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Go Mobile® - #165 - Jan. 13, 2006

Features: CES Wrapup... Best of 2005... Mobile Predictions for 2006
Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software... Network Gear
Verticals: Asset Tracking... Field Sales / Service... Healthcare
Industry: Trends & Analysis... Network News... Company News

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Featured Stories

CES Summaries

Best of CES 2006 (engadget)
CES Best in Show picks (Laptop)
Bluetooth SIG picks best of CES
10 best gadgets of CES (InfoSyncWorld)
Ultraportables unveiled at CES (InfoSyncWorld)
Intel debuts Core Duo laptops (Computerworld)
Wireless wows CES attendees (Computerworld)
New WLAN chips for video, voice (Network World)
Interview: Bill Gates at CES (engadget)

Samsung & Pioneer's XM / MP3 players are on "Best of CES" lists

Looking Forward in 2006

2006 predictions (PocketFactory)

Mobile in 2006: 10 predictions (BargainPDA)

Reader predictions for 2006 (engadget)

Wireless tech in 2006: evolution, not revolution (ComputerWorld)

Wireless IT advice for 2006 (Network World)

Laptops to drive PC sales in '06 (The Register)

Looking Back

The best gadgets of 2005 (Tech Digest)

50 top gadgets of the past 50 years (PC World)

10 worst products of the decade (Cnet)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets

Apple MacBook Pro

Apple unveils MacBook Pro with Intel Core Duo processor (InfoSyncWorld)

Apple MacBook Pro hands-on (engadget)

Apple Mac OS X updates disable or damage PowerBooks? (engadget)

Alienware launches m3400 ultraportable (engadget)

Dell adds Core Duo Inspiron 9400 (engadget)

HP Compaq nc6140 has embedded high-speed Verizon access (InfoSyncWorld)

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Toshiba m400

Lenovo punts 11-hour-battery ThinkPads (IDG)

NEC ships VersaPro Intel dual core laptop in Japan (engadget)

Samsung shows X60 notebook has Intel 1.6 MHz Core Duo (engadget)

Toshiba previews tablet-notebooks with Intel Core Duo (InfoSyncWorld)

Notebook Reviews

Acer TravelMate 8204WLMi Core Duo notebook rates 99% (Trusted Reviews)
HP Pavilion dv8000z with 17" display (Mobility Guru)
Lenovo ThinkPad Z60t (WiFi Planet)

More reviews at: NotebookReview.com & TrustedReviews.com

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Handhelds, Smartphones & Accessories

Right: i-Mate JAMin

General Handheld News

Acer to launch Windows Mobile-based PDA phones in 2006 (DigiTimes)

BenQ previews Siemens E71 (engadget)

Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket Loox 2006 models preview (Brighthand)

Garmin previews iQue 3000 GPS handheld with Palm OS (Palm InfoCenter)

Gotive releases rugged H42 PDA (MobileMag)

HP iPaq hw6900 additional info (Brighthand)

i-mate releases JAMin 2-Mp Pocket PC phone with Wi-Fi (MS Mobiles)

iRex previews ePaper reader tablet (MobileMag)

Lenovo preps Windows Mobile phone (TechWeb)

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Mobile Madness!

LG previews 2.4-inch VGA display (PDA Street)

Motorola's new user interface previewed (MobileBurn)

Motorola A1200 Linux phone previewed (engadget)

Motorola ROKR E2 phone swaps iTunes for MP3, WMA (engadget)

Palm Tungsten TX will soon be able to get MobiTV service (TechWeb)

Palm pledges 3 new smart phones in 2006 (Palm InfoCenter)

Pharos preps GPS Pocket PC with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (Windows for Devices)

Samsung promises high-speed HSDPA mobile for Europe (engadget)

SanDisk mobile memory cards hit 1, 2GB (Brighthand)

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Seagate shows 1.8-inch wireless USB drive prototype (engadget)

Sony previews Reader e-book (The Register)

Sony Ericsson's W810i Walkman phone adds EDGE & GSM (engadget)

Symbol adds rugged MC70 Win. Mobile 5.0 PDA-phone (Win. for Devices)

Tekkeon headset works with both cellphones & music players (Geek)

Carrier or Country-Specific News

Cingular to carry Moto SLVR with iTunes (engadget)

Verizon releases Palm Treo 700w (Palm InfoCenter)

Verizon Wireless adds global e-mail service (TechWeb)

