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Go Mobile® - #202 - Jan. 25, 2008

  • Features: Mobile Trends
  • 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
Angstrom hydrogen fuel cells
Researchers develop tenfold boost in laptop battery life (Cnet)
What will mobile phones be like in 10 years? (Information Week)
Angstrom wants its hydrogen fuel cells in phones by 2010 (PhysOrg)
Mobile phones, virtual worlds morph shopper behavior (Reuters)
MIT study: mobile phone radiation can affect sleep (Textually)
Poll: wireless consumers value customer service & price over open access (Computerworld)

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Product News & Reviews

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.Notebooks, Tablets, & Gear

MacBook Air
Apple's new MacBook Air: should road warriers buy it? (Laptop)
Axiotron Modbook tablet Mac hands-on (Engadget)
Dell with Ubuntu Linux debuts in Europe, hits U.S. next week (Engadget)
Fujitsu's light LifeBook P1620 takes on MacBook Air (Engadget)
Getac intros its E100 3-lb. rugged tablet PC (Windows for Devices)
Getac's latest rugged laptop gets LED backlight, "Night Vision" (Engadget)
HP launches "loss-proof" thin client laptop (Computerworld)
Intel ships first Dual-Core Celeron processors (PC World)
Lenovo's X61 ThinkPads get Intel's Penryn processor (Engadget)
MacBook Air's single USB port too small for USB 3G modems (Engadget)
Sony's 13.3-inch SZ7 laptop lineup available for pre-order (Engadget)
Toshiba's slim new 3G Portege vs. MacBook Air (Techworld)
Getac E100 tablet
Sierra Wireless AirCard 595U rates 4.5/5 (PC Magazine) / Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 rates 4.5/5 (PC Magazine)
Laptop reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Mobiles & Accessories
Left: Polymer Vision's Readius prototype
Apple hints at WiFi-equipped iPods in the future (Engadget)
Asus M930 gets official, Nokia styling and all (Engadget)
FlipStart slashes price of Windows-run UMPC in half (PDA Street)
HP's iPaq 210 finally available (Engadget)
HTC's XV6900 Touch previewed in white for Verizon (Engadget)
Polymer Vision's "Readius" has foldable display (Reuters)
Metrologic's OptimusPDA reads barcodes, resists drops (Windows for Devices)
Motorola CA50 handheld features barcode scanning & VoIP (Network World)
MWg unveils the Zinc II smartphone (The Register)
Nokia Internet Tablet N810 hits Canada (Mobile in Canada)
Palm punts unlocked Treo 500 (The Register)
Samsung's i900 smartphone breaks cover (PhoneMag)
Sony Mylo 2 is now available (Engadget)
Toshiba announces Portege G710 phone (The Unwired)
Right: Toshiba G710

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Moto Q9h (compare to the Toshiba G710 above)

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Consumer Software & Services
Multi-Platform: Consumer mobile software roundup for January
Multi-Platform: VoIP startups promote virtual number, caller ID services (Wireless Week)
Multi-Platform: "YouTube for Mobile" to run on select phones by LG, Motorola, Nokia, and Sony Ericsson (Reuters)
Mac: First look: iPhone firmware 1.1.3 (Macworld)
Palm: Palm finally finalizes Windows Vista synchronization (Palm Infocenter)
Palm: GSM Treos get pseudo-GPS software (Palm Infocenter)
Symbian: Google Mail works well on Nokia, but not Sony Ericsson (Techworld)
Windows Mobile: Great software & hardware accessories (Pocket PC & Smartphone Magazine)

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Mobile Enterprise

 

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Mobile Enterprise Products
IBM developing Lotus Notes client for Apple's iPhone (MacRumors)
LogMeIn adds web-based remote handheld management software (Windows for Devices)
Motorola unveils WiMax gateway for enterprises (Techworld)
Ricoh intros HotSpot printer line for wireless printing on the go (PC Magazine)
RIM BlackBerry Server 4.1.5 promises IT-friendly makeover (PDA Street)
Simdesk preps hosted push email BlackBerry alternative (CIO-Today)

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Mobile Enterprise Rollouts & Tips
Personal devices create a dilemma for corporate IT (eWeek)
Perspective: The coming choice in wireless for CIOs (Cnet)
iPhone with Lotus Notes: IT manager's nightmare? (Computerworld)
Should you deploy 802.11n in 2008? Part 2 (Network World)
Network News
GPS or Wi-Fi positioning? Both, says IMS (GPS World)

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JiWire grants free WiFi hotspot access to iPhone users (Wi-Fi Planet)
Fixed-mobile convergence: all-over enterprise mobility arrives (ComputerWeekly)
Minneapolis solar Wi-Fi service won't see light of day (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
American announces in-flight Internet pricing, summer rollout (WiFi Net News)
Wireless broadband is the surprise bright light in Australia (The Australian)
U.S. carriers' text messaging rate raises are profit-driven (Yahoo News)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Apps / Content: What's wrong with mobile browsers? (Techworld)
Devices: Return of the smartcard (NFC phones & contactless payments) (Techworld)
Devices: Revisiting our iPhone wish list (Macworld)
Networks: 802.11n equipment is morphing to meet new demands (TechRepublic)
Networks: Can femtocells live up to the hype? (Techworld)
OS: Google launches $10 million software developer contest for Android (The Register)
OS: Developers warm up to Android (Business Week)
OS: Palm OS II devices not due til 2009 (Brighthand)
OS: Symbian is big in Japan again (The Inquirer)
OS: Opinion: Think twice about iPhone development (The Register)
People: Interview: OLPC's Michail Bletsas (Gearlog)
Security: UK MoD's three lost laptops expose government data indifference (The Register)
Security: MMS Nokia phones worm found in the wild (The Register)
Users: Do we need computer competence tests? (The Register)
Financial / Legal News
Apple posts $1.58B profit, its best quarter ever (Engadget)
Cisco Invests in ip.access (Unstrung)
Microsoft ups Windows Mobile consumer push with Zumobi bundle & new division chief (IDG)
Motorola reports 84% profit drop (Unstrung)
Nokia grabs 40% handset share (Unstrung)
Nokia files virtual keyboard patent (Engadget)
O2 misses its iPhone sales target (The Register)
Palm closing retail stores, paying refunds to some Treo owners (Cnet)
Sony Ericsson sells 100 million handsets in 2007 (Brighthand)
Sprint to cut 4,000 jobs, close 125 stores (Reuters)
Sun's JavaFX will work with Adobe (The Register)
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