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Go Mobile® - #183 - Dec. 29, 2006

  • Features: 2006 in Review... 2007 Trends
  • Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software... Network Gear
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Network News... Company News
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Featured Stories

2006 in Review
Mobile heroes & villains for 2006 (The Register)
Networking 2006: Mergers, wireless advances (Computerworld)
2006 in review: mobile operators now 'communications companies'? (The Register)
2006 in review: reality sets in (Unstrung)
2007 Trends
The seven top mobile and wireless trends for 2007 (IDG)
WLAN outlook for 2007 (EDN)
Wi-Fi chipset sales expected to grow 25% in 2007 (PC Magazine)
Enemies dig in for WiMax-on-cell phone war (The Register)
The cloudy future of mobile Linux (Techworld)
New memory means five times faster mobiles (IDG)
The decline of the original mobile device (Computerworld)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets

Samsung fuel cell dock: due in a year
Dospara launches Prime Note Helios notebook (PC Launches)
Fujitsu produces 300GB laptop drive (IDG)
Panasonic stuffs EV-DO Rev. A into W5, T5 Toughbooks (Engadget)
Panasonic will mass produce notebook battery that doesn't overheat (Reuters)
Samsung previews fuel cell dock with one month of power (Engadget)
Tips for extending notebook battery life (Mobility Guru)
New reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Handhelds / Smartphones
Right: HTC Athena
What's the difference between the two types of Windows Mobile? (Brighthand)
HTC Athena (X7500): a UMTS/HSDPA quad-band UMPC? (Engadget)
HTC Vox (S710) smartphone revealed (Engadget)
i-mate JAQ3 preview (Phone Arena)
Linksys takes iPhone name for its Wi-Fi handsets (The Register)
ModeLabs unveils self-charging cellphone concepts (Electronista)
Palm Treo 680 is compatible with 8GB SDHC cards (Palm InfoCenter)
Siemens touts new IP phone innovations (eWeek)
Tatung is making its own Windows Mobile UMPC (Brighthand)
Voxtel preps 4 Megapixel Windows Mobile phone (Gizmodo)

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Below: ModeLabs concept phone gets juiced from yo-yo action

Carrier Specific or Regional News
Orange SPV M700 3G PDA phone spied (The Register)
Verizon offers black Motorola Q (Engadget)
Verizon UTStarcom XV6800: the CDMA TyTn lives (Engadget)
Handheld Reviews (includes regional releases)

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Consumer Software
Iambic expands its Windows Mobile lineup (PDA Street)
Microsoft admits Vista could sap laptop battery life (Computerworld)
Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 to support Office 2007 (Brighthand)
Skype 2.2 for Windows Mobile supports Smartphone (IDG)
Skype 3.0 quietly launches, adds basic social networking features (AppScout)
SoftMaker's Pocket PC Office app now a beta for Windows CE (Windows for Devices)
Talkster service lets mobiles call IM clients (IT Week)
Top Symbian apps for 2006 (Symbian One)
Head-to-head review of three Palm OS navigation apps (Brighthand)
Look for our consumer mobile software roundup next issue.

Skypecasts in Skype 3.0

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The Mobile / Wireless Enterprise
Enterprise mobile software roundup December, 2006
Network Products & Tips
Wi-Fi product roundup (WiFi Planet)
Ten things to consider before buying an 802.11n wireless device (ZDnet)
How to deal with interference on a WLAN (Network World)
Wireless LANs reach round 2 (Computerworld)
Wireless becomes big LAN on campus (Computerworld)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Access: Lufthansa hopes to revive Connexion in-flight Net access (Techworld)
Access: BT's Fusion service upgraded with Wi-Fi (Techworld)
Access: EarthLink launches New Orleans Wi-Fi network (Techworld)

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Access: Yahoo Japan jumps into the Wi-Fi hotspot business (IDG)
Access: Tokyo RFID tags to guide tourists & locals to businesses (IDG)
Access: Cellular in the last mile - hidden problems (Techworld)
Content: Operator greed kills online services (The Register)
Marketing: What Palm's Ed Colligan really said about future competition (PC Magazine)
Markets: U.S. mobile users stay away from mobile data services (Network World)
Operating Systems: Why Palm still covets Palm OS (Slashdot)
Standards: IBM's 'phase-change' prototype mobile memory device could trash Flash (Unstrung)
Standards: Ultrawideband wireless gets approval in Europe (IDG)
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