Go Mobile® - #167 - Feb. 10, 2006
Featured Stories
Mobile Tech Trends
3GSM Congress: looking for the 'next big thing' in wireless (MSNBC)
Bill Gates proposes 'PC phones' for poor kids (engadget)
Hitachi shows off dust-size RFID tag (EE Times)
LA Police Dept. hopes GPS darts will end car chases (LA Times)
Some of Hitachi's bigger RFID tags - the new ones are four times smaller
BlackBerry Lawsuit Spotlight
RIM announces software to keep BlackBerry service in case of shutdown (IDG)
US patent office tentatively office rejects another vital NTP patent (IDG)
BlackBerry lawsuit FAQ (Computerworld)
The story behind the RIM - NTP patent battle (Globe & Mail)
E-prescribing vendors shrug off BlackBerry patent dispute (ZDnet)
Analysis: the BlackBerry of the future (InternetNews)
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Product News & Reviews
Notebooks / Tablets
Rock's Pegasus 550N
Dell notebooks with Intel Core Duo chips coming soon (Cnet)
Mitsubishi releases 'Apricot' ultraportable laptop (engadget)
NEC's new Versa S950 notebook targets business users (MobileMag)
Rock unveils Pegasus 550N laptop (MobileMag)
PortalPlayer offers 'Always On' interface for lids in future notebooks (IDG)
Getting 3G wireless on Mac OS X (IDG)
Notebook Reviews
More reviews at: NotebookReview.com & TrustedReviews.com
Handhelds, Smartphones & Accessories
General Handheld News
Aceeca releases rugged low-end grayscale PDA (Trusted Reviews)
BenQ-Siemens SXG75 Linux GPS phone now shipping (InfoSyncWorld)
Fujistu unveils Pocket LOOX C550 (MobileWhack)
HP iPaq rx1950 gets GPS cradle (engadget)
HP iPaq hx4700 users offered Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade in March (PDA Street)
Intel's Ultra Mobile PC due this spring? (engadget)
BenQ - Siemens SXG 75
Motorola Q delayed until April (engadget)
'NokiaBerry' E61 shipping in mid Feb? (MobileTracker)
Palm OS Treo 700p surfaces (Palm InfoCenter)
Samsung ships 4 Gig SGH-i300x (PDA Street)
Samsung 3 Megapixel cameraphone coming to the US? (engadget)
Sony Ericsson launches M600i communicator; delays P990i but adds features (InfoSyncWorld)
Left: Sony Ericsson M600i
Carrier or Country-Specific News
Alltel adds new custom prepaid service (Wireless Week)
Cingular adds the 8125 for business users (BargainPDA)
Cingular adds Motorola's SLVR L7 music phone (engadget)
Korean - U.S. carrier Helio unveils handsets for its spring launch (Telecoms Korea)
Koreans see debut of Motorola RAZR Z slider (engadget)
O2 adds the BlackBerry 8700g (Wireless DevNet)
NTT DoCoMo unveils handsets for its HSDPA high-speed network launch this summer (IDG)
Verizon adds Navigator service (Wireless Week)
Cingular 8125 aka HTC Wizard
New Handheld & Accessories Reviews
Asus MyPal A636
Eqo for Skype
Personal Software
New or updated Palm & Windows Mobile software on Handango, Jan. 16 - Feb. 10
New or updated BlackBerry & Symbian software on Handango, Jan. 16 - Feb. 10
Win. Mobile: btCrawler Bluetooth finder released (MS Mobiles)
Win. Mobile: DeveloperOne's Access Panel saves frequently used phrases (Post-Gazette)
Win. Mobile: StyleTaps lets Palm applications run on Treo 700w (PDA Street)
J2ME: Eqo lets Skype users chat on J2ME enabled cell phones (Cnet)
Review: ClairMail mobile app access rates 8.6/10 (InfoWorld)
Enterprise Features
Enterprise Mobile Software
Device management software 101: support PDAs, but with caution (InformationWeek)
Funambol releases open-source mobile email platform
