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Let's go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead on Wall Street: smartphones and software, discount brokers and airbeds, and would you like a side of fries with that?

A software glitch in some of Nokia's new Lumia 900 smartphones led it to offer a sweet $100 wireless bill credit. Since the handset only cost $99.99, you can do the math: It's free. Oh, and the easily downloadable fix? It'll be available Monday.

No crowds lined up for Sunday's debut of the Lumia 900 -- Nokia's new smartphone running Windows Phone. But Microsoft is betting billions on the $100 device -- and it has good reason to be optimistic.

There's never a dull moment on Wall Street, especially when earnings season is just about to get under way. Let's go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead.

It has been a horrible year for Research In Motion, and things may not be getting any better for the BlackBerry maker come 2012. Despite all of the buyout speculation, RIM's stock has been a disaster. In fact, it's a foregone conclusion that RIM is toast.

It's not paranoia -- you really are surrounded by Androids. Google's mobile OS is now running on 200 million activated gadgets, matching the number running Apple's iOS. And recently, the 10 billionth Android app was downloaded.

When Nokia's CEO presents the company's strategy to investors in London on Friday, it could announce plans to use an outside operating system -- namely, Microsoft's , Google's or both, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

In the latest round of a fight between two technology giants, Motorola punched back at Microsoft Wednesday with a patent infringement lawsuit. Its subsidiary, Motorola Mobility, filed 16 infringement claims against the software giant over its Windows mobile software, as well as its PC and server software and Xbox products.

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Software giant Microsoft is expected to show off a new line of mobile phones Monday that will be loaded with its software, MarketWatch.com reported. The phones, made by Sharp, will feature touch screens and run on the Verizon Wireless network, according to the report.