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Go Mobile® - #215 - Dec. 19, 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
Study: Hands-free kits are just as dangerous for drivers (The Register)
Most will access the Web via cell phones by 2020 (PC Mag)
Intel poll: Most Americans prefer the Internet to sex (The Register)
More people want to be buried with their phones or iPods (MSNBC)
Estonia approves voting by mobile phone in 2011 (AP)
Photo: ZDnet
Poll: two in three businesses to go totally wireless by 2010 (Techworld)
2009 IT predictions -- the economy dominates (InfoWorld)
HP, ASU demo flexible, unbreakable displays (press release)
Left: ASU's flexible display

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Hardware News

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Notebooks, Tablets & Gear
The best notebooks of 2008 (Laptop)
Apple working on netbook, predicts analyst (Techworld)
Apple MacBook Air Rev. B review (Engadget)
Asus offers bamboo paneled laptops (PC Mag)
Brando offers laptop cooling pad with built-in hard drive dock (Engadget)
Dell Adamo ultrathin laptop rumors surface (Engadget)
Fujitsu finally releases ST6012 slate tablet PC (Gotta Be Mobile)
Asus does bamboo
MSI U120 (photo: Engadget)
Fujitsu N7010 laptop with 4-inch touchscreen caught on video (Engadget)
HP will offer a 3-year laptop battery in '09 (PC Mag)
Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 review (Wi-Fi Planet)
MSI ships $999 13-inch EX300 laptop (Engadget)
Novatel previews 'MiFi' 3G / Wi-Fi wallet-sized router (TechNewsWorld)
SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise encrypts data for Windows or Mac (Engadget)
Laptop reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Maximum PC, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Mobiles & Gear
Consumer Reports ranks five Windows Mobile & BlackBerry phones over iPhone (Windows for Devices)
Apple iPhone cases: 12 of the best & most creative (Computerworld)
Google offers SIM-unlocked G1 phone for $399 (Unstrung)
HP deubts Voice Messenger for Vodafone (Brighthand)
HTC Touch Pro review (Brighthand)
iPower SX solar charger released (Pocket-Lint)
Kingston Multi-Kit with 8 GB microSDHC card review (Brighthand)
iPower solar charger

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Lenovo's oPhone
Lenovo preps Android-powered 'oPhone' for China (ModMyGphone)
Medis Xtreme 24-7 Power Pack portable fuel cell review (PC Mag)
Meizu M8 iPhone-lookalike review (Engadget)
Motorola's Hint slider QA30 gets official (Engadget)
MWg Zinc II now available for $300 (Pocket PC Thoughts)
Nokia previews new touchscreen interface & handset (Engadget)
Nokia's 6260 is the first with HSPA high-speed data (IDG)
Nokia E63 video review (MobileBurn)
Nokia N79, with 3G, Wi-Fi 5MPx cam, available in U.S. (Brighthand)
Nokia's new N97 hands-on part II (Engadget)
RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000 review (Brighthand)
RIM BlackBerry Storm doesn't blow away reviewers (PDA Street)
Samsung Omnia hands-on (PC Mag)
Samsung Instinct gets Exchange & Lotus Notes (Wireless Week)
Sony Xperia vs. AT&T HTC Fuze: Windoze Mobile gets exciting (BGR)
TG Sambo releases first sub-$500 Atom-based MID (Cnet)
Nokia N97 (photo: Engadget)

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Consumer Mobile Software

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Multi-Platform: Nov. - Dec. Consumer mobile software roundup (MobileVillage)
Multi-Platform: New apps boost the brainpower of your phone (InternetNews)
Multi-Platform: Opera Mini goes to version 4.2 (The Register)
Android: G1, BlackBerry phones get iPhone-like apps (Wireless Week)
BlackBerry: G1, BlackBerry phones get iPhone-like apps (Wireless Week)
iPhone: Seven ways to push mail to the iPhone -- without Exchange (Computerworld)
iPhone: Microsoft offers Seadragon, a free image-browsing app for iPhone (The Register)
iPhone: Proximic Agents lets iPhone users do searches by pointing (PDA Street)
Palm: SplashData’s SplashWallet for Palm OS review (The Gadgeteer)
S60: Symbian Guru's GPS Action offers location based alarms (The Register)
S60: Moving to Symbian S60: useful utilities (Brighthand)
S60, Windows Mobile: Google brings Street View to Windows Mobile & S60 (The Register)
Windows Mobile: Skyfire updates its Windows Mobile browser (Windows for Devices)
Windows Mobile: RIM software will allow Win Mobile phones to run BlackBerry OS (ZDnet)
Skyfire

