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	What is iDEN's fate? Sprint winds down while Latin American operator ramps up Read More WEBCAST: Meraki Why Enterprise WiFi Belongs in the Cloud Effective management is key to wireless success. Join this live Webcast to hear how cloud-controlled wireless management provides the security, remote administration and reliability resource-constrained IT departments require. See real-world examples of organizations that have successfully deployed enterprise WiFi in the cloud. Learn more now! In this Issue iMoby: the hunt for the great white iPhone Microsoft giving away Windows Phone 7 phones AT&T, Verizon start selling Apple iPads Windows Phone 7 takes Office, SharePoint to new level on mobile Verizon to pay $25 million in mystery fees case Wi-Fi won't kill the office LAN ... yet Wi-Fi Direct Changes the Game for Mobile Productivity 1,000 apps ready for Windows Phone 7 handsets Steve Ballmer is "pumped up!" about smart devices CEO pay plummets for Aruba Networks chief BlackBerry How-To: Downgrade the OS on Your RIM Smartphone New MacBook Air: The best ever Motorola adds Android, iPhone support to mobile management No white Christmas for iPhone 4 fans The World Clock for iPad Are Apple's iPhone and iPad relevant to enterprises? Verizon lays out West Virginia LTE plans SIM cards near 4 billion mark FTC closes investigation into Google's Wi-Fi snooping Wi-Fi Direct vs. Bluetooth 4.0: A Battle for Supremacy How to protect against Firesheep attacks New bug lets you unlock iPhone for calls Smartphone shipments explode, raising capacity questions Writing for Phone 7 'a no-brainer,' developer says One laptop per child isn't enough? WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems 2010 Application Delivery Handbook Learn how IT organizations can develop a solid approach to applications delivery and how next generation acceleration technologies can help reclaim bandwidth from non-essential traffic and optimize critical applications. Free the WAN with Blue Coat. Read now! iMoby: the hunt for the great white iPhone Apple this week announced that the fabled white iPhone 4 has been delayed yet again, now until spring 2011. The news brought to mind how a classic American novel might be updated for the 21st century….(You can find the full text of "Moby Dick" online.) Read More Microsoft giving away Windows Phone 7 phones Microsoft ensured Windows Phone 7 phones would be used by at least someone when it pledged over the summer to give away the devices to all 90,000 of its employees. Now the company is giving away Windows Phone 7 devices to the general public via a contest that runs from this week until Dec. 1. Read More AT&T, Verizon start selling Apple iPads Verizon and AT&T Thursday began selling Apple iPads in their retail stores, making the tablet computer even easier to come by. Read More Windows Phone 7 takes Office, SharePoint to new level on mobile With WP7, Office Mobile 'impediments' stripped away, Microsoft says Read More Verizon to pay $25 million in mystery fees case Verizon Wireless will pay US$25 million to the U.S. government and will offer its mobile customers a tool to block their phones from Web access in a settlement with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission over unexpected fees on customers' bills. Read More Wi-Fi won't kill the office LAN ... yet In the years to come Wi-Fi may take over the enterprise and not need access points, an Interop panel concludes Read More Wi-Fi Direct Changes the Game for Mobile Productivity The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced new Wi-Fi Direct technology that enables wireless devices to connect and share data directly without the benefit of a hotspot or other wireless network. Wi-Fi Direct will let users share and collaborate on the spot, and change the way we conduct business on the go. Read More 1,000 apps ready for Windows Phone 7 handsets Microsoft's online application catalog for Windows Phone 7 has already reached 1,000 approved applications and games. The first handsets go on sale in early November, and the company promises "hundreds" more apps will be added to Windows Phone Marketplace each week. Read More DOWNLOAD: BlackBerry Get BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express for Free BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Learn More Steve Ballmer is "pumped up!" about smart devices Microsoft CEO: Windows Phone 7 is great, but Windows PCs are top "smart devices"Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came on stage at the Professional Developers Conference today and immediately yelled "I am pumped up!" That's no surprise for anyone who's seen Ballmer speak before. He's a bit more excitable on