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Go Mobile® - #195 - Sept. 1, 2007

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

Mobile Trends
Questioning the cell phone crackdown (Computerworld)
Traffic problem finds cell phone solution (Computerworld)
Paper battery promises future power for mobile devices (BBC)
Is the future of cell phones 'voice-based'? (Computerworld)
Are UMPCs finally coming of age? (Laptop)
Next-gen memory 500 times faster, but slow to take off (Computerworld)
Mobile Tips
Tips for better notebook battery life (Laptop)
A big guide to USB peripherals (Computerworld)
Dashboard GPS vs. cell phone GPS (Laptop)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Right: Kontron NotePAC Duo
Augmentix debuts the XTG630 ruggedized laptop (Engadget)
Fujitsu adds U810 UMPC and T2010 12" LifeBook (Wired)
Iogear's Digital Scribe lets you ink up any PC (Engadget)
Kontron intros NotePAC Duo ruggedized convertable (WFD)
Sony firmware adds WWAN to select SZ6 / TZ20 Vaios (Engadget)
Toshiba launches Satellite U300 lineup (TechDigest)
Toshiba's 320GB 2.5-inch hard drive: a world's best for laptops (Engadget)
New reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Palm's Centro targets youth
Mobiles & Accessories
Dell's Axim X50v, X51v unofficially gets Windows Mobile 6 (Engadget)
HTC intros Cavalier S630, aka Dopod C730 or T-Mobile Dash 2 (WFD)
HTC releases Kaiser as TyTN II for AT&T, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Vodafone (PDA Street)
LG, Pantech, & Samsung cellphones deliver speedier HSDPA downloads (IDG)
LG's 'Viewty' iPhone clone set for Vodafone (Pocket-Lint)
Motorola Q9m goes to Verizon Wireless (Cnet)
Nokia previews its touchscreen S60 interface (Engadget)
Nokia's 8GB N95 available in the U.S. for $699 (Engadget)

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Nokia warns of BL-5C batteries overheating during charging (IDG)
Palm's new Centro will target Sprint's younger customers (Palm Infocenter)
Palm 755p available on Canada's Telus (Slashphone)
RIM BlackBerry 8120 (Pearl 2) with Wi-Fi preview (Pinstack via PDA Street)
Samsung updates its Q1 UMPC with three models (Digital Tech News)
Samsung-SGH-i450 preview (Pocket-Lint)
Sony's new USB sticks could hide hackers' rootkits (PC Magazine)
HTC Cavalier S630

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Smartphone Reviews
HTC Kaiser (TyTN 2)

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Consumer Software & Services
Ilium ListPro (see software roundup)
Mobile software roundup for August
BlackBerry OS 4.3 screenshots (BGR via PDA Street)
BlackBerry tip: Avoid losing text messages or call logs (PDA Street)
Palm: Finding lost files using DataViz Documents To Go (Computerworld)
Symbian: Nokia Mail for Exchange syncs Nokia E/N phones with MS Exchange (PDA Street)
Windows Mobile : Acision Visual Voicemail offers iPhone like visual vm features (Mobility Site)
Windows Mobile: Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 Wireless rates 4/5 (vnunet)
Windows Mobile email basics (PDA Street)
Yahoo Mail now allows sending text messages (Reuters)
Pinger beta rates 7/10 (Reuters)
Five great mobile widgets (Laptop)

Personal Networking
Sprint's new WiMax service to be called 'Xohm' (Wireless Week)
3 launches competitive HSDPA services in the UK (Unstrung)

Mobile Enterprise
Support staff uses BlackBerries for better response, 6-month payback (Computerworld)
Colleges consider prohibiting portable storage (Computerworld)
Doctors use handheld technology to save time, improve care (AP)

Phraselator
Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital mixes wireless technologies (InfoWorld)
The Pentagon puts $44m into "Phraselator" handheld translators (The Register)
How will mobility change your organization? (Network World)

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Enterprise Networking
HD introduces PoE-capable in-wall AP (Wi-Fi Planet)
Solis Energy debuts solar powered Wi-Fi routers (Computerworld)
Review: AirTight SpectraGuard WLAN management software (Techworld)
Managing data centers wirelessly (Computerworld)
Poll: How companies are using wireless networks (ZDNet)
Enterprises face challenges with voice over Wi-Fi (Network World)
4 tips for increasing wireless network security (InformationWeek)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Devices: Dear Palm: It's time for an intervention (Engadget)
Markets: Maestro joins WLAN management market (InformationWeek)
Markets: GPS use not that high (Computerworld)
Markets: The WLAN market in 2007 (Network World)
Networks: Hartford CT Wi-Fi battles bumps & budget overruns (Hartford Business)
Networks: EarthLink layoffs signal change in muni Wi-Fi (IDG)
Networks: Will mobile WiMax transform wireless working? (ZDNet)
Systems: Linux will be on a third of smartphones in 2012, says report (Techworld)
Systems: How Linux became a mobile OS (The Register)
Systems: Access launches site with Access Linux Platform screenshots (Engadget)
Systems: Symbian OS shipments up; 34.6 million in Q2 2007 (All About Symbian)
Security: Security still mobility's weakest link (InfoWorld)
Financial / Legal News
Acer to buy Gateway for $710m (PC Magazine)
AMD invests in virtual desktop pioneer Nivio (Techworld)
Apple secures Europe iPhone deals with T-Mobile Germany, Orange, O2 (Financial Times)
Australia's Austar TV group looks to wireless spectrum (The Australian)
Dell takes huge hit as Apple sales soar (IDG)
Earthlink lays off 900, or half its workforce (The Register)
Fujitsu Siemens dumps handhelds, blames smartphones (Pocket-Lint)
Motorola files patent suit against Aruba (WiFi Planet)
Nokia to put Microsoft Windows Live services on handsets (Computerworld)
Nokia asks for Qualcomm import ban (Reuters)
RF Micro buys Sirenza for $900m (Computerworld)

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Users: Challenging the cliché: mobile tech makes people more mobile (The Register)

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