobe is all tool belt and braces
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Little big phone: Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, a toothsome hand-fulla
Android
Less really is more this time
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Watch out, Samsung! 3 of top 5 smartphone makers are now Chinese
Xiaomi, rivals gnawing at Korean firm's lunch
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BONK for CASH in Brixton and help us EAT the RICH
Contactless payments, meet South London's anti-gentry
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Unlock your mobe by STROKING it with your PEARL
1. Ram silicon into hapless mollusc. 2. ???? 3. Profit
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T-Mobile US to refund $90m for bogus charges: Un-Carrier to Un-Crammer
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Bill cram woes piling up for Sprint: Campaigners lob in a sueball
CFPB seeking to get payback for fraudulent charges
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If 4G isn't working, why stick to the same approach for 5G?
Talkin' 'bout an evolution...
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FCC to smack Sprint with $105m fine over 'cramming' – report
Stuffing customers' bills with bogus charges will cost it
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