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	The underappreciated antenna Most important part of wireless tends to get least visibility Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 5 Steps to Successful IT Consolidation Has your Enterprise made the strategic decision to consolidate remote site IT infrastructure into central data centers? Then you have probably discovered that consolidation projects are fraught with technical, organization, and implementation challenges that require a well thought-out strategy. Click to Continue In this Issue Droid X vs. the Droid: Key differences emerge Antenna guru: 'Get a bumper and learn the Vulcan iPhone Pinch' Apple to give iPhone 4 users free cases Network World's Products of the Week Can Sprint afford a WiMAX flop? iPhone rules smartphone roost Apple iPhone software chief joins Twitter, follows Conan Sprint makes a case for enterprise WiMAX Sprint puts off WiMax data cap Microsoft exec mocks iPhone 4, dubs it Apple's Vista Wireless helps dairy with milk, ice cream deliveries Verizon's Droid X: 12 Apps to Get You Started WEBCAST: Riverbed Successful IT Consolidation Consolidating branch offices can be an efficient strategy, but you must know when it makes sense to consolidate all or part of the branch office. This podcast covers the rules of thumb for successful IT consolidation and explains the top 3 challenges for IT. Learn more! Droid X vs. the Droid: Key differences emerge Although Motorola's Droid X and Droid smartphones bear similar names, they are very different devices. Read More Antenna guru: 'Get a bumper and learn the Vulcan iPhone Pinch' ntenna expert Spencer Webb published a blog post on the iPhone antenna issue and found overnight, if fleeting, celebrity. He talks with Network World via his brand-spanking-new iPhone 4 (with bumper) about antenna mysteries. Read More Apple to give iPhone 4 users free cases Apple will give iPhone 4 users a free case for their smartphones to help them with antenna and reception problems, even though those issues have been reported by just a fraction of the phone's users, CEO Steve Jobs said Friday during a press conference the company called at its headquarters to discuss ongoing issues with the smartphone. Read More Network World's Products of the Week Our round-up of intriguing new products from Sophos, EMC, Firetide, among others. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed An In-Depth Look at ROI In this whitepaper, Riverbed discusses its compelling and powerful return on investment in hard dollars, and a way to leap past the obstacles preventing you from reaching your IT objectives. Read now! Can Sprint afford a WiMAX flop? For a carrier that is just starting to recover from massive losses to both its subscriber base and its profitability, the thought of failing to capture the early 4G market is none too pleasant. Read More iPhone rules smartphone roost The latest quarterly survey of consumer smartphone preferences shows Apple iPhone completely dominates the market: 52% of respondents say they plan to buy an iPhone in the next three months. RIM continues to lose ground. Read More Apple iPhone software chief joins Twitter, follows Conan Scott Forstall, Apple's Senior Vice President of iPhone software, has joined Twitter, which has been hopping with tweets this week surrounding the iPhone 4's technical problems. Read More Sprint makes a case for enterprise WiMAX Although Sprint may be having trouble getting enough HTC EVO 4G phones out the door quickly, there can be no doubt that the carrier's 4G WiMAX network is the fastest game in town. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Top 2 Virtualization Challenges Virtualized data centers must become more highly available to ensure timely access to data. This paper examines the trends toward server consolidation and how WAN optimization technology can address application performance and information availability issues. Read now! Sprint puts off WiMax data cap Sprint Nextel saw subscriber behavior change after it introduced a 5GB monthly cap on its 3G data plans, and that's part of the reason the carrier is wary about capping data consumption on its 4G WiMax service, a company executive said Tuesday at the MobileBeat conference in San Francisco. Read More Microsoft exec mocks iPhone 4, dubs it Apple's Vista Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating officer, today compared Apple's iPhone 4 to his own company's problem-plagued Vista operating system. Read More Wireless helps dairy with milk, ice cream deliveries A California dairy has begun a rollout of more than 200 of Motorola's MC 9500 rugged handhelds to delivery drivers. Read More Verizon's Droid X: 12 Apps to Get You Started Ladies and gentlemen, the newest Droid has officially landed. Read More
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