Netbook Tricks: Getting the Maximum of the Lively Guy

S. Appel from Mobile Tech Today gives some useful hints:
Another key trick: turn off the WLAN when it's not needed. Pressing "Ctrl+F11" will do just that instantly on most netbooks. Reactivating the wireless connection is just as quick. The same holds true for Bluetooth. Both wireless functions represent more than just an energy suck: they also provide a potential portal for hacker attacks.

The display is small and the computing power Relevant Products/Services is closer to that of an outdated PC. Yet because they are ideally suited for mobile use -- whether on the sofa or on the train -- netbooks are currently topping the electronics bestseller charts.

Even so, working with the low-priced mini-laptops is different than working with desktop computers or standard laptops. Most users start wondering how to tickle more performance Relevant Products/Services out of the machines almost as soon as they start working with them in earnest. Fortunately, there are a few tricks for juicing up the netbook -- without having to upgrade the hardware Relevant Products/Services at all.

Many of the devices are equipped with three-cell batteries that typically allow for up to three hours of unplugged use. Six-cell batteries allow for double that battery life. Yet even that span isn't enough for really long train rides, making energy Relevant Products/Services conservation a must: "To achieve the absolute longest battery life, you can manually adjust the display brightness to reflect the ambient lighting," explains Robert Perenz, product manager for netbooks at hardware maker Acer.

Many models provide this function through a specific key combination like "Ctrl+F5." Lowering the brightness by just one or two levels is often enough to provide a noticeable bump to the battery life. That's because the factory default for brightness is often the maximum level, which isn't really required at all in practical situations. After only a brief period, you won't notice that the brightness has been reduced at all.

Another key trick: turn off the WLAN when it's not needed. Pressing "Ctrl+F11" will do just that instantly on most netbooks. Reactivating the wireless Relevant Products/Services connection is just as quick. The same holds true for Bluetooth. Both wireless functions represent more than just an energy suck: they also provide a potential portal for hacker attacks. In principle it's also easy to lower the processor's energy demands. Yet that comes at a cost to performance. "This doesn't make a lot of sense for netbooks, which are already coming to the table short on performance," says Fabian Schusdziara from Dusseldorf-based PC Praxis magazine.

Somewhat older netbooks in particular often have too little storage. In such cases Schusdziara recommends so-called portable apps: applications that can be started from USB sticks or a hard drive without any prior installation. "That keeps the registry nice and clean," Schusdziara says.

Many pieces of software intended for a PC can be optimized for netbooks, including Firefox. The "Littlefox for Firefox" add-on automatically reconfigures the Internet browser to utilize as much space on the display as possible. Want to make a small screen look bigger? It helps if one-third of the screen isn't covered with ads when surfing the Internet -- another Firefox add-on called "Adblock" provides major assistance in that regard.

Christoph Prevezanos, author of "Das Netbook-Buch," recommends that users start with a bit of spring cleaning, namely by removing unneeded programs.

To prevent unnecessary burdens to the storage space, as well as to cut down on wireless data Relevant Products/Services fees, it's helpful to access e-mail accounts using IMAP. Unlike the common POP3 protocol, IMAP doesn't automatically download e-mail messages from the server. It instead first downloads only the subject lines.

Small as they are, netbooks are easy to steal. It's therefore a good idea to prevent anyone who finds the netbook from being able to exploit what's inside. Encryption using free software like TrueCrypt is key to that effort. The Open Source program makes it easy to encrypt single files or entire hard drives.

Managing Mobile Devices for your Frontline Workers

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Did you know that up to 70% of enterprise data exists in various frontline settings, from laptops to handheld devices, to store and remote office environments?

Your frontline workers may have a variety of skills but they’re rarely IT savvy and certainly not security experts. Yet more than 75% of enterprises leave responsibility for security in the hands of the user – literally.

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Fly into the Sky with this iPhone GPS app

From Darleen Hartley;
Xewton and Alexander Gross bring you V-Cockpit GPS, an app for the iPhone. It is not actually a GPS unit that tells you how to find or get someplace. Rather, it contains a set of airplane cockpit instruments that tell you how fast you are traveling, or how high up you’ve climbed. V-Cockpit GPS says it features a “unique photorealistic way of displaying all your iPhone 3G’s sensory data”. You can configure your output depending on which side of the Pond you find yourself, or just your simple preferences. For example, data can be recorded and displayed in miles or kilometers.

