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Go Mobile® - #169 - March 20, 2006

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

 

 

Mobile Trends

Survey: Some public cell phone chats are not OK (Wireless Week)

Study: Half of all gadget returns are due to the owner's impatience (Reuters)

RFID Spotlight

Wal-Mart talks about its RFID journey (Computerworld)

Europe's Metro AG supermarket stocks its aisles with RFID (IDG)

Microsoft details its RFID infrastructure (eWeek)

Experts dispute RFID virus potential (TechWeb)

The forecast for RFID & other real time locating systems

Network Security Tips

How to handle mobile mania on your network (ComputerWorld)

How to track down rogue wireless access points (WiFi Planet)

The ten-minute guide to wireless security part 2: encryption (Techworld)

Enterprise security becomes the norm in endpoint clients (WiFi Planet)

Wireless networking & WEP configurations (Deban Administration)

 

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets

Fujitsu-Siemens' Q2010

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BenQ P51

Handhelds, Smartphones & Accessories

General Handheld News

Apple phone due soon 75% likely, say rumors (PDA Street)

BenQ intros six new Windows Mobile 5.0 phones at CeBIT (IDG)

BenQ P51 set for July release (Engadget Mobile)

DualCor's Windows XP handheld is Core Duo, kind of (MobileMag)

Fifth Media AXIA A308 may be smallest Win Mobile 5 phone (MobileTechReview)

Gigabyte G-Smart phone at CeBIT (BargainPDA)

HP demos iPAQ hw6940 (MobilieWhack)

Mio adds P550, P350 GPS PDA's (MobileWhack)

Nokia's Treo-like E61 is FCC approved (MobilieWhack)

Palm TX gets Wi-Fi security update (PDA Street)

RIM BlackBerry 7270 to get Cisco VoIP calling (PDA Street)

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Samsung's "Q1" - Microsoft's first Origami tablet - shown at CeBIT (InfoSyncWorld)

Samsung shows off first 10 megapixel cameraphone (Engadget)

Samsung SGH i310 Windows Mobile phone boasts 8 GB drive (Windows For Devices)

Samsung W399 dual-mode CDMA/GSM cellphone ok'ed by the FCC (Engadget Mobile)

Sharp phone is first with VGA display (PhoneScoop)

Sharp Zaurus Linux handheld gets 6 GB hard drive, but no Wi-Fi (Brighthand)

Sony Ericsson unveils 4 new handsets, including 4GB music phone (InfoSyncWorld)

Right: Samsung SGH i310

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Samsung Q1 "Origami" tablet

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New Handheld Reviews

Cingular 2125, OQO 01+, & Dell Axim X51v

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Personal Software

 

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