Go Mobile® - #156 - July 15, 2005

  • Features: Tech Trends... Drivers with Mobiles... Security Spotlight
  • Verticals: Asset Tracking... Education... Field Service... Healthcare... Transport
  • Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software... Network Gear
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Network News... Company News... Summer Events
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Featured Stories

 

 

Tech Trends

Survey: companies adopt mobile data faster than planned (TechWeb)

CIO poll: IT spending up in June

Dot-mobi domain names ready in 2006 (IDG)

Fujitsu demos flexible, low-power color screen (engadget)

Panasonic preps color ebook reader (engadget)

In Japan, exploring the cellular frontier (eWeek)

Flexible displays & e-book readers go color
   

U.N., phone makers working on recycling plan (Reuters)

Old phones = cash (NY Times via Cnet)

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Still distracting?

Drivers with Mobiles

Researchers: talking & driving is too much for our brains (TechWeb)

Report: driver headsets still risky (Register)

Debate: headset driving risk (engadget)

Security Spotlight

Man arrested for wardriving (engadget)

Opinion: insecure WiFi = open invite (eWeek)

FAQ: Wi-Fi signal sharing & the law (Cnet)

Prevent insider data breaches (InfoWorld)

Poll: companies fail to protect devices (The Register)

Options for encrypting data (Computerworld)

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Mobile & Wireless in Vertical Markets

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Education: Arizona high school ditches texts for laptops (engadget)

Government: Houston may use its WiFi parking meters for a citywide network (engadget)

Healthcare: Medquist releases patient data capture, dictation software for doctors

Healthcare: the push toward standardized digital portable medical records (Mercury News)

Healthcare: Do doctors & technology mix well? (The Register)

Law Enforcement: RFID tags stop bike thefts in Osaka (engadget)

Transportation: Wireless tech helps trucking company cut call center traffic 45%, driver turnover 30%

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Product News & Reviews

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An Asus or Apple?

With the LS800, Motion shrinks the tablet PC to 8"

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Handhelds / Smartphones

Above: LG 9200

General Device News

July's major PDA / phone releases (InfoSyncWorld)

Apple merges iPod, iPod photo (engadget)

Dell Axim X30 gets ROM upgrade (PDA Live)

Garmin intros cheaper iQue M3 (engadget)

LG adds 9200 QWERTY phone (engadget)

Nokia 6630 embraces location based services (Wireless Week)

Palm Tungsten T5 ROM update tackles memory, stability (PDA Street)

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Sony releases Nav-U portable GPS navigator (engadget)

Carrier or Country-Specific Device News

New phones from Cingular, Sprint, & Verizon

Cingular's GSM Treo 650: how to unlock it (Treo Central)

Sprint adds Bluetooth BlackBerry (PDA Street)

T-Mobile USA launches Motorola RAZR V3 (MobileTracker)

Orange UK adds smartphones (The Register)

Verizon Samsung i730 Bluetooth workarounds? (engadget)

Sony Nav-U

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Tungsten XX: for real?

 

Device Rumors

Palm 6GB LifeDrive (BargainPDA)

Palm Tungsten XX or Tungsten T5 with WiFi (BargainPDA)

Device Previews

Apple, Motorola unveiling ROKR E1, aka iTunes phone, July 25th (engadget)

BenQ P50 shows up on eBay (engadget)

Krome preps smallest Windows Mobile PDA for Australian market (BargainPDA)

Motorola E790

Qool QDA

Microsoft's low-cost Peabody smart phone nears completion (IDG)

Motorola E895 clamshell handset with Linux, Java (InfoSyncWorld)

Qool previews QDA-PocketPC (engadget)

Samsung EV-DO-enabled Pocket PC (Wireless Week)

Siemens SL75 slider camera phone (InfoSyncWorld)

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Device Reviews

Right: TDS TerraGuide

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Palm's GPS car kit

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Accessories Reviews

Left: the JumpDrive stores & protects your PC data when on another PC

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Wireless Service News

Hotspot news roundup (Wi-Fi Planet)

