Mobile Computing & Wireless Networking

Techworld Mobility and Wireless is your essential resource for all the latest cellular (GSM, GPRS and UMTS) news, wireless LANs news and other mobile communications news

• LTE boost as Verizon confirms deployment
  US set for LTE/WiMax showdown.
• New Asus smartphone to feature GPS
  Garmin satnav stops the user getting lost.
• Mozilla's prototype mobile browser 'does not work'
  Pre-alpha version comes up short.
• Google Android boosted by new HTC phone
  Vodafone votes for open source.
• Truphone promises super-roaming mobile SIM
  The go-anywhere VoIP service.
• Skype calling added to Nokia's N97
  Which won't please the mobile networks...
• Microsoft tries again with Windows Mobile revamp
  But version 6.5 boot times remain slow.
• Laptops get BlackBerry download card
  Lenovo's new 'Obama' device.

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• Cheaper or better? Vendors fight for 802.11n
  Did you think 802.11n was done and dusted? Aruba claims it can get massive speed boosts without breaking the standard, while Ruckus says its architecture allows it to slash prices
• The rise and fall of the ultraportable
  Devices like the Asus Eee have changed our expectations of mobile computing. Or have they? We take stock of the real impact.
• WiMax on the ocean waves
  Some places are still wondering how to deliver WiMax, but Singapore has gone right ahead with a network that covers its port and inshore waters.

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• How to ... transfer data between BlackBerry devices
  Your company has upgraded its Blackberries and now everyone wants to know the quickest way to transfer data from a previous phone to a new one. Here's the answer.
• Predict Wi-Fi performance and plan your wireless LAN
  Radio is fundamentally uncertain, and even the best site survey only goes so far in setting up a good network.
• Bring the new iPhone into your business
  Last year's iPhone was dismissed by IT as unsuitable for the enterprise. This time round, Apple has fixed the holes and created a device with the features we need

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• Extreme SavingsNew
  

  This paper explores how enterprises can use Wide Area Data Services to cut hard costs and make the most of their existing infrastructure, without negatively impacting their operations.

• Accelerating Virtualised EnvironmentsNew
  

  Discover how wide-area data services help deliver the benefits of virtualisation and IT consolidation while addressing the challenges of performance and availability.

• The Evolving Role of the CIO
  

  This whitepaper looks at the findings of a recent survey of successful CIOs from a number of industries, and examines what's needed for the role of the CIO to evolve.

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• Open source and OLPC could boost wireless mesh
  The finished IEEE standard for wireless mesh networks is still a way off - but open source and the OLPC look like getting it into use quickly
• A guide to Wi-Fi power-save technologies
  Saving power on client devices may not always work well, but the industry has come up with plenty of ways to do it.
• Testing Wi-Fi's Power Save Mode
  If you tell your laptop's radio to switch off when possible, are the power savings worth it? Craig Mathias investigates.

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• DECT Forum says don't worry 
  
• Surprise - Xirrus is still there 
  
• Intel gets possessive about Wi-Fi 
  

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• DiVitas Client and Server
  Unified communications is one of those phrases that has a variety of meanings. DiVitas take it as a way to make your mobile work overtime by doubling as your work phone too. And despite the limited number of phones that the software supports, it's a technology that works very well.
• Palm Treo Pro
  Windows Mobile is the Marmite of mobile operating systems: some users love the ease with which it enables access to business, while a good many more hate it. One self-proclaimed fan found that this phone uses Windows to fine effect.
• BlackBerry Bold 9000
  So here it is; the most anticipated BlackBerry handset to date. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 is a quad-band handset with both HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) 3G and GPS navigation that its maker, Research In Motion, hopes will cause as much of a furore as the iPhone 3G.
• Truphone v4.0 VoIP-over-mobile
  Here's an interesting idea. Millions of people make VoIP phone calls over the Internet from their PCs, or using special handsets, so why not do the same thing with a humble mobile phone? Truphone is one such application.
• DrayTek Vigor 2820Vn router
  A remote office or small office router with ADSL, WAN and 3G failover that doesn't cost the earth? Not possible they said. DrayTek's latest Vigor can do all this and more.

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• What's really happening at Bluesocket?
  The wireless LAN vendor that refused to die is still confident - we spoke to the CEO about 802.11n and staff cuts
• Proxim plans to buck the standards
  There's no hurry for 802.11n Wi-Fi, and no need to stick to the WiMax standards, says Proxim's chief executive, Pankaj Manglik
• The challenges of in-building wireless coverage
  Attempts to make buildings more energy-efficient in terms of heating and cooling could backfire badly on the networking front, if radio expert Daniel Lewing is to be believed.

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• How Wi-Fi eased the classroom crunch
  Schools are less likely than universities to adopt Wi-Fi - but at Heathland School in West London, teachers saw the need and went for it.
• Barts Hospital adopts co-operative Wi-Fi
  Healthcare has led the charge for centralised Wi-Fi. A leading london takes a contrary position and plumps for Aerohive's controller-free system
• Microsoft: the world's largest WLAN
  It started out as optional, now it's essential. The software giant has covered all its offices in Wi-Fi

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