This is not like a Flight Simulator, where you can sit and “play.” The precursor to the recent app, called simply Jet Cockpit will let you do that. However, the V-Cockpit GPS application expects you to be on the move. It will record Gs and altitude, so go fast and up. But don’t be the one doing the steering while viewing the output. Better to be in the back seat, or review the data at the end of your journey.

Cool features are the night vision mode, and you can even get radio chatter and jet engine sound effects, which are not on the Lite version which was released in April. You can calibrate your instruments like a pro. V-Cockpit GPS displays speed, acceleration, compass orientation, and other measurements in the style of an airplane’s instrument panel. It displays data on its speedometer, altimeter, variometer, accelerometer , and HUD. An interesting heads-up display (HUD) lets you reflect its data onto your car windshield.

Previous apps from this developer include Ski-o-Meter, which applies similar data to that provided by V-Cockpit GPS to the winter sports enthusiast’s activities. The app supplies GPS data recording, speed, altitude, and distance figures. A skier can get a picture of their maximum and average downhill speed, a diagram of the hill’s height profile, and just how far they have skied, before retiring to the lodge.

Other apps for this developer include Mad Shells, the traditional shell game with a few new quirks, such as meteor showers, jokers, and the ability to compete with other players around the world. Just for fun, try iQualizer, which is more eye candy - visual real time audio visualization - it turns sounds into abstract imagery in twelve different modes. You can see music or voice represented as colorful and moving diagrams, electrical charges, atomic blasts and what looks like pulsating city skylines.

Since its initial release in late January, V-Cockpit GPS has been upgraded to Rel 1.4.1. It is 4.6 MB for the 3G iPhone only. The developer warns, due to questions received on his site, that you need a GPS enabled device to get the full effect of the app. Duh.

Enterprise Mobility Space Needs Solutions Converge

Andrew Mitchell send me a email regarding "solutions converge on enterprise needs for mobility", he wrotes:
Probably the second most frequently heard “f” word in any discussion of enterprise mobility is FMC or fixed mobile convergence. And in terms of understanding, FMC ranks among the top entries in the “most often misunderstood mobility term” list, even in spite of being with the wireless industry for over 6 years now.

FMC has generally come to be understood as a technology that will deliver voice connectivity for a single service over a fixed or wireless network. Over time various proposed and practical implementations of FMC technology have emerged, largely falling into the category of either carrier based network solutions or appliance based customer premises solutions. Regardless of the technology employed the usual premise of FMC solutions is that they will bring value to an enterprise, either through reduced communications costs or by the improved productivity associated with an Anywhere employee.

Capitalizing on the growing enterprise interest in unified communications (UC) solutions, vendor Agito Networks offers an FMC solution that provides location awareness and presence features. The functionality of Agito’s RoamAnywhere product allows it to integrate into popular UC platforms such as Microsoft’s OCS or Cisco’s UCM for example. RoamAnywhere also provides support for a number of wireless LAN products from vendors such as Aruba, Cisco and Motorola. A number of wireless handsets and PDAs support the RoamAnywhere client. Agito’s product is just one example of a capable and compelling FMC product that addresses many of the UC needs of a mobile enteprise.

Initially viewed as a customer provided solution to a carrier’s coverage void in a macro wireless network, the third “f” word is femtocell. Femtocells are now receiving attention not only for the opportunities they create in the consumer market but also in the enterprise market. In an enterprise environment femtocells are well positioned to provide more than voice and UC solutions. The femtocell platform provides the ability to extend a broad suite of enterprise applications over 4G networks. Unlike its FMC counterpart, the femtocell is not a point solution for voice, UC or any specific enterprise application.

Yankee Group Senior Analyst Nathan Dyer has some cautions to offer enterprise femtocell vendors to avoid some of the pitfalls experienced by FMC vendors. In his paper “Femtos in the Enterprise Must Learn from FMC Mistakes”, Dyer advises that vendors should “not wed femtocells to mobile voice” and should instead “emphasize the mobile data and application story.” Dyer also points out a number of clear and present opportunities for femtocells to provide cost effective anywhere connectivity platforms for enterprise applications. He goes on to highlight the potential for integrated solutions in which FMC functionality is delivered through the femtocell platform and enterprise PBX environment.

In summary, FMC and femtocell technology has converged on the need for enterprise mobility. For success in this market FMC vendors should consider leveraging the power of femtocell platforms. Femtocell vendors will want to consider differentiation by positioning their products as enabling platforms for enterprise mobility.

