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Go Mobile® - #191 - May 25, 2007

  • Features: Mobile Trends... 802.11 Wireless... Buyer's Guides
  • Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software
  • Networking: News, Products, & Tips
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Company News
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Featured Stories

Mobile Trends
Climber makes first ever mobile call from Everest summit (BBC)
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Base station in China helps Britain's Rob Baber call home
Uruguay kids receive OLPC laptops (Engadget)
India hopes to make $10 laptops a reality (Slashdot)
For the rural poor, cellphones come calling (IHT)
Microsoft's "Fone+" project aims to put phone content on TV screens (PC Magazine)
802.11n Wireless
Testing of Wi-Fi 11n to start in June (Wi-Fi Planet)
FAQ: 802.11n networking (Computerworld)
802.11n for business (The Register)
Buyer's Guides
What to look for in a handheld (Cnet)
Notebook & tablet buying guide, including Vista laptops (Laptop)
The 411 on Intel's next generation Centrino, aka Santa Rosa (Laptop)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Getac P470
AMD previews its next-gen mobile processor for 2008 (PC Magazine)
Acer adds to its Aspire / TravelMate laptop lines (Engadget)
Apple MacBooks updated without Centrino Duo (Santa Rosa) (PC Magazine)
Dell confirms its first Tablet PC will ship later this year (PC Magazine)
Getac adds ruggedized, 3G-equipped P470 laptop (Engadget)
HP notebooks with LED displays due in Q3 (InformationWeek)
LG announces notebook line with Santa Rosa processor (Engadget)
Rover offers laptop data protection in a USB Flash card (PC Magazine)
Sony Vaio TZ runs both 32GB SSD & 160GB disk (Engadget)
More reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Mobiles & Accessories
Left: Fujitsu U8240
Dopod launches C500 (aka HTC Vox) smartphones (The Unwired)
E-ten updates its Glofiish X500 phone (Windows for Devices)
Fujitsu claims 'smallest Vista PC' with 5.6in display (The Register)
HP says no WinMobile 6 upgrades for current iPAQs (Brighthand)
HTC Elf preview (Engadget)
iWave's GPS-enabled rugged PDA runs Linux (Linux Devices)
Palm adds Treo 755p with Palm OS (Engadget)
Palm releases Treo security updates (Palm InfoCenter)
Palm releases new Bluetooth wireless keyboard (Brighthand)
Psion Teklogix updates its Workabout Pro handhelds (Windows for Devices)
Samsung Wafer with EV-DO, XM radio now available from Alltel (Engadget)
Sony Ericsson revamps P series smart phone (The Register)
Zenum Opus hands-on preview (Cnet)
Right: Sony Ericsson P1

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..Smartphone Reviews

T-Mobile Wing, aka HTC Atlas

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Consumer Software
Consumer Mobile Software News Roundup: April - May 2007
BlackBerry: DataViz preps MS Office studio for BlackBerry (PDA Street)
BlackBerry: RIM's Desktop Media Manager released (Engadget)
BlackBerry: Shortcuts for managing messages (PDA Street)
Palm: How to set up picture caller ID on Treos (PDA Street)
Palm & WinMobile: Salling's updated Clicker software controls iTunes, PowerPoint, other apps from mobiles (Palm Infocenter)
Windows Mobile: Vito releases Vito SmartNavigator (Palm Infocenter)
Windows Mobile: Get Office Mobile working on WM 5 smartphones (The Unwired)
Windows Mobile: Why can't it record phone calls? (Smartphone Thoughts)

Software Reviews

Left: SafeGuard's PrivateDisk application

Mobile / Wireless Enterprise
Aventail offers SSL VPN support for Windows Mobile (Unstrung)
Chant updates its Win Mobile speech input/output software (WFD)
Funambol upgrades its open-source BlackBerry server rival (IDG)
RIM BlackBerrys to work with office phone systems (IDG)
RIM to offer plug-in for Visual Studio (IDG)
Mobile business applications need work (Computerworld)
How to fight mobile security threats (Computerworld)
Payment system provider Leapfrog IT uses mobiles to cut costs (Australian IT)

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Networks & Networking

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Enterprise Networking
Aerohive distributes WLAN switch functions over intelligent APs (Network World)
Anycom's Bluetooth access point offers speeds up to 1Mbps (Network World)
Aruba, Cisco, Divitas, & NextHop show off WLAN gear at Interop show (Wi-Fi Planet)
Colubris releases enterprise-class 802.11n access point (Converged Digest)
Extricom puts four radios in an access point (Techworld)
Netgear & Ruckus' WLAN controllers target SMBs (Wi-Fi Planet)
Review: Trapeze RingMaster with AirDefense rates 8.8/10 (IDG)
Personal Networking
How to configure wireless connections in Windows XP (Wi-Fi Planet)
How to avoid getting data stolen via wireless connections (Blogger Newsnet)
How to avoid roaming to the wrong AP (Wi-Fi Planet)
Get the most from your USB WLAN adapter (Wi-Fi Planet)
Avis debuts in car Wi-Fi service in San Francisco (AP)
How to avoid pricey mobile charges when traveling abroad (Computerworld)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Content: Mozilla service will let users store data online and access it on mobiles (IDG)
Content: Gaming, music and TV to drive mobile market (The Register)
Content: Mobile content growth may be hindered by lack of standards (Unstrung)
Devices: Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) day 1 summary (PC Magazine)

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Devices: Win HEC day 2 summary (PC Magazine)
Devices: How would you change the UMPC? (Engadget)
Marketing: Intel plans push into mobility, emerging markets (PC Mag)
Networks: Mobile WiMax may be 4G, but can it replace cellular? (Network World)
OS: Ubuntu plans mobile Linux version (IDG)
OS: After Treo 755p, what's the Palm OS' fate? (IDG)
Users: Survey says consumers more excited by GPS than mobile TV (The Register)
Users: How the mobile phone biz loses users (The Register)
Financial / Legal News
Alltel accepts $27.5B buyout offer (Unstrung)
Apple patents back-of-device touchscreen for future iPhones (IDG)
Calypso patents mobile voice-to-text and text-to-voice (release)
HTC sidelines Microsoft with its new brand & OS strategy (The Register)
Nuance buys VoiceSignal, eyes mobile voice control (IDG)
On2 acquires Hantro for $58M (Unstrung)
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