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Go Mobile® - #181 - Nov. 17, 2006

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

Mobile Trends
Companies monitor road traffic by cell signals (Engadget)
Researchers aim for disruption-tolerant networks (Network World)
The state of wireless VOIP (PC Magazine)
Wireless PDA shipments rise, prices fall (Information Week)
Why gadget makers can't keep a secret (Computerworld)

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Product News & Reviews

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Above: Lenovo X60; Below: Kohjisha's first UMPC
Notebooks / Tablets
Why laptop extended warranties are a bad deal (Engadget)
Top laptop makers add pre-standard Wireless-N (Techworld)
Tablet PCs & the enterprise (IT Pro)
Apple MacBook goes Core 2 Duo (PC Magazine)
Gateway adds NX570 series of Core 2 Duo 15-inchers (Engadget)
Evesham Light Book claims "world's lightest" with optical drive (The Inquirer)
Lenovo's new 12.1" X60 Tablet PC rates well (Tablet PC Review)
Sony's new Vaio C15 laptop to start at $1,200 (Engadget)
Zalman Tech's ZM-NC1000 laptop cooler: not as noisy as you think (Engadget)
New reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Handhelds / Smartphones
Arima previews its UM650UV1 Ultra Mobile PC (Carrypad)
FIC's first smartphone runs Linux (Engadget)
Kohjisha's SA1F00: cheaper than a UMPC (Engadget)
Microsoft officially releases its Zune media player (Engadget)
Motorola Q Pro previewed (The Unwired)
Samsung previews P9000 UMPC: Windows XP at 75 MPH (Engadget)
Viewsonic rugged PPCs pack scanner, camera, fingerprint reader (Windows for Devices)

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Carrier Specific or Regional News
Right: Blackjack
Boost offers Motorola's i885 (Engadget)
Cingular to launch RIM BlackBerry 8100 Nov. 21 (Engadget)
Cingular adds Samsung's new 'Blackjack' multimedia phone (Brighthand)
Cingular releases the 8525 with fast UMTS/HSDPA (Smartphone Thoughts)
Helio gets the 'Drift': $225 in black or white (Engadget)
Sprint gets Motorola's SLVR L7c (Engadget)
T-Mobile UK adds MDA Compact III Pocket PC phone (Pocket Lint)
Verizon adds LG VX8600 Chocolate flip phone (Engadget)

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Microsoft Zune
Handhelds & Accessories Reviews (includes regional releases)

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Consumer Software
Right: TinyTube
AIM 6.0 gets facelift, IM forwarding to cell phones (PC Magazine)
Prosurv SD cards pack US Geological Survey maps (Windows for Devices)
TinyTube enables free YouTube search / playback on your mobile (Engadget)
Toffa unveils GooSync: Google Calendar on your mobile (Engadget)

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The Mobile Enterprise
Enterprise mobile software roundup Oct. 16 - Nov. 16, 2006
Remote PC access services help IT depts, too (Computerworld)
Getting a handle on handhelds (Computerworld)
Kerio MailServer 6.3 supports ActiveSync enabled WM phones, PDAs (Geekzone)
Look for a Mobile Healthcare software roundup next issue.
Network Products & Tips
Wi-Fi product roundup (WiFi Planet)

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Newbury appliance pinpoints WLAN devices (Network World)
Review: Steganos Internet Anonym VPN "recommended" (Techworld)
802.11n Wi-Fi's secret packet loss revealed (Techworld)
Using virtual benchmarking for real-world WLANs (Computerworld)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Access: 3 Group to launch flat-rate mobile Internet (IDG)
Access: Towerstream WiMax service adds Chicago (Wireless Week)
Access: Microsoft catches Wi-Fi fever (Unstrung)
Markets: Enterprise WLAN market up 19% (Unstrung)
Security: Intel drafts privacy license for mobile device software (Computerworld)
Systems: Palm pushes for more influence over Treo's software destiny (Business 2.0)
Systems: Sun opens up its mobile Java platforms (Windows for Devices)
Systems: Motorola speeds open source momentum with Apache (The Register)

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Systems: TI launches low-cost chip for developing markets (IDG)
Standards: Wireless: The battle of the standards (Intl. Herald Tribune)
Standards: Will Wi-Fi kill wired Ethernet at the edge? (Techworld)
Standards: Wireless HD's 60GHz platform could spark standards war (Wireless Watch)
Standards: IEEE to revise laptop battery standard (Macworld)
Standards: MMA releases new mobile ad guidelines (Wireless Week)
Event Calendar
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