Networking World: Book Written With Cell Phone; Sprint, Google Partner For WiMax

TechWeb Mobile & Wireless Update - Monday, Jul 30, 2007

(Table of Contents)

*AMD Road Map Spans Servers To Mobile Phones
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPqt0ES

*A Buyer's Guide To Ultramobile PCs
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPqu0ET

*America's E-Mail Addiction Goes Mobile
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPqv0EU

*TomTom's SatNav 'Community' Raises Bar For Rivals
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPqw0EV

*Sprint, Google Hook Up For WiMax Services
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPcr0EC

*Motorola Taps COO Greg Brown For Board
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPqx0EW

( Today's Top Story)

AMD Road Map Spans Servers To Mobile Phones
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With no intention of making major cuts in operations, the
company's strategy is to break even by the fourth quarter
starting with the release of its quad-core chip, code-named Barcelona.

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Review: 3 TV Tuners For The Mac
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If you've got a Mac, want to make it an entertainment center, and
don't want to invest in an AppleTV, here are some TV tuners to
check out.

Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FKPz0Eu
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.

Quad-Core Processor Buyer's Guide 2007
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With Intel's Core 2 Quad family here, and AMD's Phenom desktop
quad-core chips coming later this year, here's a handy guide to
processor choices and specs, as well as hints on where to find
bargains.

Oracle's Secret Weapon: Charles Phillips
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPqz0EY
The former Morgan Stanley software analyst has emerged as one of
the most powerful people in the software industry. How long can
he keep customers satisfied and Wall Street happy?

Langa Letter: XP On Your Thumb Drive
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FKP10Eh
Fred Langa offers a step-by-step and illustrated guide on how to
boot XP from an ordinary USB drive.

(Updates Over The Air)

Italian 'Writes' 384-Page Book With His Cell Phone
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPq10EL
Science fiction author Roberto Bernocco wrote an entire novel is
his downtime using only his Nokia 6630 cell phone. In case you're
not familiar with that model, it does not have a QWERTY keyboard.
He used T9 to write the entire thing, which took him 17 weeks. It
was recently published.

Are The Carriers Killing Business Mobility?
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Welcome to Take 5, a regular feature on Over The Air where we sit
down with a wireless industry insider to talk shop about mobility
and business IT. This week's guest, Daniel Taylor, was the head
of the Mobile Enterprise Alliance. Unfortunately, the MEA has
decided to dissolve (more on that here) and Taylor is moving on
to a new role. Earlier this week I sat down with Taylor to
discuss the MEA's decision to close and how this move could
impact the future of business mobility.

Is InfoSpace's New iPhone App Better Than Just Using Google Search?
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPfT0Ej
InfoSpace made its Find It application available for the iPhone
today. Using a screen with iPhone-esque buttons in the browser,
users can search for restaurants, stores, health care providers
and such. Are the results more useful than Google's?

Case Study: Field Force Automation Saves The Day For Mac-Gray
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Welcome to Over The Air's first Friday case study. We'd like to
make case studies a regular part of the blog and we're kicking
things off with a look at how Mac-Gray's coin collectors used
standard field force gear to reduce expenses, reduce wear and
tear on its fleet and boost worker productivity.

Will Dual-Mode Smartphones Become The Device De Rigueur?
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Not only did revenue from smartphones leap 10% in the first
quarter of 2007 compared with the fourth quarter of 2006, sales
of Wi-Fi-enabled handsets are on track to top $145 billion in the
next three years. Is Wi-Fi the key to spurring smartphone adoption?

iPhone Problem No. 2: This Time The Hardware Went Kaput
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It was just two days after last week's failed network
connectivity issues that the speaker on my iPhone died. How did
Apple respond?

Crackpot Analysts Way Off On iPhone Sales
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPq30EN
Now that real numbers are in, it's clear that estimates of the
number of iPhones sold in the first few days after the launch
were wildly inflated. So, it's worth asking, where did the crazy
off-the-mark numbers come from? It turns out that most of the
high-end analyst estimates were based on, well, analyst estimates.

Smartphone Plus Projector Equals Road Warrior Heaven
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Imagine you're on the final legs of a never-ending road trip. You
arrive at the 100th client meeting that week to deliver the
PowerPoint you slaved over for weeks. Just as you set up, the
projector in the room goes dead. What do you do? Why not use the
projector on your smartphone?

