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This week saw news of problems with new Macs along with firmware updates to deal with them.  There was a plethora of netbook news and other cool things to report.  Here are the top news stories of the week in case you missed them:

• Alpha MIPS netbook just $190
• MacBook fussy memory situation- maybe 4 GB is too much
• Acer Aspire One XP version now $299 at Best Buy
• Blackberry Storm OTA upgrade finally appears
• Novatel MiFi- credit card-sized 3G router
• OneNote 2009 planner notebook available
• More "niche" netbooks sold 3Q2008 than iPhones
• Open Handset Alliance welcomes 14 new members
• Is Verizon Wireless nailing the coffin shut on WiMAX?
• Mozilla includes multi-touch support in Firefox 3.1b2 for Macs
• Apple issues firmware update for new MacBooks, Pros, Airs
• Mac firmware upgrade do NOT fix the 4 GB RAM problem
• Surprise: enterprises pushing OEMs for netbooks
• Are SSDs in netbooks on the way out?
• This week at Mobile Tech Manor #20- how's your memory?
• Acer's $99 netbook can actually cost you $1,540.  Should you get it?
• I'm taking my phone "off the grid", who's with me?

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Another week, another dollar.  Or whatever they say.  It's been a busy week in the mobile tech world and we covered it all for your education, or at least your entertainment.  Here are the top stories of the week in case you missed them:

• MobileTechRoundup 155: Storms, Legends and Teleportation
• Arrington: mobile tech is very personal
• Don't forget the mobile version of jkOnTheRun
• A "Green" Apple leaves a sour taste for accessories
• That Sony "netbook" may not exactly be a netbook
• Is that FCC Sony device a Picturebook reincarnated?
• Next Acer netbook coming with larger screen... and larger price tag
• Breaking news: eReader format licensed for Stanza on the iPhone
• Netbooks can do anything a notebook can do
• Intel is betting on Mobile and the MID
• This week at Mobile Tech Manor #19: CES is coming!
• First Qualcomm Snapdragon netbook concept is a tablet
• Aluminum MacBooks don't like memory upgrades
• MobileTechRoundup 156: Nokia's N97; features vs. user's experience

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This was a short holiday week in the US but there was no shortage of tech coverage.  Here are the top stories on jkOnTheRun in case you missed them.

• Windows Mobile and AOL- AOL Sync
• Faster iPod Touch pointing to faster iPhone?
• Best Buy offering big Mac discounts already
• Do you believe in magic?  HP Magic Giveaway is giving it away!
• Text a lockdown message to your stolen ThinkPad
• Schedule TiVo recordings from any iPhone: TiVo Mobile
• Hanging out with the T-Mobile G1, iPhone 3G and the Blackberry Storm
• Freeware of the Moment- MultiClutch, add multi-touch to any Mac app
• New MacBook is worth consideration based on performance alone
• Fearing the cloud- services that go away
• NYT's Pogue disses, really, really disses the Blackberry Storm
• This week at Mobile Tech Manor #18- an imperfect Storm

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Oh my goodness, oh my goodness another week has shot by and we covered a ton of tech news here on jkOnTheRun.  Here's a brief rundown of the major topics in case you missed them:

• iPhone 3G battery deathmatch: Mophie Juice Pack vs. Richard Solo 1800
• Why are MSI Wind netbooks crashing Apple routers?
• No you can't have it: Internet Explorer 6 Mobile will only come on new phones
• Peek email device gains unlimited texts, image viewing
• HP introduces first multi-touch consumer Tablet PC: TouchSmart TX2
• Do you tether?  Are you stupid?
• Five things I don't like about the Lenovo X301
• Runcore SSD offers low-cost speed for netbooks
• Google brews up Contact sync right before the Storm
• jkOnTheRun review- Blackberry Storm, yes it can cut and paste
• Orb 2.0 brings live TV streaming to iPhone, no jailbreak needed
• iPhone 2.2 software: Street View (iPhones only), Podcast downloads and more
• This week at Mobile Tech Manor #17- the creepy crud
• FolderShare becomes Windows Live Sync.  So what about Live Mesh?
• Run your MacBook without a battery and and throttle the performance

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Road trip!  That started the week where we saw a lot of tech news that was exciting.  Here are the top stories on jkOnTheRun in case you missed them:

• First impressions of the Telenav Shotgun GPS
• What a great community!... thanks for the wedding wishes
• Three reasons the iPhone has topped the RAZR
• jkOnTheRun video- Telenav Shotgun GPS
• MobileTechRoundup hits the UK
• Netbook, notebook, portable, ultra-portable: what's in a name?
• InfoWorld, Windows 7 and benchmarks: a trio of trouble
• How much will Microsoft charge for Windows 7 on netbooks?
• It's official: Blackberry Storm available November 21 by Verizon
• MobileTechRoundup #154: a (Telenav) Shotgun wedding
• Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone in da house!
• This week at Mobile Tech Manor #16- stretch limos and WaWa
• Crapware on phones- growing trend
• Nokia 5800 XpressMusic- first thoughts on touch
• Why would anyone buy a MacBook Air?

