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Mobility management: Don't give up just yet; What Google phone does and doesn’t mean for wireless industry

What Google phone does and doesn't mean for wireless industry; 4G Mobile Service Debuts: What You Need to Know
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Mobility management: Don't give up just yet

The state of mobility in the enterprise is officially at a crossroads. Businesses are torn as to whether they should wash their hands of procuring mobile devices and wireless services for employees to save money or to cling to centralized control to maximize productivity and ensure enterprise security. Read full story

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AT&T iPhone Users Irate at Idea of Usage-Based Pricing
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Battle over voice on LTE heats up
Backers of two competing specifications for delivering voice over LTE mobile data networks have heralded demonstrations in the past two days, while mobile giant Ericsson apparently dropped its support for one of the systems.

Study: More than 50 Android phones to ship in 2010
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Palm's advanced webOS devkit now in alpha release
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