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In the Internet you can come across a more detailed info on Xda Atom Life communicator to be released by O2 operator. Earlier the device had the codename Apollo. It was developed by the Taiwanese maker Quanta. The info appeared after the communicator had been approved by the FCC. But at that time there was no info on the main peculiarity – the communicator turned to have 1 GB flash ROM onboard. Other advantages include not big size, FM-tuner, 2-megapixel camera, GSM networking (EDGE) and 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Linksys, a Division of Cisco Systems, Inc., and the recognized leading global manufacturer of voice, wireless, and networking hardware for home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) and small business user, today unveiled its iPhone family of Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions. The iPhone family of handheld devices harnesses the power of the Internet to enhance voice communications, integrate compelling information services, and deliver access to multimedia. In short, Linksys iPhones voice solutions and products give consumers the ability to do more with their phone than talk. “As the next generation of handheld devices, Linksys iPhone voice solutions and products are changing the way people communicate with their friends, family and colleagues. They enable compelling internet services, allow consumers to know when their contacts are available for calls, and offer access to personal content like music, movies and live video cameras.” said Mike Pocock, Linksys senior vice president and general manager. “The development of the iPhone family demonstrates our flexibility in selecting the right partnerships, feature sets, and product designs to exceed the demands of even our most connected customers to whom the Internet is no longer a destination, but an inextricable part of their lives.” Since the summer of 2004, Linksys has shipped more than 3 million VoIP products worldwide, including seven phones in its iPhone product line – all immediately available in the United States: iPhone Cordless Internet Telephony Kit – CIT200 iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit – CIT300 iPhone Dual-Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice – CIT310 New! – iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit for Skype – CIT400 iPhone Wireless-G IP Phone – WIP300 iPhone Wireless-G IP Phone with Web Browser – WIP330 New! – iPhone Wireless-G Phone for Skype – WIP320 Enhanced CommunicationVoice applications are at the core of the iPhone family. However, with iPhone handheld devices, consumers can do more than just dial a phone number and wait to see if someone answers on the other end. Products in the iPhone product line integrate popular communication clients, like Skype and Yahoo! Messenger with Voice, to help enable real-time presence features that can allow consumers to see when their friends and family are online and ready to receive a call. With products in the iPhone family, callers can toggle between the free VoIP calling options available from Skype or Yahoo! and traditional landline service with the click of a button. Information ServicesAs the first product to couple Yahoo! Messenger with Voice and access to Internet services like Yahoo! Local Search and weather forecasts, the Dual-Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice (CIT310) has given consumers access to information in a convenient and timely manner. They no longer have to pick up a printed phone book, or go to their computer to find a phone number. By programming the phone with a local zip code, people can search for local business information directly from their phone and then effortlessly place a call to the business with one click. In addition, a weather search setting permits quick access local weather forecast. “Providing consumers the ability to use Yahoo! services to search for local businesses, check weather and have full access to their Yahoo! Messenger Contact List on the Linksys dual-mode iPhone was an important step as the convergence between Web services and handsets continues to advance,” said Jeff Bonforte, senior director of Real Time Communications, Yahoo!, Inc. Multimedia ContentThe iPhone product family also includes products like the Wireless-G IP Phone (WIP330) that integrate the popular standards-based SIP VoIP protocol. Consumers can use the WIP330 to access music, photos, and streaming video from sources on the Internet so they can combine the product with wireless video cameras like the Linksys Wireless-G Compact Video Camera (WVC54GC), to create a real-time home monitoring solution. Freedom from the PCLaunching today, the latest iPhones products help free consumers from the requirement of an always-on PC to make calls over the Internet. The iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit for Skype (CIT400) embeds the popular communications client into a cordless phone base station that is attached directly to the home network via Ethernet, making it easy to place calls to other Skype users, mobile phones, or landlines without turning on a computer. The iPhone Wireless-G Phone for Skype (WIP320) makes Skype portable by integrating it into a Wireless-G handset, allowing consumers to place calls from anywhere they can connect to a wireless access point. Both new iPhones products allow free or inexpensive voice calls in addition to real-time contact list access and presence information that lets the user know if the intended call recipient is available. The new phones also support popular Skype calling services, such as SkypeOut, SkypeIn, and Skype Voicemail. “Each generation of phone offerings from Linksys has offered Skype users increased flexibility in how they make calls,” said Gareth O’Loughlin, director of hardware product management for Skype. “We’re thrilled to work with Linksys and give users even more options to use Skype off the PC – whether at home, at work or on the move.” iPhone Family Pricing and Global Availability: iPhone Cordless Internet Telephony Kit – CIT200 – Available globally through e-commerce retailers, retail stores, and VAR partners. Estimated Street Price: $79.99. iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit – CIT300 – Available globally through e-commerce retailers, and VAR partners. Estimated Street Price: $99.99 iPhone Dual-Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice – CIT310 – Available in the U.S. through e-commerce retailers, and VAR partners. Estimated Street Price: $99.99 New!! iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit for Skype – CIT400 – Available immediately in the U.S. through e-commerce retailers, and VAR partners. Global availability through e-commerce retailers, and VAR partners is expected for Q1 2007. Estimated Street Price: $179.99 iPhone Wireless-G IP Phone – WIP300 – Immediately available in North America, Europe and Asia through distribution and authorized VAR partners. Estimated Street Price: $219.99 New!! iPhone Wireless-G Phone for Skype – WIP320 – Immediately available in North America through distribution, online retailers and VAR partners. Europe, Asia and LATAM availability is planned for Q1 2007. Estimated Street Price: $199.99. iPhone Wireless-G IP Phone – WIP330 – Immediately available in North America, Europe and Asia through distribution and authorized VAR partners. Estimated Street Price: $369.99 About LinksysFounded in 1988, Linksys, a Division of Cisco Systems Inc., (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the recognized global leader in voice, wireless and Ethernet networking for consumer, SOHO and small business users. Linksys is dedicated to making networking easy and affordable for its customers, offering innovative, award-winning products that seamlessly integrate with a variety of devices and applications. Linksys provides award-winning product support to its customers. For more information, visit www.linksys.com

