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Go Mobile® - #200 - Dec. 20, 2007

  • Features: Mobile Trends... Holiday Buying Guides
  • 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
Gadgets led 2007's mobile development (Reuters)
Wi-Fi gains ground in gadgets (Reuters)
NEC claims first real-time phone translation app (AFP)
Toshiba hints at 100Gbit NAND flash chips in 4 years (Inquirer)
live mobile Japanese - English translation
Holiday Buying Guides
PC Magazine's 2007 gift guide (PC Magazine)
The holiday guide to laptops (Computerworld)
Mac gift guide 2007: 10 picks (Computerworld)
Top 10 Notebooks of 2007 (Laptop)
Engadget's gift guide (Engadget)

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Product News & Reviews

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. Notebooks, Tablets, & Gear

. Dell Latitude XT
Dell's new Latitude XT convertible hands on (Engadget)
Dell rolls out 15-inch XPS m1530 (PC Magazine)
Everex "Cloudbook" 7" UMPC runs Linux (Linux Devices)
Fujitsu's 12.1-inch Loox R: world's first Intel Penryn ultra-portable? (Engadget)
HP rolls out laptop updates aplenty (Engadget)
Toshiba launches its Portege M700 tablet (PC Magazine)
Toshiba's Satellite T31 arrives with Vista & Windows XP (Engadget)
Zonbu previews 'environmentally friendly' Linux laptop (PC Magazine)
New reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Mobiles & Accessories
Asus announces smartphones for India market (EFY Times)
Apple plans 3G iPhone for AT&T in 2008 (PDA Street)
Dell readying smartphone for 2008? (PDA Street)
LG KU990 Viewty hands-on (Engadget)
Motorola Q9c & RIM Blackberry Pearl 8130 now at Sprint (Engadget)
Nokia N95 classic gets v20 firmware (All About Symbian)
Verizon xv6800
Upop
OQO UMPC gets 3G for Europe & Asia (Windows for Devices)
Palm Treo 680 for AT&T gets major update (Palm Infocenter)
Palm Treo 800w uncovered? (Engadget)
Samsung's Wi-Fi VoIP mobile pops up on T-Mobile USA (The Register)
Socket's ruggedized PDA omits radio options (Windows for Devices)
Is this the Sony Mylo 2? (Engadget)
Toshiba's Portege G910 / G920 preview (Engadget)
UPOP media player is almost a UMPC (PMP Today)
Verizon Wireless finally rolls out XV6800 slider (PDA Street)

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. Smartphone & Accessories Reviews
LG Voyager
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Yego drives connect as a hub

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CoolTek virtual keyboard
Consumer Software & Services
Multi-Platform: Consumer mobile software roundup for Nov. - Dec., 2007
Multi-Platform: 8x8’s MobileTalk VoIP supports 450 smartphones (PDA Street)
Multi-Platform: Google Maps Mobile now knows where you are (The Register)
BlackBerry: Gwava software tracks Blackberry messages (IDG)
Mac: iPhone iSync: the beginnings of WiFi syncing (TUAW)
Mac: Swirly Space creates iPhone MMS application (PDA Street)
Symbian: Nokia's Mail for Exchange 2.1 now supports more N-series phones (PDA Street)
Windows Mobile: CooTek releases virtual keyboard (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Microsoft Office Mobile update supports Office 2007 edits (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Mexens updates its "virtual GPS" software for Win Mobile (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Mobiion's MagiKB Lite app copies BlackBerry text entry for Windows Mobile (PocketNow)
Windows Mobile: Five simple Windows Mobile tricks (CrunchGear)

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Mobile Enterprise
Products
Datastick module brings vibration sensing to Win Mobile PDAs (Windows for Devices)
Alinean's new online tool compares Windows Mobile & BlackBerry TCO (Windows for Devices)
Gwava software tracks Blackberry messages (IDG)
iPass online tool adds wireless business connection costs (Information Week)
Paglo uses Google-like searches to track IT assets (Network World)
Resco's MobileForms Toolkit now works with Visual Studio 08 (Windows for Devices)
Ribbit launches platform for creating Web-embeddable phone apps (The Register)
SAP's sales force automation software works on iPhones (Information Week)
Sybase iAnywhere mobile suite adds policy security (Techworld)

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Deployments & Tips
Continental tests cellphone check-ins at Houston airport (USA Today)
Scottish Police trial mobile access to photos, CCTV footage (Safe Homes)
Australian government agency stalls its BlackBerry rollout over work/life balance debate (Computerworld)
Carnegie Mellon University uses two WLAN vendors (Network World)
Wi-Fi's valuable role in the healthcare field (Wi-Fi Planet)
Solar power in Wi-Fi deployments (Wi-Fi Planet)
The enterprise dilemma: Wi-Fi, cellular or both? (Wireless Week)
Continental's mobile check-in application
Wi-Fi Planet's guide to WPA security (Wi-Fi Planet)
Knowing location increases 802.11 network security (TechRepublic)
Secure remote access: Closing the Windows Mobile loophole (Search Security)
TCO reasons for buying business-specific rather than consumer handhelds (Computerworld)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Content: Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum releases LiPS 1.0 specs (The Register)
Content: Are we asking too much of mobility? (Computerworld)
Devices: What's wrong with Windows Mobile converged devices (Pocket PC Thoughts)
Devices: How Palm can beat Apple's iPhone: the Flash phone (Silicon Alley Insider)
Devices: Interview with HTC's CEO Peter Chou (Engadget)
Markets: CDC study shows links between mobile reliance, income & healthcare (Engadget)
Markets: EU users ditching landlines for mobiles (Reuters)
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows Mobile 7 & 8 rumors abound (ZDnet)
Operating Systems: Google's Android: More than an open handset OS (America's Network)
Networks: Sprint soft-launches WiMax in several cities (Unstrung)
Networks: EU governments agree to open GSM radio spectrum (Reuters)
Networks: UMA closer to becoming 3G standard (Unstrung)
Networks: India's mobile operator market sees changes (Unstrung)
Networks: Operators to open up walled gardens in 2008 (Network World)
Networks: Is Verizon's plan really the end of closed wireless networks? (Information Week)
Networks: Wireless competition: varied & glamorous beats androgynous (Wireless Week)
Networks: What's taking carrier fixed-mobile convergence so long? (Network World)
Networks: What happened to ultrawideband? (Techworld)
Networks: What's gone wrong with WiMax? (Techworld)
Financial / Legal News
AMD reveals 2008 roadmap (PC Magazine)
Apple, AT&T sued over iPhone's visual voicemail (PDA Street)
Atheros buys GPS company u-Nav for $54m (IDG)
Motorola names Greg Brown new CEO (Unstrung)
Navteq shareholders OK Nokia deal (AP)
Nokia buys file-sharing startup Avvenu (Unstrung)
Palm reports losses in Q2 (Palm Infocenter)
RIM picks Irving, TX for U.S. headquarters (AP)
Sprint Nextel names Dan Hesse as new CEO (Techworld)
Vodafone, Telefonica bank on mobile ad provider Amobee Media (Reuters)
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