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Mobile Minutes: IPhone 6S debuts; Sprint vs. T-Mobile; Google?s antitrust woes; BlackBerry?s Android phone

No, this isn't the beginning of a joke: The Pope, a robot and shorter lines shook up the usual iPhone launch day routine.

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.?
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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.?
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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.