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Mobile E-Mail Set To Explode

Wireless Newsfactor

Mobile e-mail is on the verge of mass adoption, according to industry analysts Datamonitor. A new report from the company claims that there are roughly 650 million corporate e-mail inboxes worldwide today, at least 35 percent of which could be mobilized.

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Computerworld’s 4th Annual Mobile &
Wireless World Conference

Connect Proven Mobile & Wireless Solutions to your Enterprise Strategy

May 22–24, 2006
The Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes, Orlando, Florida

More info: http://www.mwwusa.com

E-Passports Get New Port Of Call

By Laurie Sullivan

InformationWeek

The Department of Homeland Security will begin testing passports embedded with radio-frequency identification chips at the San Francisco International Airport in the next few weeks.

Complete Article: http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=XE5MJMFXZEJK0QSNDBCCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=175802149

Networks in Motion

"Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Irvine, California, Networks In Motion provides award-winning wireless navigation solutions for today’s GPS-enabled mobile phones. Our exceptionally reliable platforms deliver location-centric information to people on the go, offering continuous access to local directories, maps, driving directions, and more. "

More info: http://www.networksinmotion.com

Kimberly-Clark Believes in the Future of RFID

By Michael Fitzgerald, CIO Insight

Someday in the not-so-distant future, when you buy a box of Kleenex at the local pharmacy, it will trigger a chain reaction of events that will result, ultimately, in a tree being harvested in Canada. Call it the RFID Effect. 

Complete Article: http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,1904473,00.asp

Wireless App Fever

Nikhil Hutheesing, Forbes

Handhelds will soon replace PCs as the primary Web appliance of the digital age. Get ready for the investment boom in wireless applications.

Complete Article: http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2005/0606/118.html

Old Media's Mobile Future

From BusinessWeek Online

When it comes to broadband, America is old school. A recent Federal Communications Commission study showed it ranked only No. 16 among the world's most broadbanded countries. Much the same holds true for mobile phone use; for those devices, media possibilities have barely been plumbed in the U.S.

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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_03/b3967047.htm

Wireless: Evolution, Not Revolution

News Story by Mary K. Pratt

Rod Ghani has watched the steady evolution of wireless for the past four years. A business enablement executive at Safelite Corp. in Columbus, Ohio, he has monitored developments,analyzing how wireless technologies could help Safelite workers become more efficient. 

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http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/story/0,10801,107299,00.html?source=NLT_EMC&nid=107299