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Mobile Enterprise News

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Kontron Micro Clients II
Enterprise Mobile Hardware
Honeywell Dolphin 7850 scans barcodes from 30 feet (Windows for Devices)
Kontron intros Micro Clients II thin-client devices (Windows for Devices)
Moto rugged phones add AirClic data capture app (PDA Street)
Trimble Juno GPS handhelds for asset management (Windows for Devices)
Two Tech adds ruggedized handheld with barcode reader (Windows for Devices)

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Enterprise Mobile Software
Study: With e-prescribing, U.S. doctors pick cheaper drugs (Reuters)
Cellcrypt call encryption software comes to Windows Mobile (Techworld)
Microsoft'a BPM server gains mobile RFID (Windows for Devices)
Sprite Clone 6.5 deploys Windows Mobile 6.1 apps for many users (InformationWeek)

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Enterprise Network Management
Enterprise FMC closes the PBX - cell phone gap (InfoWorld)
Aastra looks to merge mobile comms into office networks (Techworld)
802.11n: Wireless rookies need not apply (InformationWeek)
Microsoft's latest webcast explains Windows Mobile networking (Windows for Devices)
NetMotion Wireless' network management software adds analytics, more security (Wireless Week)

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Network Access News & Tips

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Delta rolls out Wi-Fi on select flights (Reuters)
Virgin America's Wi-Fi goes live (Wi-Fi Planet)
12 best Wi-Fi gifts for business users (Wi-Fi Planet)
How to secure your email (Wi-Fi Planet)
5 ways to secure your BlackBerry (Computerworld)
Wireless VPNs: Protecting the wireless wanderer (Computerworld)

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Boost WiFi speed by enabling "g mode" on your Windows Mobile WLAN card (PocketNow)
Sprint to sell dualmode WiMax/CDMA modem starting next week (Unstrung)
Citywide Wi-Fi: the year in review (Wall St. Journal)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Apps / Content: Free for all: The untapped opportunity for mass market mobile email (white paper)
Apps / Content: Study: mobile video viewing on the rise (Wireless Week)
Apps / Content: Google advertisers can now run ads on iPhone, T-Mobile G1 (PC Mag)
Apps / Content: iPhone OS 2.2 update doesn't fix key business flaws (InfoWorld)
Devices: Nokia's modular concept could save phone manufacturers 99% (Unstrung)
Devices: Nokia, RIM, Apple lead smartphone sales in Q3 (Wireless Week)
Devices: Smartphones still up in a down mobile market (Windows for Devices)
Devices: Netbooks outsell laptops on Amazon (IDG)
Networks: 3GPP details 4G LTE specs (Unstrung)
Networks: Femtocells could save overloaded cellular networks (IDG)
Platforms: Google's new Android update details surface (Android Community)
Platforms: Palm to debut Nova at CES (The Register)
Platforms: Microsoft offers patches for creating custom Windows CE 6.0 images (Windows for Devices)
Platforms: Nokia hints at Linux plans (Linux for Devices)
Platforms: Sony Ericsson, Vodafone, 12 others join Google Android alliance (IDG)
Security: IEEE 1667 for USB security: a standard worth watching (Cnet)
 
Financial / Legal News
EU threatens vendors with smartphone tax (The Register)
Apple files for proximity sensor patent (The Register)
AT&T to cut 12,000 jobs (Light Reading)
EMS buys Formation for in-flight Internet push (FBW)
Handango strikes deal with Best Buy (Wireless Week)
Neonode files for bankruptcy (Geekzone)
Nokia, RIM, Apple lead Q3 sales (Wireless Week)
Palm CFO Andy Brown to leave (Palm Infocenter)
RIM looking to fill 1,250 new positions (Financial Post)
Sierra Wireless to acquire Wavecom (Wireless Week)
Trapeze buys Newbury Networks (Computerworld)
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