mocoNews Quick Hits 8.05.09

Brightpoint Factory

»  Sprint (NYSE: S) is trying to cut costs by hiring a middleman, Brightpoint, to sell its products where Sprint doesn’t doesn’t have a strong sales force. [WSJ]

»  RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) is trying to patent a device with touch sensors/controllers that can handle finger and stylus controls equally well. [Unwired View]

»  The iPhone has done so well that it’s pushed the iPod down the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) totem pole to the third best-selling product. [Fortune]

»  Is all the Android build-up recently hype, or has Google (NSDQ: GOOG) finally made it a stable and mature enough product to carry the name? [Fierce Wireless]

»  If you need to buy a Harry Potter book on the go, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) just put an app on the Android platform with one-click shopping. [Mobile Crunch]

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