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Go Mobile® - #197 - Oct. 12, 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

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Mobile Trends
Cell phone inventors honored (MobileVillage)
Prototype phone uses epaper for changing apps (IDG)
Hook them with flash, keep them with software (Cnet)
Bringing Wi-Fi to the Third World (Wi-Fi Planet)
'73 DynaTAC Motorola & lead engineer Donald Linder
Mobile Tips
Is gadget insurance worth the money? (Laptop)
22 top iPhone tips (Computerworld)
Browse smartphone files with a PC (PDA Street)
Toss Outlook, move all PIM info online, & use any phone (Computerworld)
Ten essential Windows tweaks (Laptop)
Help: my laptop doesn't recognize my network (Network World)

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Product News & Reviews

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Notebooks / Tablets
Asus adds the latest Intel processors & HSDPA (Daily Tech)
Fujitsu launches Esprimo laptops (Engadget)
Gateway rolls out P-series mid-range laptops (Engadget)
OLPC announces $399 "Give 1 Get 1" XO promo (Computerworld)
Panasonic Toughbooks now AT&T & Verizon 3G-friendly (Engadget)
Rock makes HD DVD standard on select laptops (Engadget)
Sony intros upgraded, drip-proof Vaio G2 (Akihabara News)
Sony's Vaio G stays dry inside
Toshiba launches a fresh crop of Satellite laptops (Engadget)
Transitive adds laptop, legacy Solaris/SPARC plays (The Register)
New reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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4P's FDA means business
Mobiles & Accessories
Apple patent app tips pressure sensor for touchscreens (PC Magazine)
BenQ releases its E72 stylish Windows Mobile smartphone (Mobility Site)
Carlson's rugged handheld offers GPS & surveying app (Windows for Devices)
E-Ten "Glofiish" M700 offers touchscreen VGA display, keyboard, GPS, more (Windows for Devices)
4P's device merges phone, scanner, card reader, printer (Windows for Devices)
Hand Held Products adds new Dolphin data-collection device (Windows for Devices)

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HP ships its iPAQ 110 and 210 smartphones (PDA Street)
HTC Kaiser / TyTN II hits AT&T as the Tilt (Engadget)
HTC's P6500 for enterprises is a 3.5G phone, too (Windows for Devices)
HTC's Touch followup adds slide-out keyboard (Windows for Devices)
Kingston develops 4GB microSDHC Card (PDA Street)
LG Voyager heads Verizon's newly official fall lineup (Engadget)
Palm will recycle any mobile device for free (Brighthand)
Project-a-Phone adds a cheaper PDA/phone projector (PDA Street)
HTC Touch Dual

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M-Tube
Roper's new Win CE handheld performs checkpoint security (Windows for Devices)
Samsung confirms SGH i780 with GPS, Windows Mobile 6 (Unwired View)
SanDisk doubles its Memory Stick Micro capacity to 8 Gigs (PDA Street)
Sony's Vaio UX bumped to Core 2 Solo and 64GB SSD (Engadget)
Sony Ericsson previews its W910 and K850 (Engadget)
T-Mobile previews two new Sidekicks (PDA Street)
Taiwan group previews 'M-Tube' touchscreen handheld with Linux, WiMax (Engadget)

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Smartphone Reviews

Nokia N95-3 for North America

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Consumer Software & Services
All Platforms: Consumer mobile software roundup for Sept - October (MobileVillage)
Palm: SelectCam records higher resolution video (Palm Infocenter)
Symbian: Quickoffice adds support for Nokia's Mail app (PDA Street)
Symbian: Nokia's 'Conversations' beta brings threaded SMS to Series 60 (All About Symbian)
Win CE: SoftMaker's "Office-compatible" suite offers ODF (Windows for Devices)
Win Mobile: Windows Mobile 6.1 will add Office 2007 compatbility (Windows for Devices)
SoftMaker's PlanMaker

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Personal Networking
Australia's Telstra launches HSDPA service (Unstrung)
Devicescape app links Nokia users to Wi-Fi hotspots (Information Week)
Review: six new 802.11n Wi-Fi routers (Information Week)

Review: Wireless USB hubs show promise (AP)
How to fix your wireless network, part 1 (SNB)

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Mobile Enterprise
Enterprise mobile software roundup for September - October (MobileVillage)
Cadec Global releases PowerVue for fleet management (Windows for Devices)
RIM's new service lets small groups remotely access & share BlackBerry content (PDA Street)
SonoSite introduces point-of-care ultrasound handheld (Windows for Devices)

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SonoSite SFast for ultrasounds
Enterprise Networking
Gothenburg, Sweden to rollout 270,000-node Zigbee network for meter reading (The Register)
India hospital's Wi-Fi stations give villagers access to eye care (BBC)
Micronet unveils new 11n Wi-Fi gear (Electronista)
Skyhook's WiFi positioning system SDK gets upgraded (Windows for Devices)
TeleType SDK creates GPS-enabled apps (Windows for Devices)

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Meru claims an edge over Cisco in WLAN voice benchmark tests (Wi-Fi Planet)
Motorola launches WLAN RF management suite (Techworld)
AirMagnet Survey Pro & Planner 5.0 review (Network Computing)
A business buyer's guide to wireless networking (PC World)
Is product testing worth the expense? (Computerworld)
The changing world of Wi-Fi for small businesses (Techworld)
How 'evil twins' & multipots could bypass Wi-Fi defenses (TechTarget)
Handheld protection best practices (TechTarget)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Devices: PDAs will remain viable for niche applications (Computer Dealer News)
Devices: Nokia's Navteq buy may spell doom for non-phone GPS devices (PC Magazine)
Devices: Low-cost laptops for kids in developing countries: not so low-cost (Computerworld)
Networks: AT&T buys high-speed wireless spectrum for $2.5 billion (IDG)
Networks: In search of the never-never LAN (vnunet)
Networks: Mobile broadband to soon dominate (Register)
Standards: WiMedia Alliance certifies the first ultrawideband wireless chipsets (IDG)
Standards: Australian patent threat to 802.11n may be overblown (IDG)
Systems: Symbian & ARM to use multiple CPU cores in future smartphones (InformationWeek)
Systems: Broadcom chip to bring high-definition to mobiles (IDG)
Systems: Palm's Linux OS won't be ready for 18 mmonths (The Register)
Financial / Legal News
Dot-mobi domains auctioned off (The Register)
Wireless funding soars in September (Unstrung)
Disney drops family mobile service (PhoneScoop)
Google buys Twitter mobile social networking rival Jaiku (PC Magazine)
Nokia to buy GPS mapmaker Navteq for $8.1B (Unstrung)
RIM settles with Eatoni on SureType patent infringement spat (The Register)
RIM reports good quarter; hints at future touchscreen BlackBerry (PDA Street)
Sanyo to sell mobile phone unit to Kyocera (Reuters)
Sony Ericsson profits fall on cheaper phones (The Register)
Sprint Nextel reports another poor quarter; CEO Gary Forsee resigns (Unstrung)
Virgin Mobile USA IPO nets $412m (Unstrung)
Vonage pays Sprint $80m to square patent dispute (The Register)

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