| Go Mobile® - #152 - April 15, 2005 | |||
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Mobile & Wireless for Vertical Markets |
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Asset Tracking: Sybase adds to RFID software lineup Asset Tracking: Symbol MC9000-G rugged handheld gets RFID reader/writer (WindowsforDevices) Education: Higher ed learns notebook PC lessons (Network World) Education: Program promotes inter-campus wireless roaming for colleges (Wi-Fi Planet) Education: Syracuse schools get expansive WLAN (Wi-Fi Planet) Education: Japanese university uses cellphones to monitor attendance (Geek) Field Inspection: Florida field inspectors improve code enforcement with wireless Tablet PCs Field Service: Gearworks updates its mobile field service management software Field Service / Asset Tracking: Electric utility TransAlta uses wireless to stay competitive (Network World) |
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InTouch Health's robot lets doctors help people remotely
Healthcare: Harrison's Manual of Medicine now on PDAs Healthcare: hospital trials virtual robotic "doctor" (engadget) Healthcare: Wireless RF-transmitter sends dental X-rays straight to a PC (engadget) Law Enforcement / Security: Logan Airport arms with iPaqs (eWeek) |
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Law Enforcement / Security: Opinion: portable face recognition technology is better than RFID cards (ZDnet) Military: U.S. to deploy controversial laptop-triggered landmines in Iraq (The Register) Military: U.S. Navy centralizes buys for mobile devices & services (GCN) |
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Product News & Reviews |
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Notebooks & Tablet PCs Apple Mac OS X 10.4 due April 29 (engadget) Gateway & MPC add widescreen notebooks Kontron adds newest rugged mobile computer Tadpole laptop improves encryption of sensitive information (TechWeb) An ultracompact Tablet PC with mini keyboard (engadget) Will a mini Tablet/eBook hybrid be the next Tablet PC? (Microsoft Watch) Microsoft plugs Tablet PCs with free applications (Computerworld) Left: This mini Tablet PC is really a handheld |
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The ThinkPad T43 (above) & T42 each rated well |
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Handhelds / Smartphones Left: New Tungsten E2
LXE's MX3-RFID rugged handheld gets 96-bit tag support, other upgrades Nokia 7280 fashion phone hits the U.S. (engadget) palmOne releases Tungsten E2 handheld palmOne adds Tungsten E2 (Palm IC) palmOne launches Tungsten E2 (engadget) palmOne cuts prices on Zire 31 & Treo 600 (Palm IC) Samsung debuts Palm OS phone in China (engadget) |
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Seiko debuts e-ink wristwatch (engadget) Selwyn offers $150 e-notepad (engadget) Merits of the PDA manual (BargainPDA) BlackBerrys aren't just for e-mail anymore (InformationWeek)
Verizon Treo 650 April 20th? (engadget) Verizon to offer Samsung's SCH-i830 Pocket PC Phone (engadget) |
Above: Seiko e-ink watch |
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Samsung WIP-6050M relies on 802.11g, not GSM or CDMA (InfoSyncWorld) |
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palmOne 'LifeDrive' will be the Tungsten X (Brighthand) palmOne's rumored 'LifeDrive' (mobile-review) Motorola iTunes phone the e790? (engadget) palmOne Treo with Windows Mobile allegedly spotted (PDAStreet) More palmOne LifeDrive pics (engadget) First Palm 'Cobalt' Smartphone reportedly in the works (Palm InfoCenter) |
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BlackBerry 7290 |
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Overview: SmartLine DeviceLock (ZDnet) Hawking hawks wireless-G range extender (engadget) Panasonic's new battery outpowers alkalines in many cases (NY Times via Cnet) Photologic hardware lets Palm users time stamp & log door openings (PalmAddict) Spectec WiFi SD card falls short; in a good way (engadget) ZyXel releases firewall & VPN device for mobile computer users (TechWeb) |
Bluetake G5 headset |
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Google Local for mobiles |
Google Local goes wireless in US & Canada (Wireless Week) Verizon Wireless adds international roaming service (Wireless Week) Sprint PCS adds radio content service (Wireless Week) Leap Wireless adds flat rate voice plans (TechWeb) Orange launches EDGE network in France (Wireless Week) Trying the London to Brighton express train's new Wi-Fi service (The Register) Minneapolis plans city-wide Wi-Fi network (eWeek) Hotspot watch April 11-15, 2005 (Wi-Fi Planet) |
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Personal Software Left: Motricity's eReader All: Orb Networks & Inetcam announce mobile video streaming products Palm: Sync iPod with Palm Desktop (Geek) Palm / Windows Mobile: Review: Time Manager Pad (PDA 24/7) Palm / Windows Mobile: Motricity releases eReader 2.61 (MobileRead) Windows / Windows Mobile: eEye offers free Wi-Fi scanner (MobileMag) Windows Mobile: MopiPhant: first Emule P2P client for Pocket PC (MobileRead) Windows: Review: Ultra-X's P.H.D. MiniPCI notebook hardware troubleshooting application (Tom's Hardware) |
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Enterprise Product Features
Adesso previews v3 of its mobile middleware iPass offers software policy enforcement over wireless connections SYWARE updates its mEnable mobile database software to v2 TeleType & Wallace add to mapping applications for Windows Mobile & BlackBerry Saratoga's new platform links handhelds to CRM apps (W. Newsfactor) |
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New Wi-Fi software will mean faster roaming for VoIP users (Techworld) Check Point firewall adds wireless (CRN) Peribit aims to break applications bottlenecks for WANs (eWeek) Wi-Fi product watch April 4-15, 2005 (Wi-Fi Planet) |
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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis |
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Mobile Trends & Analysis Gartner Mobile & Wireless Summit: Uncertainty reigns, so plan accordingly (Network World) Report claims 56 million U.S. mobile workers (RCR) Study shows Windows & Linux costs neck-and-neck (Computerworld) Wireless Trends & Analysis Wireless industry asseses IP flaw (TechWorld) Service lets customers buy with a phone number & receive SMS coupons (eWeek) Texas bill may track vehicle inspection with RFID tags (Computerworld)
Philadelphia details its city-wide wireless plan (Wi-Fi Planet) Free Wi-Fi: what a concept (TechWeb) Poll: cost concerns & lack wireless laptops limit potential hotspot users (Web User) Thin AP standards proposed (Wi-Fi Planet) WiMax summit: 'Standards-plus' could harm 802.16 roadmap (Wireless Watch) FAQ: Wi-Fi alphabet soup (Cnet) Interoperable ZigBee platforms coming (EE Times) |
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High-flying robot plane could link cellular networks (Reuters) Poll: 67% oppose cell phones in flight (Wireless Week) Carriers consider VoIP (Wi-Fi Planet) Bluetooth may not be able to handle EV-DO (3G) nets (ZDnet) Digital Rights Management tax cut for mobile phones (The Register) |
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Developer News O'Reilly
new "CodeZoo" online code repository includes mobile device
software
(LinuxDevices) Embedded Systems AMD expands Mobile Athlon 64 line-up (The Register) |
