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June 29 - July 3, 2009

Handhelds: Smartphones & UMPCs
Sprint says no pre-orders for BlackBerry Tour (BGR)
Apple offers tips to prevent iPhone 3GS overheating (BGR)
Jailbroken iPhones leave users more vulnerable (IDG)
O2 wins exclusive UK rights to Palm Pre (TechWorld)
iPhone 3GS vs Palm Pre - celebrity smartphone deathmatch (The Register)
Verizon to offer BlackBerry Tour July 12, with or without camera (BGR)
Nokia prepping 12Mp cameraphone with optical zoom? (The Register)
Two year smartphone costs for top smartphones compared (BGR)
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Notebooks, Netbooks, Tablets, & Gear
Archos previews 9-inch tablet for fall release (Laptop Mag)
Dell’s 12.1-inch Vostro 1220 targets SMBs, starts at $799 (Laptop Mag)
ASUS X83Vm-X2 user review (NotebookReview)
Dell Studio 15 (1555) review (NotebookReview)
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Mobile Apps
Skype iPhone app lacks vital push notifications (AppScout)
Why iPod Touch owners shouldn't upgrade to OS 3.0 (PC Mag)
Mark/Space now syncs Macs with HTC's Touch (Windows for Devices)
Etiquette Avenue helps iPhone users mind their manners (AppScout)
FabulaTech offers virtual serial ports for CE development (Windows for Devices)
Navteq revamps mobi.traffic.com (AppScout)
Skype 3.0 for WM adds SMS messaging, file transfer (Windows for Devices)
BSquare's Adobe Flash Lite 3 coming to Android (AppScout)
Hack: use Google Voice to add visual voicemail to your G1, Dream, or Magic (Engadget Mobile)
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Mobile Enterprise
Trapeze's location tracker gets a Wi-Fi boost (Network World)
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Network Access News
EU ends mobile 'roaming-rip off' (IDG)
Zer01 launches: unlimted voice & data for $70 / month (Windows for Devices)
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Industry News
Apple patent apps hint at haptic screens, RFID, fingerprint ID (MacRumors)
Visa buys $13M stake in mobile payment company Monetise (AppScout)
New version of Symbian nears beta testing (IDG)
Ofcom decides on white-space parameters (The Register)
Ofcom allows Ultra Wide Band to be used in vehicles (The Register)
Nokia Siemens Networks backs away from WiMax R&D (Unstrung)
FirstNews Briefs for July 2, 2009 (WirelessWeek)
MMA releases mobile content guidelines (WirelessWeek)
Twitter doesn't want developers using "Tweet" in apps (AppScout)
Peter Rojas and Ryan Block launch gdgt.com (Engadget)
FirstNews Briefs for July 1, 2009 (WirelessWeek)
iPhone OS 3.1 released to developers (BGR)
Dell working on a mobile Internet device, says report (WirelessWeek)
Nokia admits killing off Widsets widgets platform for Ovi (The Register)
NVIDIA Tegra phone due from a "top five" manufacturer before 2010? (Engadget)
FirstNews Briefs for June 30, 2009 (WirelessWeek)
Apple: Steve Jobs is 'back to work' (Reuters)
Handset makers agree with EU on universal phone charger (Light Reading)
FirstNews Briefs for June 29, 2009 (WirelessWeek)
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Trends & Analysis
What happened to RIM and where are they going? (BGR)
Report: Smartphone sales to top 300M by 2013 (PC Mag)
Is Apple's push notification enough for the iPhone? (InfoWorld)
Nortel's LTE patent goldmine (Light Reading)

June 22-25, 2009

Handhelds: Smartphones & UMPCs
HTC to phase out TouchFLO interface for a unified look (Brighthand)
BlackBerry Tour hands-on (Engadget)
HTC Ozone WM phone comes to Verizon June 29 for under $50 (Engadget)
Cameraphone faceoff: iPhone 3G, 3GS, and Palm Pre (The Register)
HTC's Hero Android phone boasts 3.2-inch touchscreen, new interface (BGR)
Toshiba's 1 GHz smartphone debuts in some countries (Brighthand)
Motorola, AT&T announce the Karma QA1 (BGR)
T-Mobile’s second Android phone, myTouch 3G, up for pre-order (BGR)
Samsung's Jet claims over 2 million pre-orders (Unwired View)
Samsung Memoir review (Brighthand)
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Notebooks, Netbooks, Tablets, & Gear
HP ProBook 4310s hands-on (Engadget)
HP's Mini 5101 hands-on: head of the business class (Laptop Mag)
HP's Mini 5101, with better screen and keyboard, hands-on (NotebookReview)
Lenovo ThinkPad T400s review roundup: mostly high marks (Laptop Mag)
Toshiba Satellite laptops get more luxury features (PC Mag)
Panasonic Toughbook: tiger, elephant, and bullet proof (Forbes)
ASUS Eee PC 1005HA netbook review (NotebookReview)
Gateway launches AMD-based netbook (PC Mag)
Acer adds affordable, media-friendly Aspire Gemstones (PC Mag)
MSI X-Slim X340 review (NotebookReview)
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Mobile Apps
Microsoft unveils Windows 7 pricing, free upgrade policy (AppScout)
Handmark Zagat to Go for the iPhone updated to version 2.0 (AppScout)
Google AdSense Comes to iPhone, Android (AppScout)
Homebrew Pre apps find easy install (The Register)
Adobe plans October release of Flash player for Android, Symbian, webOS, Windows Mobile (PC Mag)
Qik's video-to-net streaming app now supports Android phones (BGR)
Beejive 3.0 offers push IM for iPhone, other phones (BGR)
Where the iPhone is driving Mac OS X (InfoWorld)
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Mobile Enterprise
Mobile medicine means better care, better budgets (Wi-Fi Planet)
Agito adds BlackBerry support (WirelessWeek)
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Network Access News
How to convert 8021.11g wireless routers into access points (Wi-Fi Planet)
MetroPCS offers unlimited international calls for $5/month (Reuters)
UK's Orange, T-Mobile compete for HTC Hero / G1 customers (The Register)
Wi-Fi product watch for June (Wi-Fi Planet)
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Industry News
Google Android supports adding native code (The Register)
Ericsson CEO to leave for BP; CFO Vestberg to take over (WirelessWeek)
FirstNews Briefs for June 25, 2009 (WirelessWeek)
Palm sells 150K Pres, reaches 1 million app catalog downloads (AppScout)
Steve Jobs received liver transplant, Tennessee hospital confirms (PC Mag)
Nokia, Intel to team on open source mobile Linux projects (IDG)
Femtocells 'kick apps' at the Femtocell World Summit (Unstrung)
FirstNews Briefs for June 24, 2009 (WirelessWeek)
CloudMark shows system to battle mobile 'spim' (Techworld)
FirstNews Briefs for June 23, 2009 (WirelessWeek)
Apple sells 1 million iPhone 3G S phones on first weekend (PC Mag)
Nokia Siemens grabs Nortel wireless assets; will anyone else? (Light Reading)

 
 
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