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Smartphones, Handhelds & Gear

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• Acer Liquid Stream gets official as the Acer Stream (BGR)
• Dell Streak official: exclusive to O2 UK June 4 (Engadget)
• Garmin-Asus Garminfone review (Engadget)
• HTC EVO 4G review (Engadget)
• LG Ally mid-range Android phone review (Engadget)
• LG Panther with Windows Phone 7 hands-on (Pocket-Lint)
• Nokia N8 benchmarks 180% speed boost over N97 (Slashgear)
• Ooma Bluetooth Adapter unites cellphone and VoIP (Engadget)
• RIM BlackBerry Bold 9650 now available (BGR)
• RIM BlackBerry Bold 9800 stars in video walkthrough (BGR)
  

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Notebooks, Tablets & Gear

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• Acer launches 11.6-inch Aspire Timeline 1825PT netvertible (Engadget)
• Apple bumps plastic MacBook to 2.4GHz, 10-hour battery (Gizmodo)
• Apple's iPad launches globally (Engadget)
• Apple's iPad 3G: Is the extra $130 worth it? (Computerworld)
• Dell Vostro 3400 14-inch notebook review: 4/5 (Notebook Review)
• HP slips out 14-inch G42t laptop with Core i3 and i5 options (Engadget)
• Lenovo IdeaPad Y460 review: 3.5/5 (Laptop)
• Lenovo's Core i3 / i5-based IdeaPad Z560 are now available (Engadget)
• MSI debuts 15.6" CX623 multi-media notebook with Core i5 (Hot Hardware)
• Samsung announces P80 and P30 Series business notebooks and NB30 Pro netbook (Laptop)

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Wireless Access

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• How to use an iPad on almost any data plan in the world (Wired)
• Skype cuts rates for international wireline and wireless calls (Cnet)
• O2 limits unlimited broadband packages to 10GB (The Register)
• T-Mobile USA brings "4G speeds" to the Northeast U.S. (BGR)
• Vodafone shocks data users with roaming price rise (The Register)
• UK mobile broadband group test: modem vs modem, telco vs telco (The Register)
• U.S. GPS system getting $8 billion, ten-year upgrade (LA Times)

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Software News

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• Multi-Platform: Travel organizers: TripIt vs WorldMate and TripCase (Wall St Journal)
• Multi-Platform: Guide to secure remote access apps (InfoWorld)
• Multi-Platform: HyperOffice releases new cloud-based collaboration suite (AppScout)
• Multi-Platform: MoBistro helps you create a mobile business website (Mashable)
• Android: Android 2.2 'Froyo' review: It's sweet (Gizmodo)
• Android: Fring video calling comes to Android (The Register)
• BlackBerry: 10 must-have BlackBerry apps for small business (Mashable)
• BlackBerry: 10 essential apps for business travel (Computerworld)
• iPad / iPhone: FullForce: the easy way to run iPhone apps on your iPad (Gizmodo)
• iPad / iPhone: MyPhoneDesktop links your computer and iDevice (Gizmodo)
• iPad / iPhone: Geodesic Mundu Radio now supports iPhone, iPad (AppScout)
• iPhone: AAA delivers app for road trips (AppScout)
• Linux: MeeGo Linux 1.0 for netbooks hands-on video (Liliputing)
• Symbian: Nokia Ovi Maps 3.4 improves performance, adds Qype (All About Symbian)
• Symbian: SPB Mobile Shell launched (All About Symbian)
• Windows: How to use Microsoft Skydrive as a 25GB hard drive (Notebooks)

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Mobile Enterprise News

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• BoxTone launches tool for single management view of mobile devices (Computerworld)
• Motorola offers managed services for mobile devices (Computerworld)
• ProOnGo lets workers track and submit expenses from phones (AppScout)
• Sybase announces Sybase Mobility Platform for SAP Business Suite apps (eWeek)
• Veriwave's WaveDeploy raises the bar on WLAN assessment (Wi-Fi Planet)
• Urbanspoon’s RezBook lets restaurants manage reservations on iPads (AppScout)
• DT Research Windows handhelds target order-taking (WFD)
• Intermec CN50 handheld gains imaging, connectivity options, 256MB RAM (WFD)
• Motion Computing rugged tablets sport Intel Core i7 or Core i5 CPUs (WFD)
  

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Developer News

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• Apple iPhone OS 4.0 beta 4 now available (BGR)
• Google Android 2.2: Progress or more platform fragmentation? (InfoWorld)
• Google launches open WebM web video format based on VP8 (Engadget)
• PayPal lures Android developers hunting for dollars (Cnet)

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Industry News & Analysis

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• Phones: Annoyed by cell phones? Scientists might know why (Reuters)
• Phones: World Health Organization cell phone cancer study: results inconclusive (Cnet)
• Phones: Apple's iPhone does well without being the best (AP)
• Phones: Why can't Google get Android smartphones right? (InfoWorld)
• Platforms: What Steve Ballmer needs to do to save Microsoft's mobile share (InfoWorld)
• Networks: FCC takes aim at the wireless industry over billing practices, monopolies (Cnet)
• Networks: Rethinking the wireless spectrum crisis (Cnet)
• Networks: Google's Brin on Street View Wi-Fi spying: 'We screwed up' (Cnet)
• Networks: WiMax vs LTE: What WiMax 2 promises (Network World)
• Networks: Who's really sitting on an LTE patent goldmine? (Light Reading)
• Tablets: Why Windows 7 'slate' tablets won't happen (InfoWorld)
• Tablets: iPads point toward an SSD future (eWeek)
  
  Other Headlines:
  
  - 30% of netbook shoppers wooed by iPad instead, says poll
  - Notebook shipments leap 43 percent in Q1
  - AdMob is now part of Google
  - Apple's market cap passes Microsoft; second only to Exxon Mobil
  - Dell sees profits increase 52%, but shares slump
  - Foxconn increases worker salaries 20%, hopes to prevent more suicides
  - Google to acquire VoIP / HD voice company Global IP Solutions for $68M
  - HP won Palm in six-company bidding war
  - McAfee buys smartphone security firm Trust Digital
  - Microsoft's Bach, Allard depart in device unit shakeup
  - Nokia, Yahoo team up for chat, email and maps
  - Palm's Matias Duarte joins Google to work on Android
  - T-Mobile USA Chief Robert Dotson resigns
  - Yahoo buys mobile social network provider Koprol

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