Go Mobile® - #162 - Nov. 5, 2005

  • Features: Gadget Shopping Guides... Tech Trends
  • Verticals: Field Service... Government... Healthcare... Retail
  • Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software... Network Gear
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Network News... Company News... Events
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Gadget Shopping Guides

How to pick the right wireless technology & devices (Network Computing)

PDA buyers guide: fall 2005 (BargainPDA)

Gadget shopping guide for the US (InfoSyncWorld)

Gadget shopping guide for Europe (InfoSyncWorld)

Questions to ask when shopping for voice-over-Wi-Fi phones (eWeek)

Solid $500 laptops (PC World)

Acer's Aspire 3003LCi is PC World's top-rated $500 laptop (after sales/rebates)

 

Tech Trends etc.

Stolen laptop? Some tell the cops where they are (NY Times via Cnet)

U.S. to require RFID chips in passports next year (IDG)

Future translation technologies (Cnet)

The Maven (tech parody of "The Raven") (engadget)

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Mobile & Wireless in Vertical Applications

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Education: Education Pack for Tablet PC ed. 2005 rates 3.5 out of 5 (Laptop)

Field Service: LogicaCMG and T-Mobile pre-pay service saves utilities from meter reading (vnunet)

Government: Wireless sensors to track traffic flow in Dublin, CA (TechWeb)

Government: Thousands of UK social workers love their new digital pens (Cnet)

Healthcare: Hospira, Cerner offer wireless I.V. medication management system

Healthcare: Handheld diagnoses AIDS in minutes (Wired)

Healthcare: Birmingham UK hospital tracks patients wirelessly (vnunet)

Healthcare: UCLA Medical Center docs trial real-time access to patient data on mobiles

Retail: Giant Food Stores makes leap toward wireless shopping (CRN)

Retail / Supply Chain: Wal-Mart: RFID keeps shelves stocked (AP)

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Product News & Reviews

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Handhelds / Smartphones & Accessories

Right: Fujitsu Siemen's new LOOX N500 series

General Handheld News

Fleetwood, Grayhill, Symbol each add new rugged handhelds

Fujitsu Siemens LOOX handhelds get GPS (InfoSyncWorld)

Garmin adds iQue M4 GPS-enabled Pocket PC (engadget)

LG breathalyzer phone a hit in Korea (MobileMag)

Mobile Crossing's GPS handhelds add autoloading of maps (WindowsForDevices)

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Handheld Rumors / Pre-Announcement News

Left: Intel's Ruby prototype; Right: Motorola SLVR 17

Hands-on with Intel's Ruby handheld PC prototype (engadget)

Preview: Acer n300 series Pocket PC (engadget)

Preview: HTC Hermes & Star Trek (engadget)

Preview: HTC Muse mediaphone (engadget)

Preview: Motorola's next iTunes phone (engadget)

Palm Treo roadmap: 3G Palm OS version due, & mid-range Treo in the future (BargainPDA)

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Carrier or Country-Specific Handheld News

Bell Canada's EVDO network users to get RIM BlackBerry 7130e (BargainPDA)

Cingular 8125 aka HTC Wizard due 11/13 (engadget)

Cingular to carry HTC Tornado 11/18 (engadget)

Cingular to add the first Intel-based Blackberry by end of November (IDG)

Orange adds HTC smart phones (The Register)

T-Mobile adds MDA Vario aka HTC Wizard (The Register)

Verizon to add Motorola RAZR V3c 11/28 (engadget)

Verizon adds rugged Intermec Pocket PC (PDA Street)

Above: HTC Wizard as Cingular 8125

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Below: HTC Wizard as i-mate K-Jam (or as T-Mobile MDA Vario)

Cellular Service News

Cingular adds OZ messaging (Wireless Week)

Sprint launches music service (Forbes)

Wi-Fi Service News

MIT maps out real-time campus WiFi hotspot usage for all to see (AP)

Weekly hotspot news (WiFi Planet)

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Above: PocketInformant 2005

Personal Software

Unified messaging software overview (InformationWeek)

PalmPDF offers native PDF support (Palm InfoCenter)

Missing Sync for Palm v5 released (MobileMag)

Dell ships Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade CDs (Geek)

Microsoft issues patch for USB glitch in Win Mobile 5.0 (The Register)

Review: Pocket Informant 2005 personal info manager for Windows Mobile (PDA Buzz)

Nokia launches open-source browser (IDG)

Series 60 smartphone virus gets smart (InfoSyncWorld)

Personal mobile software news roundup

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Enterprise Product Features

Enterprise Mobile Software

Enterprise mobile software news roundup

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2005 Mobile Star Awards
To receive information about entering in 2006, email awards@mobilevillage.com. Information will be available in late December.

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Mobile Trends & Analysis

New mobile Linux group launches (IDG)

Palm says it has no plans to add Symbian (Palm InfoCenter)

Microsoft announces new 'Live' software model (Techworld)

Stats: Nokia, Motorola drive world smart phone sales (The Register)

Stats: Gartner: wireless PDA shipments up 21% in 3Q (Wireless Week)

Stats: Windows Mobile revenue up 50% (Brighthand)

Analysis: the Palm OS is not dead (Brighthand)

Opinion: it's time for Microsoft Mobile Office applications to go (Pocket PC Thoughts)

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Wireless Trends & Analysis

Stats: 56% use mobile phones to access the Internet; but many give up if they face problems

LWAPP standard is alive again (Techworld)

WLANs / WiMax / Wi-Fi

ISPs use WiFi as competitive weapon (Cnet)

Intel examining 'indoor GPS' technologies (Medill News Service)

Motorola, Intel team on mobile WiMax (Cnet)

Microsoft develops network-hopping virtual Wi-Fi technology (Geek)

Nokia claims convergence milestone (Wireless Week)

Analysis: cellular Wi-Fi: the next WLAN evolution (Wireless Newsfactor)

Analysis: Is the WiMax-4G train leaving without Intel? (The Register)

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U.S. DoD to buy Sprint Nextel's iDEN network (engadget)

Sprint Nextel profit lifted by merger (Wireless Week)

Telefonica bids £18B ($31.6B) for O2 (BBC)

Fall 2005 Events

See the event calendar here. To list your mobile event, see the link on the events page.

Missed the Last Issue? You'll always find a link to it here: 21 Oct. 2005 (Issue 161)

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