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Go Mobile™
March 20, 2009
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Go Mobile™ Featured Stories

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Mobile Trends
Cell phone, smartphone: what's the difference? (Computerworld)
Future phones will recognize and describe people or things, say developers (The Register)
The PC of 2019: a souped-up smartphone (Computerworld)
MIT technology charges batteries in just minutes (BBC)
iPhone OS 3.0 Preview
iPhone OS 3.0 screenshot walkthrough (BGR)
iPhone OS 3.0 video walkthrough (Engadget)
iPhone OS 3.0 vs. Palm WebOS, Blackberry, Android, & Windows Mobile (AppScout)
iPhone OS 3.0 vs. other mobile platforms (Engadget)
New iPhone features may appeal to enterprises (IDG)

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Laptops, Tablets, & Gear

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Dell Adamo 13
Netbooks
Apple touch-screen netbook rumor gains steam (Engadget)
Asus unveils its second Atom netbook, Eee PC 1008HA (Engadget)
Dell Inspiron Mini 10 review: rating 3/5 (Laptop)
Full-Size Notebooks & Tablets
Apple OLED-display notebook confirmed by LG (Smarthouse)
Asus announces stylish U/UX series ultra-thin laptops (Engadget)
Dell's ultrathin Adamo available for online ordering (Engadget)
Dell's rugged Latitude E6400 XFR hands-on (PC Mag)
HP offers long-life B-P batteries for most of its consumer laptops (PC Mag)
Lenovo's $2,000 ThinkPad X61 tablet is on sale for $649 (Engadget)
LG's new Xnote P510 hands-on (Engadget)
MSI X-Slim X320, X340 and GT725 hands-on (Engadget)
The solar powered i-Slate: the next cheap children's laptop? (Popular Mechanics)
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Apricorn Aegis Mini
Hanwha's Duo includes a digital pen and a clip-on sensor
Notebook Gear
Five affordable notebook sleeves (Laptop Mag)
What's the best external hard drive under $100? (Engadget)
Apricorn adds pocketable Aegis Mini 240GB 1.8" hard drive (Engadget)
Freecom's ToughDrive Sport external HDD is rugged (Tom's Hardware)
Hanwha's Duo lets you doodle on 15.4-inch laptops or larger (Engadget)
Super Talent ships UltraDrive ME-LE SSDs (Hot Hardware)
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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Smartphone tip: How to print via Bluetooth (PDA Street)
Apple OLED-display iPhone coming, claims LG (Smarthouse)
Asus' P835 can be a Wi-Fi hot spot for up to 10 devices (PDA Street)
HTC's 2009 lineup gets detailed (BGR)
HTC Touch Pro2 already available for pre-order (Brighthand)
LG Versa review (Brighthand)
Mio previews its Explora K70 navigation smartphone (Brighthand)
Nokia reveals 5730, 5330, 5030 XpressMusic phones (BGR)
Palm Pre launch in Q2 of Sprint's Q1-Q3 2009 device roadmap (BGR)
Palm Pre will be offered by Movistar & 02 in Europe, Latin America (Palm Infocenter)
Mio Explora
Nokia's 5730
Sprint follows Verizon in offering Palm's Treo Pro (Brighthand)
RIM BlackBerry 8325 live picture (BGR)
RIM BlackBerry Niagra 9630 hands-on: the best BlackBerry ever? (BGR)
RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 for T-Mobile review (Brighthand)
Samsung announces S5230 and S5600 touchscreen handsets (BGR)
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 review (Brighthand)
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Consumer Mobile Software & Services

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Amazon Kindle for iPhone
Look for the March Consumer Software Roundup in the next issue.
Multi-Platform: Have smartphone, can travel: navigation/travel apps (IHT)
Multi-Platform: Wi-Fi software & hardware product roundup (Wi-Fi Planet)
BlackBerry: MySpace for BlackBerry updated to version 1.5 (BGR)
BlackBerry: Pandora for BlackBerry finally launches (BGR)
BlackBerry: TetherBerry BlackBerry modem software review (BGR)
iPhone: Amazon releases Kindle ebook app for iPhones (The Register)
iPhone: How to recreate 13 iPhone 3.0 features right now (IDG)
Palm WebOS: Palm Pre apps preview, Part 3 (Palm Infocenter)
Symbian, Win Mobile: Sync your phone and PC with Mobiledit Lite (PC World)
Windows Mobile: How to set up Remote Desktop (PocketNow)