Growth in Prepaid Wireless Service Continues

Mike Sachoff reports about prepaid wireless services;
Online visits and search referral activity to six leading prepaid wireless sites increased 37 percent over the previous year, according to a new report from comScore.
Growth in prepaid wireless was driven primarily by MyCricket (up 107%) and BoostMobile (up 105%), both of which more than doubled in visitation over the prior year. MetroPCS and Net10 also saw solid gains, growing 63 percent and 37 percent, respectively.
The marketing messages of most prepaid wireless providers are focused on the youth market, data indicates considerable interest in the plans among 35-64 year olds. The majority of visitors to Net10 (60.3 %) and TracFone (58.7%) were from this older age segment. Even for sites where the majority of visitors were under 35 years of age, 35-64 year olds made up at least 40 percent of visitors.
comScore also looked at search referral activity. The results showed that both paid and organic search are driving increased referral activity, but organic search is significantly outpacing paid search referrals overall.
A few of the sites performed well in receiving growth from organic search referrals compared to paid search referrals. Organic clicks to BoostMobile grew 310 percent, while paid clicks grew 199 percent. Organic clicks to MyCricket.com grew 123 percent compared to 63 percent growth in paid clicks; and organic clicks to MetroPCS.com grew 148 percent compared to 17 percent growth in paid clicks.

Customized Mobile Business Solutions

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Who helps mobile finance business models to get started

Written by James Van Dyke (Javelin): Mobile finance business models, do they exist? Are they even important?
Everywhere I go I hear bankers’ refrain “When will we see a viable business model for mobile banking?” Mid-market and smaller banks, credit unions and card issuers that have yet to mobilize their business are taking a wait-and-see attitude toward mobile account access. I understand their concerns, even if I’m often surprised that many viable mobile business models aren’t being considered today. Yet here’s another way of looking at the issue: soon, many people will simply bypass laptops and desktops altogether, and just access their deposit or payment accounts via mobile. A good analog to this is the way debit or prepaid cards are replacing checks among the young or low-income, or how facebook or myspace is replacing email for millenials and teens. Eventually, physical wallets and checks will go the way of the banking passbook or check register. So while there are several potentially viable mobile business models, the argument that’s not getting enough consideration is this: very soon, you may not have a business that reaches vital consumer segments if your business isn’t available via mobile devices.

Send Tweets from Palm

With the Palm Treo or Palm handheld it is easy to communicate with friend or co-workers on twitter.com, only install the freeware program MOtwit, setup a internet connection and send tweets. MoTwit also has shortcuts (”Open” combobox) that open the more common Twitter pages (mobile version) in your web browser.

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Handset maker looks webready at least

Today I had received a notable email from Transmedia that handset makers are increasingly looking to advanced integration of popular web services with their devices, to enhance the user experience and differentiate themselves from more generic webphones. And this is putting even more pressure on the manufacturers to soup up the power of their products, to support applications like YouTube video at top speeds. In this race, smaller vendors are often scoring points ahead of the giants, with RIM and even Taiwan's ASUS claiming performance breakthroughs this week. On the integrated web apps front, Hutchison/3 has gone as far as to set up a subsidiary, INQ, to work with software organizations like Facebook and YouTube to create optimized handsets, and RIM is also turning to this approach to strengthen its nascent consumer strategy, which is based on making the smartphone into the hub for the user's 'four screen' internet (cellphone, landphone, PC and television). First off, the BlackBerry maker has worked with social networking giant MySpace on an integrated version of its software, which promises the same sort of instant-response, push-based service that is familiar to business users of BlackBerry email. The MySpace system will push social content, supporting a full messaging interface, real time status and mood updates, camera integration and optimized photo management, plus notification of new MySpace events like message and friend requests. In addition, MySpace will launch a new community page for BlackBerry users, offering access to content, videos, games, ringtones, skins and related features. RIM's web services message should be reinforced by results of recent tests carried out by online laboratory CNET. This ran a full length movie, TV episode and audio track on five high end phones, the iPhone 3G, BlackBerry Bold, Samsung Instinct, LG Dare and HTC/T-Mobile G1. All were equipped with a 4Gb MicroSD except the 8Gb iPhone and all were running on 3G networks. The Bold blew away the competition on download speeds, performing at 13.9Mbps for the movie and 9.59Mbps for audio. The G1 came in second, with ratings of 5.99Mbps and 5.08Mbps; iPhone was third with 5Mbps and 2.79Mbps; the Dare performed at 1.49Mbps and 1.31Mbps; and the Instinct scored 0.79Mbps and 0.74Mbps. Meanwhile, the Taiwanese device community is seeking to move into the branded, high performance market, in the footsteps of role model HTC. ASUS has shown off a smartphone, the P565, which it says has the most powerful processor at 800MHz - the average in high end handsets is 500MHz. The product also features the Glide touch-driven user interface and runs Windows Mobile, with the Office Mobile suite of apps. It is geared to business users. This device epitomizes how far the Taiwanese manufacturers have come from their roots as makers of cheap, white label products for midmarket operators. HTC is now one of the highest profile smartpone makers, with its top range, the Windows-based Touch, selling under its own brand. Now ASUS covets the same move to brand loyalty and higher margins. Its P565 is equipped with a 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen, with HSDPA and Wi-Fi, plus a black leather case. Pricing has not yet been set.

