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Go Mobile® - #171 - May 1, 2006

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

 

 

Mobile Trends

Survey: more people using mobile phones for Internet access

PDA use triggers eyestrain (Wall Street Journal)

Cafe laptop robberies increasing (TD Daily)

NY law requires businesses to enforce minimum WLAN security standards (Government Technology)

Higher fuel prices fuel telecommuting (Reuters)

  Security Spotlight

Factory settings are insecure by default (ComputerWorld)

Can cell phones compromise your network? (Business Week)

Smartphone viruses: hype or not? (eWeek)

Telecommuting security concerns (ComputerWorld)

People, not technology, to blame for lax security (The Register)

Know your wireless LAN enemies (Techworld)

How to keep your WLANs safer (ComputerWorld)

10 steps for locking your wireless network (InfoWorld)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets

Apple unveils 17-inch MacBook Pro (Engadget)

Averatec adds 17" laptop (Engadget)

Avaratec adds new 12" laptop (Engadget)

Fujitsu announces new notebooks, upgrades two others (ComputerWorld)

Gateway notebooks get Core Duo chip (PC Magazine)

HP recalls some notebook batteries (Reuters)

Sharp unveils Mebius laptop (Engadget)

17" MacBook Pro

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Notebook / Tablet Reviews

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Nokia N93

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QTEK 8500 Windows Mobile phone debuts in Asia (PDA Street)

Lenovo preps Windows Mobile phone (Engadget)

Motorola RAZR 2 pics leaked (Engadget)

Netgear taking pre-orders for Skype Wi-Fi phone (Engadget)

Nokia unveils N73, N93 (Engadget)

Samsung Q1 debuts in Korea, but it's not cheap (Engadget)

Left: Netgear Skype phone

Samsung Q1

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alleged photo of Sidekick 3

Carrier or Country-Specific News

Sprint iDEN/CDMA phones preview (Engadget)

Sprint Nextel adds child location tracking service (Wireless Week)

Sprint Treo available May 29 (Treonauts)

T-Mobile adds BlackBerry 8700g (PDA Street)

T-Mobile prepping Sidekick 3 (PDA Street)

Verizon enables RAZR V3c pic transfers over USB & Bluetooth (Engadget)

Verizon Treo 700w update adds push email (Palm InfoCenter)

Verizon to carry the Motorola Q (Engadget)

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QTEK 8500

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New Accessories News & Reviews

Maxtor launches its first small form-factor external storage drive (PC Magazine)

More 802.11n routers revealed (PC Magazine)

Review: 802.11n wireless gear falls short in testing (EE Times)

Review: Socket Go Wi-Fi! E300 WiFi card rates 4.5 / 5 (Mobile Gadget Review)

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Oxygen PhoneManager II screenshot (see link for Personal Software roundup.)

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New Software Reviews

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Enterprise Wireless Products & Tips

Cisco patches security holes in its wireless Linux products (Techworld)

Strix mesh nodes get smarter (Network World)

WifiTastic turns wireless networks into public WiFi hotspots (Digital Lifestyles)

Services let Wi-Fi users register their locations (ComputerWorld)

RFID: are you ready? (Unstrung)

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Healthcare: Canada's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre rolls out wireless mobile computers (Wireless Healthcare)

Law Enforcement: Edinburgh police trial PDAs (Evening Times)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Markets: Smart mobile device market up 55% (The Register)

Operating Systems: Is Palm missing the multimedia boat? (ZDnet)

People: Mobile email pioneer Geoff Goodfellow (NY Times)

Technology: Is Bluetooth really doomed? (Techworld)

Cellular

Access: Who has the largest US network? (Engadget)

Access: 3G vs. Wi-Fi hotspots (InfoWorld)

Access: State networks are still uncoordinated (Wireless Week)

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Standards: China 'won't play 3G favorites' (Cellular News)

Technology: UMA WiFi/cellular roaming services nearing reality (Unstrung)

Users: China predicts a 3G user boom (IDG)

Users: Koreans aren't yet thrilled with DMB (MobileMag)

WLANs / WiMax / Wi-Fi

Access: Boingo adds France, Taiwan hotspots (W. Week)

Business: Tempe's paid WiFi shows promise (TMCnet)

Business: The problems with citywide WiFi (WiFi Planet)

Business: No free Wi-Fi: San Franciscans may pay with their privacy (Fortune)

Standards: Rivals agree on 802.11s wireless mesh proposal (PC Magazine)

Standards: UWB soap part 3: let's get certified! (Techworld)

Technology: Wireless technology 101 (CIO Today)

Technology: WLAN location apps vs. GPS (ComputerWorld)


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