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  Android or Windows Phone? How about both on every smartphone Microsoft tells HTC

  Microsoft has been trying to persuade Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC to load the Windows Phone OS jointly with Android on future smartphones, it has been reported.

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  Huawei and China Mobile launch 4G service on Mount Everest

  Chinese communications providers Huawei and China Mobile have successfully deployed 4G coverage on Mount Everest, some 5,200 metres above sea level.

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  Ex-HTC execs launch new UK smartphone brand Kazam

  Just as smartphone manufacturer HTC was beginning to claw back some market share with its refreshed HTC One line, two former company executives have announced the launch of a new mobile brand called Kazam, which they claim will "disrupt the status qu...

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  Sony combats Android fragmentation with firmware over the air updates

  Sony has become the first smartphone manufacturer to use firmware from mobile software management firm Red Bend to deliver over-the-air updates to its Xperia range of devices, in order to address the growing problem of Android fragmentation.

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  Smartphone usage driving up greenhouse gas emissions: report

  Exponential growth in the use of computers, smartphones and other networked devices could cause the environmental impact of the ICT sector to increase dramatically between now and 2020, according to a new report.

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  Google head grovels after users vent fury at Nexus 4 shortages

  Google’s UK managing director Dan Cobley has blamed LG for shortages of the Nexus 4 smartphone after angry customers mugged his upbeat 2012 review blog with a string of complaints about non-delivery.

• Teardowns of iPad Mini and Kindle Fire HD reveal differing business models

  Teardowns of the Apple iPad Mini and the Amazon Kindle Fire HD by IHS iSuppli have revealed that the two devices cost almost the same amount to manufacture, despite the retail prices being significantly different.

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  BlackBerry shunned by app developers as Windows Phone 7 booms

  App developers are rapidly losing interest in RIM's BlackBerry platform and setting their sights on the new big three, Apple, Android and Windows 7, a survey has found.

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  Seagate shows world's thinnest portable drive

  Storage giant Seagate has announced that it will put on sale what it claims is the world slimmest ever portable hard drive, and for once the hyperbole stands up to scrutiny - the new GoFlex Slim drive is only 9mm thick.

• UK BlackBerry users get Protect security app

  The BlackBerry Protect remote security app previewed to users last year has become available for UK consumer users for the first time in a beta version, the company has announced.

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  Android tablets get first remote security and AV app

  AVG has launched AVG Mobilation for Android which the company is promoting as the world's first security app specifically designed for Android tablets.

• LogMeIn shows Android remote control app

  LogMeIn has added Android support to the latest version of its Rescue remote control software, the latest sign that developers are trying hard to make the platform a more rounded prospect for the business sector.

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  Android and iPhone users get enterprise-grade security

  Israeli company Trusteer is taking its Rapport secure browsing technology into mobile security for the first time, announcing a smartphone and tablet protection system for businesses, Secure Web Access.

• iPhone app shows data centre DDoS alerts

  Customers of data centre provider ControlCircle are being offered a free smartphone app that can alert them to serious issues such as ongoing DDoS attacks in real time.

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  Google Nexus S gives Apple huge headache

  Google has dived back into hardware, formally announcing its second smartphone, the Nexus S for US and UK consumers.