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Archos new PMP looks great with two digital tuners, a 7-inch LCD display and 40GB or 100 GB hard drive!”A unique mobile Digital Video Recorder offering direct TV recording and the best of home cinema on the go on a 7″ wide color screen. 7″ color wide screen 40 or 100 GB hard drive Easy setup Pod for TV recording & video playback Control your VCR, Cable or Satellite receiver Record directly TV or make scheduled recordings Photo wallet & music player Enjoy up to 400 hours of video or 250 movies on the go” Check it here:

Mobilemag.com has some great news about the new Centrix MVP-150!”Although Centrix is officially marketing its MVP-150 personal media player primarily for its navigational (GPS) functionality, its movie-tainment value cannot easily be dismissed. Based on the Windows CE platform, this juicy little successor to the MVP-100 we looked at last year will take just about anything you direct its way. In the video department, the MVP-150 will take on MP1, MP4, DivX, XviD, AVI, ASF and WMV7/8/9, and in the audio department, you can turn to MP2/3, WMA, AC3, ASF and (ADPCM/PCM) WAV. Unfortunately, there are a few acronyms that are notably missing, like RM, MOV, and OGG, but hey, Centrix has done an exceptional job with the level of support their PMP has.The 4-inch WQVGA (480 x 272) screen is pretty standard issue, as is the battery life at 4 hours of video or 10 hours of audio. This thing is a little beefy, however, at 305 grams. The Centrix MVP-150 is currently available, but look for the manufacturer to start providing them OEM to someone like Mpio or MobiBLU in the future.”

“In terms of design, the clamshell by Siemens not at all reminds of Motorola’s products, saving for strap fastening – though its design has already been adopted from RAZR and is a standard de facto. The model’s appearance is quite fresh and is not trite, as it doesn’t look very slim when compared to Motorola RAZR, but still, Motorola V3x doesn’t seem to have vanishing depth. This impression is intensified by the handset’s width and a bit splayed, smooth corners. The best thing about this model is that the front panel is made of polished metal, so one can easily spot the texture – despite all other phones, the material, used here, is solid, you can touch it, feel even. In this regard the device follows the route of Nokia 8800. The main color of the shell is silvery, while the rear part is painted in black. It’s an unusual combination of colors, which creates certain contrast. The rear of the handset is also made of metal, but here you deal with anodized aluminum. The applied materials leave the impression of good quality and reliability of the device. All parts are well-adjusted – one won’t spot any gaps in the construction, and is this worthy of respect.” Read this review here:

A European embedded computing specialist has announced a wrist-worn wearable computer that runs embedded Linux or Windows CE. Eurotech’s WWPC (“wrist-worn PC”) offers a wealth of standard PC interfaces, along with several innovative wearable-specific features, the company claims. It targets emergency rescue, security, healthcare, maintenance, logistics, and “many other” applications. According to Eurotech, the WWPC integrates everything users expect of a PC, in a versatile, ergonomic form factor that supports a variety of wrist sizes. It can be worn over or under work clothes, and has flexible left- or right-handed straps that enclose dual 2-cell Li-polymer rechargeable batteries. Claimed battery life is six hours in “fully operational” mode, or eight hours under normal circumstances. Read more at linuxdevices.com

“PSP will see a worldwide price cut this month. From March 22nd, European gamers will be able to buy a “base unit” (presumably devoid of stuff like the headphones) for 199 Euro (about 140 Pounds).US gamers will pay $199 from the end of the month, and the Japanese will pay 19,800 yen for a white unit from April 15th.During a press conference in Tokyo today, Sony boss Ken Kutaragi also talked about the company’s plans to add a PSone emulator to PSP, with “selected games” available through digital distribution to be stored on the Memory Stick. (Cynics amongst you might question the use of the word “add”, but there you go.)Although timing on that has yet to be confirmed, Kutaragi was more specific about other new services – including an EyeToy camera peripheral to attach to the USB port, which launches in September, and video voice-over-IP (in other words, video-telephony), which will be available in October. Pricing on all of that’s yet to be announced.Kutaragi also discussed some of Sony’s plans for updating PSP software this year, starting with network update to add Macromedia Flash support this, er, spring (touch wood, eh?), with extended RSS channel support also on the way to allow users to save radio content (podcasts, presumably) and movies.There was no word on previously rumoured services and hardware iterations – for example, we know no more about “Sony Mail” or the rumoured PSP with built-in hard disk – but there was news on the GPS receiver mentioned at E3 last year. It will launch this autumn and have a role in games, starting with Hot Shots Golf.An interesting year in prospect for PSP hardware, then, although – as with PS3 – there are still plenty of gaps to be filled in, presumably at this year’s E3.”

