Networking World: Muni Wi-Fi: Next Trend Or Flop; Down To The Wire For The iPhone

TechWeb Mobile & Wireless Update - Monday, May 21, 2007

(Table of Contents)

*Review: Parallels -- The Mac Way To Do Windows
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*Telecom Antitrust Suit Can't Proceed, Says Top U.S. Court
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/e7uI0Hi7YQ0G4U0FGrR0EN

*Mobility, Networking Highlight Interop Product Launches
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*Muni Wi-Fi: Next Big Thing--Or Next Tech Boondoogle?
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*Municipal Wi-Fi Pioneer Asks, 'Where Is Everybody?'
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*Wi-Fi Hits The Hard Streets Of South-Central L.A.
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( Today's Top Story)

Review: Parallels -- The Mac Way To Do Windows
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Parallels is an extraordinary accomplishment, allowing you to run
Windows and Windows applications on the Mac. However, it's still
got a couple of flaws.

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Three Scenarios For How Microsoft's Open Source Threat Could End
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From peace in software to blowing up in Microsoft's face, here's
where this brinkmanship could lead.

Internet2 Consortium Sets New Internet Speed Record
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Team sent a multiple stream data transmission with a transfer
rate of 7.21 gigabits per second over more than half the
circumference of the earth.

Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop
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Is Linux finally ready to take on Windows as a desktop OS? We
tried out both Vista and Ubuntu on individual PCs to see which
works better. Here's who won.

Linus Torvalds Responds To Microsoft Patent Claims
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The holder of the Linux trademark suggests Microsoft should name
the patents it alleges have been violated so the claims can be
tested in court.

(Updates From Over The Air)

Mobile Banking Takes One Step Further From The Counter

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According to a new report from Celent, mobile banking will
outstrip online banking in growth over the next three years. It
says 35% of online bankers will also use mobile banking. Today
that figure stands at less than 1%. Who will lead the way? Gen Y.

AT&T Has Finally Decided What It Is Going to Call Itself

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We've only waited 6 months for the combined AT&T/Cingular
Wireless entity to decide what its brand will be going forward.
Looks like the AT&T globe is kicking the orange colored Cingular
Happy Jack out the door. Even though I think Cingular has better
brand equity, I am glad that AT&T has stopped equivocating and
finally made a decision.

Apple And Cingular Can Keep Their iPhone, 'Cause I'm Sticking
With My BlackBerry

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Google is abuzz today with last Thursday's news that the FCC has
granted regulatory approval to the iPhone. This means Apple's new
gadget could hit the market next month -- I'm betting Steve Jobs
will announce it's shipping during his keynote speech at Apple's
World Wide Developers Conference ( WWDC 2007) in San Francisco on
June 11. Me, I don't care. I'm sticking with my BlackBerry. It's
rock solid, the phone sounds not half-bad if you use it with a
Bluetooth headset, and, most important, it's got a hard keypad.

Look For Mobility To Be Big Next Week At Interop

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I am packing my bags for Interop Las Vegas next week. I expect to
hear vendors talk more about mobility at next week's show. I
think smartphones and other wireless gadgets will soon become
central to enterprise telephony.

AT&T To Offer Data Protection For Non-Smartphone Users

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Let's face it. Not all enterprise workers are deemed worthy or
important enough to use a smartphone (i.e. BlackBerry or Treo).
Many millions of knowledge workers are stuck using regular,
consumer-grade devices as their work mobile phone. But that
doesn't mean their phone numbers, contacts, and other data isn't
any less valuable than their smartphone-equipped betters, er,
colleagues. AT&T has decided that their information is worth
protecting, too, and will start doing so on June 8.

3G Wireless Data Usage Set To Jump Nearly 10x By 2011

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The research from iGR shows that in 2006 all mobile data
customers sent and received about 0.73 terabytes of data per
month. iGR expects that number to climb to 6.94 terabytes in in
the next four years. That's a lot of bytes flying through the
air. Will the networks be able to handle it all?

