MOBILE REPORT
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008
5 ways the iPhone 3G still lags in enterprise
Posted July 23, 08:04 a.m. Pacific Time
The iPhone 3G may have a lock on the Sexiest Gadget Alive title for
2008, but in the frumpy and boring world of things that matter to
enterprise IT managers, it's no pinup.
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Global data roaming costs sink iPhone 3G use for enterprises
Posted July 22, 16:53 p.m. Pacific Time
Apple's iPhone 3G has a powerful browser and faster wireless connections
to all kinds of data and multimedia, but those features may be too much
of a good thing for international business travelers paying data
roaming rates.
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iPhone 3G availability plummets
Posted July 21, 07:01 a.m. Pacific Time
Apple's iPhone 3G supply dropped dramatically over the weekend, as the
company's own inventory tool showed fewer than 9 percent of its stores
had any phones to sell on Sunday.
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AMD takes on Intel with its own low-power chip
Posted July 18, 14:12 p.m. Pacific Time
AMD is developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and
sub-notebooks, the company confirmed Friday, quashing months of
speculation that it had abandoned the project.
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Analyst firm advises businesses to delay 3G iPhone purchases
Posted July 18, 07:58 a.m. Pacific Time
Businesses shouldn't rush to adopt the iPhone 3G, according to analyst
firm Enderle Group.
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Sprint withdraws from group that endorses LTE
Posted July 17, 15:27 p.m. Pacific Time
Sprint Nextel dropped out of the Next Generation Mobile Networks
Alliance (NGMN) recently because the group endorsed LTE (Long Term
Evolution) technology for 4G wireless networks, while Sprint is
developing and nearly ready to launch competing WiMax networks this
fall, a Sprint official said Thursday.
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Apple now third largest PC vendor in the U.S.
Posted July 17, 04:31 a.m. Pacific Time
Apple is moving up the charts, toppling Acer to become the third largest
PC vendor in the U.S., according to a survey from Gartner.
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Centrino 2 laptops with WiMax will be limited this year
Posted July 17, 04:15 a.m. Pacific Time
When Intel ships its Echo Peak wireless module later this year, the
company will meet its stated goal of adding WiMax as an option to its
Centrino 2 laptop chip platform in 2008. But shipments of Centrino 2
laptops equipped with WiMax support will be very small this year, likely
constrained to just three U.S. cities.
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