Sony Reader

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Palm 700w

New Handheld & Accessories Reviews

Linksys Wireless-G USB adapter & Wi-Fi Finder rates 4.5 out of 5 (TopTechNews)
Linksys CIT200 cordless phone for Skype rates 4 out of 5 (PC Magazine)
Mobile Crossing Waypoint 200 Pocket PC with GPS (BargainPDA)
Nokia 770 Internet Tablet (BargainPDA)
Nokia 770 has potential (InfoWorld)
OQO Model 01+ (Mobility Today) / OQO Model 01+ (PDA Today)
Palm Treo 700w first impressions (Geek)
Palm Treo 700w rates 4.5 out of 5 (Mobile Tech Review)
Palm Treo 700w rates 7.6 (ZDnet)
Palm Treo 700w review roundup (Palm InfoCenter)
Samsung D600 'near-perfect' (MobileBurn)

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Personal Software

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Personal mobile software roundup: Jan. 3 - 13, 2006

Symbian: open source applications and games (NewsForge)

Symbian: Destinator SP brings GPS navigation to your smartphone (MobileMag)

Symbian: Callwave lets you listen as a caller leaves voicemail on your mobile (MobileMag)

DestinatorSP

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Picsel Proviewer

BlackBerry: Google Talk coming to Blackberry (IDG)

BlackBerry: RIM to offer PocketMac sync software free next month (The Register)

Palm: Picsel document viewer now supports Palm (Palm InfoCenter)

Windows Mobile: Using Yahoo Mail on Windows Mobile (MSMobiles)

Windows: Avvenu, EasyReach, & BeInSync remote file access compared (PC World)

Openera offers peer-to-peer video sharing app for handset makers (TechWeb)

All: Opera Mini browser for phones available (IDG)

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Enterprise Features

Enterprise Mobile Hardware

Enterprise mobile hardware roundup: Jan. 3 - 13, 2006

Viewsonic previews handheld projector (GizMag)

Enterprise Mobile Software

Enterprise mobile software roundup: Jan. 3 - 13, 2006

Microsoft releases Windows Mobile enterprise resource kit (MSMobiles)

Wireless Networking

Wi-Fi product roundup: past month (WiFi Planet)

WLAN products get a facelift (Newsfactor)

Amimon transmits HDTV signals over WLAN (Network World)

Review: Fluke Networks Wireless EtherScope (Techworld)

How to improve wireless security (IT Management)

How to share data & devices on a wireless network (Tech Builder)

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Asset Tracking: Pfizer tags Viagra with RFID to control fakes (IDG)

Field Service: Report: WAN deployments for field service to double in next 18 months

Healthcare: Mobile healthcare news: Jan. 3 - 13, 2006

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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2005 Mobile Star Awards

See 2005 Winners here

2006 Awards information will be available in mid January. Please email awards@mobilevillage.com.

Mobile Trends & Analysis

Poll: BlackBerry users loyal, but would consider switch (TechWeb)

Trend: BlackBerry hit by security bugs (The Register)

Opinion: Apple walks tightrope with budget iBook strategy (Register)

Analysis: 2005 Palm OS year in review (Palm InfoCenter)

Opinion: It's make or break time for the Palm OS (1src)

Analysis: Mobile device types determine content usage (Geek)

Trend: More workers will have to buy own notebooks (TechWorld)

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Wireless Trends & Analysis

Cellular

Cingular offers international discounts (Wireless Week)

Analysis: laptops with embedded EV-DO provide lowest mobile TCO (TechWeb)

WLANs / WiMax / Wi-Fi

Hotspot news roundup: past month (WiFi Planet)

Standards: Next-gen Wi-Fi groups to unite (The Register)

Trend: Wi-Fi claims reach 240 Mbit/s (Techworld)

Analysis: the new wave of 'Wi-Foes' (engadget)

Analysis: The case for and against muni Wi-Fi (TechWeb)

Opinion: why Google's Wi-Fi ambitions will fail (Network World)

Trend: 24% of enterprises have deployed WLANs (TechWeb)

Company & Financial News

Google, Yahoo continue mobile push (Wireless Week)
Motorola buys Wireless Valley (CRN)
Nokia, Kyocera settle patent dispute (Wireless Week)
Nokia $230m penalty upheld by judge (IDG)
Qualcomm buys Berkana Wireless for $56M (AP)
RIM cites another Patent Office win (Reuters)
RIM profit up 33% for Q3 (Wireless Week)

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