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<title>See you at Mobile World Congress 2012</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/24/we.travel.to.barcelona.for.mwc.2012/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/mwc2011.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Electronista is traveling to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2012.  Updates may come in at unusual times, but we should have updates over the weekend, especially mid-Sunday, as most of the cellphone and tablet world shows its hand.  Hands-on coverage will continue through mid-week....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>European iPhone discounts softened, built-in SIM plan blamed</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/12/02/euro.iphone.discounts.may.have.gone.in.sim.dispute/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1012/iphone4-5sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's rumored fight over embedded iPhone SIMs may have cost it valuable carrier discounts.  Sanford Bernstein analyst Robin Bienenstock noted that subsidies in larger European countries had been reduced by 40 to 150 euros ($53 to $198).  The carriers had also pulled promo graphics from their main pages, the analyst said, suggesting they may have been reluctant to keep giving the phone its full a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple said leaving embedded SIM out only for iPhone 5</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/23/apple.may.pass.on.embedded.sims.only.on.iphone.5/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1011/iphone4-prerelease.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's rumored decision to avoid embedded SIMs may have only been for the 2011 refresh, sources argued Tuesday.  The company has purportedly reassured European carriers that the iPhone 5 will still depend on removable micro SIM cards but has given signs that it would shift over later on.  Tips to the Financial Times didn't reveal whether that meant 2012 or still-longer plans....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carriers threaten Apple over talk of embedded iPhone SIMs</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/18/euro.carriers.warn.apple.over.embedded.sims/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1011/iphone4-5sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[European carriers are discussing the possibility of retaliating against Apple if it goes ahead with a rumored plan to use embedded SIMs in iPhones, leaks from the industry alleged Thursday night.  The parent companies of O2, Orange and Vodafone have reportedly been worried that Apple was trying to take control of the "relationship" the carriers have by letting customers buy without having to talk ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wholesale Apps Community adds 32 members, still no platform</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/18/wholesale.apps.community.now.48.members.strong/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1010/htcsmartin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) founded earlier this year has just aggregated 32 new members. The newcomers include Opera Software, Oracel, Fujitsu, Rogers and China Unicom, among others, joining the original 24 companies such as LG, Samsung, Telefonica and Orange. The goal of the alliance is to create a common, global app store that will offer software for multiple platforms and device...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Macworld to bring iPhone to Mobile World Congress</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/09/07/macworld.plans.to.bring.iphone.to.mwc.2011/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1009/iphone4-2sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Organizers for the GSM Association's Mobile World Congress revealed today that Apple would have an unofficial presence at the phone trade show through Macworld Mobile.  The magazine will have full-day training and sessions for developers specific to iOS devices.  The next Congress is due to start February 14 next year....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>27 firms promise common rival to iPhone's App Store</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/02/15/wholesale.apps.community.takes.on.apple/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1002/htchero-apps.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The GSM Association today unveiled an alliance for a common app store platform meant to challenge Apple.  Known as the Wholesale Applications Community, the service will create an open, standard way of developing and selling apps across multiple phone operating systems and networks.  The partnership will include phone builders LG, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, as well as 24 major carriers that includ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tougher GSM, 3G security cracked</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/01/12/newer.gsm.encryption.hit.using.sandwich.attack/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1001/palmpre-adsm2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The security of GSM phone calls dropped again late Monday with word that the standard's second, more guarded encryption standard has been broken.  Following a first crack of the simpler standard, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science say they have cracked the A5/3 security cipher (nicknamed Kasumi) by using what's known as a "sandwich" attack.  The group accomplished its goal by creatin...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>GSM phone security cracked, published</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/12/28/cellphone.protocol.deemed.vulnerable/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0912/iphone3gs-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[German software engineer Karsten Nohl said at the Chaos Communication Congress hacker expo today that he and a group have cracked and published the primary encryption code for GSM, the protocol that handles most non-3G cellphone calls.  The team says it has used legal methods to break the A5/1 standard, which prevents easy snooping, and has made available a 'code book' of binary data that could th...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Phone firms plan universal chargers for 2012</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/02/17/universal.phone.chargers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/nokia5000.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Most cellphones could use a single, interoperable standard for their power chargers within three years if a GSM Association initiative proves successful.  The partnership includes phone makers like LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson as well as carriers like AT&amp;T, KTF, Telefonica, T-Mobile and Vodafone; all have developed a format that would use micro USB as the standard and cut the typ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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