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Education: New Palm games aim to teach kids math Field Service: Insurance adjusters use pen-based GUI, wireless (Network World) Field Service: Greek Coca-Cola workers go mobile (Techworld) Field Service: Sears Holdings deploys mobile GIS navigation & mapping system Field Service: London Tube invests in mobile GIS (vnunet) Healthcare: Medical diagnosis a phone call away (Sydney Morning Herald) Healthcare: Mobile technologies aid in hurricane relief (Mobile Health Data) Healthcare: Telzuit's cardiac monitoring patch transmits data to a smart phone (Mobile Health Data) |
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Healthcare: ACNP nurses to get free Micromedex PDA reference software (Mobile Health Data) Supply Chain: Socket scanner sends barcode data to PDAs, smartphones; Hand Held Dolphin computers add RFID readers Supply Chain: Zebra offers 10 tips for RFID smart labeling |
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Product News & Reviews |
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Notebooks / Tablets Acer adds 17" desktop / TV replacement laptop with 2GHz Pentium M (engadget) Apple PowerBooks get improved displays, battery life, & DVD burning Fujitsu Siemens adds 1kg LifeBook P1510 convertible (InfoSyncWorld) Gateway CX2600 convertible tablet has 14-inch screen (InfoSyncWorld) HP goes small with Compaq Presario B1800 subnotebook (engadget) |
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Sony
adds Vaio AX series
(engadget)
Toshiba ships Tecra S3 security-enhanced notebook (MobileMag) Portable drives that protect your data (Computerworld) Convertibles: the new laptop bling? (Cnet)
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Handhelds / Smartphones & Accessories
Apple announces video iPod a hands-on first look (engadget) Future BlackBerry to add PGP security option (Cnet) Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket PCs get the Windows Mobile 5.0 Loox (PDA Street) HTC Prophet Pocket PC phone preview (MS Mobiles) |
iPod with video |
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Above: LG Cyon |
Juniper adds Archer ruggedized Windows Mobile handheld (engadget) Kyocera Slider Remix K5 adds Bluetooth (InfoSyncWorld) Lenovo's ET980 Pocket PC Phone hits four megapixels (engadget) LG's new Cyon supports CDMA, GSM (MobileMag) Motorola Q due end-of-year (Brighthand) Motorola launches its first rugged handheld (Information Week) Nokia releases E-series with push-email (The Register) Nokia E-series is all business (PDA Street) |
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Palm releases TX & Z22 PDAs (Brighthand) Samsung adds Symbian smartphones (TechWeb) Samsung launches 3GB mobile phone (IDG) Sharp previews its first Windows Mobile qwerty PDA (engadget) Sony Ericsson releases P990 UMTS / WiFi smartphone (engadget) Trimble adds Windows Mobile 5.0 handheld with subfoot GPS mapping Brother's pocket-sized Bluetooth printer works with Windows Mobile (Windows for Devices)
More details: BlackBerry 7130e (engadget) Palm and Symbian Treo 700 in the works? (gadgetsonthego) |
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Cingular adds Samsung D307 messaging phone with qwerty keypad (engadget) Nextel BlackBerry 7100i coming (engadget) T-Mobile SDA and T-Mobile MDA hitting USA in early 2006 (engadget) Verizon launches Samsung a970 2-megapixel swivel/cameraphone (engadget) Verizon Treo 650 update (Palm InfoCenter) Korea gets Pidion BM-200 Pocket PC (engadget) |
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Palm's new Tungsten TX |
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Primer: intro to cellular networks (PhoneScoop) Nickel and dimed: fighting carrier fees (Laptop) MapQuest 'Find Me' service for Sprint-Nextel adds group communications (PC Magzine) Sprint plans Palm BlackBerry connect (Palm InfoCenter) T-Mobile Europe launches mobile Internet package (Techworld) |
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Weekly hotspot news roundup (WiFi Planet) EarthLink wins Philadelphia city-wide Wi-Fi contract (WiFiPlanet) Google bids for San Francisco WiFi (TechWeb) Boingo adds 820 Japan hotspots (TechWeb) Japan to launch mobile VoIP in 2007 (TechWeb) |
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Above: WebOffice Documents |
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Enterprise Product Features
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Weekly Wi-Fi product watch (WiFi Planet) For wireless sensor nets, reality sets in (Network World) WLAN systems that do what RFID can't (TechWeb) University turns a WLAN into a mesh (TechWeb) For WiFi vendors, how to win municipal business (WiFi Planet) |
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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis |
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Mobile Trends & Analysis Opinion: securing mobile data is 'more important than viruses' (IDG) Analysis: Windows Treo clouds Palm OS future (Computerworld) Analysis: Palm OS developers speak out on recent Palm OS trends (Computing Unplugged) Analysis: Mobile developers want better tools (TechWeb) Symbian, Intel show off reference design (IDG) OSDL wants unity in Mobile Linux (TechWeb) |
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Wireless Trends & Analysis Wading through the wireless options (Computerworld) Analysis: wireless text is logical for an emergency info system (USA Today)
Maspro pushes Wi-Fi to 5 kilometers (IDG) New group unites for 802.11n wireless spec (Techworld) WLAN quality-of-service spec ok'ed (IDG) Intel signs up to Cisco's proprietary Wi-Fi (Techworld)
Mobile TV could overwhelm carriers (ZDnet) Survey: more people unhappy with wireless retail stores (TechWeb) Massachusetts considering cellphone Bill of Rights (engadget) High rates, lack of competition slow Canada's cellular adaption rate (Globe and Mail) |
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