“What a year it’s been for Magellan! Several months ago they released the RoadMate 3000T, 3050T, and 6000T, only to discontinue the 3000T a few months later, and replace it with the RoadMate 2000 and 2200T. Oh, and along the way Magellan was acquired by Shah Capital Partners (SCP). Magellan was once my undisputed favorite GPS manufacturer, and was responsible for some of the best navigation systems ever developed, including the legendary Hertz NeverLost system and the 750NAV. Over the years, however, Magellan had let their product line become stagnant, and the company was dying a slow, under-funded death. Around 9 months ago I was starting to worry that Magellan may have lost the secret sauce altogether and might cease to exist.” Read this BIG review here:

“The handset houses 21 Mb of user-manageable memory, this volume can be expanded with a memory card, where you can keep various applications on. An executable Java file is restricted to 1MB in size (the size of a JAR-file), while the HEAP can top out at 2MB. Actually which memory type is used doesn’t matter to the phone when working with files (music, calls, photos, applications), but the interface speed proves to be lower for the internal memory (though it should be vice versa if you come to think of this). This pust a restriction on the bitrate of mp3 files as well. And now the recommended bitrate for the phone’s memory is 64 kbps and 128 kbps for the card. However you should treat this statement as recommended by the manufacturer, rather than as a limitation to obey. The phone will play back files with 256 kbps or an alternating bitrate perfectly; problems pop up on rare occasion only for some specific tracks.” Read this nice review here:

