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Obstacles Clearing for Mobile Travelers

New Trojan can knock out Symbian phones

Top 5 sexiest phones

CSX Wireless Project Delivers Quick ROI

Events

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Note from Jason Flick

Smart phones focused on business are coming to market at a furious pace.
In our latest newsletter we've highlighted a few in the hot technologies section. For PDAs however there has been one notable and potentially disruptive addition. The Palm LifeDrive offers a new genre possibly on the scale of the iPod. From a technical perspective this new announcement gives mobile workers the ability to hold all their business data on their PDA (thus the “LifeDrive” brand name).
The real question is whether the marketing spin can create a new identity and POD like frenzy. If successful, this could open new markets for businesses that need their mobile workers to have constant access to all corporate data.
The question now is if the market, especially Microsoft and its long list of fortune 500 partners are going to follow with a competitive device. The fear of many handheld manufacturers, including giants like Nokia, is that the trendy icon power of the iPod with the addition of a smart phone could cut deeply into the consumer market. The next few quarters in the “always-connected handset space” is going to be very telling, with the functionality versus marketing battle being fought in plain sight.

The mobile space, with over a billion dollars a year spent on research and development, is poised to be the next major technology battlefield. Rest assured, whichever way it goes, Flick Software will be at the forefront of delivering the industry leading solutions and keeping you informed.

Jason Flick




Cheers,

Jason Flick,
President Flick Software

Intel, Nokia Tackle WiMax Frontier

WiMax

Any business alliance between the world's biggest chipmaker and the biggest mobile-phone manufacturer is certain to catch the attention of technology-industry analysts, but some are not so certain the latest tie-in between Intel and Nokia will lead to huge profits.
Semiconductor giant Intel of Santa Clara, Calif., and Finnish mobile-phone behemoth Nokia have announced they will join forces to develop the latest technology in long-distance wireless broadband communications.

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Siemens contracts with Airbus on in-flight GSM technology

July 11, 2005
Siemens AG has signed a contract with airplane maker Airbus to jointly develop in-flight communication via GSM technology. The technology will offer airline customers the ability to use their own mobile devices for in-flight phone calls and Internet surfing. Expected to launch in 2006, Siemens will provide the GSM technology while Airbus will handle installation, marketing and maintenance.



Nokia 6680 imaging smartphone
Nokia 6680
July, 2005
This device has expandable memory, the smart Symbian O/S with Push e-mail and two-way video conferencing. Currently only available in Europe but sure to make its way to North America in the months ahead, until then you’ll have to pick one up without the local Telco subsidies.



Samsung SCH-i730

July, 2005
The Samsung SCH-i730 is an easy-to-use and powerful Windows Mobile-based smart phone for people who want a truly pocketable device but aren't enamored with the Palm Treo 650.

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Obstacles Clearing for Mobile Travelers
Thanks to recent and pending advances in technology, two of the most frustrating obstacles for busy traveling professionals are expected to disappear.
United Air Lines announced on Monday that the Federal Aviation Administration has green-lighted plans for the carrier to install equipment on its planes that soon will allow passengers to access the Internet in-flight via wireless.

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New Trojan can knock out Symbian phones
It can cause data loss unless quickly removed

By John Blau
July 5, 2005

Users of Symbian Series 60 smart phones are being warned of a new Trojan horse that, if not removed within one hour, can cause complete data loss in the wireless devices.
Several owners of Symbian-based handsets have caught the Trojan Doomboot.A after downloading unauthorized mobile phone games containing the malware, said Anton Von Troyer, marketing manager of Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure Corp.

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Top 5 sexiest phones
July 7, 2005
Regardless if you work in the design industry, run a business, or simply have a fetish for minute phones, you can be sure there'll be a sexy handset on the market to fit your lifestyle or preference. Plus, you don't have to be penalized on functionality. We've rounded up five phones, seen by many as sexy, to fulfill your innermost desire.

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CSX Wireless Project Delivers Quick ROI
Use of BlackBerries grows productivity, lowers turnover

July 11, 2005
One year after spending $400,000 on a wireless project designed to speed up communications with 450 independent truck drivers and cut costs, CSX Corp. reported last week that it may have hit a bonanza.
Jacksonville, Fla.-based CSX said the wireless notification application from Air2Web Inc. in Atlanta has cut the number of phone calls truckers make to the CSX Intermodal call center from 20,000 a week to 11,000, said John Dugan, technical director for intermodal applications at CSX Technology Inc.

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Events

IBM Networking Solutions/SecureWorld
Technical conferences
18-22 July, 2005
Montreal, Quebec, Canada


govNet Canada Summit
Conference sessions
25-27 July, 2005
Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada 

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