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Go Mobile® - #208 - June 20, 2008

  • Features: Mobile Trends
  • Products: Notebooks... Handhelds/Phones... Software
  • Mobile Enterprise: Apps... Networking... Deployments... Tips
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Financial/Legal News
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Featured Stories

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Mobile Trends
Avery Holleman's winning NextGen PC entry
Scottish law makes flirty or offensive texts illegal (The Register)
Mobile email etiquette (InfoWorld)
Study: Gadget buyers seen as assertive, arrogant (Reuters)
Will your mobile squeal to the police? (The Register)
The future of e-paper (Computerworld)
Microsoft Next-Gen PC Design Competition winners (Cnet)

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Hardware News

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Notebooks, Tablets & Gear
Acer's Aspire mini PC has Intel's new Atom (Windows for Devices)
Dell E & E Slim to take on Asus Eee, MacBook Air (Engadget)
Flybook V5 mini-notebook available in the U.S., for 3K (Wired)
Fujitsu Siemens launches Amilo 3000 series (Pocket Lint)
HP goes laptop crazy with 17 new models (Computerworld)
HP Pavilion tx2500z convertible tablet available now (Computermonger)
Hypersonic's Avenger AG2 packs power, performance, price (Engadget)
ThinkPad X200: no trackpad
MSI's Wind UMPC boasts overclockable Atom processor (Windows for Devices)

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Toshiba Qosmio with gesture control
Santech rolls out Centrino 2-based X46 laptop (Engadget)
3K Computers RazorBook 400 is now $299 (Engadget)
Toshiba intros 12.1-inch Portege R500 with 128GB SSD (Engadget)
Toshiba Qosmio G55 will be first gesture-control laptop (Laptop Mag)
Iomega's Stylish eGo drives hit 1TB (PC Mag)
NewerTech releases "green" 1TB storage drive (PC Mag)
Sony Ericsson pops out HSPA USB modems (Engadget)
Five effective ways to burglar-proof your laptop (Computerworld)
Revitalizing an aging notebook on the cheap (Computerworld)

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Laptop reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Mobiles & Accessories
Navigating the new world of cellphones, as the options pile up (NY Times)
Apple 3G iPhone hands-on (Engadget)
Bones' Milestone RFID-enabled PDA assists the blind (RFID News)
E-Ten offers three new Windows Mobile 6.1 phones (Engadget)
Garmin Nuvifone in action (Laptop Mag)
HP to ship iPAQ 900 series GPS phone, finally (Windows for Devices)
HTC previews touchscreen Touch Pro with Qwerty keyboard (Engadget)
Nokia E71
Nokia to launch next-gen N95 phone in Q3 (Reuters)
Palm Centro now available on Verizon (Palm Infocenter)
Palm Treo 800w specs revealed (Palm Infocenter)
RIM BlackBerry Bold, Thunder to get updated BlackBerry OS (PDA Street)
RIM BlackBerry Kickstart images (Crackberry)
Samsung Instinct for Sprint to battle iPhone (Engadget)
Samsung SGH-i900 has 16GB, touchscreen, 5-Mp cam (Windows for Devices)
Sony Ericsson details its upcoming Xperia X1 (Engadget)
Samsung Instinct

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Consumer Mobile Software

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Look for a more extensive consumer software roundup next issue.
Multi-Platform: Skype 4.0 beta promises easier video calls (IDG)
Multi-Platform: Trapster cellphone service alerts drivers to speed traps (CNN)
Multi-Platform: These cell services keep it easy, and free (NY Times)
iPhone: Zoho updates its web-based iPhone productivity apps (PDA Street)
Symbian: Blue Whale pushes email to Symbian, Java phones for free (The Register)
Symbian S60: Nokia Maps updated to version 2.0 (PDA Street)
Symbian S60 & Windows Mobile: Fring gets updated (Into Mobile)
Windows Mobile: How to clear everything from your Windows Mobile (PDA Street)
Windows Mobile: EasytoSync can backup and merge Outlook files (Techworld)
Windows Mobile: Imagineng's Memic List database app accepts voice commands (Windows for Devices)
Nokia Maps 2.0
Windows Mobile: Palringo Windows Mobile client supports "voice IM" (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: PhatWare 5.3 notes organizer adds Win Mobile 6.1 support (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Spb Software releases Spb Backup 2.0 (PDA Street)
Windows Vista: Microsoft Origami 2.0 UMPC skins now available for free download (Engadget)

