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Go Mobile® - #214 - Nov. 21, 2008

  • Features: 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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Mobile Trends
Right: Asus Eee netbook
Why netbooks will soon cost $99 (Computerworld)
Will smartphones will kill off cheap Linux netbooks? (The Register)
Mobile phones will shoot Full HD video in 2012, Ericsson says (Techon)
USB 3.0 & ExpressCard 2.0 products expected in 2010 (The Register)
Carriers' future uncertain in 'Wild West' of mobile Web (IDG)
For enterprise field service, wireless mobility enters a new era (Computerworld)

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Hardware News

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Notebooks, Tablets & Gear
Reducing laptop costs, part 2: buying refurbished laptops (Computerworld)
Asus' newest netbook boasts discrete graphics & fingerprint reader (Windows for Devices)
Dell's Mini 12 netbook is ready for U.S. orders (Engadget)
Dell's Vostro A860 yours for $379 (Engadget)
Fujitsu's Lifebook N7010 has second small touchscreen (Laptop)
Fujitsu's LifeBook U820 mini tablet now on sale (Engadget)
Fujitsu Lifebook N7010's secondary touchscreen
HP unveils TouchSmart TX2 multi-touch tablet (PC Mag)
LG previews 13.3-inch premium X-Note (Aving)
MSI adds colorful VR220 YA Edition ultraportable (Engadget)
NEC Quovio portable thin client lasts eight hours (Windows for Devices)
Panasonic debuts Toughbook for doctors (PC Mag)
Toshiba ships three-GPU Qosmio X305-Q708, Q706 (Engadget)
Laptop reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Maximum PC, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews
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Left: HP TouchSmart TX2

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Mobiles & Gear
Left: HTC Touch Pro as AT&T Fuze
Review: Which smartphone platform works best? (Computerworld)
Tip: advanced battery conservation for Windows Mobile (PDA Street)
Apple iPhone Power Slider case doubles battery power (PDA Street)
Asus launches "world's fastest" phone, with 800MHz processor (The Register)
HTC unwraps 'world's first' WiMax, Wi-Fi phone in Russia (The Register)
HTC Touch HD review roundup (Engadget)
HTC Touch Pro debuts as AT&T Fuze (PDA Street)
HTC Touch Pro, Touch Diamond now available from Alltel (Brighthand)
LG releases first U.S. smartphone, "Incite" for AT&T (Brighthand)
Nokia 5800 touchscreen phone ships in Europe (Unwired View)
Nokia E71 coming to AT&T (BGR)
Nokia N96 now available in the U.S. (PDA Street)
Peek email device adds text messaging, image viewing (Engadget)
RIM BlackBerry Bold now available from AT&T (PDA Street)
RIM BlackBerry Bold review (Computerworld)
RIM BlackBerry Storm now on Vodafone, due on Verizon 11/21 (Engadget)
RIM BlackBerry Storm review (Engadget)
Samsung, Nokia, others prep new QWERTY smartphones (PDA Street)
Samsung Saga for Verizon offers touchscreen & QWERTY (Windows for Devices)
Samsung T*Omnia phone gets 800 x 480 display (Windows for Devices)
T-Mobile G1 review (Brighthand)
UTStarcom Quickfire now available on AT&T (Engadget)
BlackBerry Storm Menu (photo: Engadget)

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Consumer Mobile Software

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HanDBase for iPhone
Multi-Platform: Oct. - Nov. Consumer mobile software roundup (MobileVillage)
Multi-Platform: Podcast: How to stream media to your handheld (Macworld)
Multi-Platform: QuickOffice MobileFiles adds access to Apple iDisk files (PDA Street)
Multi-Platform: Smartphone comparison-shopping apps could save you money (IHT)
Multi-Platform: Tele Atlas' Urban Maps targets pedestrians (Wireless Week)
Multi-Platform: YouMail email - voicemail service adds transcription (Wireless Week)
Android: MailShadowG Brings Microsoft Exchange sync to Android (Brighthand)
BlackBerry: Google Sync for BlackBerry now syncs contacts (Engadget)
iPhone: Google Mobile App released for iPhone (PDA Street)
iPhone: iPhone task managers compared (LifeHacker)

