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Palm's Treo Pro unlocked in bid to lower roaming costs

Two very different tales are circulating about Palm Inc. and its new Treo Pro smartphone these days. One story, from Palm and some analysts, is that the new Treo Pro's unlocked feature offers a cost-effective way for international business travelers to dramatically lower roaming costs. The other story, from another group of analysts, is that Palm had to unlock the phone because it could not find a carrier willing to sell it.

| News | Mobile & wireless | Personal tech | 10/13/08 at 4:38 pm |


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Remote workers to IT: We do care about security

Fear not IT and infosecurity personnel: Most of your remote workers, mobile users and road warriors toting around laptops and BlackBerrys have the business's best interests in mind when it comes to network security.

| Feature | Mobile & wireless | Security | 10/13/08 at 9:19 am |


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Sprint's 4G Xohm WiMax: How fast is it?

To see just what WiMax is, how it works and what it's actually capable of, I went to Baltimore, the first U.S. city to offer WiMax service commercially, to try it out.

| Opinion | Mobile & wireless | 10/10/08 at 3:05 pm |


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Product review: Nokia E71 3G smartphone

As Nokia's very first 3G phone with a full QWERTY keyboard, the US$500 E71 is an all-around improvement on its predecessor, the E61. It not only has a sleeker and more sophisticated curved design, but it packs a multitude of features ideal for both business and personal use.

| Product review | Mobile & wireless | Personal tech | 10/10/08 at 2:54 pm |


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