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Sony, along with U.S. partner AT&T, took the wraps off their latest S1 & S2 Android tablets at recent event in NYC: http://bit.ly/nc34A5

Kyocera and Virgin Mobile have announced their line-up for the 6th annual FreeFest slated for Sept 10th in Columbia: http://bit.ly/rfIAra

DoCoMo reported to take 20% JV position, est value of $24M, with search giant Baidu in China to distribute mobile content: http://bit.ly/nxYbsL

ITU announces App Challenge for IPTV, $10k grand prize sponsored by Sumitomo & Dentsu, register by Sept. 16th: http://bit.ly/r2lVgL

According to report via Bloomberg, DoCoMo is even more bullish on ‘droid smartphone sales for the FYE March 31st 2012: http://bit.ly/qh2QKx

Back from our island adventure & playing catch-up.. multiple sources report Vertu will shutter it’s swanky Ginza store: http://bit.ly/nfkkxA