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Go Mobile™
Sept. 4, 2009
no. 225
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Mobile Trends
Study revives debate over cancer from cell phone use (Computerworld)
Researchers seek funds to study cell phone safety (Cnet)
Forrester report: America, a nation obsessed with tech (Cnet)
Study: 71% of teens now use cell phones (PC Mag)
The US is 15 years behind South Korea in broadband tech (The Register)
Wireless carriers: 10 things I hate about you (Computerworld)
JiWire report: Hotspot users are ready to spend (Wi-Fi Planet)
From Forrester's annual consumer report

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Laptops, Tablets, & Gear

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Apple OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) review (PC Mag)
Apple Mac Snow Leopard OS review (Engadget)
Nokia Booklet 3G
Netbooks & Ultraportables
Smartbooks prepare to compete in netbook space (IDG)
Windows 7 greatly cuts netbook battery life, testers claim (Techworld)
Dell Inspiron 11z review (Notebook Review)
Kohjinsha intros 11.6 inch touchcreen netbook in Japan (Liliputing)
MSI preps Wind U150 touchscreen Windows 7 netbook (Slashgear)
Nokia unveils 'Booklet 3G' 10" netbook with 12-hour battery (AllAboutSymbian)
Nokia Booklet 3G costs $810 or €570 (PC Mag)

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Full-Size Notebooks
External universal laptop battery works with about 10,000 models (Slashgear)
Apple to redesign, reprice plastic MacBooks, claim analysts (Apple Insider)
GScreen's dual-screen Spacebook due by end of 2009 (Gizmodo)
MSI X340 gets updated with longer battery life, lower price (Laptop Mag)
MSI X-Slim X600 now fully official, available to order (Engadget)
Samsung X series sport dual-core CULV procs, 9 hour battery (Engadget)
Sony Vaios X-series sleek, slim, and suave (Laptop)
Sony Vaio X series
Reviews: Cnet, Laptop, Maximum PC, NotebookReview, PC Authority, PC Pro, TabletPCreviewspot, TrustedReviews

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Handhelds & Smartphones

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HTC Hero
Review: Cameraphones under the lens (AP)
Using a mobile phone overseas (Computerworld)
Apple's iPhone 3GS is capable of 1080p video playback (Engadget)
Dell shows concept Android smartphone for China Mobile (IntoMobile)
Garmin's nuvi 1690 and camera-equipped nuvi 1860 leak out (Engadget)
HTC's Android-powered Hero heads to Sprint October 11 for $180 (Phandroid)
HTC's Leo-bound TouchFlo 3D 2.6 demoed on video (Engadget)
HTC Mega preview and specs (Ai.rs)
HTC Ozone vs T-Mobile Dash review (Geek)
HTC Touch2 with Windows Mobile 6.5 review (WM Experts)
Nokia N86 8-megapixel cameraphone review (Cult of Mac)
Nokia N97 Mini first look review (Mobile-Review)
Nokia N900 gets official, due out in October (BGR)
Palm Pre jumps the border, now shipping on Bell Canada (Engadget)
RIM BlackBerry Storm 2, Touch Pro2, Omnia II, & maybe the Pre due on Verizon (PhoneArena)
RIM BlackBerry Tour review (Brighthand)
Samsung InstinctQ pictures leak, bound for Sprint this fall (Phandroid)
Samsung Omnia HD i8910 review (Gizmodo)
Samsung UltraTouch S8300 review (Engadget)
Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 hands-on, with video (Engadget)
Nokia N900

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Mobile Software & Services

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Left: Snaptu & PNC Virtual Wallet
Multi-Platform: Google adds live traffic app to web, mobile versions (PC Mag)
Multi-Platform: Snaptu packs dozens of social and information apps (Lifehacker)
BlackBerry: RIM's BlackBerry App World goes online (AppScout)
BlackBerry: RIM's enhanced Gmail Plug-in for BlackBerry, hands-on (AppScout)
BlackBerry: TwitVid for BlackBerry hands-on (PC Mag)
BlackBerry, iPhone: Mini Cooper drivers get Roadside Assistance app (AppScout)
iPhone: Great apps you only get by jailbreaking your iPhone (PC World)
iPhone: 10 fantastic free iPhone photography apps (BGR)
iPhone: PNC Virtual Wallet hits the iPhone (AppScout)
iPhone: Video: iPhone car navigation apps by TomTom, Navigon, Sygic (Computerworld)
iPhone: SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 for iPhone improves interface, speed (AppScout)
Symbian: ARound Project brings augmented reality to S60 phones (IntoMobile)
Windows Mobile: Documents To Go Premium Edition review (WM Experts)
Look for our consumer software roundup in the next issue.

