Google Search results optimized for feature phones in Arabic and Hebrew -- 40 languages now supported

Forty-language support is an important milestone for a product at Google. We are very excited that by adding support for Hebrew and Arabic, our new optimized mobile Search experience is now available in 40 languages for feature phones.

We launched in 38 left-to-right languages in July, bringing the comprehensiveness of Google's web search to mobile users around the world. Now Arabic and Hebrew speakers will also be able to benefit from universal search results on their mobile devices.

As a reminder, the new search results format provides more complete support for the universal search results you're familiar with on your computer. This means that News, Image, Blog, Video and Product Search results blend right into your results pages when available and relevant to your query. Also, many of your favorite Google Search features now appear in the first result in order to provide direct answers to your searches.



Posted by Zhen Wang, Software Engineer, Google Mobile Team

The bright side of sitting in traffic: Crowdsourcing road congestion data

This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. It is cross-posted from the Official Google Blog. - Ed.

What if you could do a little something to improve the world during your daily drive to work? Here are a few ideas: tell everybody in the city when you're stuck in slow-moving traffic; warn the drivers on the freeway behind you that they should consider an alternate route; tell the people still at home that they should spend another ten minutes reading the morning news before they leave for work; tell your city government that they might want to change the timing of that traffic light at the highway on-ramp. Of course, you can't just get on the phone and call everybody, and your one traffic report from your one spot on the road might not help much anyway. But if everybody on the road, all at once, could tell the world how fast their car is moving, and we could make it easy for anybody to check that information on their computer or cell phone, well — then we'd be getting somewhere.

If you use Google Maps for mobile with GPS enabled on your phone, that's exactly what you can do. When you choose to enable Google Maps with My Location, your phone sends anonymous bits of data back to Google describing how fast you're moving. When we combine your speed with the speed of other phones on the road, across thousands of phones moving around a city at any given time, we can get a pretty good picture of live traffic conditions. We continuously combine this data and send it back to you for free in the Google Maps traffic layers. It takes almost zero effort on your part — just turn on Google Maps for mobile before starting your car — and the more people that participate, the better the resulting traffic reports get for everybody.

This week we're expanding our traffic layer to cover all U.S. highways and arterials when data is available. We're able to do this thanks in no small part to the data contributed by our users. This is exactly the kind of technology that we love at Google because it's so easy for a single person to help out, but can be incredibly powerful when a lot of people use it together. Imagine if you knew the exact traffic speed on every road in the city — every intersection, backstreet and freeway on-ramp — and how that would affect the way you drive, help the environment and impact the way our government makes road planning decisions. This idea, which we geeks call "crowdsourcing," isn't new. Ever since GPS location started coming to mainstream devices, people have been thinking of ways to use it to figure out how fast the traffic is moving. But for us to really make it work, we had to solve problems of scale (because you can't get useful traffic results until you have a LOT of devices reporting their speeds) and privacy (because we don't want anybody to be able to analyze Google's traffic data to see the movement of a particular phone, even when that phone is completely anonymous).

We achieve scale by making Google Maps for mobile easy to install and use, and by making it easy for people to provide information about their own vehicle speed. There's no extra device to plug into your car and no extra software to buy. Google Maps is free and works with most cell phones, and the number of cell phones with GPS is rising every day. Some phones, such as the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and the Palm Pre, come with Google Maps and traffic crowdsourcing pre-installed (the iPhone Maps application, however, does not support traffic crowdsourcing). Google is fortunate to have a lot of people using our products, and that scale helps make our products better.

We understand that many people would be concerned about telling the world how fast their car was moving if they also had to tell the world where they were going, so we built privacy protections in from the start. We only use anonymous speed and location information to calculate traffic conditions, and only do so when you have chosen to enable location services on your phone. We use our scale to provide further privacy protection: When a lot of people are reporting data from the same area, we combine their data together to make it hard to tell one phone from another. Even though the vehicle carrying a phone is anonymous, we don't want anybody to be able to find out where that anonymous vehicle came from or where it went — so we find the start and end points of every trip and permanently delete that data so that even Google ceases to have access to it. We take the privacy concerns related to user location data seriously, and have worked hard to protect the privacy of users who share this data — but we still understand that not everybody will want to participate. If you'd like to stop your phone from sending anonymous location data back to Google, you can find opt-out instructions here.

