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Mobile & Wireless in Vertical Applications |
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Education / Healthcare: USBMIS adds "Clinical Clerkship" PDA reference Healthcare: Tech S2 releases wireless dictation / transcription service Military
/ Maintenance: Air
Force maintenance techs now use Wi-Fi
(WiFi Planet) Police: Trimble releases mobile citation software for police Sales: Factiva beta service puts company factoids on BlackBerry handhelds Supply Chain: Baracoda releases new wireless barcode scanners for PDAs, laptops & tablets Supply Chain: LXE adds rugged computers with speech recognition Supply Chain: Survey says only 35% of companies actively use supply chain automation (Quocirca) Various: Qualcomm names 3G CDMA award winners |
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Product News & Reviews |
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Notebooks / Tablets & Accessories Dell laptops will add Cingular & Verizon 3G support next year (TechWeb) EmperorLinux shows Linux Tablet PC (engadget) Fujitsu adds cheaper widescreen (engadget) Sony's new 13.3-inch Vaio S5 ultraportable packs a punch (InfoSyncWorld) Sony releases new Vaio TX feather-weight notebook (engadget) Tatung adds budget Tablet PCs (MobileMag) Left: Sony Vaio TX |
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For more new notebook reviews, see NotebookReview.com and TrustedReviews.com Right: Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513 |
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Handhelds / Smartphones & Accessories
Acer previews compact VGA Wi-Fi Pocket PC with Windows Mobile 5 (InfoSyncWorld) i-mate unveils K-Jam smartphone (GeekZone) HP announces hx200 series iPaqs (BargainPDA) HP iPaq hw6500 won't get No WinMobile 5.0 (BargainPDA) |
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Motorola V3x vs. V3 (engadget) Nokia 3250 music phone is official (engadget) Nokia ships 2-megapixel N70 (PDA Street) Navman releases PiN 570 GPS-PDA (engadget) OQO upgrades its Windows XP handheld Palm Windows Mobile Treo unveiled; Verizon gets it first RIM BlackBerry to get Intel chips next year (TechWeb)
Palm TX, new LiveDrive, Z22 rumors (Palm InfoCenter) RIM Blackberry 8700 is for real (engadget) Left: Treo 700w |
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Carrier
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Cingular to add Nokia 9300 with optional BlackBerry Server connectivity (Geek) Cingular to carry Samsung SGC-D307 QWERTY keyboard phone (engadget) Preview: Orange SPV C600 with Windows Mobile 5 (CoolSmartphone) Orange adds SPV M5000 (HTC Universal) Windows Mobile smart phone (InfoSyncWorld) Sprint adds the Motorola i930 (InfoSyncWorld) Sprint adds PPC-6700, aka HTC Wizard with Windows Mobile 5 (engadget) Verizon to add LG VX9800 next week (engadget) Right: Orange SPV C600 |
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Below: Samsung SGC-D307 for Cingular
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SanDisk launches secure memory card (PC Mag) Review: Freedom Bluetooth Keyboard (GeekZone) |
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UK's BMI to start in-flight cellphone calling next year (vnunet) NTT DoCoMo service lets phones gather location- or product-specific info (TechWeb) T-Mobile USA to add 3G by 2007 (TechWeb) Review: TRENDnet 802.11g wireless USB 2.0 adapter with hotspot detector (WiFi Planet) |
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Below: Pennovate Notes
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Personal Software Skype Internet telephone calls now forward to mobile phones Software erases or blocks calls on Symbian phones Palm: iambic updates Agendus for Palm (PDA Live) Palm: Pennovate Notes 2.0 released (PalmAddicts) Palm: Review: BackupBuddy for Mac OS X (PalmInsider) Windows Mobile: ComVu launches live mobile video broadcasting Windows / Win Mobile: Mindjet updates its graphical mind-mapping software to v6 Review: Windows Mobile 5.0 (BargainPDA) Opinion Windows Mobile 5.0 has a few bugs (PocketNow) |
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Enterprise Product Features
Bluefire Security releases mobile VPN software development kit |
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Wireless Network Products
Wi-Fi product watch 9/19 - 9/30 (WiFi Planet) Cisco updates its IP telephony, WLANs offerings for small businesses (IDG) Firetide upgrades wireless mesh app (WiFi Planet) HP adds WLAN AP mangement software, 3Com adds APs (Computerworld) Review: Iogear kit unwires normal printers (PracticallyNetworked) |
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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis |
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Analysis: are your IT priorities wrong? (Computerworld) Mobile Trends & Analysis Standards: Mobile security proposal blasted (PDA Street) Poll: tiny keyboards biggest obstacle for handheld users (eWeek) Opinion: Palm's dangerous path (PC Magazine) Analysis: will Palm license Symbian too? (All About Symbian) Analysis: Windows Vista looks to get tablets on write track (Cnet) Analysis: Windows Vista: hardware and its secret advantage (TechNewsWorld) |
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Wireless Trends & Analysis Standards: ITU ratifies vital video-conferencing standards (Network World) Trends: Bluetooth use continues to boom (TechWeb) |
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Rumor: will Google launch a Wi-Fi service? (IDG) Trends: strong growth for muni wireless (TechWeb) Analysis: will WiMax compete with 3G? (CIO Today)
US feds want states to ban teen drivers from using cell phones (TechWeb) Poll: one-third of mobile users have already given up landlines Poll: workers lack mobile etiquette (The Register) User poll: 2-day mobile battery 'vital' (BBC) Mobile handset growth set to slow (Reuters) It's a prepaid world after all (Reuters) Sophos: cellphone virus claims 'bonkers' (Cnet) Vendors ahead of networks with high-speed HSDPA 3G products (TechWeb) Qualcomm adding WiFi to 3G chips (TechWeb) |
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Developer News / Embedded Systems An overview of Windows Mobile 5.0: part one of a series (Windows For Devices) |
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Missed the Last Issue? You'll always find a link to it here: 16 Sept. 2005 (Issue 159)
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