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“Among the zillions of VoIP phones we came across, there are a few interesting ones, like the AMEX i-Talk Nano… Well guess what… if there are any similarities in the name or the design with a very famous MP3 player, that’s just pure coincidence… Anyway this quite good looking VoIP phone will work with almost any VoIP Software.” via akihabaranews.com

“A much faster version of Bluetooth is on the way, and officials with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group say products using the wireless protocol may be on the market as early as 2007. The next-generation Bluetooth is said to operate at similar distances (around 30 feet, best case) to today’s Bluetooth 2.0 but is a lot faster, capable of wireless transfers at a rate of 480Mbps. That’s 60MB per second, fast enough for high definition videoconferencing or moving files around at a fairly rapid clip. That kind of speed blows the doors off Bluetooth 2.0, which pokes along at a mere 721Kbps 2.1 Mbps. The new Bluetooth gets its exponentially faster speed by teaming up with ultra wideband technology (UWB). But there are other contenders using similar tech such as Wireless USB (also 480Mbps), and it’s hard to tell how these various protocols will compete with each other. The way we see it, Bluetooth is for near-distance, or personal area networking and Wireless USB has farther reach. But with the increased distance of Wireless USB, what would be the point of a shorter-distance protocol such as Bluetooth? Looks like we might have a horserace on our hands.” via gizmodo.com

“The cellphone — or, more accurately, the device formerly known as the cellphone — is getting to be more and more like a little portable computer. High-end models, known as smartphones, can handle large volumes of email, complete with attachments; surf the Web at high speed; view and edit Microsoft Office documents; take decent pictures; and play back music and videos.To manage these laptop-like tasks, they come equipped with faster and faster processors; more and more internal memory; expansion slots for increasingly spacious memory cards; and small, but usable, keyboards, instead of mere phone keypads.We’ve been testing two new such phones. One, from Palm Inc., is an improved model of the Treo, which has long been our favorite smartphone. The other, an entirely new design from Motorola Inc., manages to pack most of the Treo’s functionality into a much thinner and lighter body, at half the Treo’s price.” Read this nice comparison review here:

“Xplodus is a classic action title for those who yearn for solid arcade gaming and like mindlessly blowing things up!Aliens are attacking, you know the drill, and the only available soldier left is Private Pete from the reserves.Take control of Private Pete and help him eliminate the aliens with the power of massive explosives… before he accidentally blows himself up!Features Classic Arcade Action. Colorful artwork, detailing Private Pete’s adventures on the battlefield. Variety of tasty alien species to blow up! Dynamically generated levels with increasing difficulty allows for endless gameplay. Bonus Items to increase your firepower from deadly mines to devastating nukes! High Score list to keep track of your destruction, and brag to your comrades. Explosive Visual Effects make the mayhem come alive. Incredible Audio and Sound Effects for those whose ears aren’t already ringing!” Check it here:

“Safa is just another one of those Korean DAP companies struggling to keep its head above the waterline. They’ve introduced a few notable units in the past, like the Q1x0 series – a concept recently equipped with a “money chip” (T-1000), by the way.Safa’s latest addition to their line-up of flash DAP is this one; the SS100. “SS” presumably stands for something like “Super Slim”, whereas the “100” could represent the number of sales. But let’s try to remain optimistic here, and elaborate a bit about the SS100’s spec list.Well, all we can say is… have a look at the Maxfield Max-Sin. It might look different (especially the controls section), but it’s basically the same thing. This means it’s small/slim indeed (87 x 42 x 7.4mm 35 grams), fit with a 65k color OLED screen and able to deal with video playback and whatnot.If there’s anything going for the Safa version, then it’s probably the fact that they’ve got their own Theme Park over there: SafaLand. Screw Disneyworld, I wanna ride the giant headlights-equipped Safa gastropod-thing again!” via dapreview.net

“The aspects of personal information security are always of increased interest in every society. A priority of every person is to protect his private information and keep that information from dissemination. Consequently there is always a category of people who has interested in that confidential information. Within day to day life there are often gossips and rumors in circulation which may be troublesome but not critical for people who are influential in society (either commercially or politically). The dissemination of such confidential information can often be disastrous either in a direct or figurative sense. Therefore certain members of society are concerned about the preservation of confidentiality while others do their best to get the necessary information for whatever reason or use. It is certainly not a secret that the most vulnerable aspect of providing secrecy is the process of data transmission. Since this review focuses on the security of voice traffic transmitted via cellular communication and does not concern itself with systems of secret observation, we will take a look at the program which allows the preservation of confidentiality when talking on a cell phone, namely SecureGSM Pro.” Read this review here:

“If you experience annoying clicks during streaming, best to hit Pause and let the file download a bit more into your media player, then resume playback. If you’d rather grab the show as a file, you can (click on pause and) download manually as ss11.mp4, 22 minutes, 61MB, released 8th June 2006. Programme 11 covers: Exclusive hands-on review of the Nokia N71, a terrific S60 3rd Edition clamshell Review round-up of mobile golf games (Golf Pro 2, Golf Pro Contest, Nine Hole Golf, Links)” Watch this video review here:

“Panasonic has announced the sales date of new high-speed SD cards capacious of 512 MB, 1 GB and GB, July 15, 2006. The new cards comply with Class 2 according to the new speed classification of SD cards.Class 2 stands for productivity of storage cards, when the data won’t be lost during continuous write process at the speed of 2 Mbps or higher. New Panasonic cards fully comply with this classification and feature Mbps speed.In addition to the new cards Panasonic has also announced the start of sales of 4GB SDHC cards from July 25. The card has the index RP-SDR04GJ1K, it also complies with Class 2 (speed classification). The price isn’t yet disclosed.” via mobile-review.com

“By unfolding the device, you uncover a moderate sized UFB display with 128×160 pixels resolution (28×35 mm), capable of showing up to 65 K colors. The quality of this internal screen is also on high levels, which is no wonder, since it performs almost in the same way the external display does. The keypad is quite handy, having a four-way navigation key which incorporates sizable “OK” button. All in all, the buttons are considerable in size, so the experience is mostly positive even in light of the fact are positioned right up to each other.” Read more here:

“More news from Computex 2006 in Taipei. This time, we hear from graphics giant NVIDIA corporation, but they’re not chatting us up about the latest graphics card, instead the company has announced the availability of a Windows Mobile 5.0 platform designed to optimize the user’s multimedia experience.Already found in such devices as the Samsung i830 smartphone, Modeo DVB-H smartphone, and iRiver G10 portable gaming machine, the NVIDIA MobileMedia Platform allows “manufacturers to rapidly design and release digital, media-rich devices with Windows Mobile 5.0.”Think of it as a device maker in a box, it seems, because this development kit contains “all the hardware and software components.” They’re calling it “a complete solution for device manufacturers: Just piece it together like Lego.Cell phone makers can speed up the development process and get the juicy hot handsets onto the market faster, complete with “smooth Digital TV and video”, “incredible 3D graphics for gaming”, and “high fidelity audio.” ” via mobilemag.com