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Go Mobile® - #185 - Jan. 26, 2007

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

Spotlight on Mobile Operating Systems
Access renames Palm OS as Garnet OS (Palm Infocenter)
Symbian announces developer support for Posix (IDG)
Motorola, NEC, Samsung, NTT, Vodafone team on mobile Linux (IDG)
Can Apple really dominate the mobile market? (Apple Matters)
Why mobile operating systems could fade away (ComputerWorld)
How smartphone platforms compare (IT News)
Windows Mobile 5 vs. Symbian Series 60 day to day part II (Gearlog)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
right: Dell ATC
Intel chips add MIMO wireless-N support (PC Magazine)
Laptop flash drives fall short (Techworld)
Dell debuts its first ruggedized notebook (PC Magazine)
Logitec launches its first laptop (Engadget)
MSI previews ultra-light laptop with unannounced Mobile Intel 965GM Express chipset (Laptoping)
Toshiba's Qosmio G30 is first with HD DVD-R (Engadget)
New reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Handhelds

LG Prada
Asus revamps GPS-PDA offerings with new A686 / A696 models (Engadget)
Dopod 3.5G PDA phone launched (Smarthouse.au)
HTC X7500 "Athena" has tri-band HSDPA (Engadget)
LG unveils pricey iPhone-like LG KE850 Prada phone (Engadget)
Motorola RAZR V3xx HSDPA clam launches on AT&T (Engadget)
Motorola Q2 preview? (Howard Forums)
Nokia's N95 due in the UK in March (Mobile Today)
Palm patches Treo 680 camera power bug (Palm Infocenter)
RIM to add multimedia to full-size BlackBerries (Unstrung)

HTC Athena

Samsung u740
Samsung's i760 for Verizon runs Win Mobile Crossbow (The Unwired)
Samsung's u740 coming to Verizon (Engadget)
Handheld Reviews (includes regional releases)

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Consumer Software
Pennovate Notes
Linspire service to support multiple Linux OS; remain free (PC Magazine)
Microsoft Windows Vista Windows Mobile Device Center walk-through (Mobility Site)
Palm Treos get push email (CIO Today)

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Pennovate Notes 3.0 released (Palm Infocenter)

StyleTap runs Palm OS apps on Win Mobile phones (Windows for Devices)

Software Reviews

Left: SoftMaker Office '06

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Mobile / Wireless Enterprise
Palm, Movero lease Palms to small/medium businesses (Unstrung)
How IT can help telecommuters avoid headaches (ComputerWorld)
Managing the change to connected mobile working (The Register)
Mobile mastery: how to manage mobile use in the enterprise (CIO)
Survey: most workers fail to encrypt corporate data (The Register)
Use 802.1x to prevent rogue access points (CIO)
Look for Enterprise & Healthcare news roundups next issue.

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

 
Access: Awayphone offers international travelers local numbers (The Register)
Access: 3 nixes roaming charges in 7 countries (Trusted Reviews)
Access: Verizon Wireless' Get It Now service adds Gmail support (Wireless Week)
Access: Municipal wireless - the next generation (Techworld)
Access: Wi-Fi beats 3G on energy savings (Computer Weekly)

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Access: Mobile operators lose millions to SIM boxes (The Register)
Markets: Mobile phones: over one billion sold in 2006 (IDG)
Markets: Businesses are open to spending on wireless (IDG)
Markets: Interview: Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford (Information Week)
Security: Checking F/MC security (Wi-Fi Planet)
Standards: Wireless-N second draft receives unanimous vote (Techworld)
Standards: 802.11n takes a step forward (Unstrung)
Technology: At some airports, cellphones can check in passengers (NY Times)
Financial / Legal News
Cingular Q4 profits nearly quadruple (Unstrung)
Cisco admits iPhone license violation (IDG)
Motorola profit falls 48%, will cut 3,500 jobs (Unstrung)
Nokia stays on top with strong sales outside of the U.S. (IDG)
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