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Interesting Stories

March 2007
Wi-Fi phones will not survive
By: Bryan Betts, Techworld.com

Philips and Intel enter handheld market

Mobile Technology shorts - March 15, 2007

New Mobile Devices hold promise
By: Matt Hamblen
Network World (02 Mar 2007)

Doubts about Mobile computing hold back adoption
By: Nancy Gohring
ComputerWorld Canada (02 Mar 2007)

Mobile device shipment growth continues
By: Nestor E. Arellano
ITWorldCanada.com (28 Feb 2007)

Mobile Technology shorts - March 2, 2007

Phone and Software Makers Urge Cheaper Web Mobiles
By Lucas van Grinsven, Reuters

January 2007
Windows Mobile 6 Doesn't Go Far
By Sascha Segan, PC Magazine

Sherbourne Health Centre connects e-records via wireless
EVDO to link clinic, mobile buses and new infirmary

by Briony Smith, IT Business Canada

Mobile Technology shorts - Feb 14, 2007

Sony Ericsson to Launch Eight New Phones
By Reuters February 6,

Apple’s IPhone will impact Companies
by Poonam Khanna

Wireless comparison: 802.xx vs. EVDO – a test and a future prediction
Nick Tredennick with Brion Shimamoto, Editors, Gilder Technology

Mobile Technology shorts - Feb 7, 2007
Nokia and Motorola take 57% of global phone market

Every fourth mobile phone to cost under USD 20 in 2011
ABI Research

Verizon, Nortel strike a deal
By: Nestor E. Arellano (02 Feb 2007)

Mobile Technology shorts - Jan 30, 2007

Avaya buys Ubiquity Software for $144 million
By Phil Hochmuth, Network World

November 2006
Apple’s iphone might lead to – Apple Enterprise computing
By Kevin Tolly, Network World, 01/11/07

T-Mobile, RIM Launch White Pearl
By Monica Alleven NEWS@2 DIRECT
January 15, 2007

Mobile Technology shorts - Jan 17, 2007

Managing the white-collar road warrior – devices, tips and what and what not to do
By: Mary Brandel, Computer World Canada

October 2006
Mobile Technology Shorts: Motorola buys Good; HP Ipaq 6900 launched; 2.6 B worldwide users

Smart phone may spark OS defection
By: Mari-Len De Guzman
ComputerWorld Canada (10 Nov 2006)

Mobile Technology shorts - Nov 8

Internet leaders say mobile is tough nut to crack
By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 10/20/06

Mobile Technology shorts - Oct 26

Asset, vehicle tracking and field data systems increasing in acceptance
By: Greg Hughes
Network World Canada (13 Oct 2006)

Mobile Technology shorts - Oct 20

Canada lags behind others in Mobility adoption
By: Jeff Jedras

Mobile Technology shorts - Oct 12, 2006

September 2006
Motorola to buy Symbol for $3.9 billion
By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service

Laptops gain more 3G capabilities. Do you want a laptop, handheld, or both?
By Joanie Wexler, Network World, 09/18/06

Voice Recognition Goes Wireless
By Jim Finkle, Reuters September 2, 2006

WIMAX a comparative summary of performance and utility: PDF

Study reveals ignorance in mobility
By: Mari-Len De Guzman (15 Sep 2006)

Water firm eases flow with mobile comms
James Middleton, vnunet.com

Fire Department Mobile Computing Utilizes Wireless LAN

Wal-Mart Plans to Add RFID to 500 More Stores
By Todd Spangler

RIM to Launch Multimedia Device for Consumers By Sinead Carew, Reuters and Lucas van Grinsven, Reuters
By Sinead Carew, Reuters and Lucas van Grinsven, Reuters

Toronto turns on municipal Wi-Fi service
by Neil Sutton

WLANs break the enterprise security model
Aruba's CEO on the need for secure mobility.

By John Cox, NetworkWorld.com,

August 2006
Seven Steps to Wireless Spend Policies

Businesses to spend big on wireless data, study says
By John Blau, IDG News Service, 08/24/06

Mobile Navigation Finds its Way: Implications of forthcoming WiMAX services
By Joanie Wexler, Network World, 08/21/06

Goin' Mobile: The potential of mobile marketing is huge, but is there more to it than just fun and games?
8/21/200 by Buket Oktem

Talk of Multimedia BlackBerry Stokes RIM Shares
By Wojtek Dabrowski, Reuters

Mobile Navigation Finds its Way
By Brad Smith, August 15, 2006 Wireless Week

Fujitsu comes out with cheaper, lighter Tablet
8/21/200 by Buket Oktem

Victoria set to roll out free Wi-Fi
8/2/2006 by Russ Francis

IP Phone Growth in 'Huge Spike'
By Paula Musich August 16, 2006 eweek.com

Google Buys Neven Vision, Launches Wi-Fi
By Susan Rush August 16, 2006 NEWS@2 DIRECT

