Go Mobile® - #154 - May 27, 2005

  • Features: Windows Mobile 5.0... Palm news... Tech Trends... Security Spotlight
  • Verticals: Field Service... Finance... Healthcare... Logistics... Retail... Science
  • Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software... Network Gear
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Network News... Company News... Spring Events
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Featured Stories

 

Windows Mobile 5.0

Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 5.0 (TechWeb)

Windows Mobile 5.0: where's the push email? (Techworld)

What does Win Mobile 5 mean for Palm OS? (BargainPDA)

Bill Gates sees big dollars in little devices (Cnet)
Windows Mobile 5.0 Today screen
   

Palm DevCon News

palmOne will pay $30m to be Palm again

PalmSource announces new developer programs

palmOne LifeDrive PDA packs 4GB hard drive

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Tech Trends

Poll: remote workers feel mistrusted (Techworld)

UK group claims fuel cell breakthrough (Reuters)

Tritium battery can last 20 years

Fuel cells: hype vs. reality (TheDeal)

Security Spotlight

Windows XP update lacks full compliance with the WPA2 spec (eWeek)

Tests debunk viruses-in-cars myth

Business travellers targeted in latest phishing scam (Computerworld)

GAO: US federal agencies are lax on wireless security (Computerworld)

Wireless risks at an integrated academic health system (Computerworld)

How to crack WEP (Tom'sNetworking)

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Mobile & Wireless in Vertical Markets

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Field Service: wireless leaders in utility companies (Computerworld)

Financial Services: Chase Card Services initiative to drive wireless payment systems in the US (TechWeb)

Financial Services: wireless leaders (Computerworld)

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Government: wireless leaders in government organizations (Computerworld)

Healthcare: Hospira mobilizes dose tracking; MedAptus adds clinical results viewing & Zix e-prescribing

Healthcare: PocketBilling charge capture software updated (PalmAddicts)

Healthcare: wireless leaders (Computerworld)

Left: PocketBilling for Palm

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Logistics: UPS deploys its fourth-gen handhelds (Computerworld)

Retail: supermarket Cub Foods trials biometric scanners (engadget)

Manufacturing: wireless leaders (Computerworld)

Police / Security: Sagem Morpho intros handheld biometric ID terminal

Science: Cellular technology to track dolphins (Reuters)

Right: Cub Foods "pay by touch"

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks & Tablet PCs

Acer Ferrari 4000

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Above: Gateway M680X; Below: Sony Vaio VGN-T350

Notebook / Tablet Reviews (Prices in US dollars)

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Handhelds / Smartphones

General Device News

Dell denies cellphone plans (Reuters)

HTC claims first Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphone for 3G networks

LG unveils 5 megapixel cameraphone (engadget)

Mio 169 unveiled (Pocket PC Thoughts)

palmOne LifeDrive PDA packs 4GB hard drive

palmOne unveils LifeDrive (press release & reader comments) (Palm Infocenter)

palmOne updates Treo 650's voice dialing (PDA Live)

Psion Teklogix enhances its Workabout Pro rugged handhelds

Sanyo unveils WiPOQ MMT communicator (InfoSyncWorld)

PalmOne's new LifeDrive

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Left: HTC MDA IV (see above for link)

 

Carrier or Country-Specific Device News

Cingular to add iPaq h6300 soon (Brighthand)

Sprint launches 2 Mp Samsung MM-A800 cameraphone (MobileMag)

T-Mobile adds EDGE phone (engadget)

T-Mobile RAZR V3 delayed til fall (engadget)

Verizon adds Treo 650 (engadget)

Device Rumors

BlackBerry's new horizon: Wi-Fi phones?

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Device Previews

Apple's rumored Tablet PC: man claims hands-on demo (engadget)

Hop-on intros $39 Wi-Fi phone (Geekzone)

Nokia previews pocket "Internet Tablet" with Linux, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

Samsung i730 preview pics (engadget)

Samsung SGH-D307 preview (engadget)

Above: Nokia 770

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Device Reviews

Sanyo Wipoq (see above section for link)

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Above: Suncore's BlueWiFly

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Wireless Service News

Hotspot news May 9-27 (Wi-Fi Planet)

Windows XP gets free Wi-Fi security update (MobileMag)

Nextel joins wireless e-mail parade (IDG)

Nextel launches hotspot service (Wireless Week)

Sprint adds business services; Verizon offers new business rates & push-email

Verizon Wireless bundles in-flight calls (TechWeb)

Downtown LA park gets free WiFi (Wireless Week)

Los Angeles' Pershing Square is now wireless

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Above: Textware's Instant Text Mobile

Personal Software

Palm: Agendus v9.05 released (Palm Addicts)

Palm: TealDesktop beta 1.00 (PalmAddicts)

Palm: Textware's latest software speeds Palm text entry

Palm: Tungsten E2 WiFi card driver released (Palm InfoCenter)

Palm: Review: SplashBlog photo blogger for Palm OS devices (Geek)

Palm: MMPlayer for Palm released (PDA Live)

Palm / Win. Mobile: Abidia updates its eBay listing manager (MobileMag)

Windows Mobile: Fiberlink security software adds Pocket PCs (TechWeb)

Windows: HP issues major ROM update for iPaq hx4700 (PDALive)

Symbian: SBSH releases calendar replacement for Series 60 devices (PDALive)

Symbian: Symantec releases Symbian anti-virus software (TechWeb)

Symbian UIQ: DataViz puts Documents To Go on Sony Ericsson smartphones (PDA Street)

Left: SBSH Papyrus calendar tool for Symbian

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Enterprise Product Features

Enterprise Mobile Software

MobiForms 1.0 development tool (Geek)

MobilityWare releases remote tech support tool for Palm & Windows Mobile

Sigaba puts its messaging software on BlackBerry

Toshiba launches mobile access service for enterprises (TechWeb)

Enterprise Wireless Product News

Aruba pumps up its WiFi switches (eWeek)

Madge branches off with super-cheap WLAN server

Nortel releases mesh networks planning tool (TechWeb)

Wi-Fi product news roundup (Wi-Fi Planet)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Mobile Trends & Analysis

Survey: Remote users - not data centers - worry network admins

W3C plots better browsing for handhelds (PDA Street)

CTIA, MMA release guidelines for mobile content sales (IDG)

New GPS technology to be built into cell phones, PDAs (TechWeb)

Windows Longhorn hardware advances could hurt PDAs (engadget)