Go Mobile® - #147 - Januarly 14, 2005

  • Features: 2005 Trends... CES Summaries... Tech Trends... Enterprise IT
  • Verticals: Education... Field Service... Healthcare... Hospitality... Military... more
  • Products: Notebooks, PDAs, & Smartphones... Software... Network Gear
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Network News... Company News... Winter Events
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Featured Stories

.Tech Trends

More mobile phone worms appear

A holographic projector for your future PDA? (PDA Live)

New paint & window film blocks wireless signals (InformationWeek)

New Samsung mobile phone senses motion (InfoSyncWorld)

USA Today poll: 70% don't want in-flight cell service (Techweb)

Above: Mobile holographic projector by Light Blue Optics

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Enterprise IT Features

Users & companies at odds over mobile devices (Network World)

Workers' personal devices cause IT headaches (vnunet)

The costs & benefits of remote workers (Techworld)

How to fight brain overload (Computerworld)

How to lead change in your organization (Computerworld)

IT leaders prioritize storage, wireless & security (Computerworld)

 

Mobile trends in 2005 (TechWeb)

Satire: Never mind 2005: what to expect in 2015 (Network World)

CES Summaries

Best of CES picks (Laptop Magazine)

Feature: CES 2005 (PDA Geek)

CES report part I and part II (PDA Buyer's Guide)

CES news: the lighter side (vnunet)

Below: At CES, Comedian Conan O'Brien & Bill Gates reveal their Star Trek addiction

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Mobile & Wireless in Vertical Markets

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LeapFrog's 'pentop computer'

Education: Big WLAN on campus (Techweb)

Education: LeapFrog takes a leap with 'pentop computer' (Cnet)

Electrical Engineering: B.I.N. releases PDA software for electricians (Control Engineering)

Field Inspections: Grayson Homes builds BlackBerries into field inspections

Field inspections: Indiana insurance co. uses wireless laptops to breeze through tornado claims (Mobile Enterprise)

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Field Mapping: Tadpole mobile app supports latest ESRI GIS

Field Mapping: Mobile GPS software speeds collection, processing of water utilities data

Healthcare: Mayo Clinic study: PDAs don't affect pacemakers (HeartCenterOnline)

Healthcare: 40% of physicians have PDAs, but few use them for work (AMedNews)

Healthcare: Australia's Victoria wants to put Wi-Fi in ambulances (The Register)

Hospitality: Mobile & wireless will transform hotel & dining experiences

Law Enforcement: Lancashire, England police start mobile data trial (vnunet)

Military: U.S. Defense Department tests hybrid active/passive RFID (eWeek)

Military: India's army gets handheld PCs (DMA)

Real Estate: RDC adds Motorola-Nextel phones to its MLS service for realtors

Supply Chain: UK retailer Tesco orders 4,000 RFID readers from ADT (Frontline Solutions)

Transportation: Discrete & Trimble update GPS products for vehicle fleets

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks & Tablet PCs

Apple iBook G5 coming in Q2 (MobileMag)

Lenovo won't change IBM ThinkPads (TechWeb)

MPC adds sub-$1000 notebook PC

Toshiba's new Satellite R15 notebook - Tablet PC in pictures (Tablet PC Talk)

Right: Samsung Q30 gets high marks

Notebook Reviews (Prices in US dollars)

 

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Above: Archos PMA 400; Below: i-mate JAM (review link below)

Handhelds

Rugged Handheld News

Symbol & Psion Teklogix announce new rugged Windows CE handhelds

TDS Recon add-on supports CF cameras, bar code scanners & SD cards

General Handheld News

Windows Mobile 2005 beta to launch Feb. 17, says insider (MobileRead)

Microsoft to phase out Pocket PC & Smartphone brands (IDG)

2004 Engadget Award winners (engadget)

Is there a Linux PDA for $150? (Slashdot)

Apple unveils $500 Mac mini & $99 screen-less iPod (Cnet)

Archos unveils PMA400 media PDA (MobileMag)

Asus P505 Pocket PC phone approved by the FCC (PDA Live)

BenQ Treo-like P50 coming (MobileRead)

E-Ten previews M500 Pocket PC phone with 1.3-Mp camera (PDA Live)

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Garmin, Thales, DeLorme & Mobile Crossing announce new GPS devices

HP iPaq h6315 to get keyboard (Brighthand)

Mitac announces entry-level Mio GPS handheld with landscape display (PDA Live)

palmOne Tungsten E2, new Treo, Zire due (BargainPDA)

palmOne Tungsten T5 gets cradle kit (PDA Live)

Handheld Reviews (Prices in US dollars)

Eten M500

Fbove: FrogPad; Below: Logitech headset

Handheld & Phone Accessories News

ATP SD & Mini SD Memory Card benchmark tests (PDA Buyers Guide)

Cardo & Jabra add new Bluetooth headsets

Accessories Reviews

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Above: Sagem myX-8; Below: Siemens SX66 for Cingular, aka T-Mobile MDA III

