Trimble announced the release of an improved Trimble Recon outdoor rugged handheld computer featuring a new display and a PowerBoot Module with increased battery capacity, longer battery life and shorter charging time.

The improved Recon features an increase in battery capacity from 3,800mAh to 4,000mAh, with appreciably shorter charging time. A new charge termination feature ends the charging cycle when the battery is at full capacity, preventing overcharging and prolonging the battery’s life. The new PowerBoot Module also reduces battery memory effect, making it an ideal choice for field professionals who require frequent recharges.

T-Mobile pulls itself out of troubled waters by erasing a 1GB data cap from its service policy for the new G1 smartphone, the first mobile and wireless device based on Google’s mobile operating system. Such a cap could put a crimp in the G1’s ability to deliver the very Web services consumers look forward to in such a gadget. Not exactly what Google had in mind in creating a Linux-based, open-source mobile operating system, is it?

IBM Lotus has released iNotes ultralite, a Web application available as part of IBM’s Lotus Domino Web Access 8.0.2, that lets users access their Notes email from Apple’s iPhone. The messaging and collaboration application heightens the iPhone’s viability as an enterprise-grade device. How soon before IBM creates a Lotus Notes application for T-Mobile’s G1 phone, based on Google’s Android operating system?

A security hole in Adobe Flash video server software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com’s video streaming service. The Adobe Flash video server software doesn’t encrypt online content, but only orders sent to a video player such as start and stop play. To boost download speeds, Adobe dropped a stringent security feature that protects the connection between the Adobe software and its players. The Adobe Flash video servers are connected to Adobe’s Flash video players installed in nearly all of the world’s Web-connected PC computers.

FujiFilm has introduced four new Secure Digital (SD) cards, extending its trusted brand of flash memory. Meeting the higher consumer demand for high resolution picture-taking and video capabilities, the Fujifilm SD cards will provide faster speeds and flexibility for customers. The SD cards will be available in the following high quality formats, in compliance with SD Card Association standards: Secure Digital–1 GB SD, 2 GB SD, Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC)–4 GB SDHC, 8 GB SDHC, 16 GB SDHC, Micro Secure Digital–1 GB, 2 GB, Micro Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC)–4 GB, 8 GB.

The Fujifilm SD cards will also come in brightly colored, customer-friendly packaging, specially designed with easy to understand graphics ensuring that customers choose the cards best suited for their needs and devices. Features include prominently displayed capacity numbers (both on the packaging and the card), and color-coded formats: SD (Blue), SDHC (Red), Micro SD (Magenta), and Micro SDHC (Orange).

BigOven.com, a rapidly-growing social network about food with 150,000+ members from around the world, announced the immediate availability of free recipe search for iPhone users. People can post their favorite recipes and photos to the site for free, and access them from anywhere.

SanDisk announced it is bringing to market its 16GB microSDHC and Memory Stick Micro (M2) mobile memory cards–the world’s largest removable storage capacity for mobile phones. Best Buy Mobile and Verizon Wireless stores are the first major retail outlets in the United States to carry the 16GB capacity.

The fingernail-sized 16GB memory cards allow consumers to “wake up” the many storage-intensive features offered by today’s portable handsets such as music and video playback, high-definition digital camera functions, gaming and GPS applications. In addition to the mobile phone, consumers can use the 16GB microSDHC card in a multitude of other devices, including video cameras, GPS receivers or MP3 players with a microSD slots such as SanDisk’s Sansa players.

Has Lenovo lost whatever mojo the ThinkPad had? That simple question raised a lot of discussion at TechRepublic and it’s worth pondering. The problem: Gauging Lenovo’s performance depends on a lot of anecdotes with few concrete answers.

As background, John Sheesley asked a simple question: Has Lenovo ruined the ThinkPad? John outlined the history–IBM unloaded its PC unit to Lenovo in 2005–and noted that the latest ThinkPads just don’t seem to have the fit and finish as before.

As a writer, Heather Wardell tries to have access to her works-in-progress at all times so she can revise a sticky section or just re-visit a part she particularly liked. Of course, her files are all on her laptop, but she doesn’t take her laptop everywhere. Her Palm, though, is an ever-present companion, and DataViz’s Documents To Go allows her to work anywhere she chooses. Should you add Documents To Go to your kit bag? Read Heather’s review and find out.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

iambic’s award winning PIM (personal information manager) has paired up with Research in Motion’s BlackBerry devices to provide a fully integrated, productivity enhancer that’s easy to deploy and intuitive to use.

Enthusiastically embraced by Palm OS and Windows Mobile users, Agendus has been especially tailored to work seamlessly on BlackBerry devices where it taps into the built-in data storage to pull information into the Calendar, Contacts and Tasks.

Agendus has always offered users a number of options for how information and activities are displayed. The BlackBerry version includes an at-a-glance view of the day ahead that includes Meetings, Tasks, recent messages and calls, and OTA information such as Weather and Quote of the Day. There are also views for one day, a week (list and grid mode), a month (expanded), as well as views for Tasks and Contact information (list and expanded) — each of them fully customizable through a variety of preferences.