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Mobile Minutes: IPhone 6S debuts; Sprint vs. T-Mobile; Google’s antitrust woes; BlackBerry’s Android phone

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Sprint, T-Mobile escalate war for new iPhone customers
An iPhone 6S for a single dollar? That’s at the heart of an aggressive promotion from Sprint, which comes on the heels of a similar $5 monthly plan from rival T-Mobile.
Read more on USA Today

Google said to be under U.S. antitrust scrutiny over Android
Google Inc. is back under U.S. antitrust scrutiny as officials ask whether the tech giant stifled competitors’ access to its Android mobile-operating system, said two people familiar with the matter.
Read more on Bloomberg

BlackBerry to launch Android smartphone
BlackBerry Ltd. confirmed Friday it would launch a new Android phone to help bolster its sagging device business, while reporting disappointing results amid signs of weakness in its bid to revive growth from sales of device-management and security software.
Read more on The Wall Street Journal