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Go Mobile® - #166 - Jan. 27, 2006

  • Features: Mobile Advertising... Mobile Security Spotlight
  • Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software... Network Gear
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Network News... Company News
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Featured Stories

 

 

Mobile TV trial user

Ads: Coming to Your Mobile?

Marketers see success in mobile advertising (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Opinion: marketers try bribery to turn cell phones into sell phones (TechWeb)

Could software programs be supported by advertising? (ComputerWorld)

Sponsors & ads may decrease mobile TV costs (Wireless Week)

Trial shows that Brits want their M(obile) TV (BBC)

 

 

Mobile Security Spotlight

Cambridge UK professor warns of Skype botnet threat (Techworld)

Microsoft downplays Wi-Fi flaw (ComputerWorld)

New trojans target Symbian phones (ZDnet)

WLAN security: Which EAP is best for you? (Network Computing)

When company data goes missing on flash memory drives: will you even know? (ComputerWorld)

 

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets

Sony TX2

U.N. backs $100 laptop for kids (Reuters)

Acer to add embedded 3G wireless capability to its Intel Core Duo notebooks (Pocket-Lint)

Sony adds Vaio TX2 ultra-portables (engadget)

Seagate, Western Digital add 160 GB notebook drives

How to undervolt your laptop for longer, cooler performance (engadget)

Notebook Reviews

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Handhelds, Smartphones & Accessories

General Handheld News

First BenQ-Siemens handsets unveiled (ISW)

ElekTex fabric keyboard goes wireless (Gizmag)

HP iPaq rx1950 SD card error software patch (PDA Street)

HP confirms iPaq hw6900 series (The Register)

Nokia preps Bluetooth 2.0 phone (The Register)

Nokia to wait til 2008 for WiMax phones (PC Mag)

NTT DoCoMo's new FOMA 702i series (engadget)

Samsung preps 4 GB SGH-i300x (PDA Street)

BenQ-Siemens' first handsets

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Mobile Madness!

San-X cellphone bed: will a sound sleep mean better reception the next day?

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Nokia's N70 is one of InfoSyncWorld's top smartphone picks

 

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Wireless Networking

Hotspot news roundup: past month (WiFi Planet)

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

First WiMax products are certified (WiFi Planet)

Meru adds radio-layer security to Wi-Fi (Techworld)

Motorola launches dual-mode municipal wireless products (TechWeb)

Ask engadget: best wireless router? (engadget)

Wireless VGA Extender offers 100-foot range; eliminates a few wires (engadget)

Review: ZyXEL XtremeMIMO wireless broadband router (WiFi Planet)

Primer: wireless mesh networks (CIO Today)

Cingular BroadbandConnect rates 3/5