Carriers At Risk Of Losing Enterprise Customers?
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPq40EO
Upstart Wi-Fi vendors could potentially pilfer certain enterprise
business segments from wireless network operators, according to a
new report from Analysys. Well, maybe.

Helio Launches Support For Exchange
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPq50EP
The forward-thinking MVNO has added the ability to retrieve email
from Microsoft Exchange to its Ocean messaging device. The free
60-day beta trial is available immediately to Helio subscribers
and will run $9.99 per month for All-In members after the trial
expires. Is Helio trying to court the enterprise?

And The Mobile-Phone Leader Is ... Luxembourg?!
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPq60EQ
The OECD Communications Outlook 2007 is now out, and available
for reading online. It has a wealth of useful telecom statistics,
including the numbers of mobile-phone subscribers in the 30 OECD
countries. The country with the highest penetration rate is (drum
roll, please) Luxembourg, believe it or not, with 157.3 mobile
subscribers for every 100 people.

Where Is 'Above The Fold' In A Web 2.0 World?
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPBV0EB
Blogger Milissa Tarquini at boxes and arrows questions the nature
of the so-called "fold" in a Web 2.0 world. Tarquini asks a
really great question: Where is the fold?

Verizon Wireless Subscribers Send 10 Billion SMSs In June,
Probably Have Carpal Tunnel
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My thumbs hurt just thinking about it. While I am sure the bulk
of those text messages were sent by teenagers, I contributed my
fair share. The 10 billion figure represents a 100% increase in
the amount of SMS traffic since September 2006. So, do you think
text messaging has finally caught on?

Americans Use The Mobile Web For Weather While Europeans Prefer
Sports Scores
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When it comes to using the mobile Web, Americans prefer to use
their smartphones to check the weather while Europeans opt to
keep up with sports scores. That's according to the latest mobile
Web data from researcher M:Metrics.

(Editor's Picks)

Data Skimming Ring Busted By Risk Management System
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPq80ES
Four men have pled guilty to using phony point-of-sale PIN-pad
terminals to steal customers data and passwords and then defraud stores.

IBM Hit With Second Employee Overtime Lawsuit
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPrA0Ec
Three IBM salesmen claim they regularly worked more than 40 hours
per week, but were never paid overtime and also did not receive
mandatory rest and meal breaks.

Cisco Sticks Its Foot In The Data Center Door
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPrB0Ed
New data center appliance houses network, server, and storage
resources as virtual services.

(Mobile News of the Week)

A Buyer's Guide To Ultramobile PCs
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPqu0ET
Ultraportables used to sacrifice too much performance. They're
beefing up on features--not weight.

America's E-Mail Addiction Goes Mobile
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPqv0EU
E-mail use on mobile devices has nearly doubled since 2004, and
59% of those with mobile devices check e-mail every time it
arrives in their in-boxes, according to AOL.

TomTom's SatNav 'Community' Raises Bar For Rivals
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPqw0EV
Satellite navigation device maker TomTom has jumped ahead of its
rivals with a plan to mine information from drivers -- echoing
the Web "community" approach that has worked for Wikipedia and YouTube.

AMD Road Map Spans Servers To Mobile Phones
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPc70ED
With no intention of making major cuts in operations, the
company's strategy is to break even by the fourth quarter
starting with the release of its quad-core chip, code-named Barcelona.

Sprint, Google Hook Up For WiMax Services
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPcr0EC
For Google, the deal provides access to Sprint WiMax subscribers
who will presumably be eager to use the Web-based tools on the
go, at no or little cost.

Motorola Taps COO Greg Brown For Board
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPqx0EW
Brown, who has an extensive telecommunications background, is
seen as a possible successor to Motorola's chairman and chief
executive Ed Zander.

Can Sprint and Clearwire Deliver A True WiMAX Network?
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPpi0EG
The two companies are promising a network that would allow
consumers to use their WiMAX devices coast-to-coast. But will
they truly embrace the ideal of "any application, any device?"

Verizon Supports Some 'Open' Measures Of 700-MHz Auction
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPcs0ED
The company shifts its views as FCC commissioners prepare for a
vote next week to set ground rules for the auction.

