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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 |
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Handhelds
Symbol & Psion Teklogix announce new rugged Windows CE handhelds TDS Recon add-on supports CF cameras, bar code scanners & SD cards
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)
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Fbove: FrogPad; Below: Logitech headset ![]() |
ATP SD & Mini SD Memory Card benchmark tests (PDA Buyers Guide) Cardo & Jabra add new Bluetooth headsets
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Above: Sagem myX-8; Below: Siemens SX66 for Cingular, aka T-Mobile MDA III ![]() |
Mobile
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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)
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)
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Study advises limiting children's mobile phone use (IDG) World's tallest building opens with total wireless coverage Las Vegas airport launches U.S.' largest free Wi-Fi network Sprint delays directory support (RCR) T-Mobile shuts down full GPRS access through T-Zones plan (PDA Geek) Verizon Wireless broadband 3G service adds new cities Boingo Wi-Fi software adds Macs (TechWeb) EarthLink betters the BlackBerry browser (PDA Street) MSN Hotmail goes mobile in India (Cnet)
Linksys claims 8x speed boost for new router, adapter (TechWeb) Review: Canary Digital Hotspotter wi-fi hotspot detector (Wi-Fi Planet) Review: D-Link AirPlus Wireless Pocket Router rates 4 out of 5 (PC Magazine) |
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Personal Productivity Software
Above: Windows XP Professional Remote Desktop; Below: Claviature on-screen keyboard
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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) |
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Enterprise Product Features
Carriers offer device management products (Network World) Nokia offers mobile security suite (Techworld) Oracle updates its mobile database to v10g
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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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) |
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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)
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)
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) |
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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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