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Go Mobile® - #176 - August 18, 2006

  • Features: Mobile Tech Trends, LinuxWorld
  • Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software... Network Gear
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Network News... Company News
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Featured Stories
Mobile Trends
Seiko-Epson sensor
Consumer survey grades wireless carriers, phone makers (USA Today)
Survey: 43% of Americans work on vacation (Reuters)
Would U.S. airlines ban laptops? (Gizmodo)
Survey: 81% of companies have lost laptops with sensitive data (ComputerWorld)
Seiko-Epson develops ultra-thin fingerprint sensor (Engadget)
RFID-embedded carpet can tell your age, sex and weight (Inquirer)
 
LinuxWorld Highlights
Motorola to use Linux for advanced phones (LinuxDevices)
Can Linux dominate the smartphone OS? (Slashdot)

Will Access / PalmSource's Linux developer network kill the Palm OS? (Palm InfoCenter)
Linux users: more excited by gadgets than software? (IDG)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Acer releases HD DVD-equipped Aspire 9800 laptop (Engadget)
Apple recalls batteries for 15" MacBook Pros (PC Magazine)
Dell recalls 4.1 million Sony batteries: what to know (PC Magazine)
eFlyBook loads iRex's iLiad with aviation docs (Engadget)
Intel issues patches for security flaws in Centrino laptops (IDG)
Below left: Haseenote Jive; Right: Acer Aspire 9800


Korea's Haseenote offers MacBook like 'Jive' notebook (Engadget)
Lenovo adds $3,000+ Linux ThinkPads (IDG)
Sierra Wireless previews 3G laptop cards with voice (Engadget)
Negroponte's $100 laptop to be loaded with Wikipedia (IDG)
Negroponte laptop to power up by pulling a string (Engadget)
Toshiba offers cheaper, custom-order Dynabook Pro (MobileMag)

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Notebook / Tablet Reviews
Handhelds / Smartphones
Right: HTC 'Excalibur'
Avaratec Voya 350 handheld runs Windows CE (Windows For Devices)
China's CECT boasts phone with 4Mp cam, 1000 hours standby (Slashphone)
Creative's Zen Neeon 2 MP3 player targets Apple iPod Nano (Engadget)
Daewoo debuts its UMPC (Windows For Devices)
HTC 'Blackberry beater', Excalibur, surfaces on web (Engadget)
HTC previews 'Artemis' PDA phone with GPS (SlashGear)
Motorola Q: trouble accessing company directories? (ZDnet)
Motorola unveils new RAZR phones (The Register)
Nokia ships N series smartphones to carriers (The Register)
Below: Treo 'Nitro'
Palm's 'Nitro' Treo: new photos leaked (PDA Street)
Palm Treo 700p, T-Mobile Sidekick 3 top sellers (PC World)
Road's HandyPC takes on Nokia, at least in Germany (Register)
Sony's new Mylo WiFi handheld runs Linux (Linux Devices)
Sony Ericsson previews its K618 handset (Engadget)
$500 UMPCs aren't realistic right now (TabletPC2)
Right: Sony Mylo

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Regional Handheld News
Orange SPVM3100, aka HTC Hermes
U.S. FCC approves 8GB Samsung music phone (PDA Street)
HTC Hermes launch roundup (Engadget)
Alltel adds two push-to-talk handsets (PhoneMag)
Optus (Australia) adds UMTS BlackBerry 8707g (Engadget)
Sprint may carry Treo 700w next month (PDA Street)
Sprint, Verizon to soon get Motorola CDMA SLVR L7c (Engadget)
T-Mobile to offer BlackBerry 8100 with camera next month (Engadget)
Verizon adds LG 'Chocolate' music phone; drops monthly download fee (Wireless Week)
Verizon limits its "unlimited" wireless broadband (Consumer Affairs)
Vodafone users to pay extra for 'Extra' services (The Register)

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Above: Motorola Q

Handheld Reviews (includes regional releases)

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Kimura keyboard

Supertooth

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Personal Mobile Software
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Left: Google Mobile Maps
Personal mobile software news roundup
Mobile software recommendations (Australian IT)
Overview of integrated PIM applications (ZDnet)
Run Palm apps on your Pocket PC (ZDnet)
Apple previews Mac OS 10.5 'Leopard' (Engadget)
Cortado, ThinPrint offer server-less push email for Windows Mobile 5.0 (WFD)
Google offers real time traffic maps on phones (PC Magazine)
Navigation service alternatives (The Register)
Mologogo updates GPS / location based services for Windows phones (MGN)
One Day Mobile encrypts calls on regular phones (The Register)
SightSpeed Internet video app comes out of beta (PC Magazine)

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Enterprise Features

IBM updates its mobile database to version 9.1 (IT Jungle)
MobileFrame suite updated to v 4.2

Developer News
Trolltech offers own Linux phone for developers (LinuxDevices)
Some operators lock down S60 phones to Symbian Signed (AAS)
Vertical Applications
Education: Handhelds pay off in classrooms (vnunet)
Field Sales: Microsoft buys into its employees' devices (IHT)
Healthcare: UK's Royal Hospitals Trust uses its WLAN for X-rays, nursing, & drug dispensing
Retail: Car dealer uses Wi-Fi, RFID, & electronic lockboxes for more test drives (WiFi Planet)
Retail: Hertz tests RFID system to replace CSRs, car keys (MobileMag)
Retail: McDonald's puts IT on its menu (vnunet)

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Event Calendar
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Enterprise Wireless Products
AirMagnet's software aims to protect employees with laptops (TechTarget)
Wi-Fi product roundup (WiFi Planet)
WLAN vendors roll out improvements (Network World)
Enterprise Mobile/Wireless Tips
The cost of mobile email for small businesses (Unstrung)
Report outlines the true cost of telecommuting (Techworld)
Step by step: creating a wireless network (WiFi Planet)
Managing Cisco WLANs, part 1 (NetworkWorld)
Take your WLAN from thick to thin (Techworld)
Why phone PBX calls must reach mobiles (NetworkWorld)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Access: Boeing grounds its Connexion in-flight wireless service (Wireless Week)
Access: Google launches free WiFi network in Mountain View, CA (IDG)
Access: Mexico getting mobile WiMax (Reuters)
Access: Beijing deploying mesh network for 2008 Olympics (Wireless Week)
Access: Sprint plans 4G WiMax network launch by end-of-year (IDG)
Device Markets: Record PDA shipments in Q2, claims Gartner report (IDG)
Device Markets: In China, BlackBerry & other gadgets face price undercutting, pirating (Reuters)
Health: Report links individual genetics with cell phone radiation (Technology Review)
OS: Microsoft, Palm, plan big OS changes (Brighthand)
Security: Users eye 802.11 security issues (Unstrung)
Security: BlackBerrys can be a juicy hacker target (Wired)
Standards: OSDL, LIPS to team on mobile Linux (IDG)
Wireless Markets: Mobile Internet usage climbs (PC Mag)
Wireless Markets: MVNO bubble may burst (Wireless Watch)
Wireless Markets: Retailers' RFID rebound? (Unstrung)
Wireless Markets: Could muni fiber kill muni Wi-Fi? (Register)
Wireless Markets: Wireless broadband: which way? (Silicon)
Wireless Markets: In Austrialia, 3G services pass $1B revenues mark (The Australian)
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