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October, 2007 - Toronto Wireless User Group Newsletter [www.torwug.org]


Next session is Late Fall 2007 Nov or early Dec. Registration at 8:30 AM.
All Meetings will commence at 9 am and last until 11:30 am
Location: Oracle HQ 100 Milverton Drive, Mississauga On
For map and location please visit
http://www.torwug.org/local/events.asp

Food and Drinks to be served.
Due to scheduling issues the September event will be rescheduled.

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Topic:
November 2007
Topic: Wireless applications to improve business processes.

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Check out some new job postings on Torwug: http://www.torwug.org/jobs/main.asp
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New: Submit articles and whitepapers and we will give away a new Blackberry to the best article and best white paper or case study. [info@torwug.org for submissions]

1) Articles:
—The Technology Formerly Known as Bluetooth
—Next Gen Wi-Fi Dead in the Water?
—Navigation Expensive But Popular

2) Technology Shorts:
—Gee for GPhone
—iPhone Locked? Yes, and No
3) Business cases

Online Webinars on security - to register and view them each week go to http://www.cognio.com/

Presentations from the Last event now on line - thanks to the presenters and attendees for coming out.
March 29, 2007 photos March 29, 2007 photos
Click here for more photos from the meeting




  Articles:

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The Technology Formerly Known as Bluetooth

By Brad Smith, Wireless Week Technology Editor

There's a growing proliferation of short-range wireless technologies. You've got ZigBee and Z-Wave for sensor and control networks, Near Field Communications (NFC) for proximity payments, RFID for tracking assets, Ultra Wideband (UWB) for high-speed connections between devices. You might throw Wi-Fi into that mix for networking. And, oh, don't forget about Bluetooth.
Full Story

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Next Gen Wi-Fi Dead in the Water?

By Brad Smith

WirelessWeek - October 11, 2007

Is the next-generation Wi-Fi standard in trouble? We carried a news item in the last issue of this newsletter about the Wi-Fi Alliance certifying more than 90 devices using a draft version of 802.11n. Several readers called the alliance's statement "hype" and questioned how far along the compatibility testing is, as well as the future of the standard itself.
Full Story

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Navigation Expensive But Popular

By Brad Smith

WirelessWeek - October 11, 2007

Location-based services (LBS) are among the most expensive applications mobile phone users can buy, but that's not stopping them from downloading to their handsets, according to a report by Telephia.
Full Story

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Technology shorts:

Gee for GPhone

By Wireless Week Staff

WirelessWeek - October 11, 2007

Lehman Brothers has raised its guidance for Google's stock because it expects Google to launch its own phone next year, perhaps in February.
Full Story

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iPhone Locked? Yes, and No

By Brad Smith

WirelessWeek - October 11, 2007

One of the continuing criticisms of Apple's iPhone is that it is locked down, both from a network perspective and for applications. Hackers have found a way around this issue, but there are ways of adding applications to the iPhone without doing an end-run on Apple.
Full Story

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Business Cases including new additions are here;

1. How to get a ROI in wireless: http://wireless.sys-con.com/read/41393.htm

2. http://www.torwug.org/CaseStudies/main.asp

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