The new version 2.0 introduces over 120 enhancements to reaffirm its place as the premier mobile companion for choosing, evaluating, managing and enjoying wine.With a few key strokes you can instantly access up-to-date details, reviews, ratings and retail prices for over 34,000 wines world wide. That’s over three times the number included in previous editions and represents every wine reviewed by Wine Enthusiast Magazine.The user interface has been completely revised to take advantage of the latest high resolution widescreens and special attention given to optimizing one handed smartphone operation.The Wine Enthusiast 2.0 also provides a simple yet powerful mechanism for importing and exporting personal wine lists to and from a computer. Now you can effortlessly import your existing cellar details and use your handheld to help track the multiple aspects of a growing wine collection.Key FeaturesBuying Guide now includes over three times the number of wines included in previous yearsImport/Export wine cellar lists to/from computerNew data formats require 20% less space, support faster searching and fully support memory cardsFull support for High resolution widescreen displaysCompletely revised user interface with full support for one handed D-pad navigationImproved searching and sortingVintage and harvest quality data expanded to 113 Check it here:

“Motorola has unveiled the name of its new smartphone Motorola MING, which was earlier known as the A1200. The company also confirmed the shipments to distributors have already been started in Hong Kong. According to the press release the Chinese hieroglyph “ming” represents a combination of the symbol of the sun and the moon meaning brightness, openness and understanding.The MING smartphone is powered by Linux OS. It has a translucent flip cover for the touchscreen LCD. The smartphone is equipped with Intel PXA270 processor, a 2-megapixel camera, an MP3-player, a stereo FM radio and Bluetooth interface. There is the support of document view, manuscript text recognition, POP3 e-mail and optical symbol recognition.” via mobile-review.com

Your mission is to guide the Earth’s most technically advanced ship – ‘Alienator’ – through the empty vastness of space to galactic domination. Exterminate those creepy aliens who dare to live on the same spiral arm of the galaxy as you, and take their planets.Fly thru space full of space monsters, alien ships and space debris, earn money and make upgrades in interstellar shops, seek alien planets, land and Enslave’em!Enslave Features: Unique rich and addictive gameplay – fight in space and on planets! Whole Galaxy to Explore and Enslave, randomly generated every time you start. An outstanding, amazingly beautiful graphics. 20 different planets with excellent futuristic environments. 5 alien races, each with their own abilities, strategy and weapons. A whole of 50+ weapons for your spaceship, landbots and enemies, including plasma guns, particle cannons, gatling lazers, homing missiles, phasor shotguns, ion spheres and more! Lots of nice bonuses and upgrades for both ship and landing bot. Interstellar shop with a 25 items to choose from, including 3 different landing bots, each with his own unique weapon. Advanced particles with beautiful alpha effects like explosions, fire, smoke and sparkles. Nice controls, specially optimized for stylus and pda buttons. Finely crafted sound effects and music. Support for VGA devices and Windows Mobile 5. Check it Here:

We all anticipated it, but now it still hits home hard. Sony officially delays the global launch of the Sony PS3 to November 2006. Sony issued a press-release saying that the PS3 will be released in the first 3rd of November simultaneously in the United States, Europe and Japan. At least this is good news. Sony plans to have 1 million PS3 production capacity per month to achieve a successful global launch. We will see if they can pull it off. Sony also talks about that the PS3 will use Dual Layer Blue-ray discs with 50GB capacity. Another interesting feature is a Gigabit Ethernet adapter that Sony says will be present in the Playstation 3. via i4u.com

Mobilewhack.com has some great news about Mio A701 Gps phone”Don’t worry, the Mio torrent is still on. Showcased at CeBIT 2006, the Mio A701 is one of the most prolific GPS devices that I’ve come across in recent times. First, it’s a tri-band GSM/GPRS cell phone that runs Windows Mobile 5. Next, it uses a SiRFstar III GPS receiver to provide positioning information. Best of all, the A701 comes in a handy package.Anything with so much of features has to have a big screen and the A701 does not disappoint. Check out the big 2.7″ TFT screen. For fun, Mio has also included a 1.3 megapixel camera. Of course, Bluetooth is provided as well for your wireless needs.The A701 comes with a decent amount of on-board memory – 192 megs. Anyone that’s ever used a PDA phone knows that’s never enough, so Mio also provides a SD/MMC slot to up the memory to 2GB. A compass on the device provides the usual distance to location as well as compass arrow.Looking up points of interest is a breeze: at the touch of a button, you can access the nearest restaurants or entertainment houses along the way. An interesting feature is the ability of the device to send GPS co-ordinates via text messages – using which you can inform your friends with the A701 of your location.Priced at €649 (with Mio Maps) and €549 (without Maps), the Mio A701 is available now in Europe. Mio’s website. US and Asia release soon.”