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Go Mobile® - #180 - Nov. 3, 2006

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

Mobile Trends

Study: for most people, all-in-one phones aren't enough (Engadget)

3G for mobile broadband? Think again (IDG)
Business use of wireless IM to exceed $2 billion (Cellular News)
Average data breach costs companies $5 million (vnunet)

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Product News & Reviews

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The Vaio G is under 2 lbs. or 900g
Notebooks / Tablets
Apple Macbook Pros get Intel Core 2 Duo, 802.11-N (PC Mag)
Dell adds $549 Inspiron 1501 with AMD processor (Engadget)
Gateway recalls Sony batteries, too (PC Magazine)
Lenovo adds Core 2 Duo notebooks (Engadget)
Logitech's Alto notebook stand elevates laptops (Laptoping)
Sony's Vaio G 12.1-incher is 1.98-pounds (Laptop)
Intel Core 2 Extreme (Quad Core) (Techspot)
New reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Handhelds / Smartphones
Samsung EW-700, shown at the Korean Electronics Show
Smartphone buyer's guide (Information Week)
Apple working on touch-screen iPod? (InfoWorld)
E-ten "glofiish" X500 with GPS, Wi-Fi coming in November (Mobility Site)
LXE's newest rugged vehicle-mount computer is "voice ready" (Windows For Devices)
Motorola previews future products (PC Magazine)
Samsung announces S-60 powered i520 with HSDPA radio (Engadget)
Samsung previews EW-700 Wi-Fi phone with 'post-PC processor' (Aving.net)
Sony launches NV-U71T handheld GPS unit (Wireless Week)
3Com flips for Wi-Fi clamshell VoIP phone (The Register)
TORQ offers N100 GPS PDA phone (Slashgear)

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Carrier Specific or Regional News
Cingular adds TeleNav GPS service, iPaq 6920 (Engadget)
Cingular's new music store features Napster, Yahoo! Music & eMusic (Wireless Week)
Cingular release dates for Palm Treo 680 (Engadget)
Sprint picks San Diego for first Rev A launch (Wireless Week)
T-Mobile Dash now available (Engadget)
T-Mobile debuts cellular - Wi-Fi service in Seattle (Wireless Week)
Verizon's LG VX8600 to launch 11/15 (Engadget)
Vodafone announces 31 new handsets (Engadget)

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Nokia E62
Handheld & Accessories Reviews (includes regional releases)

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Personal Software
11 great apps for Windows Mobile PPC (Gizmodo)
XOffice remotely syncs Outlook data without Exchange (Windows For Devices)
Google video on mobiles, thanks to a hack (Cnet)
StyleTap puts Palm apps on WinMobile devices (Palm InfoCenter)
Kinoma Player EX4 released (Palm InfoCenter)
Opera launches browser for BlackBerry, Treo (PC Magazine)
Treo 750v threaded SMS/MMS app (Engadget)

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The Mobile Enterprise
Nokia adds Oracle field service apps to new phones (IDG)
Utimaco app secures handheld data (WindowsForDevices)
For IT shops, those laptop battery recalls are costly (Computerworld)
Four steps for going mobile (Computerworld)
VoIP: a good fit for telecommuting (Computerworld)
Mobile Success workshop roundup (The Register)
Fraenkel Furniture goes wireless for asset tracking (Unstrung)

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Network Products & Tips
NEC releases pre-802.11n router & PCMCIA card (Engadget)
Business travel wireless tips, part 2 (PC Magazine)
Keep Wi-Fi rogues under control (Network World)
WiMax - who's doing what? (Network World)
WiMax or wireless mesh: which is best? (Network World)
Create seamless mobility throughout your enterprise (Comms Design)
Six steps to a wireless site survey (Computerworld)
Optimizing a wireless LAN for location (RFID Journal)
Managing wireless as if it were wired (Network World)
Review: Freecom Storage Gateway WLAN (vnunet)
Wireless location based services: beyond the warehouse (Unstrung)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Access: 3G for mobile broadband? Think again (IDG)
Health: Study claims mobiles may damage sperm (The Register)
Markets: Business use of wireless IM to exceed $2 billion (Cellular News)
Markets: Wireless telematics market gets rolling (Computer Weekly)
Markets: Mesh WLAN vendor shakeout looms (Unstrung)
Markets: With Mobile ESPN gone, niche mobile operators hope to find room (Seattle Times)

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Standards: Electronics giants team on wireless HD standard (Wireless Week)
Standards: 802.11 WiMax momentum overshadowed by platform tradeoffs (The Register)
Standards: Bluetooth over UWB delayed (ExtremeTech)
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