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Another week of mobile tech news and a whirlwind trip to attend Kevin's wedding have made it a full week.  Here are the top stories this past week at jkOnTheRun in case you missed them:

• MobileTechRoundup 153: Windows 7, netbooks and MIDs
• At what point does a big battery defeat the purpose of mobility?
• More of "what's new" in Windows 7: MinWin, Aero Shake and ISO burning
• External battery packs can power that notebook for hours
• jkOnTheRun video- incase sleeve for MacBook, battery swapping
• Blue Snowflake USB microphone sounds good
• G1 as a USB tethered 3G modem: Rube Goldberg edition
• Subsidized netbooks- who will pay to play?
• Phoenix Technologies enables "instant on" PC browser with Opera
• Notebooks: new or refurb?
• Windows 7 should offer at least 11% more battery life on notebooks
• Multi-touch trackpad on new Macs having problems?
• This week at Mobile Tech Manor #15
• Congrats Kevin & Barb!

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The top stories of the past week are captured here in case you missed them:

• MobileTechRoundup 152: the case of the bleeping notebook
• Why netbooks are catching on
• Smartphones as laptop replacements: can you see the trend?
• Lenovo goes SplashTop- IdeaPad S10e announced
• If Vista is this good on my old MacBook Pro, how is it on the new ones?
• jkOnTheRun- hands on with the HP Mini 1000 netbook
• iPhone finally gets free WiFi at AT&T hotspots
• Aigo MID reviewed- hacker's delight
• Windows 7 and the mobile computer
• Microsoft Live Mesh Tech Preview hits Mac OS X
• This week at Mobile Tech Manor #14: are handheld PCs (MIDs) irrelevant?
• Asus plans a $200 EEE PC in 2009
• Windows 7 on a netbook: looks good so far
• Whatever happened with wireless USB?

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Here are the top stories that appeared recently on jkOnTheRun in case you missed them:

• jkOnTheRun video- Plantronics Pulsar 590E bluetooth headset
• Text messaging: great method of communication for the deaf
• Four million EEE PCs have been sold
• jkOnTheRun video- MacBook multi-touch demo
• iPhone sales haven't made Blackberry any less Bold
• One MSI Wind reviewed, another goes back
• No Virginia, touch was NOT invented by Apple
• We have nothing to fear from iPhone or Android: Microsoft
• Nearly 700,000 MSI Wind units sold this year
• Five things I like about the Lenovo x301
• Turn a Nokia Internet Tablet into a wireless keyboard and mouse
• GMail for Mobile grows up: 2.0 now available
• Android getting software keyboard in 2009
• This week at Mobile Tech Manor #13: it's the Google
• HP Mini-Note netbook $299 on Amazon

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This week has been full of mobile tech news and also hands on with a T-Mobile G1 phone and new MacBook.  These are some of the top stories on jkOnTheRun you may have missed:

• MobileTechRoundup #150: WIMAX, netbooks and a new device
• The state of Notebooks in 2008
• US welcomes Samsung to the notebook market
• The new Macs have landed
• Apple doesn't play in 37% of the notebook market
• Thoughts on the new MacBooks
• Samsung NC10 battery life: 8 hours? I don't think so
• Firefox 3.1 beta 1 available, adds pagetab previews,  fast JavaScript engine
• Switching from ExpressCard to USB EV-DO
• T-Mobile G1, a hands-on introduction to the first Android phone
• Laptops: one size doesn't fit all
• Asus breaks sub-$300 barrier with EEE PC 900A at Best Buy
• jkOnTheRun video- 13-inch MacBook (aluminum)
• MobileTechManor #12
• Netbook deathmatch: MSI Wind vs. Asus EEE PC 1000H
• jkOnTheRun: first impressions of the new 13-inch MacBook
• MobileTechRoundup #151: hands on with Android, new MacBook

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These are some of the stories you may have missed this week on jkOnTheRun:

• MobileTechRoundup 149: the netbook pit crew
• My sinister MacBook netbook plan moves forward
• jkOnTheRun video- HP EliteBook 2730p Tablet PC
• Paper and pencil better for the brain than software? Tablet PC is too.
• Most-used Firefox add-ons
• Super Talent releases SSDs for EEE PC
• Outlining in ink with a Tablet PC
• Off to the WiMAX event in Baltimore
• Blackberry Storm to hit Verizon in November
• Lenovo S10- best netbook Wired has seen all year
• WiMAX in Baltimore: will it get better with age?
• Do you WiFi (on your phone)?
• Apple netbook coming?
• Mobile Tech Manor #11
• IMAP fine-tuning controls appear in GMail
• Mobile phone news roundup
• NVidia chips faulty- affect MacBook Pros too