RealNetworks Buys Sony Division For Mobile Media Technology

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RealNetworks bought a division of Sony called Sony NetServices
for $9 million. The deal will give RealNetworks technology that
broadcasts music, video, and games to mobile phones in Europe. Is
mobile content still a viable long-term play?

FCC Gives iPhone Thumbs Up: Guess That Means Apple Will Make The
June Deadline

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The iPhone today was officially approved by the FCC. That's
right, Mac fans, you were right and we bloggers were wrong. It
looks like your iPhone party will commence on schedule next month.

Will Google's Universal Search Spell The End Of Search Engine Marketing?

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Google yesterday unveiled its new universal search, a move that
adds content such as relevant videos, images, news, and maps to
standard Web links with search queries. Will this move spell the
end of search engine marketing?

Qualcomm Plans Healthcare And Wellness MVNO

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Just when you thought the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO)
model might go away, some big giant pulls it back into the
limelight. The giant this week is Qualcomm and its play is a
health and fitness MVNO. So Qualcomm wants to become a service provider?

Did Anyone Else Notice that Apple Lost $4 Billion in Value Yesterday?

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It's stories like this that make bloggers cringe. Yesterday, tech
blog Engadget received supposed insider information about a delay
of the iPhone until October, and another delay for Leopard,
pushing the new OS to January of 2008. Duty bound to report to
its readers, it filed a post. Within minutes, some people who
read the post were selling their Apple stock, which dipped 3% in
mid-day trading yesterday. The origin of the information was an
internal Apple memo...which turned out to be fake. Fake or not,
Apple's market capitalization sunk by $4 billion once the memo
became public.

Now Every Mobile Phone Can Be an iPhone

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Well, not exactly. Today Samsung announced that is has developed
an 8 gigabyte microSD card. Since many phones are equipped with
microSD card slots, they'll be able to carry just as many songs
or videos as the forthcoming iPhone. The experience probably
won't be quite the same. But what the heck, that's a lot of
storage for a phone.

Device Management Is The Next Battlegound For Business Mobility

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The first wave of the mobile business wars was defined by two
fronts. Front one was the vertical market. A few verticals, like
healthcare, led the way to mobility and vendors who were ready
for these markets and their unique demands won. Those who kept
waiting for the universal mobile office in-a-box lost. The other
front was push e-mail, which RIM's BlackBerry has obviously
captured. What's next in the fight for mobile business dollars?

Will Mobile Advertising Really Work?

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Get ready for advertising on your cell phone. According to AOL
CEO Randy Falco the mobile advertising market could be worth $5
billion in the next five years. Is this just a move to defend
AOL's decision to buy Third Screen Media? And does mobile
advertising really have a chance?

(Editor's Picks)

Google, Salesforce In Talks To Form Alliance, Says WSJ
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The paper said one outcome could be a Web-based offering that
integrates some of Google's online services with those of
Salesforce.com.

Microsoft Would Have To Pay $500 Million To Escape aQuantive Deal
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If aQuantive exits the deal early, it will have to pay Microsoft
$175 million.

Microsoft Says 'EU Version' Of Windows Vista A Dud
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Company officials say no PC manufacturers have chosen to license
the special editions of its operating systems, which are
available only in Europe, that lack the Windows Media Player
media playback software.

(Mobile News of the Week)

Telecom Antitrust Suit Can't Proceed, Says Top U.S. Court
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that an antitrust lawsuit against
Verizon and other regional Bell companies cannot proceed without
specific allegations to back it up.

Mobility, Networking Highlight Interop Product Launches
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The first batch of news announcements slated for Monday focus on
several key areas: transformation of the branch office, mobility,
network security, and next-generation networks.

Muni Wi-Fi: Next Big Thing--Or Next Tech Boondoogle?
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Three California cities serve as case studies in what works, what
doesn't, and what's still unknown.

Municipal Wi-Fi Pioneer Asks, 'Where Is Everybody?'
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The California town of Lompoc's wireless network is now complete,
but only a few hundred people have signed up.

