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Hey, answer your ski glove, already!
Leslie Katz | Aug 22, 2008
Swany's g.cell incorporates a fully integrated Bluetooth-adaptable cell phone in an insulated water-repellent glove for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports.
As mentioned above, incoming calls announce themselves via vibrating wrist action, and you push a button on the back of your hand to answer. A voice-command dial system lets you call out, with a speaker and listening device integrated into the palm and thumb areas of the glove.
Swany says the phone will last for 12 hours on standby, with 4 hours of talk time, making it a potentially useful gadget for those who find themselves stranded in the snow or in need of emergency assistance.
The g.cell is set to show up around the holidays for a suggested retail price of $495. Also suggested (by us at least): not calling your friends while barreling down the mountain.
Source: Newlaunches.com | Via Crave CNET
Hillcrest Labs sues Nintendo over Wii controller patents
Erica Ogg | Aug 21, 2008
This post was updated at 4.20pm PT with Nintendo's response.
The Nintendo Wii is the subject of yet another patent dispute.
On Wednesday, Maryland-based Hillcrest Labs announced that it has filed a complaint for patent infringement with the US International Trade Commission, as well as a separate patent infringement suit in a US District Court in Maryland regarding Nintendo's video game console.
Hillcrest is asking the ITC to stop the import of Wii consoles into the US, and is requesting that the US District Court award unspecified monetary damages.
Hillcrest, which makes and licenses interactive media systems to consumer electronics companies, says it owns three patents related to "a handheld three-dimensional pointing device," and another on a "navigation interface display system that graphically organizes content for display on a television".
The company makes a motion-sensitive remote called The Loop, which Hillcrest says is protected by the patents at issue.
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LG Prada II comes with a keyboard?
Nicole Lee | Aug 21, 2008
The Prada II?
(Credit: The Boy Genius)
Little is known about the Prada sequel so far, but there is this picture of it floating around, and it does look like LG just slapped a QWERTY keyboard on the old hardware. Hopefully its features will improve upon the original with a nicer megapixel camera, more internal storage, and 3G support. We'll see if the Prada II makes an appearance this year, but until then, we can only dream.
Via Crave CNET
Rumor mill: HTC Dream details leaked?
Nicole Lee | Aug 21, 2008
Google Street View on the Android platform.
(Credit: CNET News)
First, it claimed that the launch date is October 13, 2008, with pre-orders available starting September 17 (pre-orders are purportedly available only to existing customers with a good history, and can be done only online). Second, unlimited data and messaging will apparently cost US$35 a month, and the Dream itself is priced tentatively at around US$199.
Here are the leaked specs: Full QWERTY keyboard, 3G/WiFi, full HTML browser, easy access to Google apps, maps (with street view), YouTube, IM and text, email, 3.0-megapixel camera, video playback, a music player plus a memory card slot, and an application store. In other words, the specs sound exactly like the ones on the prototype models we've seen awhile back.
Of course, this is all rumor and hearsay at this point, but seeing as the FCC documents were revealed recently, I think we'll be seeing a lot more of these "leaked details" coming forth between now and the actual launch date.
Source: Gizmodo | Via Crave CNET
Palm Treo Pro now official
John Chan | Aug 21, 2008
After weeks of teasers in the form of leaked Flash sites and photos, Palm today finally made its new Windows Mobile handheld, the Treo Pro, official.
As expected, this new model is a quad-band GSM device with 3.5G connectivity. It comes with Wi-Fi and GPS built in, addressing the feature omissions in its last GSM Treo, the 750. It is also confirmed that the Treo Pro will have a 3.5mm audio jack, which makes it perfect for entertainment needs as you can plug in your own favorite headphones. Though it seems like a simple feature, we haven't seen this standard headphone jack in many handhelds other than the current BlackBerry devices from RIM.
As with every Treo, you can expect some standard items such as a dedicated ringer switch on the top for quickly silencing the phone, a keypad under the display and a square screen. This one has a resolution of 320 x 320, up from the 240 x 240 pixels on the 750. This makes it similar in most aspects to the Samsung SGH-i780.
According to the US press release, it will soon be on sale at a recommended price of US$549. Palm is still unable to disclose its price and specific availability in Asia though the company did tell us that we can expect it from September onwards.
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