By Paddy Tan

Specifications:

Operating System
Palm OS Garnet V5.4
GSM
Tri-band, GPRS Class 10
CPU
ARM 9 OMAP
Memory
32MB SDRAM, 64MB Flash, SD/MMC
LCD
2.2″ TFT , 64K colors, 176 x 220 pixels
Camera
1.3M pixels CMOS camera
Connection
IRDA, Audio Jack, 18Pin connector, USB, Bluetooth
Battery
Lithium-Polymer 1350 mAh
Talk Time
4 hours
Standby Time
170 hours
Weight
127g
Size
49.5 x 109 x 22.5 mm
Language
English, Chinese

Reviewed here (from SPUG).

This is too funny to be passed on…. (or to be pissed on? )

 

From TechDirt:

Physicists in Singapore have developed a new battery fueled by human urine, intending it for use in disposable health-care kits for rural areas. The mind boggles at all of the other potential applications, though, and as Cellular-News points, out, could bring a whole new meaning to “emergency” phone calls. Think of all the products it could power, like the Sony PisSP or the Apple iPeed.

More info here.

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If you’re ready to enter that snazz 21st century we keep on hearing about and start using your voice to control your entertainment, VOCO has your back with their handheld “personal voice assistant,” the VOCO Voice Commander. When bundled with a Vzone player, which can hook up to a stereo, you create a “Vzone” which can pump out the music you request with your Voice Commander, Sonos style. You can also get news, stocks, and sports info on your screen, with everything flowing over WiFi. You could of course be boring and just use the buttons to get the same results about twice as fast, but what’s the fun in that?

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From Engadget

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Sure we’ve seen remotely controlled PVR scheduling already, but Acogito is taking it all HD with their new ACO-200HD unit. Their control technology is called RCXML, and since it’s based on XML it’s nice and accessible — and probably moddable — and can be used by most any device that can access the internets, be it traditional or over WAP. We’d have to see this all hands-on to get a feel for its effectiveness, and since we can’t find price or availability on ‘em, no word when that will be, but so far their offering sounds pretty good, and, well, HD!

[Via PVR Wire]

From Engadget

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So you think today’s handheld, SDIO and cellphone-based GPS units are small? Get ready for a new generation of even smaller GPS devices, ranging from wristwatches to slim cellphones to — and we just know this is coming — implants. That’s the promise held forth by what is being billed as the world’s smallest GPS receiver, which was developed by New Zealand-based Rakon, a company affiliated with GPS-make Navman. According to Rakon, the chip is about the size of a baby’s fingernail, and should be available in a range of devices within the next two years.

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From Engadget

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We generally don’t pay a whole lot of attention to Vivitar’s product announcements — most of their digicams are just rebadged versions of cameras from OEMs like Taiwan’s Premier — but the recently announced ViviCam X60 certainly caught our attention. The camera, due out later this year, boasts a range of features not typically available in a compact, especially one expected to retail for under $500. Those features include a 10 megapixel CCD, 6x optical zoom and a 2.8-inch LCD. Right now, Vivitar’s providing very little info about the X60 other than those specs — and the only pictures they’ve released make it pretty clear that production probably hasn’t even begun — but it could be the start of a new wave of high-megapixel point-and-shoots, especially since we suspect that this one is made by Premier as well, which means we’ll likely see more of these, under a range of brands, over the next few months.

More info here. (From Engadget)

Which one do you think looks the best?

As you can see the Treo 700w is a bit thicker. The hw6515 and X50v are about the same in thickness.

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Here are the keyboards side-by-side. Which one do you like better?

More info here. (PocketPCAddict)