Rumor: Apple to become a wireless carrier? (engadget)

Disney to launch cellular service using Sprint's network (TechWeb)

DoCoMo expands roaming (Wireless Week)

iPass offers Net access via non-affiliated hotspots (The Register)

SBC-Boingo hotspots go live (TechWeb)

Skype, Boingo pitch $8/mo WiFi voice plan (Wi-Fi Planet)

Sprint starts 3G rollout; U.S. carriers launch multimedia message sharing

Finland to get nationwide wireless broadband network (TechWeb)

Disney Mobile logo

 

 

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Personal Software

Below: Chapura PocketMirror

Below: VoiceSignal

 

BlackBerry: DynoPlex adds spellchecker add-on

Mac: Apple releases iSync v2.1 (Palm InfoCenter)

Palm: Avidian's Outlook-based CRM software hits Palm handhelds

Palm: Creative Algorithims' Trip Boss is updated (Palm Addicts)

Palm: Tracker Dog free Palm app tracker updated (Palm Addicts)

Palm: is Xiino a faster Palm browser? (Geek)

Palm: how to sync between Entourage & Palm OS (Palm24/7)

Palm: Resco adds Palm backup/restore utility (Geek)

Palm: Review: TealBackup (Geek)

Palm, Symbian: DataViz ships RoadSync push email app (The Register)

Windows Mobile: Microsoft outlines WM 2005 additions (PC World)

Windows Mobile: BitTorrent to your Pocket PC (GeekZone)

Windows Mobile: Chapura's new app enhances syncing of Outlook folders

Windows Mobile: Review: Chapura PocketMirror Pro 1.0 (BargainPDA)

Windows Mobile: VoiceSignal speech software gets download update for Moto MPx220 users

Windows Mobile: Opera 8 browser released for Windows smartphones (Geek)

Windows: Using Windows Remote Desktop (InformIT)

Windows: Review: LogMeIn rates 8 out of 10 (Cnet)

Symbian: Opera 8 browser released for Series 60 (Geek)

Symbian: MobiMate WorldMate Pro improved for UIQ smartphones (PDA Street)

All: FutureDial software enables camera phone image sharing without carrier fees

All: Mobile GMaps brings Google Maps to your phone (engadget)

All: Yahoo follows Google with SMS business directory service (engadget)

Left: Yahoo SMS

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Enterprise Product Features

Enterprise Mobile Software

Bluefire Security software adds support for latest Palm OS versions

ComCam laptop surveillance software moves to Windows Mobile phones & PDAs

iAnywhere updates Afaria device management & security software to v5.3

Idokorro remote network managment software adds more devices & servers

Nexaweb announces version 4.0 of its web app developer platform

Validian updates its secure file/message exchange software for PCs and mobiles

 

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Enterprise Wireless Products

Wi-Fi powers metro positioning system (Wi-Fi Planet)

Multiple-antenna Wi-Fi gear heading downmarket (IDG)

AirMagnet Wi-Fi security ware binds Cisco kit (Techworld)

Extreme updates WLAN switches (Wi-Fi Planet)

Netgear AP adds MIMO (TechWeb)

Senforce updates its wireless security software (Wi-Fi Planet)

Skyhook uses Wi-Fi for metro GPS

Trapeze upgrades WLAN security (TechWeb)

Developer Tools

MobiForms, FSMLabs offer new dev tools

Sun unveils Java for RFID readers (IDG)

2005 Mobile Star Awards

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Mobile Trends & Analysis

Standards: group creates fuel-cell guidelines for mobile PCs (IDG)

Analysis: how cheap mobile phones could help overthrow dictators (eWeek)

Analysis: why Sendo died (Newswireless)

Opinion: why Nokia's open source browser makes sense (InfoWorld)

Opinion: phone feature overload (TechWeb)

Opinion: the PDA power equation (BargainPDA)

Opinion: Palm needs to focus (Brighthand)

Opinion: the Palm OS effect part 1: simplicity and no maturity (BargainPDA)