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Go Mobile® - #179 - Oct. 13, 2006

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

Mobile Trends

Researchers invent rollable laptop sized screens (Silicon.com)
New switch may put an end to exploding batteries (Engadget)
Researchers working on super wi-fi chip (Technology Review)
Korea wireless service aims to detect lying callers (Cellular News)
.mobi domains now available to the public (Wireless Week)
 
Wireless Spotlight
How to find broadband on the go (ComputerWorld)
Users shy away from high 3G fees (IDG)
Mobile industry aims for greener phones, smarter users (IDG)
Wireless USB product designs & test plans announced (Extreme Tech)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Intel Core 2 Duo Test Drive (Laptop Mag)
How to use your EV-DO Pocket PC phone for laptop Internet access (Engadget)
BenQ Joybook R41E targets young professionals (Engadget)
CompAmerica unveils ultralight Snow Leopard 6220 (Engadget)
Fujitsu previews its Core 2 Duo LifeBook A series (Engadget)

CompAmerica's Snow Leopard

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Vaio C in green
Sony releases colorful 13.3" Vaio C laptops (Engadget)
Sony ultraportable to support Sprint's EVDO Revision A (PC Magazine)
Toshiba updates U205, M115 and P105 lines (Engadget)
Toshiba's Satellite A105-S4344 goes Merom (Engadget)
Wyse thin clients get Wi-Fi (IDG)
New reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Handhelds / Smartphones

 

above: Treo 680
Airis' GPS-enabled T610 & T620 PDAs won't break the bank (Engadget)
Apple intros iPod Nano Red for charity (Engadget)
Archos 604 media player with Wi-Fi, hands-on (Engadget)
Asustek R2H UMPC now available (Engadget)
Black Diamond previews its rugged UMPC (Windows for Devices)
Dlog's rugged Windows CE handheld boasts 7-inch touchscreen (Windows for Devices)
E-Ten X500 Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition (The Unwired)
Fujitsu's new iPAD Windows CE handheld targets "pervasive retailing" (Windows for Devices)
HTC 'Herald' unmasked (Engadget)
i-mate to release the JAQ3 PPC phone from TechFaith (The Unwired)
Netgear Skype phone unboxing & hands-on (Engadget)
Nokia officially launches US-friendly E70 (Engadget)
Nokia previews its N95 handset with 5Mp camera (Engadget)
Palm unveils entry level Treo 680 (Engadget)

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left: Samsung i760
Samsung previews its SGH-i760 slider (Engadget)
Sony developing new video Walkman (Reuters)
Zenum's stylish QWERTY Pocket PC phone due in November (Engadget)
Eye Candy from CTIA: hot Windows Mobile phones (MobileTechReview)
Essential gear for travelers (Brighthand)

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T-Mobile Dash
Carrier-Specific or Regional News
AskMeNow service available for all U.S. SMS users (Wireless Week)
Cingular to get Samsung's SGH-i607 BlackBerry competitor (Engadget)
Orange launches "Unique" dual-mode service (Engadget)
Helio's new cellular - WiFi hybrid plan has limitations (PC Magazine)
Telstra Launches HSDPA in Australia (Wireless Week)
T-Mobile USA officially announces the Dash (Engadget)
Handheld Reviews (includes regional releases)

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Personal Software
Windows Mobile 6 preview
Personal mobile software: Sept. 18 - Oct. 13
Editor's Pick: EasyReach enables remote PC access from any device
More Windows Mobile 6.0 screenshots (Gizmodo)
Microsoft releases Windows Mobile Device Center for Windows Vista (Geekzone)
Apple OS X updates strengthen wireless security (MacWorld)
Deliver PowerPoint from the gadget in your pocket (Computerworld)

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The Mobile Enterprise
Enterprise & developer mobile software: Sept. 18 - Oct. 13
Healthcare mobile software: Sept. 18 - Oct. 13
Mental hospital uses RFID tags for staff security (Australian IT)
Study: Handhelds in the classroom (Catholic Learning Matters Online)
Survey: 36% of U.S. colleges have blanket Wi-Fi networks (USA Today)
University of Calgary has big WiFi plans (Computerworld)
Hyatt Gold Passport members can now check in using their PDAs (release)

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Network Products & Tips
Four companies announce application acceleration tools at Interop (Network World)
WiMax World product roundup: day 1 and day 2 (Wireless Week)
Hitachi updates its WLAN tags for asset tracking (IDG)
3Com's powered switch unifies wired and wireless LANs (The Register)
Trapeze delivers WLAN switching smarts (InfoWorld)
What it takes to evaluate wireless LANs (Computerworld)
Avoid costly network design errors (ComputerWorld)
Wireless security: an introduction (GCN)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Access: Broadband World Forum: true wireless broadband isn't here yet (IDG)
Design: Opinion: the QWERTY keyboard wasn't designed for mobile devices (ZDnet)

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Operating Systems: Symbian 9 draws new tooling support (CBR)
Operating Systems: Windows CE 6 details examined (Windows for Devices)
Operating Systems: Opinion: We need profiles built into Windows Mobile (PPC Thoughts)
Standards: Wireless USB product designs & test plans announced (Extreme Tech)
Standards: IEEE approves wireless net spec (EE Times)
Standards: IEEE to 802.20 Working Group: let's start over (Wireless Week)
Standards: Is Nokia's new Wibree wireless standard really mature enough? (The Register)
Security: Is WEP ever enough? (Techworld)
Technology: Intel reveals wireless connectivity roadmap (The Register)
Technology: Toshiba foreshadows mobile Cell chip (IDG)
Event Calendar
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