Itsy-bitsy Bluetooth headset

At first glance, this may look like an odd-shaped bolt from your toolbox. In reality, it's a Bluetooth headset from Japanese company Adtec. The AD-HSM10 wireless headset weighs just 5g and sits in one ear. Despite its small size and weight, the specs rate it as having 3 hours talktime and 100 hours standby time.

It will cost 8980 yen (about US$79) when launched and comes with a docking station for charging. Now this is one product that requires a "keep out of reach of children" warning label just in case they swallow it.

Adtec (via Engadget)

Asus' E90 Communicator lookalike

French site GPS and Co has information about a new Asus handheld which bears a passing resemblance to a certain Nokia device. Pictured here is the Asus M930W, a WM6 (Windows Mobile 6) PDA-phone with both numeric and QWERTY keypads like the Nokia E90.

From the available images, the external display has portrait orientation while the one hidden in the clamshell design is in landscape mode. Though GPS and Co reported that it will run WM6 Professional, the screenshots seem to suggest that it's the Standard version for smart phones without touch displays instead. Other specs include HSDPA, 128MB RAM and a 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera.

One interesting point is how the internal display doesn't span the entire surface of the cover. The excess space on the left and right makes it look like another Asus product, the Eee PC. We don't think that's intentional, but is probably because WM doesn't support such a wide aspect ratio to fit the length of the PDA-phone.

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Via GPS and Co (via Gizmodo)

Android phone prototype photographed

Gizmodo got a picture of a real mobile phone running the Android software initiative spearheaded by Google. Though we know that there is no Google phone, there are real devices out there used by the search giant to demonstrate the Android software, and here’s one of them.

This prototype bears a passing resemblance to some smart phones and we won't be surprised if it's just a slightly-modified Treo. According to the Gizmodo reader who sent in the photo, the OS is fast--faster than the desktop SDK emulator. Without a doubt, it's going to be an exciting year ahead for mobile phones with Google in the fray.

Via Gizmodo

"Mini Mob" phone brings back the brick

Why anyone would want to bring back the cell-phone brick look is beyond us. Yet that's what the "Mini Mob" would like to do by stuffing modern technologies into its chunky, Flock of Seagulls-era frame.

It's really not as unwieldy as the originals, however--it's more of a scale model that's a little more than 4 inches long, according to Gadget Lab. Inside it sports an MP3 player, camera, and GSM technology (it's offered by a UK distributor).

We're not really into the '80s look, having destroyed all our Members Only jackets in a ritual burning long ago. But for those young enough to regard this period as retro chic, we can recommend a few boomboxes that would complement this phone nicely.

Via CNET Crave | Credit: Gadgets Arcade

Goldman Sachs: New iPhones, Apple TV for 2008

We had a pretty good idea that a new iPhone would be coming in 2008, but what will it look like?

A report from Goldman Sachs Wednesday spotted by AppleInsider doesn't exactly shed much more light on that subject, but says that Apple is gearing up to deliver two new iPhones next year. The first one sounds like it will be just a storage upgrade with more flash memory in the first half of the year, while the second half of the year should bring the long-awaited 3G iPhone, according to the report.

Not one, but two iPhones could be released next year, according to Goldman Sachs.

Both Apple CEO Steve Jobs and AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson have indicated that 2008 is the year for the 3G iPhone, so that's not much of a surprise. An iPhone that could connect to 3G (third-generation) data networks would allow for faster download speeds, but Apple has held off on introducing such a model to this point because of concerns over battery life, according to Jobs.

Goldman also thinks that Apple is getting ready to introduce a newer version of Apple TV, which had a disappointing first year. But the report doesn't make much sense; it says Apple is going to attach an LCD screen to Apple TV. Maybe I'm missing something very obvious, and feel free to point it out below, but I just can't fathom why Apple would want to do that. Apple TV's problems have nothing to do with the lack of a display.

Anyway, the report also says that Goldman can't find as much evidence of the long-rumored ultraportable notebook that's supposedly on tap for Macworld, saying that "possible design issues" might have delayed that model. Just another day in the Apple rumor business.

Via CNET Crave

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