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Mobile Enterprise News

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Enterprise Mobile Hardware
Airo's A25 phone is safe in explosive environments (Windows for Devices)
AIS rugged tablet runs Windows CE or XP Embedded (Windows for Devices)
Andres' rugged handheld offers snap-on modules, scanning (Windows for Devices)
LXE's rugged MX9 includes GPS, barcode scanning (Windows for Devices)
Opentec's RPDA 6 rugged handheld has PCMCIA slot (Windows for Devices)
Enterprise Mobile / Wireless Apps
iPhones and iPods on the job: creative uses (CIO)
Opentec RPDA 6
To unlock smartphones or not? That's the question for IT managers (eWeek)
Security Manager's Journal: Issues hang up global company's new smartphone policy (Computerworld)
Better security boosts government agencies' use of wireless devices (GCN)
A small Texas town gets smart with phones (Computerworld)
Enterprise Network Management
Aerohive's HiveOS 3.4 WLAN manager adds SLA enforcement (Wi-Fi Planet)
Aruba Virtual Branch Network RAPs review (Wi-Fi Planet)
Cisco downplays vulnerability to Lightweight 1100, 1200 series AP's (IDG)
Motorola firewall gets Wi-Fi probe tool (NetworkWorld)
Ruckus shines in Tom's Hardware open air 802.11n product tests (TMCnet)
VeriWave adds real-world traffic to large-scale 11n testing (NetworkWorld)
iPhone apps to manage your network (ITWorld)
Implementing a mobile unified communications (UC) solution (TechTarget)
How to secure your mobile workforce for less (Wi-Fi Planet)

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Network Access News

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Netgear WDNR
Netgear ships its RangeMax WDNR 3700 Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit router (Cnet)
American Airlines' in-flight Wi-Fi now on 100 planes (AP)
iPhones make up nearly all handheld hotspot access in U.S. (IntoMobile)
AT&T to require data plans for new smartphone users starting 9/6 (Gearlog)
AT&T adds Wi-Fi hotspots to Windows Mobile phone plans (AppScout)
Sprint cuts price on its Clearwire mobile WiMAX service to $70 (Unstrung)
Canada's cellphone users now get to reject contract changes (CBC)
Seven plans Australia's first WiMax network, plus plans for LTE (Light Reading)

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Industry News, Trends, & Analysis

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Apps: Behind 10 eyebrow-raising App Store rejections (Cnet)
Apps: Why Nokia's service efforts have fallen flat (GigaOm)
Developers: Microsoft to mobile developers: Your app is worth more than 99¢ (TechFlash)
Developers: Nokia Launches Ovi SDK beta (AppScout)
Developers: Palm opens up third-party WebOS apps beta program (InfoWorld)
Developers: Finger crossing won't lure iPhone coders to Windows Mobile (The Register)
Laptops: Opinion: There's no such thing as a netbook (Wi-Fi Planet)
Laptops: The Nokia Booklet 3G and the Symbian ecosystem (All About Symbian)
Operating Systems: Android use to increase 900x next year, compete with iPhone apps (InfoWorld)
Operating Systems: Google Android: the party's over for developers (IDG)
Operating Systems: Opinion: Little can save Google and Nokia from mobile failure (Cnet)
Operating Systems: Opinion: Why the iPhone is Apple's DOS (Wi-Fi Planet)
Operating Systems: Opinion: Why Apple trumps Microsoft in the mobile market (Wi-Fi Planet)
Operating Systems: Observers claim Windows Mobile is running out of time (Windows for Devices)
Phones: Touchscreens dominate new phone designs, keyboards second (Techworld)
Phones: Featurephones account for 72% of US handset sales (Engadget)
Phones: Study: iPhone sales have hurt carriers (Reuters)
Phones: 10 things Dell should learn from Apple about smartphones (eWeek)
Networks: Japanese scientists crack WPA encryption in one minute (Tom's Guide)
Networks: Researchers develop mobile code to connect without cell towers (Computerworld)
Networks: Hackers crack GSM encryption (The Register)
Networks: Telecom spotlight: Africa (Light Reading)
Financial / Legal News
Apple signs iPhone deal with China (The Register)
Apple, RIM & Dell sued over flash memory patent (IDG)
CTIA wants a repeal of cell phone tax law (WSJ)
Fluke Networks completes AirMagnet buy (Bizjournals)
HTC applies to patent stylus for multi-touch screens (Windows for Devices)
Nokia Siemens names Rajeev Suri CEO (Light Reading)
Qualcomm, Verizon name machine-to-machine JV nPhase (WirelessWeek)
Quanta teams with MIT on cloud computing (IDG)
RIM buys Torch Mobile to ready new BlackBerry browser (Techworld)
Syniverse to buy VeriSign's messaging business (IDG)
FCC approves inquiry into wireless policies (USA Today)
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