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Go Mobile® - #174 - June 23, 2006

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

Dog makes cell phone call to save diabetic owner's life (AP)  

Mobile Trends

Poll: 27% bring their laptop or PDA on vacation (PC Magazine)

More cruise ships offer cellular service (ComputerWorld)

All-you-can-eat 3G may not last (IDG)

Teens hijack 'silent' alarm for mobiles (vnunet)

Mobiles & special software help the blind to "see" (The Globe & Mail)

Another case of bad batteries?

Microvision's Nomad wearable display

MIT researchers developing a long-life nanotube battery (Science Central)

New cell phone screens will be more battery-friendly (Cnet)

Laptop catches fire at a conference: bad batteries likely cause (Engadget)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets

Dialogue Flybook

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Notebook / Tablet Reviews

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Avaratec Ahi

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Motorola debuts five frill-free phones (The Register)

OKWAP's WM phones go touchscreen (PDA Street)

Nokia unveils 5 new handsets (MobileMag)

Palm Treo 650 ranks in top 10 for radiation (Palm IC)

PSC's Falcon 4400 rugged handhelds now with Windows Mobile 5.0 (WFD)

Samsung will debut its Motorola Q-like SGH-i320 in France (Engadget)

Sharp W-Zero3 handheld due 6/22 (Gizmodo)

T-Mobile Sidekick 3: hands-on (Engadget)

Sidekick 3

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Left: Samsung i320

Regional News

Canada: Telus gets the Motorola Q (Engadget)

Europe: Six European mobile operators to cut roaming prices (Techworld)

U.K. & U.S: Vodafone & T-Mobile to carry Blackberry 7130 (Pinstack)

U.S.: Cingular adds RIM's BlackBerry 7130c (Engadget)

U.S.: 2 Cingular phones get push email (Wireless Week)

U.S.: Verizon officially adds the Motorola Q (Engadget)

U.S.: Nokia N91 music phone hits the U.S. (PDA Street)

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New Handheld Reviews

Below: BlackBerry 7130

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New Accessories News & Reviews

Sima's Hitch

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Personal Mobile Software

Personal Mobile Software news, June 1 - 23

Alternative text input choices (ZDnet)

Get Exchange e-mail on any phone (ISW)

eBay offers text alerts on phones (Wireless Week)

Parallels: switch between Win XP & OS X (ZDnet)

Setting up GPS on Windows Mobile 5 (WM Blog)

Software & OS Reviews

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Enterprise Features

Enterprise Mobile software news, June 1 - 23 Mobile Operator software news, June 1 - 23

Developer News

Microsoft toolkit helps developers build Windows Mobile line-of-business apps (WFD)

Nokia releases source code for Apache webserver on Symbian (Linux Devices)

NS Basic upgrades its development tool for Windows CE, Windows Mobile (WFD)

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The top 9 ways to secure mobile devices (ComputerWorld)

Focus on ROI in mobile rollouts too limiting, Intel CIO says (ComputerWorld)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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

Access: Mesh mess sinks Sacramento WiFi (Unstrung)

Access: Metro Wi-Fi struggles for acceptance (Techworld)

Access: In-flight wireless faces obstacles (Business Week)

Engineering: Small displays present unique problems (EDN)

Markets: Asia nears 800 million mobile users (IDG)

Markets: Fancy phones don't sell in the U.S. (IDG)

Operating Systems: Startup launches mobile Linux OS (IDG)

Operating Systems: Has Windows Mobile beaten Palm? (Palm InfoCenter)

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Operating Systems: Next Windows Mobile to ship mid 2007 (Unstrung) / Win CE 6 due later this year (WFD)

Operating Systems: Symbian vs Windows Mobile standby times (All About Symbian)

Standards: Mobile companies join forces on Linux (Cnet)

Standards: Push-to-talk standard is approved (IDG)

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Technology: 802.11n chip makers reach 100Mbps (IDG)

Technology: Merging cellular & WiFi isn't easy (ComputerWorld)

Technology: The failure of RFID (ComputerWorld)

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