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Google Will Honor Motorola's 2.25% Per-Unit Royalty Rate

Google said it will acknowledge and support Motorola's patent licensing under FRAND practices. That includes the Android OEM's practices for licensing patents at a cost of 2.25 percent of the net selling price for each device.

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Motorola Droid 4 on Sale from Verizon Feb. 10

Verizon Wireless will offer the Motorola Droid 4—an LTE-enabled, enterprise-savvy Android smartphone that's compatible with a Lapdock—in time for Valentine's gifting.

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HTC, Motorola Making Fewer Android Phones as Samsung Pulls Away

Android OEMs Motorola and HTC are curbing their smartphone and tablet production in 2012, while Samsung holds the line.

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Android Fragmentation Not So Serious: Localytics

Google's Android operating system is regularly blasted for fragmentation. It won't be mistaken for Apple iOS, but it might not be as bad as we originally thought.

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Digium Launches Line of IP Handsets

Digium introduced its first IP handsets on Feb. 1, with three models aimed at the ordinary worker, the power user and the big bosses. The D40, D50 and D70 are expected to become available in April, with prices starting at $129 for the two-line D40. The new handsets are designed specifically to leverage the features of Digium's Asterisk communications platform and the Switchvox line of unified communications systems. These phones boast as part of their software an application engine that includes a JavaScript API that allows direct interaction with core features of the phone. The Switchboard Web interface that Digium builds into Switchvox systems is now available for the phone itself, putting the user in control of advanced features such as presence management, queue monitoring, recording and voicemail control. The D40 and D50 are meant for use with 100M-bps Fast Ethernet connections, while the D70 can take advantage of Gigabit Ethernet where available.

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ShoreTel to Buy M5 Networks, Grow Cloud UC Capabilities

ShoreTel's acquisition will enable the conpany to add hosted UC solutions to its on-premise offerings.

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Droid Razr Maxx Boasts Best Android Smartphone Battery

Motorola's Droid Razr Maxx is a power-packed follow-up to the company's Droid Razr handset. The handset, available now from Verizon Wireless, is great for power data users.

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LG Spectrum Smartphone HD Screen Shines for Multimedia Consumption

Verizon Wireless' LG Spectrum Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone sports great speed and a fantastic, true HD display.

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus Costs $99 at Amazon

Amazon Wireless is selling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for $99 on contract to new Verizon Wireless smartphone subscribers for a limited time.

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Kindle Fire Powers Android Tablets to 39% Market Share

Market share for tablets based on Google's Android operating system climbed to 39 percent in the fourth quarter, led by Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet. Apple's iPad led with 58 percent share.

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LightSquared Claims Government GPS Interference Tests Were Unfair

NEWS ANALYSIS: LightSquared, the hard-pressed company that wants to build a Satellite LTE network, is complaining that the government conducted interference tests in secret and used obsolete and niche devices.

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iPhone 4S Boosted Apple's Enterprise Adoption vs. Android

Apple's iPhone and iPad dominated Google's Android nearly 3 to 1 in enterprise deployments on Good Technology's data network. Bring your own device remains the hot trend.

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Avaya Brings Flare UC Offering to Apple iPads

Avaya is offering its Flare Communicator communications capabilities as an app for the iPad, with officials saying apps for other tablets and smartphones will follow later this year.

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ATandT Launches Cloud Unified Communications Service

NEWS ANALYSIS: Businesses seeking to implement a unified communications system without the expense of deploying the hardware and software in-house can turn to AT&T for a cloud-based service that's affordable and easy to use.

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President Barack Obama to Host Google+ Hangout

Google+ Hangouts will host a special live-stream broadcast of President Barack Obama Monday, Jan. 30 at 5:30 p.m. EDT. Submit your questions by Jan. 28 or hold your peace.

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An appliance-based approach gives SMB customers access to enterprise-class features.
The Toktumi Line2 VOIP app for iPhone delivers outstanding voice quality and features with good SMS messaging, but only for Apple devices.
Skype 5.0 for Windows delivers decent multiparty video calling that remains lacking on the data collaboration side of things, along with new Facebook integration, and simpler call quality troubleshooting tools.
The Grandstream GXV3140 IP Multimedia Phone adds Skype voice and video calling to an already rich suite of multimedia and social networking features.
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