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Go Mobile® - #205 - April 4, 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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AT&T shoppers will use Surface to see details on phones
Mobile Trends
Becoming a green road warrior (Computerworld)
Microsoft's Surface to debut in AT&T stores (Engadget)
After the hype, where are mobile Internet devices? (Computerworld)
Wi-Fi phone sales take off (IDG)
Experimental tech splits a Wi-Fi adapter (Computerworld)
MIT physicist works on wireless electricity (MIT Tech Review)
Researchers replay oldest human recording, from 1860 (BBC)

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Consumer Product News

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Notebooks, Tablets & Gear
Asus readies 9-inch Eee PC (Engadget)
Everex preps new WiMax-enabled Cloudbook for fall release (Engadget)
HP adds Penryn processors to Compaq 8500, 8700 series (Engadget)
Panasonic Toughbook 19 also gets Core 2 Duo, expanded memory (Engadget)
Rock joins the ultraportable crowd with 12-inch Pegasus 210 (Bios Mag)
Toshiba redesigns Satellites, adds Sleep-and-Charge USB ports (Engadget)
Intel shows Atom-powered Eee PC clones (The Register)
Toshiba Satellite A300
More Laptop reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Mobiles & Accessories
Left: Samsung iPhone-like 'Instinct'
Better Energy's latest Solio solar charger doubles its power (PC Mag)
Garmin announces slew of upgrades & partnerships (Engadget)
HTC announces unlocked Touch Dual with WinMo 6.1 (Windows for Devices)
HTC's Google Android phone details emerge (Computerworld)
Kyocera previews its first GSM handsets (Engadget)
Miu previews hybrid PC phone running Windows XP (Windows for Devices)
Moto Q 9c to hit Verizon, Sprint, Alltel & U.S. Cellular (Windows for Devices)
MSV shows satellite phone prototype (Gearlog)
MWG's new phone offers QWERTY or AZERTY (Windows for Devices)
Nokia's N810 WiMax Internet Tablet due this summer (Engadget)
Palm plans new high-end Treo for summer (TreoCentral)
Palm Treo 800w appears on possible Sprint roadmap (Palm Infocenter)
RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 comes to Sprint, Verizon (PDA Street)
RIM's GPS-enabled BlackBerry Pearl 8110 coming to AT&T (BGR)
RIM's BlackBerry Pearl with Wi-Fi, EDGE coming to T-Mobile (PDA Street)
Samsung Instinct with haptic touch UI: hands-on preview (Engadget)
Samsung Glyde in pictures (Engadget)
Velocity Mobile debuts with WinMo 6.1 devices (Windows for Devices)
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Smartphone & Handheld Reviews

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Consumer Software
Quickoffice UIQ
Multi-Platform: Consumer Mobile Software roundup for March 2008
BlackBerry: Jott Networks releases voice-to-text beta (PDA Street)
BlackBerry: Yahoo! offers speech powered search beta (The Register)
iPhone: 2.0 firmware hands-on preview (Engadget)
Palm: See Consumer Mobile Software roundup for March 2008
Symbian: Quickoffice UIQ updated (PDA Street)
Symbian: SlingPlayer for UIQ due this summer; new S60 version this spring (PC Mag)
Windows Mobile: Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.1 (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Microsoft previews updated Internet Explorer Mobile (PC Mag)
Windows Mobile: Google releases home screen search app (Engadget)
Windows Mobile: Dashwire's free contacts/data syncing app wins Laptop's best-of-show pick (Laptop Magazine)

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Windows Mobile: Sharpcast's SugarSync software backs up while it syncs (Windows for Devices)

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Mobile Enterprise News

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Enterprise Hardware
General Dynamics' Sectera Edge
Advantech releases semi-rugged tablet with XP (Windows for Devices)
General Dynamics' Sectera meets NSA security guidelines (WFD)
Getac rugged PDA has Wi-Fi, 2GB of storage (Windows for Devices)
iWave's rugged handheld offers RFID, Wi-Fi, 3G (Windows for Devices)
LXE adds data collection handheld for cold storage work (Supply Chain Review)

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Enterprise Software
IBM updates its Lotus Expeditor software for mobile mashups (Cnet)
Microsoft offers free developer suite with supply-chain app (WFD)
NCP releases VPN client for Symbian S60 phones (PDA Street)
SingleClick now manages content on more devices (InformationWeek)
Sybase iAnywhere plans Lotus Notes for iPhone (Computerworld)
Enterprise OS wars: Symbian v Windows Mobile (ZDnet)

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Windows Mobile 6.1 will aid system admins, says Microsoft (Computerworld)
Mobile Deployments
U.S. Census Bureau drops PDA census plans, costing taxpayers $3B (Slashdot)
Coventry staff report illegal dumping 720 times faster with PDAs (Brighthand)
Wireless IT Help
Wi-Fi analysis tools (Network World)
Enterprise fixed-mobile convergence: it's a matter of control (UC Strategies)
802.1x testing shows problem with "multi-authentication" configurations (Network World)

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Public Network News

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AutoNet, Novatel intro Wi-Fi service for autos (Information Week)
Greyhound launches in-bus Wi-Fi on major Northeastern routes (Wi-Fi Planet)
iPass now offers Wi-Fi service for the public, too (Wi-Fi Planet)
14 ways to find a Wi-Fi signal (Web Worker Daily)
Air France begins 3-month in-flight calling trial (WiFi Net News)
Alltel, U.S. Cellular take top spots in J.D. Power call quality survey (RCR News)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Apps / Content: Frengo launches 'OpenSocial' mobile developer toolkit (AppScout)
Apps / Content: Palm to add Nuance software for hands-free apps access (InformationWeek)
Apps / Content: FCC snubs Skype's petition for open access to mobile apps (Reuters)
Devices: Report claims Nokia, RIM & Samsung lead in smartphone innovation (CIO)
Networks: Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi signals to 60 miles, or 100 km (Techworld)
Networks: Qualcomm's new Gobi chips: A WiMax & Wi-Fi killer? (Computerworld)
Networks: AT&T & Verizon to Use 700 MHz for 4G in 2010 (Unstrung)
Networks: Verizon's open network: not so much? (AP)
Networks: ZigBee gets an IP-based rival (IDG)
Networks: Mobile broadband subscribers increase by 850%, says GSM Association (IDG)
OS: Symbian adds SQL & Location Based Services platforms (All About Symbian)
OS: Symbian UIQ updated (Brighthand)
OS: LiMo Foundation unveils mobile Linux OS (Cnet)
OS: Asus releases Xandros Linux software developer kit for its Eee subnotebooks (eee site)
OS: Android SDK review (Techworld)
Financial / Legal News
Apple orders 10m 3G iPhones (The Register)
Dell to cut more jobs than it planned (Reuters)
IntelliDOT patents wins patent for healthcare handheld (Wireless Healthcare)
Modu gains $100m more in funding (Globes)
Motorola to split off its mobile division (IDG)
Palm posts quarterly loss (Palm Infocenter)
Palm sells one-millionth Centro (Reuters)
Visto pushes job cuts (The Register)
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