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    Palm's Windows Treo to arrive in early 2006

    Posted September 26, 2005 - 2:09 pm

    As expected, Palm Inc. unveiled a forthcoming Treo smart phone running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 5.0 at a press conference in San Francisco Monday. The device will be available in the U.S. early next year.

  • Mobile users top priority is better batteries: Survey

    Posted September 26, 2005 - 10:56 am

    In a survey of 7,000 users worldwide, 75 percent of respondents said the feature they most want in mobile phones and PDAs is longer battery life, according to market research firm TNS.

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    Coca-Cola employees in Europe go wireless

    Posted September 26, 2005 - 9:53 am

    Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company SA is eliminating antiquated paper-based processes in favor of an automated wireless system. The company, Coca-Cola's largest bottler outside of the U.S., announced on Monday that it has equipped 3,000 sales people with custom wireless handheld devices from Symbol Technologies Inc.

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    Zander recalls 'tearful' first days at Motorola

    Posted September 23, 2005 - 4:37 pm

    It was Jan. 5, 2004, Ed Zander's first day at Motorola Inc. The company was plagued by quality issues, financial confusion, and slippery launch dates. Plus, it was well below zero degrees Fahrenheit in Schaumburg, Illinois, a long way from the mild Silicon Valley climate where Zander had spent the last several years.

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    Dual-branded BenQ Siemens mobile phone expected Q1 2006

    Posted September 23, 2005 - 8:51 am

    Taiwan's BenQ Corp., which agreed to acquire the loss-making mobile phone manufacturing business of German electronics giant Siemens AG in June, plans to launch its first dual-branded product in the first quarter of 2006, a spokeswoman said.

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    Nokia puts music on hold for phone range

    Posted September 22, 2005 - 11:16 am

    Nokia Corp. is delaying the introduction of the N91, its cell phone that can store as many as 3,000 songs, missing the end-of-year shopping season.

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    Dell plans notebook for Cingular's HSDPA network

    Posted September 22, 2005 - 11:10 am

    A few days after Dell Inc. made plans with Verizon Communications Inc. to embed wireless broadband connections into its notebooks, Dell plans to do the same thing with Cingular Wireless LLC, Dell and Cingular announced Wednesday.

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    The joys and woes of Wi-Fi working

    Posted September 21, 2005 - 1:31 pm

    Hurricane Katrina left my street in Miami without power for a week, and as a telecommuter, I had to find places with Internet access in order to work during the outage. This included connecting several times to a Wi-Fi hotspot at my neighborhood Barnes & Noble bookstore, which also houses a Starbucks coffee shop. Having worked out of the solitude of my home office for the past eight years or so, I have to admit I felt excited when I pulled into the parking lot and walked toward the bookstore armed with my laptop, cell phone and assorted work papers and documents.

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    Infineon targets GSM phone with $15 bill-of-materials

    Posted September 20, 2005 - 11:35 am

    Infineon Technologies AG aims to bring down the cost of building a mobile phone to around $15 by next year, a senior company official told reporters Tuesday.

  • More than just a cell phone

    Posted September 20, 2005 - 10:50 am

    A look at advances in wireless and cell phone technologies - Wireless phone advertising, increasing acceptance of using the mobile phone for both voice-based and non-voice services; displacing wireline and fixed-mobile convergence options.

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    Google to launch Wi-Fi service?

    Posted September 20, 2005 - 10:02 am

    Google Inc. may be close to launching a Wi-Fi service. A page on the Google Web site instructs customers on how to download Google Secure Access, a client that the site says "allows you to establish a more secure connection while using Google WiFi."

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    Startup Ruckus to help deliver video over WLANs

    Posted September 20, 2005 - 9:32 am

    A Silicon Valley startup aims to solve the problems of sending video over Wi-Fi, looking to IPTV (Internet Protocol television) service providers as a highly motivated distribution channel.

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    Vodafone to launch HSDPA

    Posted September 20, 2005 - 9:01 am

    Vodafone Group PLC said it plans to trial HSDPA (High Speed Download Packet Access) early next year, with a commercial introduction to follow mid-year.

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    Tap, don't talk

    Posted September 20, 2005 - 8:27 am

    Opposition to a federal proposal to allow wireless phone calls on U.S. airline flights has air carriers and federal regulators considering a less controversial alternative that could still help busy executives turn idle travel time into productive work time: wireless Internet connections.

