Honorable Mentions: Jan. 23

6:30 AM -- Matt's Mentions is a free daily telecom newsletter compiled by Matt Donnelly, managing editor at Pyramid Research. To subscribe, click here. Follow Matt on Twitter @PyramidMatt.

The following are the most widely read stories linked from Matt's Mentions for the week ending Jan. 20, 2012:

1. Will Microsoft Buy RIM or Nokia? 
2. A New Breed of 4G Phones Emerges 
3. Why Are Android Smartphones Bigger Than the iPhone?
4. Telecom Vendors Expect Slow 2012 
5. Study: Why Do People Use Facebook? 
6. The Year of the Dumb & Dumber, Sub-$100 Smartphone – 500 Million of Them 
7. Vodafone Best-Placed to Profit from M2M – Analyst 
8. 500M Sub $100 Smartphones to Be Sold This Year 
9. Samsung Says Not Interested in Buying RIM 
10. Phone Recycling Machine Lets You Drop in Old Mobiles – & Spits Out Cash Instantly 

— Matt Donnelly, Managing Editor, Pyramid Research