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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

 

iLauncher screenshot

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Enterprise Wireless Products & Tips

Ericsson connects mobiles to a PBX (IDG)

Topex preps world's first HSDPA wireless router (MobileMag)

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

WiFi 802.11g AP tweaks make them faster (GCN)

Choosing sides: Wi-Fi or cellular? (Network World)

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Mobile & Wireless in Vertical Markets

Education: Australia's Victoria Dept. of Education claims world's largest Wi-Fi network (Wireless IT World)

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Education: UMass rolls out secure wireless network (TechWeb)

Education: Pennsylvania classrooms gear up to go wireless (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Field Service : Portable storage company PODS to mobilize its field workers

Healthcare: Patient's heart is on hotline to doctor's mobile phone (Sydney Morning Herald)

Healthcare: Heart pod helping patients with congestive heart failure (WNDU)

Healthcare: OmegaIP offers mobile safety alert system for lone workers (EHealth Insider)

Healthcare: Instant connectivity improves patient health, saves time (ComputerWorld)

Healthcare: Researchers deliver drugs via wirelessly controlled implants (AP)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Mobile Trends & Analysis

Applications: Filling out the wireless application (shortfalls of current enterprise mobile apps) (Unstrung)

Handhelds: Gartner predicts a cold reception for Microsoft's ultra-portable computers (Red Herring)

Handhelds: BlackBerry switch would cost users $845 a pop (PC Magazine)

Operating Systems: PalmSource hints at separate Palm interfaces for smartphones, PDAs (PC Pro)

Operating Systems: Will Microsoft add VoIP in Windows Mobile? (Pocket PC Thoughts)

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Wireless Trends & Analysis

GPS / GIS: GPS repositions for business (Wireless Week)

Investing: The wireless wave (industry overview) (CDN / IT Business Canada)

Cellular

Access: Consumers Union urges US Feds to reserve spectrum for new players (Red Herring)

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Security: Study: Mobiles can impact airplane cockpits (AP)

Users: Businesses spending more on wireless data (ZDnet)

Companies: Profile: Earthlink's Sky Dayton & Helio (Wired)

WLANs / WiMax / Wi-Fi

Access: Hotspot news roundup: past month (WiFi Planet)

Access: Toronto's downtown to get Wi-Fi (Reuters)

Standards: Chinese group refuses to accept ISO rejection of its Wi-Fi standard (IDG)

Trends: Enterprises boost WLAN market (Unstrung)

Trends: Wi-Fi growth set to rise rapidly (Techworld)

Trends: The future of wireless networks (Newsfactor)

 

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