Palm Smartphones and PDAs

Whether Smartphone or PDA, Palm OS or Windows Mobile operating system - Palm Smartphones offer an interesting portfolio at mobile terminals for professional users. The current highlights: Palm center Smartphone with Palm OS, already over 2 millions times sells. And the new Treo: Palm Treo pro with Windows Mobile 6,1, Touchscreen, W-LAN, GPS and HSDPA speed. Additional more than 10 000 Palm OS software products are available to download so it is easy to find the right application for business or leisure use. If business manager are searching for customized solutions, they are many programmers worldwide available to develop special conception in order to be able to use successfully mobile applications in your enterprise.

Bluetooth Dongle That Enables Wireless Audio Streaming and AVRCP On Your iPod or iPhone

8Bananas, a Australia based company, unveiled BD-906 the world's first A2DP iPod iPhone Wireless Audio Bluetooth Dongle with Power Pass-Through. The BD-906, connects and is powered by any iPod and iPhone model that features the 30-pin dock connector. Models supported includes the latest generation iPhone 3G, iPod nano 4G, touch 2G and classic 2G.
IPod and iPhone owners are now able to enjoy wireless audio with this simple and small A2DP Wireless Audio Bluetooth Dongle.
The price of this gadget is 69$.

Features

• Simply connects to dock connector of the iPod or iPhone
• Powered by the iPod or iPhone
• Compatible with ALL iPod models with dock connectors
• Compatible with the iPhone and iPhone 3G
• High quality sound reproduction
• Versatile auto-pairing with passkeys 0000, 1234 or 8888
• Independant volume controls
• USB pass-through for charging iPod/iPhone
• Compliant with Bluetooth V2.0
• Support A2DP and AVRCP

Specifications

• Operating Frequency Band 2.4GHz ~ 2.48GHz unlicensed ISM band
• Bluetooth Specification V2.0
• Output Power Class CSR BC5 class 2(under 4dBm)
• Operation Temperature 0 to + 60 degree
• Storage Temperature -10 to + 70 degree
• Transmission power consumption 46mA
• Built in pairing code “0000”, “1234”, “8888”
• Humidity 5~90% (non-condensing)
• Weight 15g

Video and DVD Tools for Mobile Devices - Each 10$

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Ringtone Creator Software for Mobile Phones

Two software utilities to convert or/ and compose music ringtone for cellphones.
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Mobile Music Polyphonic is a polyphonic ringtone composition and converting software. Convert mp3, wave and midi to mobile phone ringtone. Write own music in Mobile Music Polyphonic and save to polyphonic ringtone format file. Export standard MIDI, SP midi and mmf format file. Convert mid to mmf, mmf to mid, standard midi to sp midi, wave to mmf, mp3 to mmf and mp3 to wave file. Support Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Siemens and more brand polyphonic ringtone mobile phones.
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Powerful function for editing wav form, convert/mix multiple tracks to mobile ringtone format AMR, MMF, AMRWB+, WAV.
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Data Erasure Utility For PDAs And Smartphones

