Go Mobile® - #173 - May 26, 2006
Featured Stories
The many faces of mobile IT (ComputerWorld)
Microsoft previews SideShow for future Vista laptops (The Register)
Your wireless future (Business 2.0)
The shifting future of wireless voice (ComputerWorld)
The war driver returns: has wireless security improved? (ComputerWorld)
Companies snap up .mobi domains (IDG)
Korean carriers offer "dog translation service" - and customers love it (Engadget)
Japanese phone lets users snap a picture to buy a product (vnunet)
NYC police warn of cellphone guns (Engadget)
In Kashmir and elsewhere, cell phones betray rebels (Reuters)
What do you mean by 'bark'?
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Product News & Reviews
Notebooks / Tablets
"One Laptop Per Child" working model
Apple kills PowerBook line; launches 13" Core Duo MacBook (Engadget)
ASUS launches Core Duo-powered W7J ultraportable (Engadget)
Evesham offers 12.1" core duo laptop (Bios)
Hitachi ships mobile drives with perpendicular recording (PC Mag)
Lenovo beefs up R60 Core Duo laptop (Engadget)
Negroponte shows OLPC working model (Engadget)
Samsung Q30-SSD notebook replaces hard drive with 32 GB flash (ExtremeTech)
How to protect wireless laptops (Network World)
Quick, easy notebook diagnostics (MobilityGuru)
Notebook / Tablet Reviews
Handhelds, Smartphones & Accessories
General Handheld News
Casio previews rugged phones (MobileMag)
Dualcor cPC has no wireless at all (MobileMag)
Motorola launches new HC700 series Windows Mobile phone (MS Mobiles)
Nokia's new E50 is all business (The Register)
Nokia updates its 770 with Internet Tablet 2006 OS (Internet Tablet Talk)
Sony confirms new Vaio micro PC (Engadget)
Sony Ericsson adds clamshells (The Register)
Sony Ericsson unveils W850 Walkman GSM/UMTS slider (Engadget)
Vaio UX... coming soon
Tinnos (Korea) plans 30GB Windows Mobile handheld (Brighthand)
Carrier or Country-Specific News
China: China gets a taste of the BlackBerry (PC Mag)
Japan: All DoCoMo phones to get GSM compatibility (Reuters)
U.S.: Verizon beats Sprint with Treo 700p (Palm InfoCenter)
U.S.: Verizon to add the Motorola Q 5/31 for $199 (Engadget)
Left: Motorola Q
New Handheld Reviews
New Accessories News & Reviews
LaCIE releases 'secure' mobile hard drive (MobileMag)
Plantronics debuts VOIP headset (Techworld)
Treo 700p
Personal Mobile Applications
Enterprise & Personal mobile software news, May 14 - 26
Skype waives fees to landline phones in U.S. & Canada (Reuters)
Blue Nomad offers Treo backup app (PDA Street)
"Undercover" software helps recover your stolen MacBook (Engadget)
Software Reviews
Enterprise Features
Intel claims employee laptop rollout adds 2 hours per week in worker productivity (Unstrung)
Ring2 launches conference calling with BlackBerry control (CBR)
Field Service software news, May 14 - 26
Mobile Healthcare news, May 14 - 26
Enterprise Wireless Products & Tips
Fujitsu markets washable RFID tags (IDG)
Is HP's WLAN switch good enough? (Techworld)
Network Chemistry Offers RFprotect Scanner (Wireless Week)
Wavion debuts first WiFi mesh technology with MIMO (IT Wire)
Wi-Fi product news roundup (WiFi Planet)
WiMax news briefs (WiFi Planet)
Beat the new wireless attacks (Techworld)
Three simple steps to protect your devices and data (Brighthand)
Cons: Be careful of draft 802.11n products (Techworld)
Pros: 802.11n works - and could be extended (Techworld)
Industry News, Trends, & Analysis
Access: Hotspot news roundup: past month (WiFi Planet)
Access: BT to 'Cloud' 12 UK cities with Wi-Fi (The Register)
Markets: DoCoMo DRM deal opens i-Mode world to Windows Media (Wireless Watch)
Markets: Companies snap up .mobi domains (IDG)
Politics: U.S. State Department bans Lenovo PCs from classified work (Engadget)
Processors: Intel to speed up chip redesigns (PC Mag)
Operating Systems: Ballmer claims Vista is on track for January shipment (Reuters)
Security: VOIP products pose security risks (ComputerWorld)
Technology: Mobile email - how will we do it? (IDG)
Developer News
Boingo releases a C++ WiFi API for Pocket PC (Linux Devices)
Nokia to free its mobile browser code (IDG)
Company News
Lenovo posts huge loss after IBM buy (Reuters)
Microsoft taps Chinese handset maker to push Windows Mobile (Windows for Devices)
Startup M2Z Networks pitches FCC on free US-wide wireless broadband (PC Magazine)
NuTel wants to build a US-wide WISP collective (WiFi Planet)
Qualcomm sues Nokia in the UK (The Register)
Sacramento startup SynapSense sets sights on wireless sensors (Sacramento Bee)
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