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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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The Motorola Milestone — Verizon’s slightly tweaked Droid — will be arriving on Canada’s Telus network in early 2010, the carrier announced. The Milestone is Motorola's first Android smartphone for the Canadian market.
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News Analysis: Mac OS X might be considered far more secure than Windows today, but that might be changing over time. Apple's operating system is now a bigger target than ever. It will present an ever more inviting target to malware makers as more people jump on the Mac bandwagon.
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After a delay, the Nokia N900 smartphone, the company’s first device to run a Linux operating system, is now shipping to the United States and several other countries. Nokia hopes that the N900 device appeals to developers interested in creating applications for the Maemo operating system.
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New Verizon advertisements promote the Motorola Droid smartphone by pointing out the iPhone’s weak spots, as well as tout Verizon’s coverage map as superior to AT&T’s. According to new consumer perception surveys, the public is believing both Verizon claims.
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Amazon.com generally released the beta version of its Kindle for PC application, which will display e-books on a Windows PC, on Nov. 10. Originally debuted during the Windows 7 launch in New York City on Oct. 22, the application will sync with users' Kindle devices. Although some media reports are suggesting a color Kindle could be coming soon, CEO Jeff Bezos has previously dismissed such a device as a long time away.
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Today's mobile market is glutted with device manufacturers, publishers and carriers who are all vying for coveted customer mindshare. It's the end of an era for many mobile carriers who have long enjoyed the luxury of exclusively owning the mobile customer experience. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Nahid Giga offers three tips on how carriers can cooperate with mobile device manufacturers and publishers to deliver a better mobile customer experience.
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Sprint Nextel invests another $1.176 billion in the WiMax provider. Clearwire also announces $1.45 billion in new senior secured notes with net proceeds to be used to pay off the company’s existing $1.40 billion debt.
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Ho ho ho: Google offers travelers in 47 airports free Wi-Fi access from now until Jan. 15.
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Sprint Nextel plans to shed 2,500 jobs from its work force by the end of 2009. Sprint Nextel is the latest technology company to have layoffs in a series of job cuts in the past week that included Microsoft, Real networks, and Nokia Siemens.
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With BlackBerry 5.0-based devices like the Bold 9700 and Storm2 finally here, Research In Motion customers who have already upgraded their BlackBerry Enterprise Server infrastructure to Version 5.0 can start fully testing the new features. Here, eWEEK Labs demonstrates a few of these new capabilities.
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News Analysis: The iPhone is under attack by a relatively inconsequential worm that has found its way onto jailbroken iPhones in Australia. It might not affect too many users, but it does underscore the fact that the iPhone isn't as secure as people like to think.
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RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9700 combines the solid horsepower and good quality that characterized the original Bold 9000 with a form factor similar to other recent BlackBerry releases. The Bold 9700--versions of which are available from T-Mobile and AT&T--works in concert with the latest enterprise back-end software to add more features for enterprise users, although some of those features are a little kludgy.
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Relegating the iPhone to the Island of Misfit Toys in a new ad, Verizon Wireless attempts to return consumer attention to the issue call coverage. In the United Kingdom, more than a quarter of ADC survey respondents say their work has suffered due to poor reception.
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Google took aim at the mobile display ad market Nov. 9 when it bought AdMob for $750 million in stock. Google has made some headway in providing mobile search ads to the so-called third screen, but it has been lagging in providing mobile display ads, or in-application ads. AdMob fills those needs, ideally helping Google reach advertisers trying to engage smartphone users, and helping content publishers and mobile application developers get a cut of the money collected from ads paired with their content. This is key to Google's mobile Web strategy, where it's competing with Yahoo and Microsoft in the green field of mobile ads.
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Barnes & Noble will push back the ship date of its Nook e-reader into December for many pre-orders, apparently in response to higher-than-expected demand for the device. Even as Barnes & Noble gears up to battle Amazon.com's Kindle line of devices, it faces a lawsuit from IT startup Spring Design, which alleges that the bookseller copied its dual-screen format. The price of certain e-readers has been declining as competition heats up between various manufacturers.
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RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9700 combines the solid horsepower and good quality that characterized the original Bold 9000 with a form factor similar to other recent BlackBerry releases. The Bold 9700--versions of which are available from T-Mobile and AT&T--works in concert with the latest enterprise back-end software to add more features for enterprise users, although some of those features are a little kludgy.
As eWEEK looks back at its 25-year history, eWEEK Labs analysts considered the most important innovations in their respective coverage areas. For Senior Analyst Andrew Garcia, the choice was a no-brainer: Wi-Fi, a "gargantuan success story."
The Novatel MiFi 2200 is a small device that provides 3G Internet access and Wi-Fi connectivity for as many as five wireless users. eWEEK Labs' tests show that the device is an attractive option for providing mobile Internet access for temporary offices, traveling work teams, meetings and many other situations where an Internet connection could be hard to come by. During tests, the broadband connection was about what you would expect, but Wi-Fi and battery performance were surprising.
eWEEK Labs tested Microsoft's new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system on the AT&T Pure device and found that while Version 6.5 is definitely an improvement over previous iterations of Windows Mobile, it has too many vestiges of the past.
With the 802.11n standard officially ratified by the IEEE, the Wi-Fi Alliance has lived up to its promise by grandfathering all Wi-Fi Certified 802.11n Draft 2.0-labeled products to its new certification, called Wi-Fi Certified N, while simultaneously trying to reduce some of confusion that will arise from the dizzying array of feature configurations that comprise 802.11n.
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