Security World: Wireless Report: Nokia to add lightning detector to mobile phone

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Wireless Report: Nokia to add lightning detector to mobile phone

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WIRELESS REPORT

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

* Nokia to add lightning detector to mobile phone
* Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi
* Forget Google Phone? Google eyes wireless spectrum
* European legislators aim to cap roaming fees by summer
* Samsung to aim WiMax at SMB networking
* Cisco jumps into wireless sensor market
* Motorola's solar LCD promises to charge your cell phone
* Vodafone aims handsets at developing markets

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NOKIA TO ADD LIGHTNING DETECTOR TO MOBILE PHONE

If you thought developers were running out of new applications to squeeze
into mobile phones, think again. Nokia hopes someday to add a new
feature to its phones that could warn users of imminent lighting
strikes.

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MICHIGAN MAN FINED FOR USING FREE WI-FI

A Michigan man has been fined $400 and must work 40 hours of community
service for using a local cafe's Wi-Fi connection from his
parked car to check his e-mail and surf the Web.

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FORGET GOOGLE PHONE? GOOGLE EYES WIRELESS SPECTRUM

All the rumors about a Google phone may be just slightly off.
Rather than sell a mobile handset, Google might instead offer wireless
service.

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EUROPEAN LEGISLATORS AIM TO CAP ROAMING FEES BY SUMMER

European legislators hope that a compromise agreement to cap
mobile phone roaming charges will become law before Europeans take their
summer holidays. But a network operators' group warned to expect
delays because even if the law takes effect as planned July 1, network
operators won't have to offer the new tariffs until September.

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SAMSUNG TO AIM WIMAX AT SMB NETWORKING

WiMax will face a test as an enterprise network technology with
Samsung's entry into the U.S. business market Tuesday at
the Interop trade show in Las Vegas.

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CISCO JUMPS INTO WIRELESS SENSOR MARKET

At Interop, the high tech industry's major networking conference, a
little-noticed partnership announcement between WhereNet, designers of
active RFID location systems, and Cisco may be far more significant than
anyone realizes.

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MOTOROLA'S SOLAR LCD PROMISES TO CHARGE YOUR CELL PHONE

Motorola has patented a way of keeping your mobile phone charged
using only sunlight.

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VODAFONE AIMS HANDSETS AT DEVELOPING MARKETS

As part of its strategy to expand in developing markets, mobile phone
operator Vodafone Group has launched two ultra low-cost handsets
with the company's own brand.

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