Wi-Fi Technology Forum reports: Aiko Solutions, Europe’s leading Windows Mobile security software developer, announced the public release of SecuWipe, the first data erasure utility for PDAs and Smartphones. Operating Smartphones poses a great risk since they can store a treasure-trove of corporate and personal information. Standard "deletion" and even a "hard reset" do not completely wipe data off the device, with the result that sensitive information can still be easily retrieved by using special recovery software. SecuWipe overwrites data with U.S. DoD (Department of Defense) compliant methods thus making data truly erased and unrecoverable. SecuWipe is an advanced software utility to securely sanitize data on Windows Mobile Pocket PCs, Smartphones and Windows CE handhelds. Whether to clean the Smartphone before recycling or to remove traces of online activity, SMS and calls records, SecuWipe is the best choice for those who want to avoid security breaches and protect customer privacy. The program employs different data sanitizing algorithms, including zero-filling, U.S. DoD 5220.22-M method, Bruce Schneier's algorithm, and Peter Gutman's algorithm. SecuWipe will securely erase: - Contacts - Email, SMS, MMS messages - Calls - Appointments, Tasks - Notes, Recordings - Internet Cache, Cookies and History - Free Space - SD card(s) - Files and Folders SecuWipe runs on Windows Mobile Professional and Classic (6.0/6.1), Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2000/2002/2003SE. SecuWipe supports all Smartphones from Windows Mobile Standard (6.0/6.1), to as low as Smartphone 2002. Windows CE 3.0/4.0/4.1/4.2/5.0/5.2 handhelds are supported as well. Versions for ARM, MIPS, SH3, SH4, X86 processor types are supported. Pricing and Availability SecuWipe is available as a demo version at no cost, and it can be downloaded from http://www.aikosolutions.com. A single-user license can be securely purchased online for USD $39.95. Volume and academic pricing is available upon request.

Oil & Gas Services Firm A Fortune 500 company provides diversified oil and gas field services to the energy industry. Working closely with one of the Big 5 consulting firms, they have built standard methodologies for providing unmatched quality of service. New practices and technologies are tested aggressively and rolled out to field operations via an intranet site which houses documentation, reference materials, and important forms. Field employees are often located in challenging remote sites without any consistent network connection. To ensure they had access to these critical materials, the intranet site was burned onto CD and shipped to each employee periodically. The cost was roughly $100 per year each for over 30,000 workers. This expensive process was replaced by deploying file distribution software that is thoroughly optimized for intermittent connections. It is expected to save over 50% of the above amount and pay for itself in less than a year.APPCRAFT.ORG

Franchise Restaurant Company A large restaurant company relies on independently owned and operated franchise locations. A major initiative was to standardize the software and systems throughout their entire network of over 6,000 stores. A key element of this plan is using mobile computing software to back up the operational data from each store daily at the company headquarters in a central database. Using the backed up data, executive management at the corporate headquarters get summary reports of daily chain operations by noon each following day. They are able to analyze the results of promotional campaigns and make adjustments with incredible speed, outmaneuvering their competition. In addition, franchises benefit from an improved support of their systems, including having vital data backed up at the headquarters server in case systems are compromised in their location.

Capitalize on location, location, location

As a business traveler steps out of the hotel lobby, he glances up and down the block in hopes of spotting a certain coffee shop. He’s on the way to an important meeting and needs a cup of his favorite brew to start the day right. Since the shop’s familiar logo is not in sight, he taps a few keys on his PDA while waiting to cross the street. In seconds, a map appears on the screen— pinpointing the caffeine hot spot nearest his destination. As the man walks the remaining few blocks, he reviews his schedule for the day. Upon arrival at the coffee shop, he places his order and pays with the PDA that’s still in his hand. As soon as his coffee is ready, he slips the PDA in his pocket, grabs his beverage and heads toward the meeting. With the right support, a customer can remain loyal to “their brand”—even when they’re in unfamiliar territory. Solutions that blend wireless technologies with a locationbased services application open an entirely new set of business opportunities. Knowing the precise location of a wireless user allows companies to design innovative ways to deliver personalized service to customers, as well as enhance their own internal business processes. Delivery organizations can optimize routes and reduce the number of trips for their trucks; emergency response —whether sending repair crews to a possible gas leak or dispatching police officers to a 911 call—can happen faster. But with opportunity comes challenge; businesses must be particularly sensitive to privacy concerns—for employees, suppliers and consumers alike. When clear user benefits exist, wireless applications can be designed to provide the location information needed, while still maintaining the trust of the user. Wireless also promises an entirely new method for conducting commerce. Given the level of convenience— particularly for small payments—mobile commerce may soon rival the traditional credit card. According to Visa International, cash spent worldwide on purchases totaling US$10 or less now amounts to approximately US$1.8 trillion per year.2 With that type of opportunity, wireless services—such as vending machine purchases or parking meter payments—could become commonplace, offering entertainment or convenience to consumers . . . and high-volume revenue streams for service and content providers.

Cutting Costs by Automating Processes Small investments in mobile technology can dramatically cut expenses ranging from telecommunications costs to the cost of printing and shipping paper reports. Each of the following projects had a compelling ROI justification based on reduced costs.