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Friday, November 6, 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

THE LATEST FROM OTA
- Peek Launches $99 Dedicated Twitter Gadget
- Droid On Sale At Midnight In Some Stores
- HTC Droid Eris Kneecaps Motorola Droid At $99
- America's Top 10 Most Satisfying Phones In August
- Verizon: $350 ETF Is A Go
- T-Mobile Adding Own Channel To Android Market
- Tech Pros Want Security, Healthcare, Green Certifications
- Verizon Wireless To Double ETFs To $350?
- HTC's Whopper HD2 Smartphone U.S.-Bound

ANALYTICS REPORTS
- IT At Your Service
- The New Option: Netbooks Challenge Notebooks' Dominance

WHITEPAPERS
- Simplify the Management of Your Mobile Workforce
- Manage Mobile Devices & Other IT Assets Efficiently

MOBILE AND WIRELESS NEWS
- VoiceCon 2009: Avoid Unified Communications Hype
- Qualcomm Reports 4Q Loss
- LTE Standard For Voice, SMS Approved
- IBM CEO Sam Palmisano Talks With Global CIO
- VoiceCon 2009: Siemens Brings Twitter To OpenScape

WEBCASTS
- Protecting Enterprise Assets From Social Networking Threats

RESOURCES AND EVENTS
- Learn How To Manage Data Centers On A Tight Budget
- Where Can You See All The Leading IT Innovations In One Place?

- Mobility Briefing Center

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- Peek Launches $99 Dedicated Twitter Gadget
Posted By Antone Gonsalves
TwitterPeek is a device for people who want Twitter access on the go, but
don't want to use their cell phones.
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ALSO SEE
- HTC Droid Eris Kneecaps Motorola Droid At $99
Posted By Eric Zeman
If you thought Verizon Wireless was going rest easy with the Motorola
Droid launching Friday, you've got another thing coming. Today, Verizon
Wireless announced that the HTC Eris -- a.k.a, Hero -- which hits stores
November 6, too, for $99.
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- America's Top 10 Most Satisfying Phones In August
Posted By Ed Hansberry
In the phone world, a list of top phones two months ago is really outdated,
but it is an interesting snapshot at what is grabbing our mobile communication
attention and are satisfying us most. August is particularly interesting as
this would be right after the iPhone 3.0 and Palm Pre launched.
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- Verizon: $350 ETF Is A Go
Posted By Eric Zeman
Verizon Wireless has confirmed that it is in fact altering its Early Termination
Fee policy. Starting November 15, those purchasing "advanced" devices such as
smartphones and laptops, will need to agree to a $350 ETF to get the subsidized
price.
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- T-Mobile Adding Own Channel To Android Market
Posted By Eric Zeman
Today T-Mobile CTO Cole Brodman shared a number of data points regarding
T-Mobile's Android customers. T-Mobile apparently has high hopes for Android
adoption, as it is planning to roll out its very own T-Mobile Channel in the
Android Market. It will also make carrier billing a reality later this year.
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- Tech Pros Want Security, Healthcare, Green Certifications
Posted By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Techies are seeking professional certifications in emerging areas like
healthcare and green IT, and especially old standbys like IT security,
according to a new survey.
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- Verizon Wireless To Double ETFs To $350?
Posted By Eric Zeman
If you thought $175 was a steep early termination fee to pay, get ready for
some unwelcome news. In order to ward off scammers, Verizon Wireless is giving
serious consideration to doubling its ETF to $350 for "advanced" -- read:
expensive -- devices. Whoa.
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- HTC's Whopper HD2 Smartphone U.S.-Bound
Posted By Eric Zeman
One of the most impressive Windows Mobile 6.5 devices announced in recent
months, the HTC HD2, sports a massive 4.3-inch touch display and is powered
by a speedy 1GHz Snapdragon processor. If you were worried it would only be
available in Europe, rest easy. Today, HTC confirmed that this powerful
device is headed to a major U.S. carrier.
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ANALYTIC REPORTS
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- IT At Your Service
NewScale shined in our test of four service catalog offerings: portfolios
of services that an IT organization offers its end users. But the competitors
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- The New Option: Netbooks Challenge Notebooks' Dominance
They're really inexpensive and provide better functionality than any
smartphone, so it's no surprise that consumers and business users alike
are snapping netbooks up like Twitter stock options.

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WHITEPAPERS
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- RIM BlackBerry vs. Microsoft ActiveSync
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MOBILITY NEWS
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- VoiceCon 2009: Avoid Unified Communications Hype
Implementing unified communications and collaboration tools doesn't have
to lead to a Wild West scenario, according to a panel of experts at VoiceCon 2009.
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- Qualcomm Reports 4Q Loss
The chipmaker was upbeat, however, on news of its $1.3 billion patent
deal with Samsung.
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- LTE Standard For Voice, SMS Approved
Major wireless carriers and handset makers reach agreement on the
technical profile of voice and SMS services over Long-Term Evolution networks.
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- IBM CEO Sam Palmisano Talks With Global CIO
In a rare and exclusive interview, the man who transformed IBM speaks
out on business analytics, cloud computing, and the emerging Smarter Planet.
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- VoiceCon 2009: Siemens Brings Twitter To OpenScape
The social network support can analyze tweets to automatically set up
conference calls, as well as adjust a user's presence, status, and device
availability.
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WEBCASTS
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- Protecting Enterprise Assets From Social Networking Threats
Brian Czarny, VP of solutions marketing for Webroot, as they discuss the
trends, impact, and methods to solve the growing problem of malware attacks
originating from social networking sites. It happens Thursday, Nov. 12.

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Whether your company's data center is a couple of servers stashed in a
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