Pharma RFID: FDA Prods, IBM Cheers

Researchers Warn of Serious BlackBerry Vulnerability

Infusion No Guarantee of WiMAX Success Toronto's state funded Wi-Fi project running into trouble
By Neil Sutton

Sprint announces WiMax rollout
By Wayne Rash

Nokia going after mobile content market via acquisition
By Jeremy Kirk

Good overview of RFID and practical applications
By Grant Buckler

July 2006
Palm and Vodaphone launch 3 G Treo

Overview of the barriers to Mobile Convergence
By Joanie Wexler


Good goes after RIM with carrier deals
By Wayne Rash

Canadian Government targets Wireless as key industry sector
By Grant Buckler

Linux: March of the Penguin

Overview of Blackberry products and features
By Sascha Segan

Wireless Training grows in popularity
By John Fox

Experts speak on key issues in mobile security
By John Cox

Mobile Web concept being reborn
By Walaika K. Haskins

Wireless Web on line Demo

Secure Mobile email demo

1-800-GotJunk running on Palm Treos to improve profits

New mobile platform from Prime Message for media and product information for consumer hand helds [pdf]

Fleet personnel benefit from Rogers wireless solutions platform

Paris deploys Wi-Fi hotspots
by Peter Sayer

Intel bets $1 billion on Wi-Max
By Keith Regan

Cell phones a driving danger
By Jay Wrolstad

RIM developing hosted server offering for smaller businesses
by John Cox

June 2006
Flowfinity Announces Case Study Showcasing Electronic Retail Audit Solution for H.J. Heinz

How to manage hundreds of wireless access points - case study
By Monica Alleven

Hot spots grow in usage, points of access according to T Mobile
By Jay Wrolstad

Good supports Lotus Notes for its Wireless devices

New smart phone ties Windows mobile to 3G to allow roaming

Mobile TV's 5 year projections of users

Review of Blackberry 7130e smartphone
by Mark Long

Wireless Companies that could be future market leaders
by John Cox

Top 10 Myths of Wi-Fi Interference
by Neil Denier

How to build an effective and secure Wi-LAN with trusted mobile devices

Case Study: Wireless Retailing improves profits

Global 100 Survey on top Telecom vendors and their wireless strategies

How to evaluate and understand RFID deployments

No single Mobile or PDA standard will win the Mobile hardware market
by Rob Carnegie

Nokia has 48 % market share in Smartphone market

Customers share security solutions for mobility
by Jim Duffy

Mobile Linux group launched by Motorola and others
by Nancy Gohring

Push to Talk and Push to chat for Enterprise PDAs a reality

IBM and how to Optimise Mobile device coding
by Michael Abernethy

Mobile Video - will streaming for business be practical soon ?
by Sue Marek

West Edmonton Mall uses Hotspots to increase retail traffic
by Vawn Himmelsbach

New Jersey deploys RFID in parking monitoring and licensing
by Vawn Himmelsbach

New wireless standard coming: Near Field Computing to allow 2 touching devices to share info on peer to peer basis

In flight wireless coming - you might need your earplugs on future flights
by John Cox

Some wireless phone options and costing for the busy business traveler

Canada Post deploys PDAs
by Kathleen Sibley

Blackberry closing in on 4 million units sold

New survey shows Mobile Application Gap
By Wayne Rash

800 Million Mobile Users now in Asia
by Steven Schwankert

Business Case studies by area, by company

200 Cities looking to put up WiFi networks, a chance for broadband carriers to charge fees ?

Visto attacks RIM - another patent fight
by Neil Sutton

Broadband fuelling Satellite-Wireless to Landline service
by Neil Sutton

New chips could lower WLAN hardware costs by 30-40%
by John Cox

Internet access on planes getting closer to reality

Stockholm transit bans mobile phones [good idea]

New mobile internet on the way
By Walaika K. Haskins

Why PDA's are great business tools
by Robin Gareiss

May 2006
KPMG study on 'Consumers and Convergence of devices and needs'

IBM and Gund company - Mobile Sales Force Automation solution - PDF

Avaya- Royal Sun Insurance solution - workflow and messaging - PDF file

Montreal Police go Mobile

Syncrude using Intermec in the oil patch to increase ROI

Microsoft developing a new Mobile OS - will it work ?

