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Go Mobile® - #189 - April 20, 2007

  • Features: Mobile Trends... Operating Systems
  • Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software
  • Networks & Networking: News, Products, & Tips
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Company News
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Featured Stories

Mobile Trends
Qantas to test in-flight mobile phone SMS & email (The Register)
Why cell phones are still grounded in the US (Computerworld)
Why your next phone will be a wallet (Computerworld)
Companies aim to put projectors in mobiles (PC Mag)
Touchscreens that touch you back (Wired)
How software-defined radio could change wireless access (Computerworld)
Scientists say mobiles may be threatening honeybees (The Register)
Operating Systems
Can Linux save Palm? (ZDnet)
Palm is developing its own OS, again (The Register)
RIM adds APIs for new types of applications (IDG)
Symbian updates its mobile OS (Techworld)
Windows Mobile monoculture - threat or benefit? (InfoWorld)

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Product News & Reviews

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Algiz 8

Notebooks / Tablets
Scientists say thin clients emit less CO2 (Computerworld)
Intel reveals quad-core mobile chip plans (Computerworld)
Algiz intros ruggedized Algiz 8 tablet PC (Engadget)
CompAmerica claims 'most powerful laptop on Earth' (Laptoping)
D-Link first to offer 802.11n ExpressCard for laptops (The Register)
Fujitsu FMV-Biblo laptops get new Intel Santa Rosa chips (Engadget)
Fujitsu adds 9" convertible tablets (Akibahara News)
Gateway releases E-155C 12-inch convertible (PC Magazine)
HP releases Compaq 6515b, 6715b for business users (Laptop)
Motion's LE1700 tablet is first with 1.5-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (Laptop)
Sager offers NP6650 budget notebook (PC Launches)
Toshiba embraces wireless n in six new laptops (Pocket Lint)
Fujitsu LifeBook S2210 rates 2.5 / 5 (Engadget)
Ulimate ultraportables (Laptop)
Right: Gateway E-155c

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Handhelds / Mobiles
Intel introduces its ultra-mobile PC platform (WFD)
The ins and outs of using a Wi-Fi phone (Computerworld)
How to find mobiles not sold in your country (Computerworld)
Dell stops Axim PDAs; may be eyeing Palm purchase (IDG)
Rumor: Dell to offer a Quanta-made smartphone? (DigiTimes)
Gotive shows off SQ31 rugged PDA (Aving.net)
HTC making Google phone for end of 2007? (Engadget)
HTC previews its first UMPC, called Shift (The Register)
i-mate's 2007 devices previewed (Boy Genius Resort)

HTC Shift prototype

Kycocera e500

Kyocera melts steel to make sleek new phones (PC Magazine)
Microsoft patent app reveals potential Zune phone interface (Engadget)
Motorola unveils rugged Windows Mobile phone (PC Magazine)
OQO Model 02 now shipping (Smartphone Today)
Palm to bring HSDPA to 3G Treo 750 (The Register)
Nokia's 6120 Classic: thin HSDPA is (finally) in (Engadget)
RIM BlackBerry 8830 details (Engadget)
Samsung SGH-i600 preview (The Unwired)
Sanyo's rugged SCP-7050 available on Sprint (Engadget)

Samsung SGH-i600

HTC Advantage
Sony Ericsson M610i "Elena" pics leaked (Engadget)
UBiQUiO 503G preview (Pocket PC Thoughts)
Handheld / Mobile Reviews
Consumer Software
Consumer mobile software roundup: March - April
Apple's Boot Camp Windows-on-Mac tool now supports Vista (PC Magazine)
Google offers free mobile 411 service (MGN)
Honestech MY-IPTV kit streams TV to your handset / PDA (Engadget)
Inrix has releases Windows Mobile app that reports, predicts traffic (WFD)
Mark/Space's Missing Sync for Blackberry out of beta (TUAW)
Microsoft offers beta of its Deepfish mobile browser (Windows for Devices)
Microsoft releases Windows Mobile 6 product reference guide (WFD)

Inrix Traffic

MS Deepfish
Mobile Mozilla released despite cash squeeze (IDG)
SecuBox offers fix for Windows Mobile 6 encryption (MGN)
Lose a phone? YouGetItBack will help you get it back (PC Magazine)
Advanced mobile apps for BlackBerry, part 2 (Smartphone Today)
Review: Mercora M PC-to-mobile music streaming service (PC Magazine)
Review: new Slingplayer Mobile for Palm OS beta (MyTreo)

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Mobile / Wireless Enterprise
US 'Land Warrior' wearable-computing headed to Iraq, despite poor reviews (The Register)
National Security Agency rolls out custom smartphone (Military IT)
Remote access software supports Salvation Army remote users (Computerworld)
Physicians use Treo 680's to boost productivity (Palm Infocenter)
What's hindering electronic medical records? (Computerworld)
Security vendors turn eyes to smartphones (IDG)
Sonopia lets organizations become virual operators (The Register)

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Networks & Networking

 
Network Products & Tips
Wireless network options for industrial apps (ECN Asia)
Mobile WiMax gear gears up (IDG)
Apple, Cisco, & Linux devs offer more Wi-Fi fixes (Wi-Fi Planet)
Cisco converged products target small businesses (Network World)
Foundry launches high density WLAN software & APs (The Register)
Say no to WEP, yes to WPA (Wi-Fi Planet)
Windows solves WEP worries (Techworld)
Enabling Bluetooth on Windows Mobile (PDA Street)
How to get your Wi-Fi working again (The Register)
Netgear RangeMax Next WNR854T Draft 2.0 Wi-Fi router review (Computerworld)
Network News
Virginia Tech should have used emergency texting - not email - to warn students (The Register)
AT&T adds unlimited messaging plans (Engadget)
Verizon rolls out unlimited messaging (Engadget)
Canada's Rogers Communications offers video calling (Wireless Week)
European, Asian mobile alliances team for better international roaming (Unstrung)
Beijing tries to be a wireless city before 2008 Olympics (China Tech News)
London prepares for blanket Wi-Fi (The Inquirer)
Mexico City plans citywide WiFi broadband (AP)
Singapore mesh network boasts 150K users (Unstrung)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

 
Devices: The single-device paradox (Computerworld)
Markets: CTIA shows new handsets under shadow of a market squeeze (Wireless Watch)
Markets: Notes and musings from the CTIA Wireless show (IDG)
Networking: MuniFi: Build it and they still don’t come? (GigaOm)
Networking: LAN - WLAN integration growing, but obstacles persist (Network World)
Networking: More transmitters, spectrum on the way for mobile (IDG)
Networking: Bluetooth 2.1 - next stop Ultrawideband (Techworld)
Networking: Silicon Valley execs seek to revamp wireless industry (Reuters)
Security: Ten dangerous claims about smart phone security (Computerworld)
Financial / Legal News
Funding roundup (Unstrung)
Apple & Cisco start iPhone integration (Techworld)
Apple, Dell and Sony dragged into Bluetooth lawsuit (The Inquirer)
Motorola profits hit by handset competition (Unstrung)
NextWave Wireless to acquire IPWireless for TD-CDMA (Converged Digest)
Nokia Siemens Networks starts operations (Wireless Week)
Qualcomm finally buys Into Mobile WiMax (Unstrung)
Samsung targets cheap phone market (PC Mag)
Verizon still on top for wireless data revenue, but Sprint gains ground (Wireless Week)
WiFi Wireless secures patents for cargo tracking, monitoring (GovTech)
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