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EWEEK Mobile and Wireless coverage includes news and reviews of cell phones, smartphones and other mobile handhelds and PDAs as well as coverage of mobile enterprise applications like push e-mail, mobile CRM, mobile Sales Force Automation (mobile SFA), IT wireless tools, wireless VoIP, mobile device management (MDM) and wireless security. Coverage also includes mobile Operating Systems (OS) such as Microsoft Windows Mobile, Sun J2ME, Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry, Apple iPhone, Nokia Symbian, Linux Mobile (LiMo) and Google Android.
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Fed up with ugly routers and clunky hard drives, a growing number of consumers are looking for well-designed gadgets that complement decor instead of cluttering desktops and clashing with furniture. Many credit Apple's iPhone, with its strikingly simple forms, for raising the bar on expectations for good design in consumer electronics.
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Enterprises and financial institutions continue to show growing interest in mobile messaging. In 2008, the total number of mobile messages delivered rose from 129 million to 227 million, marking a major increase. The big jump in enterprise mobile messaging follows the overall rise in text messaging that VeriSign calls a fast-growing global trend.
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At its Adobe MAX 2008 conference, Adobe advances the Flash platform and delivers Adobe Flash Catalyst, a professional interaction design tool, and the Adobe "Cocomo" platform-as-a-service solution for adding real-time social capabilities into RIAs (rich Internet applications).
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The new energy ratings system covers all cellphone chargers currently sold by cellphone makers Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG Electronics. The cellphone industry has become the world's top consumer electronics business by volume and has drawn criticism from environmentalists.
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The new Google Mobile App for iPhone brings voice search to Apple's smartphone, allowing the user to trigger searches for localized results just by putting the iPhone to his or her ear.
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Adobe is working to deliver full Flash Player 10 technology to smart phones, including Windows Mobile devices, Symbian OS-powered devices and Google Android phones. And the company remains hopeful regarding the iPhone and BlackBerry. Kevin Lynch, Adobe's CTO, demonstrated Flash Player 10 running on Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android at the Adobe MAX 2008 developer conference.
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The Agito Networks RoamAnywhere Mobility Router lets Windows Mobile- or Symbian-based smart phones integrate directly with the corporate PBX, allowing users to have a single telephone profile no matter where they are or what type of network they are connected to.
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WLAN provider Proxim Wireless cracks speed records with an 802.11n deployment featuring a distributed wireless architecture that Proxim claims will cost half of what competitors' WLANs cost. By eliminating the centralized controller found in most Wi-Fi networks, Proxim hopes to overcome the enterprise objections of controller upgrades, deployment issues and network planning that have deterred companies from upgrading to 802.11n.
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The Agito Networks RoamAnywhere Mobility solution includes top-notch Wi-Fi fingerprinting technology, enabling mobile phone users to easily move about while saving businesses money on mobile minutes. The new Agito RoamAnywhere technology also offers high availability and additional security features.
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Last year the US government blocked Youtube from overseas military bases, but now there's a new online video sharing site on the block: TroopTube. The site designed to help military families connect and keep in touch while miles apart. Anyone can upload video. Content is vetted by Pentagon officials for national security and copyright violations.
AMD recently released it new Opteron Processor, named Shanghai. The 45-nm quad-core Opteron processor uses the same socket technology and common core strategy as its predecessor, the 65-nm Barcelona processor. The new processors will also fit into the same LGA1207 housing. But perhaps the biggest news is that a total of 39 server systems from Fujitsu-Siemens, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Cray are compatible with the new processor. This could explain IBM recent announcement that four IBM servers that will feature the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor. Those four are listed here: The IBM BladeCenter LS22, The IBM BladeCenter LS42. The IBM System x3455 and the IBM System x3755.
The Storm, Blackberry's new touch screen smart phone goes on sale this Friday, Nov. 21! And speaking of smart phones, word is out that Apple may be releasing version 2.2 of the iPhone operating system on Friday Nov. 21. In addition to a redesigned MobileSafari interface, the iPhone 2.2 update will reportedly add Google Street View, transit route information, walking directions and over-the-air podcast downloads.
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At the Adobe MAX 2008 conference, Adobe announces a partnership with ARM to optimize Adobe Flash and AIR for ARM-powered devices. The collaboration is expected to accelerate mobile graphics and video capabilities on ARM platforms to bring rich Internet applications (RIAs) and Web services to mobile devices and consumer electronics worldwide.
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SQL Anywhere gives programmers full relational database access through SQL on a mobile device running Windows Mobile.
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison may be skeptical about cloud computing and SAAS, but his application developers love software gadgets, especially to give salespeople more insight into their clients. That's where Oracle's new CRM Gadgets for Sales comes in. Check out screenshots of these five mini-applications that enable users to access data even while offline.
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While insight into customer behavior influences mobile operators' growth and investment strategies, mobile operators and proprietors of Internet portals say there is simply not enough existing subscriber data to analyze, according to research by Nokia Siemens Networks. The big question is what tools to use, as NebuAd's troubled year underscores.
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New HDDs, with centrally managed securityware provided by McAfee, are now shipping to Seagate's worldwide channels in 160GB and 320GB capacities, with half-terabyte versions coming soon. Dell is now offering them as an option in several of its new enterprise-grade notebooks.
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The Agito Networks RoamAnywhere Mobility solution includes top-notch Wi-Fi fingerprinting technology, enabling mobile phone users to easily move about while saving businesses money on mobile minutes. The new Agito RoamAnywhere technology also offers high availability and additional security features.
The innovative T-Mobile G1, the first smart phone using the Google Android mobile operating system, is a worthy competitor to Apple and its iPhone. The T-Mobile G1 is a strong consumer offering, but enterprises should wait until more corporate features are included.
The Treo Pro from Palm is bringing a sleek new look to the smart phone for businesses users. However, the erratic 3G performance and battery life issues in the Palm Treo Pro need to be resolved.
The device offers better manageability, independence than the iPhone 3G.
There's more to managing a mobile platform than simply tossing a smart phone to your users.
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