stage than, say, Cisco CEO John Chambers. Ballmer spent only about 10 or 15 minutes on stage before giving way to an underling who gave a cool demonstration of HTML5 on Internet... Read More CEO pay plummets for Aruba Networks chief Aruba Networks CEO Dominic Orr received compensation valued at $400,000 in 2010, compared to $2.9 million in 2009, according to documents filed with the SEC. Read More BlackBerry How-To: Downgrade the OS on Your RIM Smartphone CIO.com's Al Sacco offers up this step-by-step tutorial on how to "downgrade" or return to an older version of the OS software on a BlackBerry smartphone. Read More New MacBook Air: The best ever Apple's spectacularly responsive new MacBook Air is the best Air yet -- and might be the best MacBook, period Read More Motorola adds Android, iPhone support to mobile management Motorola announced management support for Android smartphones and iPhones in its latest software management tool, known as Mobility Services Platform 3 Control Edition. Read More No white Christmas for iPhone 4 fans People looking for a white Apple iPhone 4 had an up-and-down Tuesday: The day started with a flurry of speculation that you could pre-order one via an Apple Store iPhone app but by the end of the day Apple issued a statement that the elusive smartphone wouldn't be available until spring. Read More The World Clock for iPad Orlin Kolev's The World Clock is the perfect app for anyone who has ever wondered what time it is somewhere else in the world. Read More Are Apple's iPhone and iPad relevant to enterprises? The conventional wisdom is that enterprises aren't impressed by Apple's shiny iDevices, perceiving them as a consumer play. Is that a fair assessment? And if so, could it change in the foreseeable future? Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed What's Needed for Cloud Computing Just what is cloud computing anyway? Skeptics might say it is nothing but industry hyperbole, visionaries might say it is the future of IT. In reality, both statements are true-cloud computing has been embellished by the tech industry but it does hold real potential for new types of on-demand dynamic IT services. Read now! Verizon lays out West Virginia LTE plans Verizon Wireless detailed its plans for LTE in West Virginia at an event on Wednesday that hailed the efforts of Senator John "Jay" Rockefeller, a key player in carrier regulation in Washington, D.C. Read More SIM cards near 4 billion mark The SIM card market will grow 10 percent in 2010, approaching 3.8 billion shipments. Read More FTC closes investigation into Google's Wi-Fi snooping The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has closed an investigation into Google Street View cars snooping into open Wi-Fi networks, with the agency declining to take action. Read More Wi-Fi Direct vs. Bluetooth 4.0: A Battle for Supremacy The fight is on for wireless device-to-device networking supremacy between a refreshed incumbent, Bluetooth 4.0, and a newcomer, Wi-Fi Direct. Both specifications are promising to make it easier for you to quickly transfer pictures, files and other data between two wireless devices such as your smartphone and laptop without the need for a Wi-Fi network or USB cable. Read More How to protect against Firesheep attacks Firefox users can protect themselves against Firesheep, the new browser add-on that lets amateurs hijack users' access to Facebook, Twitter and other popular services, security experts said on Tuesday. Read More New bug lets you unlock iPhone for calls A bug in Apple's iPhone OS gives thieves a way to unlock stolen iPhones and make telephone calls. Read More Smartphone shipments explode, raising capacity questions ABI Research said that smartphone shipments continued to explode in the second 2010 quarter while users are showing a willingness to pay more and more for comprehensive data plans. Read More Writing for Phone 7 'a no-brainer,' developer says Sprint developers conference draws app writers to Microsoft platformGilles de Bordeaux has a neat idea for a mobile phone app he calls Hourglass. An image of an hourglass appears onscreen (no, not the one that tells you your computer has stalled) and you set a timer. Set it for five minutes and it takes five minutes for the sand to fall from the top of the hourglass to the bottom. You can also click a button labeled "Egg" and Hourglass runs for the three minutes... Read More One laptop per child isn't enough? Private schools reportedly preparing for moreA story in CRN Australia and flagged by Slashdot contends that IT managers at private schools are bracing for the day when a laptop for each student proves simply inadequate. From that story: Read More
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