As Android debut nears, Google's Miner stays mum

Google's Rich Miner had nothing new to share Thursday with Mobilize attendees regarding the company's Android software for mobile phones, except that it will be really, really cool.
Android is set to make its debut next week in the form of an HTC handset running on T-Mobile's network, but Miner ran through Google's standard pitch for Android in San Francisco for an audience of mobile industry insiders already very familiar with Android's potential. He painted Android as the answer to the industry's search for a truly open operating system that erases the headaches of the past.

Google has spent almost a year finalizing its plans for Android, a Linux-based combination of nuts-and-bolts software with applications and a user interface designed to run mobile phones. The idea is to give the mobile industry an open operating system that they can use as they see fit without breaking application compatibility across a wide variety of handsets.
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The Pogo: Fancy new stylus for iPhone and iPod touch hits the market

Most people use their fingers to operate their iPhones and iPod touches because Steve Jobs made sure the touchscreens of those devices were finger-friendly. But that hasn't stopped Ten One Design from making a special stylus, the Pogo (US$19.99), for those of you who just don't think your fingers cut it when it comes to operating your iPhone or iPod touch.

Ten One Design's marketing materials sum up the new stylus this way:

The sleek design of the Pogo Stylus features an ultralight aluminum body with an anodized finish and laser graphics. The soft tip glides easily over the surface of the display, making it fun and easy to sketch, draw characters, or just slide to unlock. Sized for accuracy, it does away with the awkward typos and misfires common to fingertip-only use.
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C'mon baby, light my iPhone's fire

You thought your iPhone was hot before? The Sonic Lighter, a new app from Smule, emblazons your phone's display with a simulated flame that you can control by touch or tilt. Ignite the fire with a virtual strike of the display; breathe on the device to control or extinguish the flicker (engage in this latter action in public at your own peril, of course).

While a pretty cool and innovative visual effect for 99 cents, we wouldn't call this a useful iPhone app. Ge Wang, co-founder and chief technology officer of Smule, however, might disagree. "I've found the flame map to be quite useful, especially at night," he said.

But the Sonic Lighter has greater aspirations than lighting your path in the darkness or helping you encourage Journey to play an encore of Don't Stop Believin'.

In addition to captivating onlookers with dancing flames, it contains a sonic modem that lets you ignite adjacent Smule-enabled phones, thus letting you "spread your light around the world", the company says. Read: Spread the Apple word.
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Griffin adds more sight, sound to iPhone 3G

At Apple Expo in Paris on Wednesday, Griffin Technology unveiled its latest iPhone accessories, including the AirCurve acoustic amplifier dock and the Clarifi protective case.

The AirCurve dock collects and amplifies the sound from the built-in iPhone 3G speaker. It does so by using a coil waveguide within its base, and therefore doesn't need batteries or another power source to work.

While the acoustically amplified sound is not as loud as that made by electronic amplifiers, it's loud enough for you to enjoy music in a quiet room or to use as an alarm clock. The compact dock is made of translucent polycarbonate plastic, revealing the graceful curves within that magnify the sound. AirCurve also includes a pass-through slot that lets you charge and sync your iPhone using a Griffin Dock Connector Cable, which is sold separately.
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N-Gage first with Resident Evil Degeneration game

Nokia and Capcom today announced at the Games Convention Asia in Singapore that Resident Evil Degeneration will be released on N-Gage and is slated for an end-2008 release.

This game is partly based on a full-length CG movie with the same name, which will be released in October in Japan. Resident Evil is a long-running video game series with a horror slant to it and has appeared on many gaming platforms, mostly on home gaming consoles.

This makes N-Gage the first platform for which an Resident Evil Degeneration game has been announced. N-Gage titles can be bought over the Internet and is compatible with most current Nokia Nseries mobile phones.

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