Today, IT can purchase cloud-based enterprise mobile device and app management, application development platforms and mobile business applications such as field service and CRM.

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Shortly after the latest rumor that Vertu's prepping its first-ever Android-based device, eagle-eyed Blog of Mobile delivered further evidence to support the claim, and it even managed to dig out what claims to be product shots of said phone.

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In addition, consumers can automatically sync their AppZone apps with Android-based devices via BlueStacks Cloud Connect, a cloud-based service that enables a Windows-based PC to become an extension of an Android mobile device and vice versa1.

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Driving this was the worldwide release of its Galaxy S i9000 converged mobile device, as well as its bada-based Wave model.

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And Sony, a company desperately trying to remain relevant in today's mobile-centric world, still sells an Android-based smartwatch that it introduced last year, but reviews of the device are pretty bad.

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Tegra 4-based tablet reference designs offer a technical "recipe" for mobile device developers using the new mobile processor from NVIDIA, significantly accelerating the process of developing powerful new tablets.

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"All the products at Best Buy will eventually follow, " predicts Amol Sarva, chief executive of New York City-based start-up Txtbl, which will launch a wi-fi-enabled mobile e-mail device this summer.

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