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Go Mobile® - #177 - Sept. 1, 2006

  • Features: Bad Laptop Batteries, Mobile Trends
  • Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software... Network Gear
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Network News... Company News
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Featured Stories
Bad batteries: hype or danger?
Apple recalls 1.8m MacBook batteries: what to know (PC Mag)
An old Vaio's firey end
Owner's old Sony Vaio bursts into flames, twice (Engadget)
Japan orders Sony, Dell to report on potentially bad batteries (AP)
Australia's Qantas bans Dell laptops with batteries inside (Engadget)
 
Mobile Trends
What's ahead in mobile technology (ComputerWorld)
10 phones resold on eBay spill secrets (AP)
In Afghanistan, a cellphone with English speaking contacts could kill you (Textually)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Notebooks & Tablets
Intel announces Core 2 Duo 'Meron', Centrino's successor (IDG)
Review: Intel Core 2 Duo: walk, don't run (PC Per)
Aiptek offers budget digital tablet (Engadget)
Linux makes headway in desktops, laptops (DesktopLinux)
OLPC laptop gets a name: 'Children's Machine' or CM1 (Engadget)

New reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Handhelds / Smartphones
Right: HTC Synaptics' touchpad phone
Handhelds & Smartphones
Asus intros its handheld UMPC (Engadget)
Ausus MyPal A639 adds GPS (Pocket-Lint)
imate launches rebranded HTC Hermes Windows Mobile phones (MobileBurn)
Nokia launches self-service upgrades (The Register)
Palm to launch GSM/UTMS Treo 750w Sept. 12 (PDA Street)
RIM WiFi Blackberry may arrive before Christmas (Engadget)
Synaptics, Pilotfish prototype phone is 100% touchpad display (PC Magazine)

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Treo 750 for Vodafone
Carrier-Specific or Regional News
Cingular 8525 aka HTC Hermes pics (Engadget)
Cingular offers BlackBerry Connect service for Treo 650 owners (Wireless Week)
Sprint Palm Treo 700wx details (Engadget)
T-Mobile to launch BlackBerry Pearl Sept. 12 (Engadget)
Verizon BlackBerry 8703e details (Engadget)
Verizon Motorola Q update enables modem use, push email (PhoneScoop)
Vodafone to launch Treo 750w Sept. 12 (Palm IC)
Handheld Reviews (includes regional releases)

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Handheld Accessories & Reviews
StarReader's USB card reader handles 52 formats, including SIM cards (Engadget)
Xantrex PowerSource charger can charge different devices at once (MobileMag)

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Personal Software
How to speed up your Windows Mobile web browsing (Geek)
Hampton Software releases new Palm VOIP app (Palm IC)
Microsoft Office 2007 to include WiFi management application (AP)
Microsoft Windows Vista pre-order prices appear on Amazon (PC Magazine)
TomTom Navigator updated to v6 (The Unwired)
Virtual Spaghetti's free tool benchmarks Windows Mobile graphics speeds (WFD)
Vizzion shows Yahoo Maps traffic cams on Windows Mobile (WFD)

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This Issue's Editor's Pick: Conceivium MobileAnalyzer & MobileMonitor

Enterprise Features
Enterprise mobile software news roundup: August 2006
Seven's push email adds Java support (Wireless Week)
Field Service: Georgia Power: case in point-to-point wireless (Unstrung)
Healthcare: Healthcare software news roundup: August 2006
Retail: Japanese store rolls out RFID scanners, VOIP phones in dressing rooms (StorefrontBacktalk)
Wi-Fi product roundup (WiFi Planet)
Five wireless network companies to watch (Network World)
Enterprise Mobile/Wireless Tips
Secure your mobile devices: a basic primer (SDA Asia)
Faraday Cage strategy helps companies restrain WiFi networks (ComputerWorld)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Access: Poll: 80% of UK mobile users don't know about charges beyond their calling plan (MobileMag)
Access: Wi-Fi hotspot news roundup (WiFi Planet)
Access: Hopeful signs for cellular-over-satellite
Chips: Marvell debuts WLAN & Bluetooth on one chip (IT Wire)
Chips: Qualcomm launches integrated chip for lower-cost phones (IDG)
Markets: Motorola gains ground on Nokia (The Register)
Markets: IDC: smartphones losing to feature phones, at least in Europe (IDG)
Markets: Russian wireless broadband market up 61% from last year (Cellular News)
Markets: Report: WLANs are hot priorities for enterprises (NetworkWorld)
Markets: Report: Businesses to spend big on wireless (IDG)
Standards: WiMax Alliance will start approving pre-802.11n gear (IDG)
Standards: New mobile phone security specification approved (IDG)
Standards: Open Mobile Alliance publishes Firmware Update Management Object (The Register)
Event Calendar
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