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Go Mobile® - #193 - July 6, 2007

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

iPhone Madness
Rumor: Apple picks O2 for UK, T-Mobile for Germany (Engadget)
iPhone hack project aims to open up device (The Register)
Apple reveals its iPhone battery replacement plan (IDG)
Finding Wi-Fi hotspots with the iPhone (MacWorld)
iPhone syncs with Outlook & Entourage -- kind of (Engadget)
iPhone & iPod accessories: what works, what doesn't (Engadget)
iPhone vs Windows Mobile (Inform IT)
iPhone vs Palm Treo (Palm Infocenter)
iPhone vs. real smartphones (PC Magazine)
iPhone pros & cons: part 1 (IGN)
Analysts debate iPhone's security - or relevance (eWeek)
iPhone: the future of mobiles? (Australian IT)
Celebrating the iPhone's Newtonian past (The Register)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Apple MacBook Pro with Santa Rosa reviews (Engadget)
Dell releases new power Inspiron lineup (PC Magazine)
Fujitsu's 12.1" T8140 tablet with SSD: 3.3-pounds, 11.3-hours (Engadget)
Fujitsu's 8.9" Lifebook Vista tablet: 32GB SSD & 2.1-pounds (Engadget)
Gateway adds E-295C / C-140 convertible tablet (Engadget)
Left: Fujitsu P8240; Below: Microsoft demos multi-touch notebook
Toshiba announces new gaming, AMD laptops (PC Magazine)
Toshiba launches Satellite U305, upgrades F45 and P205 (Engadget)
Microsoft R&D shows off multi-touch laptop (Engadget)
Samsung unveils 13.3-inch Q70 with Intel Santa Rosa (Aving.net)
Intel Core 2 Duo has "non-fixable" bugs, OpenBSD alleges (Extreme Tech)
New reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Motorola Q9m

Mobiles & Accessories
Data Evolution's first rugged Windows Mobile PDA targets education (WFD)
HP releases iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger (PDA Street)
HTC Omni preview: UMPC-like, but runs Windows Mobile 6 (Unwired View)
HTC launches P6300 Windows Mobile PDA (Mobility Site)
Intermec's new CK31ex scans barcodes at 50 feet (Windows for Devices)
LG shows latest HSDPA handsets (IDG)
Motorola Q9m for Verizon Wireless preview (Boy Genius Report)
NewStep offers seamless FMC for Paragon's Windows Mobile handset (WFD)
Nokia to sell E-series smartphones directly to US consumers (PC Magazine)
Psion Teklogix Workabout Pro now usable on AT&T networks (WFD)
O2 Asia releases Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for Xda Zinc (The Unwired)
RIM BlackBerry Pearl 2 spec rumors (PDA Street)
Samsung E840 sports OLED keypad (IDG)
Windows Mobile 6 phones, upgrades already available (PDA Street)
Portable gadget charger roundup (Gearlog)
Samsung E840

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Smartphone Reviews

iPhone keypad

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Consumer Software

Iambic's Agendus 12 (in software roundup)
Consumer Mobile Software news roundup: June
All: Sync Everything with EssentialPIM v2 (AppScout)
BlackBerry: EQO adds BlackBerry to its free international call service (The Register)
Java: Flurry's free mobile email rates 4/5 (PC Advisor)
Mac: Apple Mac OS X update shuts down IPv6 security hole (PC Magazine)
Palm: Avvenu file sharing or the Palm Foleo (PDA Street)
Symbian: Mail for Exchange available for Nokia Nseries devices (ZDnet)
Windows Mobile: Fringland's free VoIP client runs on Windows Mobile devices (WFD)
Windows Mobile: SoliCall offers noise cancelling app for Voice over IP calls (WFD)
Windows Mobile: Spb Mobile Shell rates 5/5 (Mobility Site)
26 top cell phone apps (Laptop)

Mobile Enterprise
LogMeIn enables remote Windows Mobile device access (WFD)
NCP Engineering's VPN software adds WM 6.0 support (WFD)
Nokia releases PC Suite Enterprise Edition (Engadget)
France bans government BlackBerry use (Techworld)
Poll: BlackBerry Server squeezes Microsoftl (The Register)
Selecting mobile handsets for your workforce (The Register)
How do you make mobile data secure? (The Register)

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Who should get an iPhone in your company? Not the CEO (Computerworld)
NSW Institute uses PDAs to track athletes' performance (Australian IT)

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Networks & Networking

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Enterprise Networking
AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer Pro review (GCN)
Colubris puts three radios in a WLAN node (Techworld)
MobileAccess keeps APs in the closet (Wi-Fi Planet)
Trapeze announces 802.11n access point (Computerworld)
Tutorial: 802.11n coverage & range in the enterprise (Wi-Fi Planet)
Four tips for building better wireless networks (Network World)
NY state college readies 11n WLAN rollout (Network World)
How US Dept. of Energy wirelessly secures a lab (Computerworld)
Personal Networking
Boingo launches global Wi-Fi service for travelers (Computerworld)
Verizon gets new premium calling plans, mobile email (Engadget)
T-Mobile launches US-wide converged Wi-Fi, cell service (IDG)
Vodafone preps Wi-Fi, cellular bundle too (Techworld)
Picking a wireless carrier: far from easy (Washington Post)
How to dump your cell contract (IDG)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Content: GPS more than a back-seat driver; coming to more mobiles (The Register)
Devices: Psion Series 5: the last true computer (The Register)

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Markets: Apple sells one of every seven notebooks in U.S. (Computerworld)
Networks: "Certified" fast 802.11n Wi-Fi could still hurt today's nets (Techworld)
Networks: AT&T spoiled the iPhone party (The Register)
Networks: Sprint WiMax plans are on track (Unstrung)
Networks: What’s up with U.S. WiMax? (Wi-Fi Planet)
OS: Palm plans Palm OS II in 2008 (Palm Infocenter)
OS: How would you change Windows Mobile 6? (Engadget)
Standards: Mobile industry group offers VoIP specs for operators (The Register)
Users: 'Butt dialing' & the nine new deadly sins of cell phone use (Computerworld)
Financial / Legal News
AT&T to buy Dobson for $5.1B (Unstrung)
CSIRO injunction halts Buffalo's US sales (Australian IT)
NEC gets cell phone smart file downloading patent (CrunchGear)
Nokia streamlines its into three new business units (Unstrung)
Nuance buys T9 text-input tool (IDG)
Palm posts loss (Palm Infocenter)
ITC upholds Qualcomm phone ban (The Register)
RIM gets OK to sell BlackBerry in China (AP)
Sprint kills off Nextel in new marketing campaign (Wireless Week)
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