Worldwide Wireless Downloads - Worldwide Wireless Downloads

PC Magazine reports: "AT&T's BroadbandConnect high-speed network has come a long way in the past year and is the best option for globe-trotting businesspeople who often spend time in Europe. Here's a run down of how the cellular service measures up and a gathering of great wireless data products that let you achieve ridiculously fast downloads while on the go."

Are you struggling to understand the different cellular broadband technologies, such as: EDGE, EV-DO, HSDPA, etc. This article doesn't give detailed explanations about each technology. Although it does tell you what you can expect as far as real-world connection speeds, and other issues that you need to be aware of.

Opera Mini 4.0 (beta)

PC Magazine reports: "Still using the tired, clunky Web browser that came with your phone? Allow me to introduce you to Opera Mini, Opera Software's killer free browser for mobile devices. The latest version, 4, now in public beta, comes with an 'intelligent zoom' that lets you scan an overview of a Web page and then zoom in for a closeup. This gives you a good chance of viewing just about any Web site, not just those that are formatted for mobile devices. And it also gives ordinary feature phones the same kind of browser power you'd get on, say, a Nokia E61i."

I have personally use this web browser, and would say its the best one I have ever used on any mobile device. Read the review for more information.

Using S/MIME Signed/Encrypted Email with a Windows Mobile Device

The 'Microsoft Exchange Team Blog' tells you how to setup S/MIME for sending secure emails from your Windows Mobile Device. Below is an excerpt: "S/MIME support for Exchange Active Sync (EAS) version 2.5 was introduced in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Mobile 5 (WM5) device. In Exchange 2007 SP1, we are adding S/MIME support for EAS version 2.5, 12.0 and 12.1. While working on EAS S/MIME implementation, I was asked how users could enable their devices work with S/MIME. Below I have provided some simple end-to-end steps to exemplify using S/MIME on a Windows Mobile device."