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New BlackBerry PlayBook will be able to run Android applications

Research In Motion says its new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, which launches in the US and Canada next month (and is expected in the UK this summer), will also be able to run Android applications and BlackBerry Java apps.

Two optional 'app players' will be offered by RIM in a few months, enabling users to download and run BlackBerry Java apps and Android v2.3 apps from BlackBerry App World.

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Windows Phone 'copy and paste' update starts to hit the UK

Microsoft says its 'copy and paste' update for Windows Phone 7 - the first big software update for the platform - was released on Tuesday. The first phones to be updated will be those that aren’t customised for a specific mobile network operator.

The update adds copy & paste functionality to WP7 smartphones...

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New research database available for mobile marketers

Mobile consumer research group mobileSQUARED has launched a new database that provides detailed historic data and forecasts for UK and US mobile phone usage. The Mobile Consumer Trends database covers the mobile internet, mobile apps, mobile commerce, opt-in messaging and mobile advertising, with forecasts searchable by device type, gender, age, geography and socio-economics.

MCT's information starts from the fourth quarter of 2009 and is updated every quarter with figures from Lightspeed Research.

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