  • Video - Coming to a WLAN Near You

    Posted September 19, 2005 - 2:57 pm

    I've lately been experimenting with a new idea, but one that I think will become common over the next few years. What I'm doing is building a wireless media facility in my home. The rule is that it needs to provide all common communications and entertainment capabilities (telephone, data networking, videoconferencing, and watching TV and videos, for example), but the only wires allowed into the room are the AC power lines that are already there. This is much more difficult than you might think, and it's beyond the capabilities of most of today's wireless LANs. I've lately been experimenting with advanced technologies like MIMO and other multiple-antenna implementations to find a product that will work.

  • Vodafone offers roaming data service in US

    Posted September 16, 2005 - 10:03 am

    Enterprise customers of Vodafone Group PLC, Europe's largest mobile phone operator, will be able to send and receive data on the high-speed network of Verizon Wireless Inc. under a new roaming service announced Thursday.

  • Keyboard design firm sues RIM over BlackBerry 7100

    Posted September 15, 2005 - 2:30 pm

    A New York company has sued BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) over the design of the keyboard on the BlackBerry 7100, claiming it holds a patent that covers the technology.

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    Secure end points key for mobile computing

    Posted September 15, 2005 - 9:04 am

    Computers and mobile devices using wireless networks or other end points by company employees are posing increasing threats to their organizations' computer systems, although there are ways IT managers can reduce risk.

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    HP, Philips join to push new RFID standard

    Posted September 14, 2005 - 9:54 am

    Hewlett-Packard Co. and Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV have teamed up to push adoption of a worldwide standard for RFID (radio frequency identification) systems, the companies announced Tuesday at the EPCglobal U.S. Conference in Atlanta.

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    Vodafone offers device to share mobile data card

    Posted September 13, 2005 - 11:15 am

    Why pay for five mobile data cards when one will do? A new device launched Monday in Spain by Vodafone Group PLC, Europe's largest mobile phone operator, allows up to five people to share one card.

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    Nokia offers businesses mobile e-mail service

    Posted September 13, 2005 - 10:23 am

    Nokia Corp. on Tuesday introduced a new software platform to support mobile business applications, starting with push e-mail. The company joins a handful of other enterprise e-mail providers and vendors that are trying to penetrate a market dominated Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) with its Blackberry devices and software.

  • HP readying smart wireless TVs for 2006

    Posted September 12, 2005 - 2:56 pm

    Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (HP's) early efforts in developing digital entertainment devices will enter a new chapter next year when the company introduces a 37-inch television that will allow users to connect directly to their PCs or the Internet over a home network, according to an HP executive.

  • Avaya picks Meru for Wi-Fi voice

    Posted September 12, 2005 - 1:44 pm

    Enterprise voice company Avaya, has chosen Meru Networks for voice over Wi-Fi, hoping Meru's multi-channel blanket will give it an edge over its arch rival, Cisco.

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    Barriers exist to business traveler Wi-Fi use

    Posted September 7, 2005 - 11:25 am

    A Gartner Inc. study cited educational, cultural and financial reasons for what it concludes is a low rate of Wi-Fi hotspot use among business travelers. With more than 60,000 hotspots around the globe, 25 percent of U.S. and 17 percent of U.K. business travelers use hotspots, the study found.

  • Wireless disaster recovery: Tools and Best Practices

    Posted September 6, 2005 - 11:21 pm

    The tragic and almost unbelievable events in the Gulf States brought a flurry of phone calls last week, some from the press and some from clients, but all on how to use wireless to deal with a disaster of epic proportions. Wireless clearly plays a big role in disaster recovery operations, from the mobile two-way radios that have been a staple of wireless for perhaps 60 years now, to emergency-response equipment designed to get mobile services back on the air. The most notable example here is the "Cellular on Wheels" or "COW", a self-contained cellular base station that can be rolled in and set up in a short period of time. With so many base stations presumably damaged, under water, or otherwise out of commission in the South, COWs in that part of the world will quite literally be lifesavers. Suffice it to say that the mobile operators have been working diligently to get back on the air throughout the affected areas, and much service has already been at least partially restored as I write this.

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