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	Asus announces Padfone, three tablets at MWC Asus launched its anticipated PadFone and Transformer Pad tablet lineup at Mobile World Congress on Monday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: RIM Introducing BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Now all personal and corporate-owned BlackBerry® smartphone and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ devices can seamlessly access business data and applications on a single, secure management platform. And soon, iOS and Android devices will be able to do the same. Find out how this new approach will end mobile chaos. Visit blackberry.com/mobilefusion In this Issue Thousands of apps won't work on new Windows Phones New HTC phones offer high quality photo, audio features Five mobile technologies that didn't change the world Nokia launches low-end Windows phone and a 38-megapixel camera phone Facebook pushes for HTML5 standardization, mobile payments Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sighted in Barcelona at MWC HTC One X smartphone to launch on AT&T CrowdStrike CEO to reveal 'major mobile vulnerability' at RSA MWC: New software virtualizes multiple Android instances on smartphone 85% of hospitals embracing BYOD, survey shows T-Mobile USA plans LTE next year, keeps low-price focus Recovering Nokia Siemens sees hope in data growth OK Labs, LG working on secure, virtualized phones for DoD SAP, Symantec upgrade mobile device tools Fixmo will block corporate apps on compromised mobiles WHITE PAPER: F5 Adaptable and Resilient VDI Deployments Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments offer tremendous advantages but can also impact server and network resources significantly. A complete VDI solution should deliver a reliable, high-performing desktop user experience while taming complexity and supporting scalability within a secure, stable framework. Learn More! Thousands of apps won't work on new Windows Phones Microsoft said it has found 5% of Windows Phone apps that won't work on devices that adhere to the new system requirements the company released for low-end phones. Read More New HTC phones offer high quality photo, audio features HTC kicked off its new strategy of offering fewer but more differentiated phones in 2012 with the launch Sunday of the HTC One series of phones, emphasizing high quality photo and audio technologies. Read More Five mobile technologies that didn't change the world Here are the five mobile technologies unveiled last year with promises that they would change the mobile world, but didn't. Read More Nokia launches low-end Windows phone and a 38-megapixel camera phone Nokia focused on its low-end phone offerings at Mobile World Congress on Monday, a year after announcing it would try to boost its smartphone sales by giving up its home-grown operating system in favor of Windows Phone. Read More Facebook pushes for HTML5 standardization, mobile payments Facebook is working with mobile operators to make phone-based payments easier and has launched an effort to standardize HTML5 to help developers write applications for more mobile handsets, its chief technology officer announced Monday. Read More Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sighted in Barcelona at MWC Samsung began displaying outdoor billboards in Barcelona on Sunday of a 10.1-in. Galaxy Note, featuring the digital pen seen in the smaller 5.3-in. version. Read More HTC One X smartphone to launch on AT&T HTC joined AT&T at Mobile World Congress to launch the HTC One X smartphone on Sunday. It will run Android 4.0 and work over the carrier's 4G LTE network. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Case Study: Firm Optimizes Storage, Shrinks Backup Window By optimizing its existing storage environment, multi-skilled architectural firm RHWL reduced backup times from 14 hours to 1.5 hours, slashed tape and offsite storage costs, and eliminated the need to purchase additional tier 1 storage. Read More! CrowdStrike CEO to reveal 'major mobile vulnerability' at RSA George Kurtz, former McAfee CTO, now CrowdStrike CEO, says a significant vulnerability exists in the Webkit browser that could result in total control of mobile devices. Read More MWC: New software virtualizes multiple Android instances on smartphone A new virtualization technique lets users create two separate Android "spaces" on their smartphone or tablet, one for personal use and a kind of walled garden for work use. The beta software, from Cellrox, is being demonstrated this week at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Read More 85% of hospitals embracing BYOD, survey shows Hospitals are embracing 'Bring-Your-Own-Device' initiatives, but with varying levels of access to business applications, according to a survey of the networking priorities of more than 130 healthcare IT pros. Read More T-Mobile USA plans LTE next year, keeps low-price focus T-Mobile USA will roll out LTE next year, partly by using spectrum it is receiving in the wake of its failed merger with AT&T, the company said Thursday. Read More Recovering Nokia Siemens sees hope in data growth By 2020, the average wireless network user will generate 1GB of data traffic on wireless networks every day, and this will require networks 10 times as fast, Nokia Siemens Networks CEO Rajeev Suri said at an NSN event Sunday, the eve of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Read More OK Labs, LG working on secure, virtualized phones for DoD Government workers might not be best known for their sense of style, but some Defense Department workers may soon be carrying Prada - the phones, that is. Read More SAP, Symantec upgrade mobile device tools Mobile device management software got a boost from rivals SAP and Symantec, who separately announced improvements to their management tools at Mobile World Congress. Read More Fixmo will block corporate apps on compromised mobiles Fixmo, a company that started out developing tools for the National Security Agency, is offering a new product that will automatically shut down corporate applications on compromised iOS and Android devices. Read More
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