“Google is on the move. The internet giant has held talks with Orange, the mobile phone operator, about a multi-billion-dollar partnership to create a ‘Google phone’ which makes it easy to search the web wherever you are.The collaboration between two of the most powerful brands in technology is seen as a potential catalyst for making internet use of mobile phones as natural as on desktop computers and laptops.Executives from Orange flew to Silicon Valley in California for a meeting at Google’s headquarters, or ‘Googleplex’, to hold preliminary discussions about a joint deal. The companies believe that they have an affinity as brands that are perceived as both ‘positive’ and ‘innovative’.Their plans centre on a branded Google phone, which would probably also carry Orange’s logo. The device would not be revolutionary: manufactured by HTC, a Taiwanese firm specialising in smart phones and Personal Data Assistants (PDAs), it might have a screen similar to a video iPod. But it would have built-in Google software which would dramatically improve on the slow and cumbersome experience of surfing the web from a mobile handset..”Find out more here:

“SysOnChip has announced two new navigation devices Looket G7 and Looket G9. According to the manufacturer, Looket G7 and Looket G9 ensure “optimal mobility” and are essential during car travel, walking and cycle rides.The specs of Looket G7:

Display – touchscreen LCD 3.5” 320×240 pixels
CPU – Samsung S3C2440A RISC 400 MHz
64 MB RAM and 32 MB flash ROM
SD/MMC slot
GPS-receiver
Built-in speaker, 3.5-mm headphones jack
MiniUSB
Dimensions – 115x73x20 mm
Li-Ion battery
Charger – 220 V and car charger
Windows CE.NET 4.2

Looket G7 supports MP3 and WMV files (optionally).

The specs of Looket G9:
CPU – Samsung S3C2440A RISC 400 MHz
64 MB RAM and 32 MB flash ROM
GPS-receiver SiRF III
Display – wide- touchscreen LCD 4.3” 480×272 pixels, 16.7М colors
SD/MMC slot
Built-in speaker, 3.5 mm headphones jack
Dimensions – 152×95.8×25 mm
Battery – Li-Ion 1100 mAh
Charger – 220 V and car charger
Windows CE.NET 5.0
SysOnChip Looket G7 and Looket G9 will be exhibited at CES show in January.”

“I’m a sucker for IQ tests and ‘brain building’ programs, which considering that I am a major idiot (at least according to my very intelligent kids) is probably a waste of time. Recently, I fell in love with the Nintendo DS game ‘BrainAge‘. This is a real tragedy since I don’t have a Nintendo. (Hmmm, this may be a sample of why my kids call me an idiot!) In my search for a Palm version of BrainAge, I found Filao Software’s ‘Advanced Brain Trainer‘ (ABT), which claims on it’s website: “Stimulate all aspects of your mind in a fun and rewarding form of entertainment. Various and fast-paced mental activities train different aspects of your brain: memory, focus, reaction time, logic etc… Choose your coach who will analyze your results, motivate and guide you through your mind’s enhancement.” Read more here:

“There emerged additional details on the upcoming smartphone HTC Vox. The model is rumored to have a side sliding QWERTY-keyboard and an ordinary digital one under the display. Now Boy Genius Report site has published images looking like official (HTC has been making images to new products this style) and some info about the device.The commercial name of the smartphone is supposed to be HTC S710. The specs known at the moment:
Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone
GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), GPRS, EDGE
2.4” QVGA (240×320 pixels)
2-megapixel camera
TI OMAP 850 200 MHz
64 MB RAM and 128 MB flash ROM
Slot for microSD cards
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), miniUSB
Dimensions – 100x50x18 mm” via mobile-review.com

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“Another very handy feature of HanDBase is that it lets you encrypt database files, so you could use it to edit and store sensitive information on your phone such as credit card numbers or security codes. This potentially replaces the many dedicated wallet and safe applications already available for S60, and gives the user far more flexibility into the bargain. However, you have to go and manually mark each field for encryption at creation time, and that’s only possible after you’ve switched encryption on in the security settings menu. If you add encryption after the creation of the database’s fields, the program will not encrypt anything. Even worse, despite there being no automatic encryption there is an automatic prompting for the password, so the user might well think their data is secure when it isn’t. I only found out that my data wasn’t secure when I accidentally pressed enter without entering my password and noticed that everything was visible anyway. This major flaw in the user interface needs to be addressed, perhaps by forcing users to select fields to encrypt as soon as they’ve switched the encryption on.” Read more here: