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AT&T on Monday introduced Toggle 2.0, a BYOD service that lets users and companies set up separate work and personal environments on a single device. The service is available now for Android smartphones running Android 2.2 Froyo and Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Toggle 2.0 is the follow up to Toggle 1.0, an earlier version of the virtualization service the carrier unveiled late last year. With Toggle 2.0, however, users can have separate apps, accounts and even data and voice plans one one device. Toggle 2.0 is similar to VMWare's virtualization service, Horizon Mobile, but just a lot more advanced.

Addtionally, Toggle 2.0 also allows businesses to set up a customized App Store where users can download business applications approved for them. The previous version required administrators to push applications to the users' devices using the Android SDK.

AT&T's Toggle 2.0 joins a whole bevy of services in recent months trying to capitalize on the new BYOD trend in offices. VMWare's previously mentioned service also tries to do this, as well as Samsung's SAFE certification. Samsung's SAFE is a little different, of course, but is aiming to make all Galaxy S III handsets "enterprise-ready."

Overall, AT&T's Toggle 2.0 is a huge undertaking, but looks to be extremely useful and valuable for employers. I personally usually take a hostile attitude toward AT&T, but with Toggle 2.0 I am actually impressed. It will be interesting to see how it does, but there is definitely a market for it.

Again, Toggle 2.0 is availalbe now for Android and should arrive for iOS in just a few short weeks. Versions of the service will also be launching on BlackBerry and Windows Phone sometime near the end of 2012.

For those interested in AT&T's Toggle 2.0, head here. The service costs $6.50 per month for each device.

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