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Go Mobile® - #210 - August 15, 2008

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

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Mobile Trends
US customs says yes, we can seize your laptop, iPod (The Register)
Only 30% of sensitive data on government laptops is encrypted (Computerworld)
How to surf safely with your mobile device (Wi-Fi Planet)
Wardrivers: Pioneers or Pirates? (Wi-Fi Planet)
Electronic loans: digital aid in a digital world (IDG)

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Hardware News

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Arbor Gladius
Notebooks, Tablets & Gear
Dell Latitude E business notebooks include 19-hour battery model (PC Mag)
Dell's 15 & 17-inch Precision notebooks get quad-core processors (PC Mag)
Gigabyte's netbook has swiveling touchscreen, Intel Atom (Windows for Devices)
HP gets official with new EliteBooks (Engadget)
Impulse offers $190 7-inch netbook (PC Pro)

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Lenovo ThinkPad W700 offers quad-core processor, 1TB of storage (Engadget)
Quaduro Systems' XPe tablet is daylight-readable (Windows for Devices)
Sony's 16.4-inch Vaio FW laptop gets previewed (Engadget)
Chinavision releases solar charger for laptops & gadgets (PC Mag)
Logitech launches cordless laser mouse for laptops (PC Mag)
Chinavision solar charger

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

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Mobiles & Accessories
Aceeca's rugged handheld offers SPI expansion (Windows for Devices)
Apple iPhone 3G isn't so fast; operators blame Apple (The Register)
Apple confirms it can remove apps on iPhones (The Register)
Apple iPhone 3G alternatives (Engadget)
Dell reveals smartphone plans (The Register)
HTC's Touch Diamond / Pro coming to Verizon & Sprint (Engadget)
HTC Touch Pro hands-on (Engadget)
Is this the Treo Pro?
Opticon H19 (left) & H16
HTC / T-Mobile Google Android just five weeks away? (The Register)
Motorola 'Alexander' Win Mobile phone with 5-8Mp cam previewed (BGR)
Nokia's E71 now on sale in the U.S. (Engadget)
Opticon's Windows Mobile phones scan barcodes (Windows for Devices)
Palm's Treo 850 is really the Treo Pro? (Engadget)
RIM BlackBerry Bold to debut on T-Mobile (The Register)
Samsung Omnia available through grey marketeers in the U.S. (Engadget)
Samsung intros two new Q1 Ultra UMPCs (Engadget)

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Consumer Mobile Software

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Multi-Platform: Yahoo! Fire Eagle service knows where you are (The Register)
Multi-Platform: Skyfire trounces competitors in mobile browser comparison (Windows for Devices)
Multi-Platform: World Concepts offers free-form mobile translator (PDA Street)

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iPhone: Google unveils iPhone search app (Macworld)
iPhone: How to fix a frozen iPhone (PDA Street)
Symbian S60: Google offers public transit info (PDA Street)
Symbian S60: FindMe Facebook app goes S60 (IntoMobile)
Windows Mobile: Eltima syncs with Macs (WFD)
Windows Mobile: Microsoft launches online mobile sync/storage service (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Skype adds support for Windows Mobile 6.1 (SlashPhone)
Windows Mobile: How to send a video message (PDA Street)
Look for an extensive software roundup next month.

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Mobile Enterprise News

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Enterprise Applications
IBM unveils new mainframe-to-mobile middleware, business monitor software, and developer tools (IDG)
MailSite pushes email to Apple, Nokia, and Windows Mobile phones (PDA Street)
Meru secures leaky wireless LANs (Techworld)
Sun releases Mobile Enterprise Platform middleware (Wi-Fi Planet)
Sybase launches Sybase Unwired Platform (Computerworld)
Sybase offers iPhone support for Notes, Exchange (PDA Street)
Mobile Deployments
MIT, medical center find benefits with 802.11n trials, early deployments (Computerworld)
Mobile network builder looks to Ikea for inspiration (Techworld)
How to configure and deploy the iPhone 3G for business, part 1 (Computerworld)

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Network News
Delta to put Wi-Fi on all domestic flights (Reuters)
Wi-Fi news roundup (Wi-Fi Planet)
FCC sets rules for cell-phone alerts (PC Mag)
Sprint AIRAVE femtocell review (Engadget)
Verizon launches Visual Voicemail service (Engadget)
Verizon Wireless, Alltel top customer care survey (Wireless Week)
Nuance unveils new customer care app for operators (Wireless Week)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Apps / Content: Global IP Solutions generic VoIP toolkit comes to the iPhone (The Register)
Apps / Content: W3C announces standards for mobile web app guidelines (press release)
Hardware: Global phone sales up 11%, says Gartner (Wireless Week)
Hardware: 8 million netbooks to ship in 2009, says Gartner (Windows for Devices)
Operating Systems: Linux likely to dominate mobile internet device market (IDG)
Operating Systems: New gOS Linux OS surrounded by netbooks (PC Mag)
Operating Systems: LiMo Foundation offers seven new Linux phones, hits 50 members (The Register)

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Operating Systems: Android developers miffed by Google's lack of responsiveness (IDG)
Operating Systems: Android and Symbian to merge, analyst predicts (Techworld)
Operating Systems: New Symbian offers mobile free-for-all (The Register)
Operating Systems: Access sets its sights on mobile Internet devices (Brighthand)
Operating Systems: Microsoft patches Windows CE, NavReady operating systems (Windows for Devices)
Networks: More smartphone owners using Wi-Fi networks, says Boingo (Unstrung)
Networks: WiMax: what's working now (Unstrung)
Networks: China Telecom unveils CDMA plans (Unstrung)
Financial / Legal News
AT&T wants to block Sprint/Clearwire WiMax merger (Brighthand)
Cisco buys network tools for Linksys (PC Mag)
HP plans to buy Colubris Networks (IDG)
Motorola buys AirDefense (IDG)
Motorola hires former Qualcomm COO Sanjay Jha to head its mobile phone division (Unstrung)
Motorola profit hindered by slow handset sales (Unstrung)
Nortel profits down from CDMA and charges (Light Reading)
Sierra Wireless buys Junxion assets for remote wireless connectivity (Unstrung)
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