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Go Mobile® - #203 - Feb. 15, 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
Right: Modu jacket
Latest eco-gadgets shown at Greener Gadgets conference (PC Mag)
Modu demos customizable phone "jackets" (Engadget)
Asia mobile subscribers showered with spam (The Register)
Poll: most mobile users don't know if they have security (PDA Street)
Poll says teleworkers feel safe, but threaten network security (Wi-Fi Planet)
Future trend: goodbye, notebooks; hello Web tablets? (Computerworld)
Six ways the Starbucks-AT&T deal will change mobility (Computerworld)

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Product News & Reviews

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ThinkPad X300
Notebooks, Tablets, & Gear
Asus Eee 5-day review (Laptop)
Dell Latitude E-series leaked (Engadget)
Dell XPS M1330 with Ubuntu Linux now available (Engadget)
Fujitsu's LifeBook P8010 now available (Engadget)
HP Pavilion tx2000 tablet goes on sale (Engadget)
Lenovo previews the thin ThinkPad X300 ultraportable (All Things Digital)
Digi Connect WAN 3G: yet another portable HSDPA / EV-DO router (Engadget)
Kanguru intros security-minded 'Defender Pro' flash drives (Engadget)
Laptop reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Mobiles & Accessories
Left: i-mate Ultimate 9502
Android prototypes shown at Mobile World Congress (PDA Street)
Apple intros 16GB iPhone & 32GB iPod Touch (PDA Street)
Asus' P750 Windows PDA phone has GPS (Windows for Devices)
BenQ unveils phone for contactless payments (Windows for Devices)
E-Ten intros Glofiish M810 & V900 phones (The Unwired)
Garmin previews its nuvifone touchscreen phone (Engadget)
i-mate expands its Ultimate range by two (The Register)
LG adds Communicator-like KT610 Symbian phone (The Register)
Nokia demos S60 touch interface (BGR)
Nokia N78 comes with Wi-Fi, HSDPA & GPS (Gizmodo)
Palm brings Palm OS GSM Centro to Europe (Palm Infocenter)
RIM would consider touchscreen BlackBerry (Reuters)
Samsung bares its Soul, a sleek slider phone (The Register)
Samsung's new TouchWiz UI previewed on video (Engadget)
Sony Ericsson goes Windows Mobile with Xperia X1 (Engadget)
Zzzphone offers build-to-order phones (Windows for Devices)
Sony Ericsson Xpheria

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Consumer Software
Multi-Platform: Ten smarter ways to use your smartphone (LiveMint)
Multi-Platform: Mobile personal finance software roundup (Earthweb)
Multi-Platform: How to access Skype on the go (GigaOm)
BlackBerry: How to sync PIM data with Microsoft Outlook (PDA Street)
Palm: NorthGlide updates Uninstall Manager for Palm (Palm Infocenter)
Symbian: AvantGo mobile Internet portal now available for S60 devices (PDA Street)
Symbian: EQO releases Instant Messaging beta for S60 (PDA Street)
Symbian: Joiku freeware turns S60 handsets into a Wi-Fi hotspots (The Register)
Symbian / Windows Mobile: Boingo now supports Windows Mobile 6, Symbian UIQ phones (PDA Street)
Windows Mobile: Fring's VoIP client software adds roaming, Yahoo, AIM (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Microsoft app pushes weather, news & stocks to home screens (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Raketu's P2P softphone offers unified messaging (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Skyfire unveils beta of cutting-edge mobile browser (PDA Street)

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Mobile Enterprise
Enterprise Hardware
Outfitting the iPhone for business (InfoWorld)
GD Itronix intros rugged Duo-Touch II tablet PC (Windows for Devices)
Janam's rugged scanner has 3" QVGA touchscreen, Bluetooth & optional 802.11b (Windows for Devices)
Intermec rugged handheld scans barcodes at 50 feet (Win. for Devices)
Aruba debuts 'blast-resistant' Wi-Fi access points (Information Week)
Review: Ekahau Wi-Fi location tracking tags (Information Week)
GD Duo-Touch 11