Wi-Fi Hits The Hard Streets Of South-Central L.A.
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New video surveillance system cuts crime as gang members look
over their shoulders.

HP To Ship Two Mobile PCs With LED Displays
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LED screens use more power than LCDs, but HP has narrowed the
difference through the use of its own technology.

AMD Unveils 'Puma' Notebook Platform
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The next Turion processor is expected to take on Intel's Centrino
in high-end notebooks in mid-2008.

Mozilla Labs Links Desktop Firefox to Mobile Phones
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A Firefox user will be able to send text, images, videos, RSS
content, and Live Bookmarks to his or her phone.

Nortel, Toshiba And WiMAX Firms Work On Interoperability
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More than 30 wireless equipment companies in Spain this week are
testing advanced signal processing technology for next-generation
smart antennas.

LG.Philips Develops Hair-Thin Display
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The flexible screen is an active matrix organic light emitting
diode display, which uses a film of organic compounds to emit light.

Apple Gets FCC Approval For iPhone
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The Federal Communications Commission clears the way for the
highly anticipated launch next month.

Telecom Leads In Race To The Bottom Of Customer Service
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A new ACSI survey finds overall satisfaction rates across
multiple industries have slowed.

Bill Gates Sees End Of 'Device Categories' As PCs, Phones Merge
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Microsoft's chairman predicts phones will lead the way toward a
common platform on which users will talk, text, work and play games.

Can Microsoft Beat The Set-Top Box?
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Microsoft is setting the groundwork to challenge cable companies
with Home Server, Vista, and the Xbox video game console, which
can play Internet content and high-definition DVDs on a TV.

802.11n Progresses With Certification Plan
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Wi-Fi Alliance announces products and reference designs that
comprise test bed for interoperability certification

Vivisimo Offers Enterprise Search For Velocity Mobile Users
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The downloadable application functions in Windows Mobile and
connects to Velocity's enterprise search platform.

Wi-Fi 802.11n Inches Closer To Formal Approval
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The alliance overseeing the advanced wireless architecture
readies draft 2.0 of the unfinished, yet highly used, specification.

Shimmin On Software: Sun Targets Consumers To Reach Businesses
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Sun's consumer-first marketing with its JavaFXMobile platform
helps show how technology enters businesses not from the
boardroom but from behind the front lines. IM, anyone?

Gates Sees PC And Web Evolving Together
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Gates said future innovations in the PC industry would revolve
around 64-bit computing, the development of more humanistic
interfaces, unified communications, and Web services.

Zander Announces Strategy Reset For Motorola
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/e7uI0Hi7YQ0G4U0FGQy0ET
The CEO hopes to attract multimedia-hungry consumers by focusing
on Linux, Java, 3G, video, and messaging.

Motorola Seeks To Recapture Its Mojo With New Phone Blitz
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Motorola is building on its current platforms and improving
music, multimedia, voice fidelity, messaging, and data handling
capabilities across multiple handsets lines.

Verizon Wireless Captures Top Rank In Customer Survey
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Researchers note that even though customer satisfaction has
improved overall, the rate at which wireless customers say they
are satisfied has slowed.

Market For Handheld Devices Continues To Shrink
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Shipments plunged to 919,916 in the first quarter, compared to
1,549,199 the year before. IDC said the sharp downward trend in
the market was accelerated by Dell's decision to leave the
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Security Companies Unveil Products, Updates At Interop
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Websense, Citrix Systems, and others kick off the Interop
conference with product announcements.

2006 Shutdown Spurs Call For Investigation Of Nuclear Cybersecurity
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Two leading Democrats say the August 2006 shutdown of a nuclear
facility in Alabama could have been caused by a denial-of-service
attack and needs to be investigated.

GeoCommons Makes Citizen Cartography Social
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The company's mashups use a technique called heat mapping to
translate data into color on a Google Map.

Do Indian Outsourcers Misuse The H-1B Visa Programs?
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AMD Aims To One-Up Intel With New Quad-Core Architecture
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AMD reveals working of its upcoming chips, hoping to shift the
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