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LG made headlines today with two big stories: First, that it was abandoning the Windows Phone platform to focus on Android phones, and second, that it was launching an "LG Cloud" service for smartphones, PCs and TVs.

Bye-bye, Windows Phone

As Jordan Crook of TechCrunch reports, LG had spent two quarters in the red and decided to move away from Microsoft's mobile platform.

News came out today that Verizon Wireless was blocking the Google Wallet mobile payment app for use on its network via the new Galaxy Nexus, which is due for release later this month.

But Verizon has quickly responded to deny those claims.

"Recent reports that Verizon is blocking Google Wallet on our devices are false," Verizon spokesman Jeffrey Nelson said in statement, as reported by Reuters.

Amazon.com announced a seemingly outrageous promotion yesterday: kicking off its Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales by putting nearly 100 high-end smartphones on sale for only a penny.

That's right. A penny.

Google Wallet is live in five U.S. cities -- New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles -- and if you're unfamiliar with the new NFC-based wallet phone technology, worry not. Google has teamed up with Sprint and Samsung to familiarize people with the service in select stores.

MetroPCS Meets in the Big D - Central Texas MetroPCS Agents met recently in Dallas for a day of meetings and awards. As usual, iQmetrix was present to celebrate with our many MetroPCS customers and to also discuss the future with our partners and MetroPCS executives.

Samsung was present showing off their latest handsets for the MetroPCS market.