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Last week’s update to the T-Mobile G1, which included the handy voice search among other things, apparently also laid the foundation for the real pay app push, which should be starting this coming week — perhaps to give a chance for developers to debut during the supreme madness of the Mobile World Congress season. (http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/13/android-pay-apps-to-swarm-in-rc33 2/13)

Sprint Nextel hopes to launch next year a smartphone that will embrace three wireless modes, including WiMAX, CDMA and “more than likely” Wi-Fi, Sprint 4G marketing executive Scott Lane said Thursday. Lane said the phone — which will work over partner Clearwire‘s Clear WiMAX network — might be based on Google’s Android software, but said other operating systems also packed the processing power to fuel a WiMAX service. Computerworld (2/12)

Facebook is in talks with Nokia on ways to integrate the social network into mobile phones made by the Finnish giant. It is unclear whether a deal will be reached, say people familiar with the matter. Nokia is deciding whether it wants to build a social network from the ground up. (Iwantmedia 2/13, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123439645252474935.html 2/12)

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