PMPInside’s team offers, once again, a review of a very sexy product, a PDA-sized PMP (49x98x22mm for 110g) that has all the basic GPS functions and between 512MB and 2GB of storage space. A touch screen and an SD slot complete the package. The review is in Korean, but there are loads of pictures to look at on http://www.pmpinside.com/

From Akihabara

MoGo Mouse: a business-card sized, Bluetooth-enabled mouse that stores and recharges inside your laptop’s PC card slot

January 3, 2005 The MoGo is designed for road warriors who don’t like bulky, full-sized, mice, but also hate laptop trackpads and trackpoints. Now we all know that a mouse is a very personal thing, so this may not be a solution for everyone, but it’s a very good idea and one which is worthy of every road warrior’s attention. The mouse which fits snugly in your palm when you’re using a desktop often takes on quite different proportions and becomes a pain in the butt when you’re on the road, never seeming to fit nicely in your bag, and constantly getting tangled. So having a PCMCIA-card sized mouse that stores and recharges neatly inside your laptop computer’s PC card slot when it’s not being used is very useful on the road. For us, the Bluetooth-enabled functionality is a clincher. Whatsmore, the MoGo Mouse recharges in less than an hour so there are no batteries to be replaced.

The MoGo Mouse BT comes from a new company named Newton Peripherals, which aims to deliver user-friendly solutions to mobile computing challenges. The announcement of the new mouse was made in advance of the Consumer Electronics Show, starting this week in Las Vegas, where Newton Peripherals will be demonstrating the MoGo Mouse BT at the Broadcom pavilion. (Convention Center South Hall 4/35781).

“I’ve been a road warrior for years. And I’ve always found carrying around a mouse to be a real pain because of its size,” said Matthew Westover, Newton Peripherals’ CEO and President. “I’ve always refused to carry an external mouse because I don’t have room in my bag, but the moment I saw the MoGo Mouse BT, I instantly knew it solved my problem, and would solve others’ frustrations about using computer mice on the road.”

MoGo Mouse BT features patent-pending optics and a system that automatically levers the mouse up into your hand as you work. Based on the most advanced Bluetooth technology available for wireless mouse applications, the MoGo Mouse delivers unsurpassed power performance and highly robust wireless performance. The BCM2040 single-chip Bluetooth solution from Broadcom integrates radio, baseband, firmware and several key application-specific electronic components onto a single-chip, contributing added reliability to the MoGo Mouse design.

Most important, however, is that its unique design gives it advantages over any other mobile mouse on the market today. MoGo Mouse BT is ergonomically friendly and intuitive to use, right down to the two indentations on its top that clearly enable left- and right-clicking. A “kickstand” locks into place, automatically levering the full-width MoGo Mouse BT into a natural position in the user’s hand, making its operation that much easier. MoGo Mouse BT sells for US$69.95, a price comparable with other Bluetooth-enabled mice, and is available through Newton Peripherals’ authorized distributors. It is also available through the company’s worldwide network of channel partners and direct marketers.

From GizMag

 iRiver is supposed to show off a very hot portable device at the CES 2006. The iRiver G10 is a wide-screen portable device (resolution 800x480px) running on Windows Mobile 5.0 and featuring WiBro connectivity.

The memory configurations of the iRiver G10 are supposed to be 4 and 8GB. I suppose it is a music, video and portable game console. Information is still sparse on this hot looking device. Let’s see if it really appears on the CES show floor. The WiBro support makes me think that the iRiver G10 will only be for the Korean or Asian market.

More details and large photos on AVing (Korean).
From I4U and Akihabara

We can’t remember the last time anything Siemens did in the cellphone biz excited us — especially since the company doesn’t even make cellphones anymore; they sold their cell business to BenQ, which has retained the right to produce phones under the Siemens name for a limited time. But the Siemens brand still has at least some life left in it, as shown by a handful of new models coming out this month, including the E71 (pictured), a thin slider that includes a 2-inch QVGA LCD display, Bluetooth, MP3 and GPRS/EDGE for data. Other models include the Hermes C5, an otherwise nondescript clamshell that has some new branding: it’s being sold under the BenQ-Siemens marque. Sounds to us like the beginning of the phase-out for the Siemens cellphone brand. And, yes, we’re stifling a yawn here.

From Engadget

Check it: remember those pics of the EasyShare V570, that new dual-lens, five megapixel digital camera we had some sneaky pics of back in August? Yeah, well Kodak officially announced the camera today. The big selling point for this one is obviously the dual Scheneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon lenses, one is a 5x optical zoom lens, the other’s a 23mm ultra-wide angle lens, which Kodak claims makes this the widest angle consumer digital camera on the market. The slick part is that the camera can seamlessly move between both lens depending on how much zoom you’re looking for — you don’t have to press any buttons to use one lens or the other, you just zoom in and out as you normally would. The EasyShare V570 also has a 2.5-inch LCD screen, 32MB of internal storage, an SD memory card slot, and automatic red-eye reduction, and should hit stores later this month with a retail price of $399.

From Engadget

German company OQ (not to be confused with the OQO or the OC, of course), has made one aspect of owning a Media Center PC a little easier: they’ve crammed the guts of the PC into an HD display, turning the set into an all-in-one unit. OQ doesn’t make any displays themselves; they use LCDs from Philips and Samsung, in sizes from 32 to 40 inches. PC specs include a 1.6GHz Centrino, 512MB of RAM, 250GB drive, Windows Media Center Edition 2004 and a dual-layer burner. And, sure, we know you could do this yourself. But sometimes convenience is a good thing, and depending on what these guys are charging for this, it might even be worth a bit of a premium.

[Via I4U]

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From Engadget

SamsungHQ is reporting on a new flash-based MP3 player that will be debuting at the fabulous CES 2006. This is thin, sleek, and will support 2GB and 4GB capacities. It will support MP3, WMA, and JPEG photo. It uses the DNSe Digital Natural Sound Engine processing, and has a 38-hour Li-ion battery and a 1.8-inch LCD screen. It will be appearing sometime this week during CES and expect the Gizmodo crew to be there with a hands-on. The expected release is sometimes in the first half of this year.

More info here.

From Gizmodo and Engadget