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Go Mobile™
January 16, 2009
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Go Mobile™ Featured Stories

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CES Highlights
Best of CES 2009 (Cnet)
Best of CES 2009 (Laptop)
CES 2009 coverage roundup (Engadget)
Wi-Fi: Best Supporting Actor at CES 2009 (Wi-Fi Planet)

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Palm's Comeback
Left: Palm's Pre, the star of CES (photo: Gizmodo)
Palm launches the Pre touchscreen phone: photos (Palm Infocenter)
Welcome back, Palm (The Register)
Palm - don't call it a comeback (Palm Infocenter)
Palm's new reach: how it borrowed from Apple (Newsweek)
What Apple could learn from Palm & others (Engadget)

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Notebooks, Tablets, & Gear

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AMD introduces new mobile GPUs at CES (PC Mag)
Acer releases TravelMate 6593, 6493 business notebooks (Laptop)
Apple 17" MacBook Pro updated, now has 8-hour battery (Slashgear)
Asus netbooks get touch capabilities (PC Mag)
Axiotron releases new Modbook Pro Mac OS tablet (BGR)
Dell unveils Adamo ultra-slim 13" notebook (Engadget)
Dell Mini 10 hands-on (Engadget)
Dell's XPS 1340 and 1640 get official (Engadget)
GammaTech offers new Durabook notebook, tablet (PC Launches)
Gateway trots out bargain-minded 15.6-inch MD Series (Engadget)
Gateway's new netbook now at Office Depot (Laptop)
GiiNii's Movit Mini WiFi Android tablet hands-on (Engadget)
HP's new Mini 2140 reviewed (Laptop)
Intel spins new Atom processor for netbooks (Windows for Devices)
Lenovo unveils larger, lighter Ideapad laptops (PC Mag)
Lenovo's $5,000 ThinkPad W700ds has a second screen (Laptop)
MSI's newest Wind netbook pairs SSD & hard disk (PC Mag)
Dell Studio XPS 16
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Lenovo's 2-screen W700ds

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Sony Vaio P
MSI previews ultra-thin X-Slim 320 (Engadget)
OQO model 02+ gets OLED screen: hands-on (PC Mag)
Point of View offers 10" ExpressCard-capable Mobii PC (Fudzilla)
Pogo Sketch stylus turns your touchpad into a tablet (Engadget)
Sony unveils Vaio P-Series 8" 'netbook' (PC Mag)
Toshiba's consumer laptops get WiMAXed out (PC Mag)
Via displays netbooks with rival chip to Intel Atom (Computerworld)
What's the best netbook? (Engadget)

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Review: 4GB Lexar, OCZ, Sandisk, & Super Talent test fastest among 21 flash drives (Test Freaks)
More Laptop reviews: Cnet / ZDnet, GottaBeMobile, Laptop, Maximum PC, Notebook Review, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCReviewSpot, Trusted Reviews

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Handhelds & Smartphones

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LG Watch Phone
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Pharos Traveller 137 (photo: engadget)
Apple iPhone Nano may hit China markets in June (The Register)
Asus confirms Eee phone, for possible March release (The Register)
Celio box turns peripherals into smartphone companions (PDA Street)
Dell may release smartphone next month, says source (Alley Insider)
E-Ten Glofiish DX900 has dual SIMs for two numbers (Windows for Devices)
LG's new Incite touchscreen Windows Mobile phone review (Brighthand)
LG Renoir hands-on (Engadget)
LG Watch Phone hands-on video (Engadget)
Logic's projector-phone, other micro projectors debut at CES (InfoSync World)
Mobinnova Windows phone has dual displays (Windows for Devices)
Moto's Motosurf A3100 offers touchscreen, customized UI (Windows for Devices)
Motorola's $2,000 Aura on video (Engadget)
Palm's new Pre: everything you ever wanted to know (Engadget)
Palm Pre hands-on videos (Palm Infocenter)
Palm Pre vs iPhone vs G1 (Gizmodo)
Pharos GPS phone has WVGA touchscreen (Windows for Devices)
Nokia E63 released for North American users (Brighthand)
RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 hits T-Mobile for enterprise users (BGR)
RIM Blackberry Bold rates 8.5/10 (InfoWorld)
Samsung's INNOV8 has S60, 8MP camera, & 3G support (Symbian Guru)
Samsung Saga hands-on (Engadget)
Solio Mono debuts cheap emergency solar-charger (PC Mag)
Sony Ericsson unveils Cybershot phone, W508 Walkman phone (Gadgetell)
T-Mobile Shadow II is official (Brighthand)
Samsung INNOV8