Mobile Phones

Mobile Phone News

Trojan disguised as Flash player targets cell phones (IDG)

First phone with display that functions as speaker/receiver (PDA Live)

Pocket PC phones shrink (PDA Street)

LG VX7000 named best cell phone by Consumer Reports (MobileMag)

Motorola previews iTunes compatible phone (engadget)

Samsung's upcoming phones add voice-to-text (IDG)

Sagem launches myX-8 1.3 Mp camera phone (MobileMag)

Kids phone pulled over safety concerns (The Register)

Carrier Specific Mobile Offerings

Cingular adds Siemens SX66 Pocket PC phone

Cingular to sell palmOne Treo 650 in February (BargainPDA)

O2 falls for Blackberry Charm (The Register)

Verizon offers its first 3G devices from Samsung (TechWeb)

Vodafone Japan gets new Sharp ships 2-Mp camera phone (MobileMag)

Mobile Phone Reviews

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Above: The world's tallest building, now open in Taipei, has total wireless coverage

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Personal Productivity Software

Above: Windows XP Professional Remote Desktop; Below: Claviature on-screen keyboard

Windows: Citrix Online GoToMyPC rates 4.5 out of 5

Windows: MS Windows XP Remote Desktop rates 3.5 out of 5

Windows: Symantec pcAnywhere 11 rates 3.5 out of 5

All Devices: Internet radio goes mobile (PDA Geek)

All Devices: iAnywhere improves AvantGo mobile browser

Palm: Software patches to make your palmOne Treo 650 even better (PalmInfocenter)

Palm / Windows Mobile: Calligrapher 7.4 review (PC Magazine)

Windows Mobile: How to get more out of Wi-Fi (Pocket PC Magazine)

Windows Mobile: MS ActiveSync 3.8 released (MobileRead)

Windows Mobile: Microth Claviature offers multi-language text input

Windows Mobile: Ilium Software NewsBreak review (PDAntic)

Windows Mobile: Opera browser offers v7.6 beta for MS Smartphone (Mobilemag)

Windows Mobile: Review: OnCourse Navigator GPS rates 8.8 out of 10 (Pocket GPS World)

Smartphones: MapQuest adds 'send to phone' feature (RCR)

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Enterprise Product Features

Enterprise Mobile Software / Middleware

Carriers offer device management products (Network World)

Nokia offers mobile security suite (Techworld)

Oracle updates its mobile database to v10g

WLAN Gear

New 3Com access point supports power-over-Ethernet (CRN)

MIMO Wi-Fi products flood in (Techworld)

Wi-Fi product watch (Wi-Fi Planet)

DragonWave hardware doubles its bandwidth (Wi-Fi Planet)

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WLAN Management Tips

Analysis: migration to 802.11i won't be smooth (eWeek)

Developer Features

Qualcomm BREW Developer Awards seeks entrants

10 do's & don'ts for developing Pocket PC user interfaces (Pocket PC Magazine)

Best of articles for MS Smartphone Programming (blog)

 

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Mobile Trends & Analysis

Business travelers try to balance gadget power & weight (NY Times)

Batteries: mobile computing's energy crisis (Computerworld)

Tips for stretching battery life (Computerworld)

Study: users don't really want device convergence (TechWeb)

Wireless Trends & Analysis

The reality of metro Wi-Fi (Network World)

US wireless operators to fight state & local regulations (Wireless Watch)

WLANs / WiMax / Wi-Fi

Analysis: Motorola & Intel differ on wireless broadband (eWeek)

Cisco buyout of Airespace lights the fuse for switch shakeout (Techworld)

WiMax vendors in China, North America move forward (IDG)

Is 802.11a faster & easier than g? (vnunet)

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Samsung & Athena claim MIMO breakthrough for current Wi-Fi products (TechWeb)

Novatel gets patent for cellular-to-WLAN hand-offs (Techweb)

Cellular

South Korea adds satellite TV & radio to cell phones (TechWeb)

Look out paid Wi-Fi: EV-DO (3G) is on a roll (ZDnet)

3G options for small businesses in the U.S. (Network World)

26 telecom companies to team on "Super 3G" standard (Reuters)

Consumer Reports: Only 45% are happy with cell phone service (Chicago Tribune)

Subscribers sue Verizon Wireless over disabled Bluetooth feature (Techweb)

Antipiracy patents for cell phones pooled (Reuters)

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Embedded Systems News

AMD unveils Centrino competitor (The Register)

Hitachi previews 8-10GB drives (MobileMag)

Toshiba ships tiny 2GB hard drive (TechWeb)

SyChip plugs 11g to phone OEMs (Wi-Fi Planet)

Left: Hitachi's "Mikey" is 20% smaller than its previous drives

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T-Mobile CEO: no acquisitions, but enterprise customer unit possible (TechWeb)

UPS names new CIO (eWeek)

Virtual network operator Visage Mobile gains $23m (RCR)

U.S. government awards more RFID contracts for testing e-passports (RCR)

2005 Mobile Events

See the 2005 event calendar here. To list your event, see the link on the events page.


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