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Mobile Enterprise News

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Enterprise Applications
Enterprise Mobile Software News Roundup (MobileVillage)
Installing a BlackBerry Enterprise Server service pack (PDA Street)
Funambol offers open source email for iPhones (Techworld)
How to make the new iPhone work at work (Computerworld)

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Moto MC75
Best smartphone platforms for business (Information Week)
Video: Enterprise standards for mobility (eWeek)
Enterprise Mobile/Wireless Hardware
Motorola's MC75 rugged 3G phone features scanning, GPS (Windows for Devices)

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Mobile Deployments
The FBI goes mobile (Wi-Fi Planet)
Aruba WLAN at Microsoft exceeds 11,000 access points (Wi-Fi Planet)
Clancy & Theys Construction Co. loves its mesh WLAN (Wi-Fi Planet)
How Intermountain Healthcare deployed its WLAN (eWeek)
Enterprise Network Management
Cisco unveils Mobility Services Engine network appliance (Network World)
Cisco vs Microsoft in Unified Communications (Network World)
Good Technology intros mobile VPN (Internet News)
Mushroom Networks device bonds broadband for SMBs (PC Mag)
SteelCloud offers one-stop Blackberry appliance (Techworld)

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Public Network News

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Wi-Fi news roundup (Wi-Fi Planet)
Wi-Fi power management: Road warriors beware (TechRepublic)
Cities have to bid bye-bye to free Wi-Fi (SF Gate)
Different sort of free Wi-Fi starts to thrive in San Francisco (SF Gate)
Philadelphia revives its citywide Wi-Fi project (Wi-Fi Planet)
Amsterdam launches first EU mobile Wimax network (Reuters)
KMC's long-range 'Max-Fi' Wi-Fi challenges WiMax (Techworld)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Google Android demo
Apps / Content: Ten things we hate about mobile video (Unstrung)
Apps / Content: Google says the mobile web still sucks (Unstrung)
Mobiles: iPhones trickle into the enterprise (Computerworld)
Mobiles: Qwerty beats touch for smart phone fans, 59 to 41% (Silicon)
Mobiles: Smartphone users getting more social online (PDA Street)
Mobiles: Mobile device security market yet to take off (Reuters)
Mobiles: Handset sales drop for first time in Europe, Japan (The Register)
Mobiles: Netbooks: laptop cannibalization today, smartphone war tomorrow? (ZDnet)
Operating Systems: Google Android preview: too human? (HardwareZone)

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Operating Systems: Video: Symbian shows off S60 "Touch" operating system (Pocket-Lint)
Operating Systems: Can Palm regain its developer edge? (InfoWorld)
Operating Systems: Microsoft offers new OS for mobile navigation (Windows for Devices)
Operating Systems: Windows 7 multi-touch SDK being readied for October (Beta News)
Operating Systems: .Net, Java tops with wireless app builders (InfoWorld)
Networks: Femto cells get a surprise standard (Unstrung)
Networks: Can Wi-Fi really compete with Bluetooth? (The Register)
Financial / Legal News
Apple files patent for solar cells in future iPhones (IDG)
Apple settles visual voicemail suit; will license Klausner patents (Cnet)
Belden to buy Trapeze Networks for $133M (Network World)
Nokia completes Trolltech acquisition (LinuxDevices)
Palm enjoys market bump from Centro sales (SF Gate)
Skyfire Labs Windows Mobile browser startup raises $13m (Windows for Devices)
Verizon to buy Alltel for $28.1B (Unstrung)
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