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electronista.com - 9/11/2008

T-Mobile app store to pass on Android, limit uses

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T-Mobile's previously rumored self-run app store has been confirmed by the company at the CTIA expo but will be significantly more limited than either previous estimates or versus similar stores from Apple and Google. Company mobile product developm...

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