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Go Mobile® - #188 - March 23, 2007

  • Features: Wireless Big Brother... Other Mobile Trends
  • Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software
  • Networks & Networking: News, Products, & Tips
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Company News
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Featured Stories

Wireless Big Brother
Location-aware technologies are poised for huge growth (Computerworld)
You can't hide from 'geotagging' (Computerworld)
Britain to probe growing 'surveillance society' (BBC)
Wi-Fi networks help fight crime (Unstrung)
Other Mobile Trends
Italy bans mobiles in classrooms (PC Magazine)
$300 gadget spots students who use mobile phones to cheat (Textually)
Woman claims allergy to EMF waves (Daily Mail UK)
Yet another study says mobiles could cause male infertility (Textually)
FCC Chair wants to end the cellphones-on-airplanes initiative (Wireless Week)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Left: Clevo M570ru at CeBIT
Apple replaces swollen batteries on 17" MacBook Pros (Engadget)
Clevo D900C claims to be world's fastest notebook (Notebook Review)
Fujitsu launches notebooks with solid state drives (Computerworld)
Motorola adds rugged laptop & mobile workstation (Notebook Review)
Seagate claims the most secure laptop drive (Computerworld)
What to do if you spill liquid on your laptop (Grynx)
Review: Gateway M685-E desktop replacement notebook (IDG)
More reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Handhelds / Mobiles
Right: Asus M530w
Advantech compact touch panel computers run Windows CE from flash (WFD)
Asus unveils MyPal A626 slim wireless PDA (The Register)
Asus M530w at CeBIT (Engadget)
Google phone rumors shot down, for the moment (Engadget)
HTC S621 (Excalibur) now on Rogers Canada (Engadget)
HTC Ameo UMPC-style communicator now on T-Mobile UK (The Register)

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HTC Kaiser preview (Howard Forums) / HTC Kaiser pics (Engadget)
Lenovo previews ET600 Pocket PC for China (The Unwired)
LG's new N1 Windows Mobile PDA boasts GPS, T-DMB, surround sound (WFD)
Motorola working with Danger on "Sidekick X"? (Engadget)
Motorola adds EVDO support to Symbol MC70 enterprise PDA (MobileTechReview)
Nokia's N95 now shipping, except in North America (Computerworld)
Nokia N75 may launch in April (Engadget)
Qool's stylish smartphones at CeBIT (Engadget)
RIM BlackBerry 8300 lineup (Boy Genius Report)
Samsung adds Windows Vista-equipped UMPC (WFD)
TabletKiosk launches eo & Sahara TufTab UMPCs (Mobility Site)
Teague unveils concept PDA for diagnosing server problems (Slashgear)
Zenum aims for spring launch with its Opus Operis (Engadget)
Below: TabletKiosk TufTab
Right: LG N1

Handheld / Mobile Reviews

Handhelds / Mobiles
Right: Geodesic Mundu
How to enter alternate characters on a Windows Mobile Treo (PDA Street)
RIM posts new BlackBerry tips & tricks (PDA Street)
Survey: Pocket Outlook easiest mobile email client to setup (PDA Street)
Adisasta Windows Mobile file compression app adds encryption (WFD)
Ateksoft mobile device webcam app gets major update (WFD)
Fring vs. Truphone VOIP software: a review (Trusted Reviews)

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Gx5 TreoMemo

Geodesic's Mundu mobile IM client unites users of different IM apps (PDA Street)
Glide service syncs cell phone data with Macs (Computerworld)
Gx5 TreoMemo review (Palm InfoCenter)
SecuBox protects Pocket PC data (PDA Street)
Palm offers Exchange update for the Treo 650 (Palm InfoCenter)
Yahoo's mobile search now available to all web phone users (IDG)

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Mobile / Wireless Enterprise

Mobile Enterprise software roundup: March
Mobile Healthcare applications roundup: Feb-March
Get on the right mobile OS track (Computer Weekly)
How to plug the holes in employees' 'leaking' gadgets (Computerworld)
How to find stolen laptops (SecurityFocus via The Register)
AT&T offers workforce management with GPS (Wireless Week)
Crisp Wireless releases mobile website dev tool (Wireless Week)

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Networks & Networking

 

Network Products & Tips
5 ways to SMS for free (GigaOm)
Enterprise wireless voice options (Network World)
Meru's app-aware firewall boosts Wi-Fi voice (Techworld)
Shimon Systems' biometrics aims to stop Wi-Fi hacking (Techworld)
Securing your WLAN with Windows servers (Processor)
Use 802.1X on a small wireless network (Techworld)
Optimize multicasting on your WLAN (ENP)
Network News
Cingular will unlock your phone for free (Crunchgear)
Sprint includes GPS service with data plans (IDG)
Mumbai rolls out mesh network with help of Strix & Google Earth (Unstrung)
Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo see 3.5G network courtesy of Emobile (Wireless Week)
U.S. Dept. of Defense working on more wireless policies (FCW)
HelloSoft demos cellular-to-VoIP software (PC Mag)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

 

Apps: Mobile carriers say multiple OS hinder growth of new services (Slashdot)
Apps: Why we need a Google phone (PC Mag)
Devices: Why people don't buy Tablet PCs (Computerworld)
Networks: Why vendors can't sell fixed/mobile convergence services (Unstrung)
Networks: UWB is now an ISO standard (Techworld)
Networks: 802.11n standard due in Sept. (Unstrung)
Networks: 100 HSDPA networks now operating worldwide (Wireless Week)
Networks: Wireless data services affect operators' backhaul methods (Unstrung)
Security: Bluetooth makeover boosts security (IDG)
Financial / Legal News
China Mobile grows 23% in 2006 (Wireless Week)
Cisco to buy WebEx for $3.2B (Computerworld)
Google files patent for mobile search predictor (Mad4Mobiles)
InnerWireless & PanGo to merge (Business Wire)
Microsoft buys TellMe for mobile voice apps (Wireless Week)
Motorola revises estimates, re-organizes management (Wireless Week)
Nokia wins Sprint Texas WiMax rollout deal (Wireless Week)
Palm Q3 conference call highlights (Palm InfoCenter)

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