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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Wireless Report: Mobile is key to Microsoft strategy, Ballmer says

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WIRELESS REPORT

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Thursday, Oct 25, 2007
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Table Of Contents:


* Mobile is key to Microsoft strategy, Ballmer says
* Race is on for thinner cell phone screens
* AT&T paying Apple $18 per iPhone per month?
* Report: China to use TD-SCDMA during Beijing Olympics
* Update: Facebook teams up with RIM
* First BlackBerry comes to China
* Sprint, Alcatel-Lucent introduce security card
* Update: Microsoft considering opening up device manager

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MOBILE IS KEY TO MICROSOFT STRATEGY, BALLMER SAYS

Mobile phones play an important role in Microsoft's
software-plus-services vision, CEO Steve Ballmer said Tuesday.

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RACE IS ON FOR THINNER CELL PHONE SCREENS

The race is on to come up with the world's thinnest cell phone screen.
On Tuesday, both Japan's Sharp and Taiwan's AU Optronics (AUO) said they
had developed prototype displays that are less than a millimeter
thick.

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AT&T PAYING APPLE $18 PER IPHONE PER MONTH?

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes Apple is taking $18 per
month for each iPhone subscriber under its deal with AT&T.

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REPORT: CHINA TO USE TD-SCDMA DURING BEIJING OLYMPICS

China will put its homegrown 3G (third-generation) mobile technology to
use during the 2008 Olympic Games, the country's state-owned broadcaster
said in a news report.

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UPDATE: FACEBOOK TEAMS UP WITH RIM

College parties met business e-mail on Wednesday as Facebook said it is
adding its social-networking platform to Research In Motion's BlackBerry
devices.

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FIRST BLACKBERRY COMES TO CHINA

Chinese businessmen will soon be able to get their hands on Research In
Motion's BlackBerry handset, following long months of delays getting
approval to bring the devices to China.

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SPRINT, ALCATEL-LUCENT INTRODUCE SECURITY CARD

Sprint-Nextel and Alcatel-Lucent plan to introduce Wednesday a mobile
data card that doubles as a laptop security mechanism.

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UPDATE: MICROSOFT CONSIDERING OPENING UP DEVICE MANAGER

Microsoft's new Mobile Device Manager faces a shortcoming because it is
exclusive to Windows Mobile devices, but that might change, an executive
said on Tuesday.

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