It's a hard mobile world out there. A phone manufacturer faces a lot of challenges to make its customers happy and to succeed financially. Nokia, despite or maybe because of, its recent efforts to explain its innovative products, has just reported a considerable quarterly loss. Motorola, despite being owned by Google, continues to fail in bringing the timely Android updates that everyone craves.

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• 00:02:20 - Nokia Lumia 510 launched, available in November for around $200
• 00:03:36 - Nokia reports $754 million quarterly loss as Lumia approaches one year anniversary
• 00:06:45 - Nokia Lumia sales fall 28 percent in Q3 to 2.9 million, North American sales cut in half
• 00:09:30 - Nokia Lumia 920 reportedly exclusive to AT&T for six months
• 00:23:40 - Google announces Android event for October 29th at 10AM ET
• 00:28:10 - Motorola confirms which phones won't get Jelly Bean, will get $100 upgrade discount instead
• 00:29:30 - No Jelly Bean update for 2011 Sony smartphones, Xperia ion and others must wait until 2013
• 00:34:10 - Motorola calls stock Android 'the right thing,' but bows to Verizon customization
• 00:35:00 - Want a Google-influenced Motorola phone? Keep waiting
• 00:50:00 - HTC J Butterfly preview: a stunning 5-inch 1080p phone for Japan (video)
• 00:51:55 - 5-inch 1080p HTC DLX coming to Verizon, says Android Central
• 00:56:43 - Sprint acquires majority stake in Clearwire
• 00:58:40 - $20 billion of ambition: meet Masayoshi Son, Sprint suitor and SoftBank CEO
• 01:00:10 - Sprint's LTE now covers over 30 markets, Chicago suburbs and more added today
• 01:02:30 - Galaxy Note II available from T-Mobile for $369.99

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