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=============== THE LATEST NEWS =============== Mobile-phone cheating in exams on the rise (3/27/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8603 [press] The number of students penalized for cheating in school exams and course work in England rose by over a quarter last summer, the country's exam watchdog said on Monday.

New Microsoft multimedia gadget rumored (3/27/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8604 [press] Microsoft is reportedly developing a device that merges music, video, and gaming into a handheld that potentially competes with popular consumer products from Sony, Nintendo, and Apple. Although initially dubbed an "iPod killer," the device will reportedly compete with Sony's PlayStation Portable.

NVIDIA GPU powers new Kyocera phone (3/27/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8605 [press] Kyocera's latest 3G phone, dubbed the W41K features a GPU from NVIDIA and a main display with QVGA resolution.

Mobile Workforce Puts Data At Risk (3/27/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8606 [article] The risk of identity theft is rising as the workforce becomes more mobile and people tote around sensitive personal data on computer equipment, observers say. The latest example came to light Wednesday, when 196,000 current and former Hewlett-Packard employees were notified about the theft of a laptop computer containing their names, Social Security numbers, compensation and other confidential information. An employee of the company administering HP's retirement plans, Fidelity Investments, was carrying the HP data on the laptop to a business meeting on the plans.

NSeries Multimedia, ESeries business, GSeries games? (3/27/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8608 [article] Game-centric S60 smartphones - in the mold of the multimedia NSeries and business orientated ESeries � in the works.

BlackBerry 8707v with 3G Revealed (3/27/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8609 [article] First cellular-broadband BlackBerry for GSM carriers could be coming to Vodafone U.K. shortly.

Palm: Past, Present, Future (3/27/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8610 [article] Smartphones lead the way as Palm marks the tenth anniversary since the release of the original Pilot. Does a healthy present point to a positive future for the handheld pioneer, however?

Mobile Commerce Gets Renewed Push (3/28/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8612 [article] Depending on who you believe, mobile commerce is either enjoying a renewed lease on life or simply heading into another hype loop destined to disappoint.

Garmin's GPSMAP 478 and 378 are nautical (3/28/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8613 [press] Garmin International introduces the GPSMAP 378 and GPSMAP 478, two GPS units which feature comprehensive maps of the United States� terrestrial and fluvial domains.

MSI gives us the solar-powered MP3 Mega Player 540 (3/28/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8614 [press] MSI had versatility in mind when it designed the successor to its Mega Player 521. The Mega Player 540 promises ease of use despite featuring a wide array of functions.

RIM Blackberry jumps into 3G with Vodafone (3/28/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8615 [press] With 3G gadgetry popping up left, right, and center these days, you have to wonder where is Research in Motion's handheld in all of this kafuffle. Well, RIM has partnered up with Vodafone, and a 3G Blackberry is on its way.

Release date for Motorola Q unveiled? (3/28/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8616 [press] The Motorola Q has been drooled over ever since its 0.45-inch thin visage graced the multitude of tech fanboy pages on the web, and now it seems the big M has unveiled a launch date, and it's sooner than you may think.

Palm is 10 years old (3/28/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8617 [press] This year marks the 10th anniversary of the appearance of the Palm Pilot and the beginning of the transformation of the information industry.

Get More from playing poker with Windows Mobile (3/29/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8618 [article] Dan Hanttula, Contributing Editor of Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine takes a look at some Windows Mobile applications that will help amateur and professional poker players improve their game.

Mobile software uses any available wireless link (3/29/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8619 [press] A package, Zafari Mobile, created by the team that produced the Connect software for Vodafone, claims to solve remote access problems for corporate users. It talks directly to Wi-Fi, GPRS and 3G PC cards and chipsets.

Japan convenience stores to accept mobile phone payments (3/29/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8620 [article] NTT DoCoMo has just announced that it is going to pay US $76.9 million (9 billion yen) in exchange for a 2% stake in Lawson, Japan's second biggest convenience store.

Future gadget can recognize and access any wireless standard (3/29/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8621 [press] So many new wireless standards keep popping up, not many are compatible with each other so you have to make decisions about what you want to buy. The impact of your choice can have a bigger outcome than you would like.

UMPC set to ship next month (3/29/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8622 [press] Tablet PC vendor TabletKiosk has announced its first product in the new, Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) device category. "eo," named for the Latin word meaning to go, advance, or progress, is expected to begin shipping during the last week of April.

Mobile device management software gets updated (3/29/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8623 [press] Sybase subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions has released an upgrade to its mobile device management and security software. Afaria 5.4 offers enhanced monitoring capabilities that allow administrators to monitor Windows Mobile 5.0 devices and automatically react to changes in the state of a device, according to the company.

New LingvoSoft Suites 2006 for Asian languages (3/30/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8624 [new] LingvoSoft Suites 2006 for Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese released. Featuring an award-winning translating Dictionary, PhraseBook and FlashCards applications, you will be ready for just about every situation you might encounter whether traveling for business or pleasure or studying a foreign language.

O2 confirms XDA IQ smart phone (3/30/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8625 [press] UK cellco O2 is preparing to extend its XDA smart-phone line-up with a model designed around the traditional candybar form-factor rather than the more PDA-styled devices the range has so far delivered, the company told Reg Hardware today.

Full speech recognition on the way for mobiles (3/30/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8627 [article] A company aims to bring full voice recognition to your mobile phone, so you can speak your emails, among other things.

Maxfield 4GB MAX-SIN with Video display (3/30/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8628 [press] The German company, which was strangely absent from CeBIT recently picked up a couple of new digital players that they're proudly showing off now.

"Smallest" multi-mode PDA/phone runs Windows 5.0 (3/30/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8629 [press] Torq recently introduced what it claims is "the smallest wireless LAN PDA available with a phone function." The P120 incorporates quad band GSM/GPRS, 802.11b, and Bluetooth, runs Windows Mobile 5.0, and comes with Skype Internet telephony for Pocket PC phones pre-installed, according to the company.

Palm Stores Draw New Customers (3/31/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8631 [new] Washington D.C. Union Station is location of latest company-branded store, while the fate of the LifeDrive Mobile Manager remains uncertain as Palm lowers price with no follow up in almost a year.

Sprint Considers Music Subscriptions (3/31/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8632 [article] Pay a monthly fee for all the songs you can download to your cell phone or desktop.

Avantgo Betas Windows Smartphone Client (3/31/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8633 [press] Mobile Internet service now supports just about the only major smartphone platform it didn't. Next stop Linux?

Spyware for cell phones emerges (3/31/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8634 [article] A new bit of software that lurks on cell phones and captures call logs and text messages has been dubbed a Trojan horse by a security outfit.The software, called FlexiSpy, made by Vervata, is being flogged as a method that parents can protect their children by knowing everything they do. It captures call logs, text messages and mobile Internet activity.

Palm working on new Linux platform (3/31/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8635 [press] It seems that Palm is working on the next generation of operating systems for its devices, and it's going to be based on Linux.

Samsung SGH-D300 business phone flips both ways (3/31/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8636 [press] One such gadget is the Samsung SGH-D300 business phone, a clamshell that can be used either in portrait or landscape orientation.

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