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Go Mobile® - #175 - July, 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
Coming soon: mind-reading computers & cars (PC Magazine)
NTT DoCoMo develops phone fuel cell (IDG)
Next mobile phones will get touchy (IDG)
U.S. passports to have RFID chips by next month (Engadget)
Thieves love in-car GPS units (PDA Geek)
Laptop theft: growing problem, or just hype? (WiFi Planet)
The future of data storage?

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Sotek WinBook
Avaratec laptop finally gets dual core chip (Engadget)
Fujitsu offers C1410 laptop for budget-minded businesspeople (Engadget)
HP unveils several new laptops (Engadget)
Malibal jumps into Core Duo laptop game (Engadget)
Sotec WinBook DN8000 features 17-inch widescreen (MobileMag)
Toshiba adds new notebook line (PC Magazine)
Five ways to improve your notebook's performance (Laptop)

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Notebook / Tablet Reviews

Handhelds / Smartphones

Apple CFO on iPhone: ‘we’re not sitting around doing nothing’ (Mac Daily News)
D-Media updates its GPS / media device (MobileMag)
LG's PM800 PDA adds GPS, DMB (Akibahara News)
Microsoft media player to offer 'totally integrated experience' (Engadget)
Motorola's KRZR for Verizon: preview photos (Engadget)
Palm commits to Wi-Fi in future Treos (Brighthand)
Pavion previews KCN 9000 portable navigator (MobileMag)
Qool Labs intros pair of Pocket PC phones; with 4Mp camera (Engadget)
RIM plans media BlackBerries; avoids Apple phone rumors (Reuters)
Skype adds WiFi phones from several vendors (Wireless Week)
TDS Recon rugged Linux handheld gains Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (Linux Devices)
Xplore adds rugged wireless tablet with GPS option

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Left: d-media does GPS

 

 

 

Regional Handheld News

Europe: Palm 3G Treo due for Vodafone in September (The Register)
U.S.: Rumor: Cingular Treos coming (PDA Street)
U.S.: Cingular launches HSDPA phone (Engadget)
U.S.: Sprint adds Sanyo Katana slim phone (Engadget)
U.S.: Sony Ericsson P990i gets FCC's OK (Engadget)
U.S.: U.S. FCC blesses Nokia's N73 (Engadget)

Sony Ericsson P990i

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BlackBerry 8700

Handheld Reviews (includes regional releases)

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Personal Mobile Software

Left: Windows Live Messenger Mobile

Personal software roundup: June 23 - July 21
Embarq offers unified voicemail (Engadget)
Gizmo Project offers free VOIP-to-landline calls (Engadget)
RaNo makes WiFi Palms walkie-talkies (Palm InfoCenter)
Microsoft Windows Live Mobile Beta preview (The Unwired)
WebMessenger Mobile for Skype (ZDnet)
How to get push-email on old Pocket PCs, sort of (Brighthand)
Open source software for Palm OS (NewsForge)
Hot software for your PDA (Mobility Guru)

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Enterprise Features

Enterprise software roundup: June 23 - July 21
Microsoft's unified communications lineup coming next year (WFD)
RIM offers hosted BlackBerry Server service (PDA Street)
T-Mobile pushes Exchange 2003 email (Techworld)
Verizon adds managed WLAN service (Network World)
Education: Colleges look to mobile tools (Unstrung)
Field Service: Field Service news roundup
Healthcare: Healthcare news roundup
Healthcare: Bluetooth biosensors to help monitor seniors' health (PC Magaine)
Retail: Cellfire puts coupons on cell phones (PC Mag)

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Enterprise Wireless Products
Cisco WLAN switch flaws found (Techworld)
The skinny on wireless thin clients (ComputerWorld)
Enterprise Mobile/Wireless Tips
The security plan for your WLAN (CIO)
Six ways to protect your wireless network (Networking Pipepline)
Is WLAN inferference a problem? (Techworld)
How to plan for users who travel abroad (ComputerWorld)
Developer News
Symbian announces version 9.3
VoWiFi runs on Win Mobile handhelds without DSP (WFD)
Enterprise software roundup: June 23 - July 21

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Access: Study: 25% of U.S. workers could telecommute (Reuters)
Access: Smaller carriers offer wireless alternatives (Cnet)
Access: Free Wi-Fi users are no junkies (Techworld)
Access: Wi-Fi hotspot news roundup (WiFi Planet)
Access: More trains in China to get wireless internet, HDTV (Government Technology)
Access: Taipei's city-wide Wi-Fi passes test (IDG)
Access: Muni WiFi networks need better planning (AP)
Access: Mobile WiMax in Australia's outback (InfoWeek)
Access: Opinion: WiMax won't fly in the UK (Register)
Access: Can airships aid wireless broadband? (Techworld)
Markets: Mobile phone shipments soar (The Register)
Markets: Mobile virtual operators struggle (PDA Street)
Markets: Mobile search: Google's new battle (Register)
Markets: Mobile is Linux' next battleground (ZDnet)
Security: How safe are Wi-Fi phones? (Network World)
Security: The U.S. government's half-hearted efforts to protect laptop data (Cnet)
Standards: Study: more wireless protocols to integrate (EE Times)
Standards: Which WLAN architecture wins? (ComputerWorld)
Standards: Opinion: W3C guidelines are inadequate for the mobile web industry (The Register)
Technology: Qualcomm chips support uploads of 2Mbit/sec (ComputerWorld)
Technology: New Samsung 8GB chip will boost storage in mobile devices (ComputerWorld)
Technology: Laptop flash drives may overtake hard drives by 2013 (ComputerWorld)
Technology: LongBoard delivers wired-to-mobile video roaming for carriers (IDG)
Users: Half of mobile data newbies say 'no more' (Register)
Users: Smart phones, stupid customers? (The Register)
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