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Go Mobile® - #211 - Sept. 19, 2008

  • Features: Conference Highlights & Mobile Trends
  • Products: Notebooks & Tablets... Mobiles... Software
  • Mobile Enterprise: Apps... Hardware... Networks
  • Industry: Trends & Analysis... Financial/Legal News
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Featured Stories

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Conference News, Mobile Trends
Left: Intel concept laptop at IDF
Intel Developer Forum news wrap up (PC Mag)
DEMO conference demos new mobile apps (PC Mag)
CTIA Fall: best product picks (Laptop Mag)
CTIA Fall: Get ready for mobile social networks (Computerworld)
Survey: 35% would choose their smartphone over their spouse (TG Daily)
Wi-Fi helps 'Homeland Security' efforts (Wi-Fi Planet)
Are open phones more vulnerable? (IDG)
The next paradigm shift: open source everything (Brighthand)
Right: Tikitag personal RFID tags at DEMO

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Hardware News

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Dell Inspiron Mini 9
Notebooks, Tablets & Gear
Acer, Asus, HP and Sylvania netbooks compared (Computerworld)
Dell prepares Inspiron netbook with 3G for Vodafone (PC Mag)
Dell Latitude E4200 / E4300 now on sale (Engadget)
Eltrinex netbook sports 320GB hard disk (Windows for Devices)
Fujitsu adds Amilo Mini Ui 3520 netbook (JKK Mobile)
Fujitsu's Lifebook U2010 runs 11 hours on 4-cell battery (Akihabara News)
HP releases rugged EliteBook tablet & laptop (Engadget)

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Lenovo Thinkpad X200t and X200s announced (Engadget)
Lenovo ThinkPad X301 gets new Intel Core 2 Duos (PC Mag)
MSI rolls out EX300, EX400 laptops (Engadget)
Sony's VAIO NS packs Blu-ray for $1000 (Engadget)
Samsung's new X360 ultraslim vs MacBook Air (Engadget)
Sony & Toshiba top laptop reliability survey (The Register)
Laptop reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Maximum PC, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews
Samsung X360, right

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Mobiles & Accessories
Left: Touch HD: 800x480 res display
Tip: Better audio recording with your smartphone (PDA Street)
Apple's newest iPod Touch accepts voice input (PDA Street)
Asus previews P522w with GPS & Glide UI (Windows for Devices)
E-ten Glofiish V900 tunes TV/FM, outputs video (Windows for Devices)
Google's Android phone to be unveiled by T-Mobile Sept. 23 (Brighthand)
HTC Touch Diamond "can't hide Windows Mobile flaws" (WSJ)
HTC's high-definition Touch HD handled on video (Engadget)
LG previews Viewty successor, KC910 (MobileBurn)
Microsoft confirms new Zune details (Cnet)
Nokia E71 review (Brighthand)
Nokia N79, N85 and N96 hands-on (Engadget)
Palm officially unveils Treo Pro, unlocked (Palm Infocenter)
Review: "Peek" mobile email device (Gadling)
RIM flips out first clamshell BlackBerry (PDA Street)
RIM Blackberry Bold 9000 rates 90/100 (The Register)
RIM preps touchscreen BlackBerry Storm 9530 for Verizon (Engadget)
Sonim offers a toughphone for adventurers (Pocket-Lint)
Sony Ericsson's hot G705 slider gets real (Engadget)
Velocity speeds into touchscreen mobile market (The Register)
Viliv previews S5 MID, S7 UMPC (Engadget)
Sonim's ruggedized phone

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Consumer Mobile Software

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Look for a Consumer software news roundup in the next issue.
Multi-Platform: Kinoma updates its media player for Linux, Palm, Symbian, Windows Mobile (Windows for Devices)
BlackBerry, iPhone: Intuit brings QuickBooks Online to iPhone, BlackBerry (PDA Street)
BlackBerry, Google upgrades its BlackBerry application (PDA Street)
iPhone: Yahoo! releases search software for iPhone (PDA Street)
Symbian S60: Nokia picks ‘innovative’ new Symbian S60 apps (PDA Street)
Windows Mobile: DataViz preps Docs To Go 3.0 (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Swype soft keyboard claims 50wpm (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Best free Windows Mobile applications (pocketnow)
Swype