AT&T and partners roll out 'Managed RFID' services
by Denise Pappalardo

Motorola goes after the Blackberry email device market

Entrepreneur Cowpland states the future is the mobile device not the PC
by Neil Sutton

Alberta government subsidizing WiMAX access in rural Alta
by Grant Buckler

Consumer driven device explosion has security and management implications at work
By Matt Hines

Qualcomm partners with Microsoft - apps on smart phones soon ?
By Walaika K. Haskins

VOIP delivers for FTP flower delivery

Q1 2006 - wireless and bluetooth device sales are up
By Susan Rush

Good reviews on PocketPC products and extensions

CIOs using mobility to transform the business
BY GARY BEACH

Halton Police use data and satellite info in cruisers
by Sarah Lysecki

Wireless hardware vendors updating products for data throughput
By John Cox

Nokia ships product to compete with RIM

Visto sues RIM - patent lawyers rejoice By Rober McMillan

Some Analysts speak out against all the 'security risk' hype in the media By Matt Hines

Boeing using Wi-Fi to improve production and profit
By Phil Hochmuth

RFID tags improve asset tracking and data transfers

Windows Mobile platform is having some problems
By Ben Charny

Vendors working on hand-off between Wi-Fi and Cellular systems
By Debra D'Agostino

April 2006
Palm creator's vision of the mobile future

How to meld good security with hybrid wireless network
By Joanie Wexler, Network World

A platform that promises to do it all
By Phil Hochmuth

Florida municipal WiFi experiencing some technical hiccups
By TRAVIS REED

Standard for wireless LAN mesh network creeps closer to fruition. By Jim Murphy and Ashok Saraf, Network World

Business reliance on wireless vendor expertise projected to grow.
By Dan Neel

Upgrades, expanding user base foster healthy cell phone market.
By Andy Reinhardt

Fort Wayne, IN, gets its own WiFi hotzone.
By Jennifer LeClaire

Mobile provider takes a new revenue route.
By Olga Kharif

Everything you need to know about WiFi

Mobile browsing on the rise
By Jennifer LeClaire

West Edmonton Mall uses Wi-Fi to attract clientele
By Deborah Mendez-Wilson

Mobile phone users are using the internet more and more
By Jay Wrolstad

802.11s extends wireless outdoor coverage
By Jim Murphy and Ashok Saraf

Toronto Transit uses Rogers Network to manage assets
by Sarah Lysecki

San Fran's city Wi-Fi network includes advertising
By Andrew Garcia

WalMart reconfirms RFID strategy
By Renee Boucher Ferguson

RIM and others extending office phone functionality to the field
by Grant Buckler

How to keep your wireless LANs safer
Opinion by Craig J. Mathias

Managing remote users and security risks
Opinion by Sandra Gittlen

Viruses and malware now jumping to mobile devices

RIM; after NTP more profits and more competition
By Matt Hines

Paypal goes after Mobile cell phone payment market

Phone companies bundling cable and wireless services for mobile market
By Keith Regan

Verisign - going after mobile security and mobile applications
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan

Security concerns hamper Smart phone market development
By Jay Wrolstad

Opinion: Wireless Insecurity still rising
By Ira Brodsky

Canada Post and City of London move ahead with Wireless
by Kathleen Sibley

VOIP managing the concerns and implementation - KPMG white paper

Single point of security solution - case study by Finjan

MIT concerned about phishing and wireless performance
By Bob Brown

Municipal Wi-Fi could cause corporate security problems

Security and RFID - concerns delay deployments
By Neal Weinberg


March 2006
CTIA show to focus on convergence and security
By Matt Hines

Most prevalent wireless security threats
By Devin Akin

Estimate ROI of Wireless and the Right Mix of Mobile PCs with the ROI Analysis Tool

Rogers Fleet Management Solution
By TYLER HAMILTON

RIM victim of patent extortion

Canadian Coast Guard using VOIP and WiFi
By Neil Sutton

Verisign buys M-qube [mobile applications vendor]
By Jay Wrolstad

Toronto’s Hydro monopoly wants to build a city-wide Wi-Fi nework
By Neil Sutton

Microsoft’s Origami and Ultra Mobile PCs – who should use them ?
By Eric Lundquist

Is Wi-Fi backwards compatible ?
By Joanie Wexler, Network World

False positives a wireless security risk
By Joanie Wexler, Network World

McAfee’s new mobile security platform
By Jay Wrolstad

Wireless Network and Industry trends in 2006 and beyond
By Mark Long

Motorola and Microsoft Media go after new business
By Lucas van Grinsven, Reuters

802.11n is backwards compatible
By Joanie Wexler, Network World

An effective Mind Set to make an effective Mobile Strategy
By Johna Till Johnson, Network World

Mcafee launches Wireless security platform
By Jay Wrolstad

Boeing going wireless and complaints of 3G’s ‘walled garden’ model
By Robert L. Mitchell

Guelph goes GPS with Asset Vehicle Location system
by Vawn Himmelsbach

Computer World Opinion on deploying Enterprise Wireless Apps
Opinion by Yuval Kossovsky

Campus WLAN: volume and security case study
By John Cox


February 2006
Intel and City of Toronto slowly testing a MAN - By Blake Harris
Toronto is one of two Canadian cities (the other is Calgary) that has expressed possible interest in participating in Intel's Digital Communities initiative.

