Are you a fan of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, but not so much a fan of it only being a 3G device on Verizon? You might well soon get to have the best of both words, if this internal traning registration is on the level. We’re told the Dec. 12 and Dec. 14 training indeed is for Big Red, and we’ve confirmed with a second source that indeed an LTE Xperia Play exists. 

The push and pull between security (and privacy) advocates and a company that supplies several Android manufacturers with application metrics has reached a new level — and lawyers are now involved. This stems from the CarrierIQ “app” that resides in a number of HTC Android smartphones that gained notoriety in early October when a flaw was discovered in the way it was collecting data. Depending on who you ask, CarrierIQ (recently named a “Company under $100 million to watch”) either is a tool that provides OEMs a look at what you’re using your device for under the auspices of giving you a better user experience in the long term, or it’s an evil agent spying on your every move.