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Mobile Enterprise News

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Enterprise Applications
Enterprise software roundup for Aug. - Sept. 2008 (MobileVillage)
At DEMO, startups seek to bolster enterprise, Web security (IDG)
InterNoded updates its mobile devices manager (InformationWeek)
Nokia expands Exchange e-mail support (IDG)
Yahoo! offers XForms mobile developer tools (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile vs BlackBerry Server: which is cheaper? (Silicon)

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Nova Sidearm 2
Enterprise Hardware
Deploying the iPhone 3G for business (Computerworld)
Carlson adds rugged handhelds for surveyors (Windows for Devices)
Getac B300 rugged notebook review (The Register)
Intermec CK3 scanning handheld does VoIP (Rugged PC Preview)
Motion's "semi-rugged" tablet runs ULV Core 2 Duo (Windows for Devices)
Nova's ruggedized tablet PC runs XP (Windows for Devices)
Two Tech's rugged handheld stays charged one week (Windows for Devices)
Xplore Windows tablet runs at -20 Celsius (Windows for Devices)

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Enterprise Network News
Agito upgrades its fixed-mobile voice product (Techworld)
Mushroom Networks' PortaBella device aggregates multiple wireless network connections (WirelessWeek)
Ruckus takes its WLANs higher (Techworld)
SkyeTek offers hosted RFID services; Microsoft to follow (NetworkWorld)
Top mistakes to avoid in enterprise mobility (CIO)
802.11n Wi-Fi tools gain sophistication (NetworkWorld)
Wireless LANs face huge scaling challenges (NetworkWorld)
Network management: Tips for managing costs (Computerworld)
Network Access Control: Deploy now or wait? (Computerworld)

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Network Access News
Where to find free Wi-Fi (Forbes)
Airplane Wi-Fi: What you need to know (PC Mag)
India wants to secure hotspots, citing terror threat (Slashdot)
September Wi-Fi news briefs (Wi-Fi Planet)
AT&T updates international iPhone data plans (The Register)
Orange launches new mobile broadband package (Techworld)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Apps / Content: Thanks to Wi-Fi phones, mobile VoIP is growing (GigaOm)
Apps / Content: Entertainment, games lead smartphone content sales (Wireless Week)
Apps / Content: iPhone developers question Apple's approval policy (InternetNews)
Apps / Content: Designing iPhone business apps: is it worth the effort? (CIO)
Apps / Content: Microsoft may take on iPhone App Store in 2009 with Skymarket (Mac Observer)
Apps / Content: Alternative business models for commercial software (All About Symbian)
Devices: BlackBerry, HTC eat into Nokia Q2 market share (Windows for Devices)
Devices: RIM, Apple top U.S. smartphone sales - big surprise (PC Mag)

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Devices: Five key factors drive mobile device growth (InternetNews)
Networks: IEEE starts work on Gigabit WiFi (NetworkWorld)
Networks: IEEE standardises 802.11r fast Wi-Fi roaming (Techworld)
Networks: Latest 801.11n standards: too little too late? (NetworkWorld)
Networks: Mobile broadband: what's it for? (The Register)
Platforms: Android won't support GoogleTalk or Bluetooth file exchange (The Register)
Platforms: Growth in Symbian sales continues to slow (Techworld)
Platforms: Interview: TAT on beautifying S60 (Symbian One)
Platforms: Experts predict mobile OS consolidation (IDG)
Financial / Legal News
Apple, AT&T sued twice over iPhone 3G (Reuters)
HP quarterly profit rises (Reuters)
NextWave gets $100M in funding (FierceWireless)
Nokia buys Samsung's Symbian share (Wireless Week)
Nuance snaps up SNAPin for mobile user support (Wireless Week)
Palm reports higher sales (Palm Infocenter)
Sharp, Opera, KTF join Symbian Foundation (Reuters)
RadioFrame, maker of femtocells, gets $28M in funding (Unstrung)
Synchronica buys mobile email specialist AxisMobile (Cellular News)
T-Mobile backs femto chip maker Percello (Unstrung)
Vodafone's new CEO makes big changes (Unstrung)
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