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• Intel has its eye on iPhone, smartphone market

  If you can't beat them, buy them. At least that's what executives at Intel Corp. seem to be thinking.

• Cortado's Corporate Server becomes Android-friendly

  German software vendor Cortado has added Android-based smartphones to the list of devices using version 5.0 of its Corporate Server platform that can access network printers and documents stored in corporate networks, the company said on Tuesday.

• BlackBerry service to be suspended by UAE

  Some BlackBerry services will be suspended in the United Arab Emirates from Oct. 11 because the services do not fall in line with the country's regulations, the UAE telecommunications regulator said on Sunday.

• Mobile health requires grasping smartphone, user connection

  Health-care providers looking to implement a mobile strategy need to understand the strong bond people have with their smartphones, said panelists Friday at the World Congress' Summit on mHealth in Boston.

• Apple's iOS4 issues take center stage

  Now that Apple has pacified iPhone 4 customers with free bumper cases to alleviate antenna issues, the company is looking into problems with iOS 4 and the iPhone 3G.

• Amazon launches two new Kindles, one with Wi-Fi only

  Amazon launched two new Kindle e-readers priced at $139 and $189 late Wednesday, with the cheaper version a Wi-Fi-only e-reader and $10 less than the Wi-Fi-only Nook.

• Online sales of Dell Streak could begin Wednesday

  Online sales of the Dell Streak wireless tablet, with a five-inch screen that many say makes it look like an Android smartphone, could begin as soon as tomorrow, according to online speculation.

• Droid X is now hard to get, just like Droid Incredible and Evo before it

  Shortages of Android-based HTC Evo and HTC Droid Incredible smartphones were expected to spur sales of the Motorola Droid X, which first went on sale July 15.

• AT&T to be 'premier' Windows Phone 7 vendor

  Say all you want about whether Windows Phone 7 (WP7) will succeed, but AT&T continues to back the platform wholeheartedly after endorsing it -- and Microsoft 's mobile efforts -- repeatedly over the last year.

• No Dell Streak sale in July, spokesman says

  The 5-inch Dell Streak tablet won't go on sale by the end of July, a spokesman said late Tuesday. That announcement came after Dell earlier in the day mistakenly posted an online message on its Web site that customers could return to the site Wednesday to purchase the device.

• US lawsuit claims Apple's iPad overheats in minutes

  Apple was sued last week over claims that its iPad easily overheats, then suddenly switches itself off.

• Google Android market looks to protect apps

  Extending protection against unauthorized use of applications, stewards of the Google-backed Android mobile platform Tuesday unveiled a licensing service for applications in the Android Market.

• Is iOS4, iPhone's new OS, a Battery Hog?

  Does iOS 4 draw more juice than iOS 3? Short answer: yes, says Aaron Vronko, CEO of Rapid Repair, an iPhone and iPod repair shop.

• Sprint expands NextMail voice messaging to all its devices

  Sprint Nextel today said that its NextMail voice messaging service is now available on all of the devices the carrier sells.

• AT&T now patching flaw that slowed iPhone 4

  AT&T is patching software in its network to fix a bug that kept iPhone 4 users from getting the full upstream speed on their handsets.