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Mobile Enterprise News

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Enterprise Mobile Hardware
Peek targets small businesses with $149 five-pack of email-only handhelds (Engadget)
Motion Computing's J3400
Advantech spins 10.4" touchscreen medical tablet (Windows for Devices)
Arbor, Motion, Panasonic, and TabletKiosk's latest medical tablets compared (Windows for Devices)
Getac's new handheld does search and rescue (Windows for Devices)
Handheld U.S. rugged handheld has GSM, 3Mp (Windows for Devices)
Motion's J3400 rugged slate boasts dual batteries, outdoor-readable display (Computerworld)
Motorola's rugged F series feature 3.5G cellular, GPS, WiFi, barcode scanners (Windows for Devices)
Motorola's rugged MC5574 phone targets retailers, hospitals, and restaurants (Windows for Devices)

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Enterprise Mobile Software
Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 enterprise features are in the details (eWeek)
Mobile browsers bring new enterprise security headaches (IDG)
IBM's cloud mobility technology balances SAP workloads across multiple remote servers (IDG)
SAP teams with Sybase to offer mobile ERP, CRM apps (IDG)
Truphone Business promises cheap BlackBerry calls (Techworld)

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Enterprise Device / Network Management
Ruckus 802.11n AP takes aim at large enterprises (IDG)
How to solve the enterprise mobility puzzle (Network World)
How 802.11n changes the WLAN security game (SearchNetworking)
Faria Farms uses wireless mesh network to monitor 5 facilities (Wi-Fi Planet)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Phones: Microsoft's Ballmer: iPhone-like touchscreens not affordable for everyone (The Register)
Phones: Apple's iPhone shows how upgrades should be done (PC Mag)
Phones: Red Five Labs updates .NET Framework for Symbian (MD&D)
Phones: Symbian plans OS updates every six months (IDG)
Phones: Apple files patent app for location based iPhone ads (The Register)
Phones: Advertisers get a trove of clues in smartphones (NY Times)
Phones: Mobile searches soaring, ComScore reports (PC Mag)
Phones: Microsoft Marketplace will let developers keep 70% of app revenues (Windows for Devices)
Phones: Apple beats Microsoft to 25,000 mobile apps (InformationWeek)
Phones: Seeking a pattern in Apple’s App Store rejections (Computerworld)
Phones: iSuppli: Smartphone global unit growth to hit 11% in 2009 (Wireless Week)
Phones: Android shipments will overtake iPhones by 2012, claim analysts (vnunet)
Phones: Gartner report: RIM, Apple win in slowing smartphone market (PC Mag)
Phones: Obama's Blackberry plight prompts interest in mobile voice encryption (Computerworld)
Phones: Qualcomm adds "M-wallet" NFC technology to phone chips (PDA Street)
Phones: Nokia plans LTE phones for 2010 (GigaOm)
Networks: 30 percent of global wireless will be 3G or 4G by 2013, says In-Stat (ZDNet)
Networks: Wireless data caps: Are usage based pricing schemes here to stay? (ZDnet)
Networks: Will Huawei dominate in WiMax? (GigaOm)
Networks: Moving to a unified wireless switch topology (Network World)
Networks: DASH7 Alliance will develop & promote ISO 18000-7 standard (EETimes)
Networks: WiMedia Alliance quits as UWB technology falters (IDG)
Financial / Legal News
AT&T to add 3,000 jobs in 3G upgrade (Unstrung)
ChaCha gets $12M in funds; cuts staff (Wireless Week)
Clearwire hires Vodafone's Morrow as CEO (Unstrung)
Google, LG settle visual voicemail lawsuits (Engadget)
IBM could shake up Silicon Valley with Sun buy (AP)
Nokia to cut another 1,700 employees (Unstrung)
Qualcomm names Paul Jacobs Chairman (Wireless Week)
Quattro Wireless raises $10 million (MocoNews)
RCR Wireless closes after 25 years (Wireless Week)
Sony Ericsson warns of 50% sales drop (Unstrung)
Zenprise raises $10M in new funding (MSNBC)
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