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Go Mobile® - #187 - March 9, 2007

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

Mobile Trends
Cellphones help fight against disease (IHT)
Poll: BlackBerry users work longer, earn more (Silicon)
Wireless doorbells will ring us in (IDG)
Bluetooth billboards send ads to nearby mobiles (IDG)
Why the iPhone will change the PC world (Computerworld)
Are cell phone companies killing WiFi? (PC Mag)

Rumor Madness

Interview: Palm founder Jeff Hawkins hints at possible May announcement (Palm Addict)

Palm to serve up "ultra thin" WiMax smartphone this year? (Engadget)
Palm hires former Apple engineer, fueling rumors (PDA Street)
Rumor: Palm closer to sale (Cellular News)
Google working on smartphone, say insiders (Unstrung)
Insider: future Apple Mac & iPod models to get NAND flash (Apple Insider)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Philips MCA
Dell may add Linux-certified desktops, laptops (PC Magazine)
Emano Tec intros ruggedized medical tablet (WFD)
Fujitsu P1610 tablet PC revamped with 3G HSDPA (Engadget)
Fujitsu adds LifeBook S2210 affordable business laptop (PC Mag)
Lenovo recalls extended-life laptop batteries (Computerworld)
Motion Computing pushes tablet PC for doctors (PC Magazine)
Philips previews wireless tablet for medical staff (The Register)
More reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Handhelds / Mobiles
Left: Samsung Q2
Grundig B700 smartphone runs Linux (Mobile Whack)
Gupp previews Linux phone with Treo-style keyboard (Linux Devices)
HTC's newest Windows Mobile handhelds previewed (Brighthand)
Meizu sets miniOne iPhone-clone prices (Engadget)
Motorola unveils StarTac III MS900 (Engadget)
Mio adds DigiWalker P550 PPC with GPS (WFD)

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Orange adds SPV M700 Windows Mobile smartphone (The Unwired)
Palm Treo "755p" coming mid-year? (Brighthand)
Nokia's 7088: coming to a US CDMA carrier soon (Engadget)
RIM's unannounced Blackberry 8300 "Daytona" sports WiFi (Engadget)
Samsung Q2 UMPC revealed (Engadget)
Sharp reveals widescreen WinMobile EM-ONE for Japan (WFD)
Socket Mobile's SoMo 650 PDA trades a phone for WiFi (MobileTechReview)

Sharp EM-One

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Handheld / Mobile Reviews

 

Nokia 6300

Consumer Software / OS
Right: Mobiola
Aiko aims at transparent security for Win Mobile (WFD)
Palm offers Outlook 07 update for Palm OS (Palm InfoCenter)
RainEffect enables creating PDFs on Windows Mobile 5 (Mobility Site)
SoftMaker Office 2006 boasts "full" Office compatibility on Windows CE (WFD)
Warelex's Mobiola turns Symbian handsets into USB webcams (Everything USB)
WebEx updates its PCNow remote-access application (Smartphone Today)

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Consumer Mobile Software news roundup: Feb - March, 2007
Supercharge your cellphone with these apps (PC Magazine)
Tip: Windows Mobile 6 has personal push email (PDA Street)
Daylight Saving Time updates for Blackberry, Palm, Win Mobile (Engadget)
Software Reviews
Left: PhatPAd 4.1

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Mobile / Wireless Enterprise
CoSoSys firewall blocks unauthorized USB transfers (eWeek)
Seriosity offers a cure for e-mail attention disorder (Cnet)
Vista Software updates its .NET database software (WFD)
Some Windows CE questions and answers (WFD)
Putting mobile video to work in the enterprise
Property management company Nelson Bakewell switches from BlackBerries to Windows Mobile (Silicon.com)
Networks & Networking
Wi-Fi product roundup (Wi-Fi Planet)
Is it time to kill off Cisco's fat APs? (Network World)

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Networks: Review: Draft-N Wi-Fi gear is now fast & reliable (Computerworld)
Divitas, Siemens offer two spins on voice-over-WLAN (EE Times)
NEC, Ekahau, & AeroScout announce medical RFID Solutions (Wireless Healthcare)
Costs down, quality up: Poughkeepsie, NY hospital goes wireless (Computerworld)
Construction company solves erratic mobile data connections (Computerworld)
Evaluating readiness to support WLANs, part II (Wi-Fi Planet)
How to improve a small Wi-Fi network (PC World)
Making sure that interference doesn't hurt network performance (Computerworld)
Bumblebee offers UMPC-based WLAN spectrum analyzer (Slashgear)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

 
Marketing: Why 'smartphone' is a dumb label (Computerworld)
Markets: Poll shows consumers not willing to pay $500 for iPhone (IDG)
Markets: Why Palm is doomed (opinion) (Computerworld)
Markets: Startups challenge Cisco by chipping away at WLAN market (Information Week)
Networks: AT&T & Verizon announce new texting plans (Engadget)
Networks: Are roaming fee cuts for real? (IDG)
Networks: Municipal WiFi projects in the U.S. - part 1 of 3 (TMCnet)
Networks: Hotspot news roundup (Wi-Fi Planet)
Networks: WiMax news roundup (Wi-Fi Planet)
Networks: Mobile WiMax vs. 3G: will faster & cheaper win? (Computerworld)
OS: Sun updates its mobile phone Java platform (Wireless Week)
OS: Should Sony Ericsson make UIQ open source? (Information Week)
OS: Positioning Symbian phones (All About Symbian)
Financial / Legal News
Apple, Cisco agree to share iPhone name (IDG)
Aruba plots $80M IPO (Unstrung)
BenQ Mobile to be split up & sold (Computerworld)
Clearwire's IPO raises $600M (Wireless Week)
HP profits up 26% in Q1 (PC Magazine)
Mitac to buy Navman handheld business (The Register)
Motricity gets $50 million from Carl Icahn (Wireless Week)
Qualcomm, Broadcom drop some patent claims (IDG)
Nokia staff strike to protest layoffs (Wireless Week)
Nokia venture aims to push phone payments (Wireless Week)
RIM 's Jim Balsillie resigns as CEO following SEC review (Reuters)
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