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Blue Tree's KoolTrax
Enterprise Software
Look for an Enterprise Software Roundup next issue.
Startup companies offer voicemail-to-text services (Baseline)
Blue Tree Services ships KoolTrax software for GPS phones (Windows for Devices)
Rove Mobile's PCMobilizr lets Windows Mobile devices control desktops, servers (Windows for Devices)
Smith Micro VPN software roams from LAN to 3G (Techworld)
VMware's virtual desktop service trialed by Huntsville hospital (eWeek)
Yahoo's Zimbra Collaboration 5.0 now supports Outlook 2007, BlackBerry Server, & mobile browsers (eWeek)
Enterprise Network Help
Tips for reeling in your company's cellular spending (Network World)
Providing guests wireless access (Processor)
Planning enterprise deployments in a year of multiple network types (Network World)
Municipal Wi-Fi network surveying & testing: Part II (Wi-Fi Planet)
WLAN stress test uncovers 801.11n performance problems (Network World)
Why Wi-Fi may be a possible substitute for RFID (IT World Canada)
WLANs are ready for mission-critical health care apps (Computerworld)
Meru helps University of Miami deploy campus wide 802.11n WLAN (RF Design)
Seattle’s Swedish Hospital WLAN lessons learned (TechRepublic)

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Public Network News
AT&T to offer free Wi-Fi at Starbucks starting this spring (AP)
AT&T announces major 3G expansion plans for 2008 (Cellular-News)
Helio offering unlimited everything for $99 a month (Engadget)
Sprint launches $120/month unlimited access in four cities (BGR)
T-Mobile to have 3G by summer, Android handset later (BGR)
EU sets July deadline for data roaming charge cuts (The Register)
Trains in Europe now offering Wi-Fi (IHT)

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SmartPay favors free Wi-Fi access model in New Zealand (ComputerWorld NZ)
Students use "Wi-Fi co-ops" as alternative to muni Wi-Fi (Ars Technica)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Apps: Communication apps mark first day of Demo conference (Internet News)
Apps: Mobile shopping & coupons are winning apps at Demo conference (PC Mag)
Apps: AOL opens its mobile platform, like Yahoo (PC Mag)
Apps: Yahoo! debuts "OneConnect" for lonely folks (The Register)
Devices: Apple grabs 28% of U.S. converged device market (PDA Street)
Devices: Microsoft + Danger = ZunePhone? (PC Mag)
Devices: Dumbing down the smartphone (for the masses) (IHT)
Devices: Will we really use mobile thin clients? (Techworld)
Networks: Wi-Fi Alliance plans enterprise voice quality certification (Techworld)
Networks: Bluetooth to use 802.11 for high-speed data (Extreme Tech)
Networks: Intel & Nokia demo seamless WiFi to WiMax (Information Week)
Networks: Fixed Mobile Convergence: perception vs reality (Converge Digest)
Android map search
Networks: Could LTE be the Windows Vista of mobile? (Techworld)
Networks: The future of the SIM hangs by a single wire (The Register)
OS: Access releases Linux-based SDK (Cnet)
OS: LiMo members show off 18 phones (Computerworld)
OS: Navicron intros new reference designs (Linux Devices)
OS: Trolltech updates Qtopia Linux platform (PDA Street)
OS: Google updates its Android SDK (Computerworld)
OS: Wind River claims Android 'first' (The Register)
OS: Security world sees virus risk in Android OS (Reuters)
OS: Palm ranks second in Windows Mobile PDA phone sales (Palm Infocenter)
OS: Will Android & LiMo cancel each other out? (eWeek)
Company Financial / Legal News
EarthLink to sell its muni WiFi biz (Wi-Fi Planet)
Lenovo triples earnings, but will sell cellular business (Reuters)
Microsoft buys Sidekick maker Danger (Register)
Microsoft's Windows Mobile chief Pieter Knook to join Vodafone (Windows for Devices)
Motorola officially considers selling its mobile phone division (PDA Street)
Nokia buys Linux firm Trolltech (The Register)
Nokia denies Windows Mobile plans (Reuters)
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