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Go Mobile® - #192 - June 15, 2007

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

Mobile Trends
E-waste lays siege to Chinese town (Cnet)
Kids get early start in operating electronics (The Register)
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Wireless charging for mobile devices is here (IDG)
MIT researchers demo wireless electricity (The Register)
Inventors develop one radio for many wireless networks (Computerworld)
Notebook Tips
How to partition your hard drive (Laptop)
Pimp your laptop: top 5 accessories (Laptop)
Municipal Network Spotlight
Cities swap public Wi-Fi secrets (IDG)
Bringing public Wi-Fi to small-towns (Cnet)
Citywide Wi-Fi's latest setbacks (Wi-Fi Planet)
Silicon Valley wireless project delayed (IDG)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Right: Palm Foleo
Acer Gemstone specs and pricing revealed (Engadget)
Apple delivers MacBook Pros with Santa Rosa & LED backlights (Engadget)
Asus 'Eee' Linux subnotebook to start at $200 (Engadget)
Dell XPS m1330 ultraportable revealed (Engadget)
Fujitsu adds Lifebook T4220 convertible tablet (Engadget)
General Dynamics launches GoBook rugged laptop & handheld (PC Magazine)
Intel previews Menlow-based ultraportables (IDG)

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Lenovo's ThinkPad X61, X61s and X61 tablet PC get official (Engadget)
Palm Foleo "mobile companion" hands on gallery & Jeff Hawkins interview (Palm Infocenter)
Panasonic's Toughbook adds Centrino Duo, 3G wireless (PC Magazine)
Targa intros Raptor-60 laptop with three hard drives (Engadget)
Toshiba unveils HD DVD-RW writer for Qosmio laptops (Engadget)
Via's UMPC-like NanoBook gains OEM interest (Engadget)
More reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Mobiles & Accessories
Amtek U560 UMPC preview (Gotta Be Mobile)
Apple's iPhone to hit AT&T June 29 (IDG)
EB previews its Menlow-based UMPC platform (UMPC Portal)
Fujitsu debuts 'big-screen TV' cellphone (IDG)
General Dynamics adds new GoBook rugged laptop & handheld (PC Mag)
HTC Touch Windows Mobile handset sports intuitive touch UI (WFD)

General Dynamics GoBook
HTC's S720 aka Libra hits Canada's Telus (BlackBerry Sync)
Motorola SCPL revealed (Boy Genius Report)
Nokia N75, N76 now available in the US (Engadget)
Palm Treo 800w & 'Gandolf': rumored Palm phones (PDA Street)
Raon Digital's Everun UMPC starts at $700 (Engadget)
Samsung Blackjack Windows Mobile 6 ROM leaked (Smartphone Thoughts)
Sharp's W-Zero3 debuts on Japan's Willcom (The Unwired)
Sony Ericsson unveils 9GB Walkman phone, others (Engadget)
Left: Raon Digital's Everun

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HTC Touch

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Consumer Software & OS's
Java: Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 rates 4/5 (PC Magazine)
Mac OS X, Windows Vista: Mac OS X Tiger vs. Windows Vista (Laptop)
Palm: Missing Sync for Palm OS v6.0 released (Palm Infocenter)
Windows Mobile: Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center fixes Vista synch problem (IDG)
Symbian: Symbian Series 40 vs S60 (IDG)

Mobile Enterprise Apps
Enterprise Mobile Software news roundup: May-June
Mimer SQL Mobile serves up Symbian phone data (The Register)
Quova app tracks mobile net users (The Register)
Sana's laptop security software adds Bluetooth hacking protection (Techworld)
Talla-Tech's rugged Windows CE PDA drafted by U.S. marines (WFD)
Stress testing mobile device applications (Windows for Devices)

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Networks & Networking

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Enterprise Networking
AirMagnet offers VeriSign intruder detection service (Wi-Fi Planet)
ArrowSpan mesh network equipment adds GPS (Wi-Fi Planet)
BelAir offers service guarantee in network rollouts (Wi-Fi Planet)
Companies team on mid-ocean GSM calling, SMS (The Register)
Enterprise networks and the fast Wi-Fi power struggle (Techworld)
How to avoid pitfalls of healthcare Wi-Fi networks (Computerworld)
Personal Networking
Buffalo Wi-Fi adaptor promises better reception (Techworld)
D-Link DIR-655 Draft 2.0 802.11n router rates 8/10 (The Inquirer)
AT&T adds international texting plan (MobileBurn)
Vodafone cuts data rates (Techworld)
EU law will cut mobile phone roaming costs by 70 percent (IDG)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Content: Mobile games set for simultaneous launch (The Register)
Content: Developers split on iPhone access usefulness (Computerworld)
Devices: Why you may not want an iPhone (Forbes)
Devices: Ultramobiles too pricey & inefficient, says AMD (Techworld)
Devices: Who's going to buy the Palm Foleo? (PC Magazine)

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Markets: Can Palm be saved? (Guardian UK)
Markets: Nokia's US enterprise headache (Unstrung)
Markets: Original WiMax entrants still lead (Wireless Week)
Networks: Wibree to be Bluetooth's low power standard (Techworld)
Networks: Will 802.11n bring back the Wi-Fi wars? (Techworld)
Networks: RAN sharing: Time for a mobile NetCo? (Unstrung)
OS: Google promises mobile platform to challenge Windows (The Register)
OS: Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum readies 1.0 spec (InternetNews)
OS: How new features get into Windows Mobile (WFD)
Financial / Legal News
Amp'd Mobile files for chapter 11 bankruptcy (Engadget)
Dell lays off 10% of its workforce (PC Magazine)
Motorola lays off another 4,000 (The Register)
Palm sells 25% stake to Bono's Elevation Partners for $325M (Unstrung)
Qualcomm appeals phone ban in patent spat (The Register)
SanDisk enters laptop storage market (PC Magazine)
SonicWall to buy Aventail for US $25M (The Register)
Starent, a wireless data router vendor, sees strong IPO debut (Unstrung)
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