Apple Unlikely To Budge Anytime Soon On iPhone Pricing
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPSv0Ey
Apple expects to sell 1 million iPhones by the end of September,
and 10 million by next June.

Fujitsu To License Entire Wi-LAN Patent Portfolio
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPSx0E1
Wi-LAN, which licenses patents for telecom products, said the two
companies are working to sign a formal agreement

IPhone Sales Miss But Apple Earnings Surge On Mac, iPod
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPS80Ew
Apple said it sold a total of 270,000 iPhone handsets in stores
and through its U.S. carrier AT&T in the last 30 hours of the quarter.

Qantas To Offer In-Flight Web Access In 2008
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPct0EE
The announcement follows a series of setbacks and delays for
in-flight Internet access, brought on by technological hurdles
and high initial prices.

Businesses Can Benefit From The Boom In Consumer Digital Content
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPSq0Et
There isn't a clear-cut leader in the business mobility market,
but there many opportunities for vendors that can taken the
lessons learned from the consumer market and apply it to business.

Motorola To Build Tiny Projectors Into Mobile Devices
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPrC0Ee
The technology would allow people to share movies, personal
videos, mobile TV, photographs and presentations on a larger screen.

AT&T iPhone Sales Disappoint Apple Investors
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPSu0Ex
Apple is scheduled to release iPhone sales on Wednesday as part
of its quarterly earnings report.

New York Cabbies May Strike Over GPS Tracking
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPrD0Ef
Cab drivers complain that they don't want to be tracked by GPS
and can't afford the installation expense, which is estimated to
range from $3,000 to $5,000 per vehicle.

Vodafone Shareholders Vote To Keep 45% Stake In Verizon Wireless
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPSs0Ev
Vodafone chairman Arun Sarin argued the ECS proposal would have
put the company's dividend policy in jeopardy.

NewsGator Offers iPhone Newsreader
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPSy0E2
The Safari-based software is one of several coming on the market
used to organize and access RSS feeds from Web sites.

Open-Access Has Support In FCC Wireless Auction
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPcz0EK
The plan would impose open-access requirements on some of the
valuable wireless airwaves due to be auctioned by the government
later this year.

Cisco Warns Of Bugs In Wireless LAN Controllers
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPHw0Eo
The vulnerabilities affect Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, but
the company is offering a workaround.

Sycamore Opens R&D Center In China; Moves To Comply With SEC Rules
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPc20E7
Sycamore, which develops fixed-line and mobile network products,
said the research center is based in Shanghai's Caohejing Hi-Tech Park.

Darpa, NIST Evaluate Military Translation Computers
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPrE0Eg
Tests on new palm-sized translators this week could result in the
devices being used in war zones and potentially hostile environments.

Qualcomm Captures Mobile-Chip Throne From Texas Instruments
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPrF0Eh
This marks the first time that TI has not occupied the leadership
position in this area since market researcher iSuppli began
tracking handset market share in 2004.

Nokia Beefs Up Its Multimedia Offerings With Twango Acquisition
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPBN0E2
Nokia has been acquiring companies recently in an effort to
develop services that it can provide to users of its mobile phones.

IPhone Boosts AT&T's Revenue And Profits
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AT&T said it activated 146,000 iPhone subscribers.

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Gartner: Windows XP A Shaky Bridge To Windows 7
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Gartner warns that businesses that decide to stick with Windows
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SOA Security: One Treacherous Journey
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Are you ready to deal with the risks of opening your
service-oriented architecture to business partners?

HP-Opsware Deal Shows IT Automation Kicking Into High Gear
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBBPt0Hi7YQ0G4U0FPrI0Ek
Automation has been an elusive goal in the data center.
Acquisitions and better tools are changing the outlook.

PatchLink's Sanctuary Takes Endpoint Security Seriously
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The suite helps IT administrators put teeth in corporate policies.

High Five: Meet Andre Gold, Head Of Technology Risk Management At ING
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In May, Andre Gold departed as Continental Airlines' director of
information security and landed at ING, becoming that financial
service provider's head of technology risk management. Now he's
spreading his wings with a larger staff and more responsibilities.

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Book Written With Cell Phone; Sprint, Google Partner For WiMax

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