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Consumer Mobile Software

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Multi-Platform: Jott to charge for voice-to-text service, but you have alternatives (PC Mag)
BlackBerry: 10 must-have free BlackBerry apps (Computerworld)
BlackBerry: How to remove an email account on a BlackBerry (PDA Street)
BlackBerry: Three free ways to capture the screen (jkOnTheRun)
iPhone: iPhone 3G unlock revised, now with less beta (Engadget)
iPhone: Six great iPhone information tools (Computerworld)
iPhone: iPhones get Microsoft Office docs (The Register)
iPhone: HP iPrint Photo lets you print iPhone photos wirelessly (PC Mag)
iPhone: SafeEyes parental content monitor now available for iPhones (PC Mag)
iPhone: XRoad G-Map app brings navigation to iPhones (Engadget)
iPhone: Review: Take A Note for iPhone (Macworld)
Mac: Skype for Mac adds screen sharing, Boingo Wi-Fi (InformationWeek)
Take A Note

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Palm: Iambic releases Agendus 13 for Palm (Brighthand)
Palm: Softick Blue Files & Card Export II - review (The Gadgeteer)
S60: Social networking apps (Brighthand)
S60: SymTorrent goes S60 5th edition (IntoMobile)
iPhone, Windows Mobile: Fring, Truphone VoIP apps updated (The Register)
Windows Mobile: Conduits releases Pocket Player v4.0 (Brighthand)
Windows Mobile: Microsoft updates Windows Live Search Mobile (Cnet)
Windows Mobile: Morose Media WiFiRouter app review (Wi-Fi Planet)
Windows Mobile: How to manage email on Windows Mobile (PDA Street)
Windows: Windows 7 Beta goes public (Engadget)
Windows: Phoenix HyperSpace instant-on OS review (Engadget)

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Mobile Enterprise News

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Enterprise Mobile Hardware
Motorola offers snap-on device for mobile payments (Computerworld)
Trimble's rugged Nomad 800X series gets GSM (Windows for Devices)

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Enterprise Mobile Software
How to choose a secure and eco-friendly mobile workforce solution (eWeek)
Cisco WebEx now available for iPhone (PDA Street)
iPhone applications get down to business (InfoWorld)
EMC releases Retrospect 8.0 for enterprise Mac users (PC Mag)
Motorola's mobile payment module

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Enterprise Network Management
Cisco's new 11n AP boosts legacy Wi-Fi with beamforming (NetworkWorld)
Motorola announces wireless firewall for retail use (Wi-Fi Planet)
Motorola RF Management Suite review, part 4 (Wi-Fi Planet)
RIM patch fixes BlackBerry Server PDF attachment flaw (The Register)
Wavelink offers push to talk client for Wi-Fi enabled Windows handhelds (Windows for Devices)
How to unify enterprise mobile communications (CIO Insight)
Fading network demarks affect IT investment strategies (NetworkWorld)

Network Access News & Tools

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Buffalo intros tiny Wi-Fi draft-N USB dongle (Electronista)
Netgear hooks into HSDPA for on-the-go hotspot router (The Register)
Trendnet offers tiny 300Mbps Wireless N Travel Router (Cnet)
Sprint Nextel adds $20/month Push-to-Locate service (Wireless Week)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Apps / Platforms: Palm's new webOS finds the sweetest spot (The Register)
Apps / Platforms: Palm request for app store advice opens floodgate (IDG)
Apps / Platforms: iPhone apps: fool's gold for developers? (InfoWorld)
Apps / Platforms: Paid Android apps coming soon (Talk Android)
Palm webOS launcher
Hardware: Apple's Mini DisplayPort to be included in upcoming spec (MacRumors)
Hardware: Consumer gadgets need to go beyond 'pink' to appeal to women (Computerworld)
Hardware: Touchscreens leave out the blind (Reuters)
Hardware: Sony demos flexible OLEDs (Engadget)
Environment: Physicist says Google searches emit tons of CO2 (Times Online)
Law: Is searching mobiles during arrest legal? (Cnet)
Networks: Atheros chips will turn phones into access points (Techworld)
Networks: China's 3-horse mobile 3G bet: repeating America's mistakes (The Register)
Financial / Legal News
Apple's Jobs to take medical leave til July (TUAW)
Apple files patent for gesture based text editing (MacRumors)
CES 2009 suffers 22% attendance drop (PC Mag)
Dell joins EMC and Lenovo in axing staff (Techworld)
Google axes some divisions (TechCrunch)
Motorola will lay off another 4,000 (Unstrung)
Nortel files for bankruptcy (eWeek)
Palm gets needed $100M infusion (PDA Street)
UIQ 'files for bankruptcy' in Sweden (The Register)
Verizon completes Alltel buy (Wi-Fi Planet)
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