Pfizer goes RFID for viagra - By Alorie Gilbert CNET News.com
Several million bottles of Viagra are to get RFID tags attached in a test of new security scheme in the US

Mobile viruses - www.wirelessnewsfactor.com
It's no time to get complacent about bugs that may harm mobile phones, say analysts, software vendors, and corporate information-technology officers. The number of mobile viruses is expected to more than triple this year, says McAfee.

Motorola embeds Google into device - www.wirelessnewsfactor.com
Motorola is also working with Yahoo to bring Yahoo Go Mobile, a mobile version of Yahoo's search and content, to those phones, Marco Boerries, senior vice president of Yahoo's "Connected Life" division, said Thursday.

Cambridge Ont. Insurance Company using Pen based computing - By John Cox, Network World
A Canadian insurance company is deploying to its field adjusters a new mobile application designed to speed damage claims and make repair estimates more accurate.

Movies on your cell phone in the USA - from Wireless NewsFactor
The movie service will come in two forms, a lower-bandwidth, lower-frame-rate service for Vision customers on Sprint's CDMA 1X vision service and a high-frame-rate, better-quality stream for 3G customers on Sprint's new Power Vision EVDO network.

RFID more than just barcoding - from Wireless NewsFactor
RFID enables asset tracking, but it can also provide information on the condition of those assets, said Peter Winer, CEO of Big Chief Partners, who works as an RFID advisor. RFID could be useful for cold chain applications involving temperature-sensitive products.

Symbol and Avaya join forces - by Carmen Nobel
In a nod to voice over Wi-Fi, Symbol Technologies Inc. and Avaya Inc. are teaming up to combine Symbol's wireless LAN hardware with Avaya's IP phone software.

Oracle extending database light version into mobility - by Brian Fonseca
Oracle Corp. is partnering with Broadbeam Corp. to extend the reach of its Oracle Database Lite 10g Release 2.

The wireless mega-opportunity
A tidal wave of new wireless applications over the next five years will change the way you do business

RIM and its troubles
By Reuters
TORONTO—Research In Motion Ltd. shares jumped about 2.5 percent on Thursday after the maker of the BlackBerry wireless device said it has been speaking to patent holding firm NTP Inc. through a court-appointed mediator.

Gartner says place Blackberry deployments on hold
By Juan Carlos Perez
(COMPUTERWORLD) - Enterprises should halt business-critical deployments of BlackBerry devices until the BlackBerry's maker, Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), clarifies its legal position with regard to its patent tussle with NTP Inc., Gartner Inc. is advising.

Intel's plans to improve performance and battery life by 10x [pdf file]
By Shekhar Y. Borkar
Intel fellow and director of microprocessor research Shekhar Borkar recently sat down to discuss how Intel researchers plan to achieve new levels of microprocessor performance and power efficiency. In this article, Borkar explains how Intel researchers are confident about achieving a 10x improvement in MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second) per watt, and why Intel’s platform approach is vital to that effort.

$20 Handsets coming in 2007
by Lucas van Grinsven, Reuters
AMSTERDAM (Reuters)—Prices of mobile phones will drop sharply over coming years with $20 handsets available to consumers as early as 2007, chip companies said on Tuesday.

Nokia goes after the RIM market
by Andrew R. Hickey, News Writer
Nokia has made a number of recent moves to gain traction as a business-class provider, including teaming with Symantec Corp. for wireless security and introducing a new line of handsets for mobile workers

PDAs outshipping Smart Phones for 2005 but that could change in '06
by Andrew R. Hickey, News Writer
PDA shipments this year are on pace to surpass the record set in 2001, according to a recent study by Gartner Inc. But that growth could be the PDA's last hurrah as users start to turn toward smartphones.

Yahoo, Google to Launch Services For Advanced Cellphone Networks
Internet powerhouses Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. are set to roll out new wireless services, taking advantage of advanced networks and cellphones to provide features similar to those available on computers.

Only 6 % of firms will roll out wireless systems by 2008
In the halls of the Moscone Convention Center during the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) conference, it's easy to imagine that all businesspeople are always connected over fast networks using attractive and powerful devices. So why are only 6 percent of businesses surveyed by consulting firm McKinsey & Co., working on plans to roll out phones and other wireless devices by 2008?


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