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Palm: Documents To Go upgraded for Palm (PDA Street)
Palm: iQcontacts is both address book & calendar (Brighthand)
Symbian S60: Nokia Photos 1.5 is out of beta (IntoMobile)
Symbian S60: Review: MCleaner SMS & caller blacklist software (Unwired View)
Windows Mobile: IM+ for Skype now runs on Windows Mobile (PDA Street)
Windows Mobile: Microsoft confirms Windows Mobile 6.5 (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: Windows Mobile to get full-featured Flash (Windows for Devices)
IM+ for Skype

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Mobile Enterprise News

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Oct. - Nov. Enterprise mobile software news (MobileVillage)
IBM prepares Lotus Notes Traveler for Nokia S60 smartphones (Wireless Week)
Motorola offers durable phones for WLANs (Computerworld)
PhoneTopp previews phone Web conferencing (PC World)
Virtuity BackStopp remote wipe service protects phone data (VNUnet)
Creating Windows Mobile databases with SQL Anywhere (eWeek)
How to deploy the iPhone 3G, part 3: In-house apps (Computerworld)
Remote monitoring software improves patient care, efficiency at a cancer center (Computerworld)

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Enterprise Network Management
HP offers its first 802.11n access point (Computerworld)
Meru debuts 'virtual port' WLAN manager (Wi-Fi Planet)
Wi-Fi, WiMax & LTE mobile broadband compared (Network World)
How to choose the right spectrum for 802.11n deployments (Wi-Fi Planet)
How to set up an Internal RADIUS Server (Part 1) (Wi-Fi Planet)
When a WLAN controller fails (Network World)

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Network Access News

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WiFi security products get updated to combat WPA security crack (Ars Technica)
AlwaysVPN offers free VPN beta (PC Mag)
T-Mobile USA raises data prices, adds Yahoo! search (Wireless Week)
AT&T buys Wayport, will operate 20,000 U.S. hotspots (PC Mag)
Boingo expands airport Wi-Fi with Opti-Fi buy (eWeek)
Starbucks' $25 cards offer 2 hours of annual daily Wi-Fi (WiFi Net News)
Novatel Wireless launches Ovation MC760 modem (release)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Apps / Content: GPS-based mobile ads: Where does privacy fit? (PDA Street)
Apps / Content: Net60 version 2.0 released (SymbianOne)
Apps / Content: Motorola announces widgets building contest (Wireless Week)
Apps / Content: Microsoft dreams big as IE 6 for Windows Mobile nears (The Register)
Apps / Content: Report: smartphone browsers to see strong growth (InformationWeek)
Devices: Apple overtakes RIM for no. 2 smartphone spot; iPhone 3G is top-selling U.S. smartphone (TG Daily)
Devices: Phone manufacturers to publish energy ratings for chargers (Cellular News)
Networks: Qualcomm cancels UWB development; focuses on LTE (Cellular News)
Networks: T-Mobile beefs up its LTE plans (Unstrung)
Networks: U.S., Europe hope to fill in wireless white spaces (The Register)
Networks: Study details the state of WLAN deployments in enterprises (NetworkWorld)
Platforms: Vmware to take mobile phones virtual (IDG)
Platforms: Nokia eyes bigger U.S. market (Unstrung)
Financial / Legal News
Apple sued over iPhone 'hairline cracks' (The Register)
AT&T buys Centennial for $944M (Unstrung)
Clearwire shareholders OK Sprint merger (Unstrung)
Fujitsu to buy Siemens out of PC venture (Reuters)
Kodak sues LG, Samsung (Ars Technica)
Nortel culls 1,300 jobs, loses $3.4B (Light Reading)
Palm approaches dollar stock status (Unstrung)
Sony loses Agere patent suit, ordered to pay $18.5M (Engadget)
Sprint sued $1.2B for early termination fees (PDA Street)
Virgin Mobile USA cuts 10% of workforce (FierceWireless)
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