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@FierceWireless: HP to launch new #webOS phones in early 2011. Article Follow @FierceWireless
> Thanks to smartphone demand, HTC almost doubled its quarterly profit, beating analyst estimates. Article
> Leap Wireless' Cricket division will launch Huawei's Android-based Ascend smartphone in mid-October for $149.99. Release
> T-Mobile USA will expand its WiFi calling and make it available for a wide selection of Android-powered smartphones, including the T-Mobile myTouch and Motorola DEFY. Release
> Microsoft could unveil tablets, too during its Oct. 11 Windows Phone 7 event. Article
> Samsung said it has sold more than 5 million Galaxy S smartphone handsets since the June launch. Article
> Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen said he expects China and India to be very attractive markets for the company as those markets add more phone users and upgrade networks. Article
> Mobile phone supplier Personal Communications Devices showed off a range of handsets it is selling in the U.S. market, and also offered hints on its plans for the future. Article
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> Qualcomm confirmed reports it will shutter its struggling FLO TV mobile broadcast effort, halting direct-to-consumer sales of new devices but committing to delivering programming to existing subscribers through the spring of 2011. Article
> Bitstream released the latest version of its browser, Bolt 2.3, which has HTML5 audio streaming, enhanced inline text editing and cloud-based backup. Release
> At the Billboard Mobile Entertainment Live conference, Janus Friis, co-founder of social music service Rdio, talks about the importance of mobile in digital music. Article
> Opera Software launched Open Mobile Ad Exchange, a new service delivering cloud-based mobile advertising across the 66.5 million smartphones and feature phones running the firm's Opera Mini mobile browser. Article
And Finally... A group of German Catholics want to do away with Santa Claus. Article