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*** Operators News ***

Sprint to buy T-Mobile US? Not so fast, says antitrust official
Merger would earn 'a very hard look,' Justice man warns
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/31/sprint_tmobile_antitrust_concerns/


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*** Handsets News ***

HELLO LENOVO. Do you really, really want to make smartphones?
It's a dog-eat-dog world in the tech industry
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2014/01/31/hello_lenovo_do_you_really_want_to_make_smartphones/


*** Reviews ***

Is modern life possible without a smartphone?
Reg man dumps Galaxy S4 for 2.5G feature phone
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/03/is_modern_life_possible_without_a_smartphone/

Hello Moto: Lenovo grabs Motorola biz for $3bn. But Google's KEEPING
the patents
The Chinese are coming and let a 1,000 lawsuits bloom
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/29/google_sells_motorola_to_lenovo_for_291bn_but_keeps_the_patents/

Snap! Nokia's gyro stabilised camera tech now on open market
Nothing stays still for long in camera development
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/29/stm_gyroscope_for_cameras/

Bonk to enter: Starwood Hotels testing keyless check-in via mobe
Smartphone app is your virtual door key in limited trial
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/28/starwood_virtual_door_keys/

BlackBerry makes its devilish Android trickery official in OS update
Plugging the app gap, and other tweaks, in 10.2.1
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/28/blackberry_makes_its_devliish_androidish_trickery_official/

Android holds steady as iOS and Windows Phone slip in Kantar reports
Europe only stable market for Microsoft and Nokia
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/28/android_hold_steady_as_ios_and_windows_phone_slip_in_kantar_reports/

Smartmobe market tops ONE BEEELION a year for first time
You can guess the top two manufacturers, but the next three may
surprise
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/28/smartmobe_market_tops_one_beeelion_a_year_for_first_time/

WhisperSystems creates 'suicide pill' for phones
Find-my-phone app includes 'reset by geolocation'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/28/whispersystems_creates_suicide_pill_for_phones/


*** Regulators News ***

Mobe industry quails as Ofcom floats idea of QUADRUPLING 2G spectrum
prices
Unilateral price increase? B-b-but we have a contract...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/28/ofcom_wants_to_quadruple_mobe_spectrum_prices/


*** Suppliers News ***

Radio boffins remember the future-ture-ture: From the Cold War to
(White) SPAAAAACE
Phwoarrrrr... Look at the valves on that...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/28/cambridge_wireless_100_years_of_radio/


*** Retailers News ***

Ker-ching...Er, ZZZWIP: Square-alike mobile swipe type scores $96m
British Bluetooth gizmo startup pushes card-slurper for tiny biz
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/03/powa_point_of_sale_retail_gizmo_96m_funded/


*** And finally ... ***

Three-yaarrgh! Major UK mobile network's data goes down
'Loving the rollout of new 0G data,' disgruntled user Tweets. On his
computer
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/29/three_data_outage/



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