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Go Mobile® - #190 - May 4, 2007

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

Mobile Trends
The line blurs between phones, PCs (EE Times)
Cell phone makers target navigation (PC Magazine)
Motorola patents solar cell LCD screens (Wireless Week)
Secure mobile payment standard is on the way (IDG)
Mobile minitablets still grounded despite new tech (Cnet)
School laptop programs aren't helping students (NY Times)
Wireless Insecurity
Fake Wi-Fi access points are a real danger (IDG)
Wi-Fi piggybacking is too easy (Computerworld)
New attack puts routers, cell phones, other gear at risk (Computerworld)
Are rootkits the next big enterprise threat? (InfoWorld)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Asus W5Fe rates 7/10
AMD rains on Intel's Santa Rosa parade (IDG)
Acer recalls Sony laptop batteries, too (PC Magazine)
Asus announces Santa Rosa latops (Engadget)
Averatec rolls out its third ultraportable in 2 days (Engadget)
Dell offers SSD drives in Latitude models (PC Magazine)
Dell to offer Ubuntu Linux software in 'weeks' (CRN)
Epson intros 15.4-inch Endeavor NJ2050 laptops (PC Magazine)
HP Pavilion Santa Rosa specs leaked (Laptoping)
Lenovo ThinkPad T61 & R61 with Intel Santa Rosa due in May (Notebook Review)
Sony spills more info & pics on upcoming laptops (Engadget)
Lexar rolls out 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB ExpressCard SSDs (Engadget)
First WiMax laptop card approved by FCC (IDG)
Dialogue Flybook VM laptop rates 7/10 (Pocket-Lint)
More reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Handhelds / Mobiles
HTC Shift prototype
Ask Engadget: Best gadget to read e-books (Engadget)
Hong Kong smartphone offers integrated 7.1 surround sound (Engadget)
Cingular releases 8525 ROM update (Brighthand)
Data Evolution releases UMPC with swiveling display (Windows for Devices)
Industrial Computers adds rugged 'Archer' Win Mobile PDA (Manufacturing Talk)
Kohjinsha's affordable UMPC adds a touchscreen (Wired)
Microsoft denies upcoming Zune phone (Electronista)
Mio's c317 GPS handheld also watches, records DMB TV (Engadget)

RIM unveils BlackBerry Curve, aka 8300, for AT&T (Boy Genius Report)
RIM offers CDMA - GSM global BlackBerry for Sprint & Verizon (PC Magazine)
Samsung's SGH-i400 goes Symbian S60 (Engadget)
Sony Ericsson P700i preview (Engadget)
T-Mobile Dash gets Windows Mobile 6 upgrade (Engadget)
T-Mobile MDA replacement - aka HTC Atlas - hands on video (Engadget)
Trimble's Juno ST data collection handheld includes GPS (Windows for Devices)
Trimble Juno ST

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Handheld / Mobile Reviews

Medion GoPad does GPS

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Route 66 Mobile 7 GPS software
Consumer Software
Resco Backup v2 released (Palm Infocenter)
Retina-X Mobile Spy & other smartphone spying apps (Register)
Review: Route 66 Mobile 7 for WM Smartphone rates 4/5 (MGN)
Saguaro Palm operating environment beta review (Palm Infocenter)
SpeedScript's soft keyboard goes QWERTY (Windows for Devices)
Free WiPeer software eliminates need for routers (PC Magazine)
Symbian: tips, tricks & alerts (PDA Street)

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Mobile / Wireless Enterprise
RIM to offer BlackBerry service for Windows Mobile 6 (WFD)
RIM not syncing with Outlook 2007 for small biz users (The Register)
Nokia application summit shows off enterprise apps (Information Week)
Enterprise mobile software roundup: April 2007
Mobile medical software: large content in small packages (ZDnet)
Rugged cellular notebooks increase police efficiency (Computerworld)
Forrester report: enterprise mobility growing, but slowly (IDG)

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Networks & Networking

 
Network Products & Tips
Aruba-SpectraLink package offers alternative to Cisco voice over Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi Planet)
Buffalo intros 802.11n and g routers (Wi-Fi Planet)
Network Chemistry's network analyzer now workes with GPS (Wi-Fi Planet)
Sputnik offers free local ads for hotspot providers (Wi-Fi Planet)
Strix & others offer new mesh equipment (Wi-Fi Planet)
802.11r: wireless LAN fast roaming (Dark Reading)
Making metro-scale Wi-Fi meshes fly (Computerworld)
Network News
EU institutions fail to agree on roaming rules (Reuters)
Korea debuts location-tracking messaging (Engadget)
Alltel intros "Day Pass" data access (Engadget)
J.D. Power announces US carrier satisfaction ratings (press release)
Best U.S. Wi-Fi hotels for 2007 (Hotel Chatter)
Rescuers often can't find 911 callers (CIO-Today)
FDNY drill tests wireless technology (AP)
U.S. Army to evaluate mobile WiMax (IDGNS)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

 
Embedded: SSD prices fall, but won't overtake hard disks anytime soon (Engadget)
Embedded: Microsoft announces Windows Embedded partner winners (Windows for Devices)
Embedded: Mobile & Embedded DevCon (MEDC) videos (Windows for Devices)
OS: Can Microsoft sell 20M Windows Mobile systems next year? (IT Wire)
OS: Microsoft's Ballmer says iPhone won't succeed. Has Windows Mobile? (Information Week)
OS: Why Microsoft might win the smartphone OS wars (Techworld)
Networks: WiFi roaming vexes fixed/mobile convergence providers (Unstrung)
Users: Study: mobile calls down, text messaging up in the U.K. (The Register)
Financial / Legal News
Apple profits up 88% on sales of MacBooks & iPods (PC Magazine)
BenQ to spin off brand name, change name (IDG)
Ericsson & Sony Ericsson report big gains in Q1 (Wireless Week)
LG applies for touchscreen phone patents (Unwired Review)
Microsoft wins over AT&T in Supreme Court overseas patent law case (Wireless Week)
Oz aquires Thumbspeed for its social networking offerings (Wireless Week)
Verizon reports growth on wireless, broadband (IDG)
Virgin Mobile USA files for $100M IPO (Unstrung)
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