We've already been able to provide useful traffic information with the help of our existing mobile users, but we hope that is just the start. As GPS-enabled phones and data plans get less expensive, more people will be able to participate. Crowdsourcing traffic gives us a way to harness bits of location data from our users and give it back to them in a form they can use to make impactful decisions that affect their free time, their pocketbooks and the environment. The more people use it, the better it will get. So next time you're sitting in morning traffic, turn on Google Maps for mobile and let someone else know they can hit the snooze button one more time. Tomorrow morning, they might do the same for you.

Posted by Dave Barth, Product Manager for Google Maps.

Retro Stereo iPhone/iPod speakers

Presenting fascinating speakers for your iPods and iPhones music gadget. It is called Retro Stereo iPod speaker as the design resembles an old fashioned cassette player. Most iPod does not have speakers and thus this one is an apt accessory to accompany the iPod/iPhones gadget. With a light weight body and a suave design this one would arouse that olden day’s feel in you. With no battery requisite the iPod speakers get energised by the iPhone/iPod.

The gadget has a docking mechanism with the dock connector onboard and caters stereo audio result. Costing $32 this one is homogenously compatible with many iPod and iPhone models like 1st and 2nd generations of iPod Touch, 6G iPod Classic, 1st to 4th Generation of iPod Nano, and iPod mini, iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS.

Having 62mm W x 15mm D x 30mm H dimensions and weighing a meagre 19 Gms, this one is truly handy. Enrobing the black colour it looks presentable and retro form stylish.

Huawei 8220 Android Phone with T-Mobile Pulse

Huawei is planning Android mobile gadget for Q3 launch. In addition to the U8230, we have seen before it looks like another Huawei Android-based smartphone is coming in October to T-Mobile Europe. The device is known as the T-Mobile Pulse or Huawei 8220. It comes with:

• Android 1.5
• 3.5-inch 320×480 LCD touchscreen
• 3.2 Megapixel camera
• GPS receiver
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• microSD card slot
• HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
• HSUPA 5.76 Mbps

This gadget is available near by this October.

Nokia's Booklet 3G New Netbook Mini Laptop PC

Nokia has obviously noticed the surge in Netbook popularity in the past year and the company has developed its own model called the Nokia Booklet 3G. The Windows based Booklet 3G mini laptop PC has a:

• 10-inch glass HD ready display
• Weighs 1.25 kilograms
• Measures about two centimeters thin
• Intel Atom processor
• Impressive 12 hours of battery life
• 3G/ HSPA
• Wi-Fi
• HDMI port for HD video out
• Front facing camera for video calling
• Bluetooth
• SD card reader
• Easily access the Nokia Music Store
• Nokia's Ovi Maps
• A-GPS

Nokia will release more detailed specifications market availability and pricing for the Booklet 3G at Nokia World on September 2.

Gaming Mouse by Razer Naga

Razer introduces the Naga Gaming Mouse gadget which was designed specially for MMO games. The Razer Gaming Mouse is designed to enhance your ability to control your character with 17 MMO optimized buttons so you can programmed different game commands to each button. Aside from the keypad, the Naga looks like a wired version of the Razer Mamba from earlier this year. Like the Mamba, the Naga has all of the speeds and feeds common to high-end gaming mice, including a 5,600 dpi laser sensor and 1,000MHz polling rate. You won't really need those high-precision settings to master the assisted targeting and timed-attack mechanics in a MMO, but it's hard to find a gaming mouse these days without such crazy settings, so you might as well have them.

Razer also boasts in-game configuration add-ons for World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online for the Naga, which will hopefully simplify mapping the various key commands.

Naga is reasonably comfortable and intuitive to use we can see how it might appeal to other gamers, digital media artists, or users of any other hot key-heavy software. Razer lists the Naga for $79.99 on its Web site and says it will be available online "soon".

Cloud Telecomputers Presents Desktop Smartphones for Business

Cloud Telecomputers a software innovator in business communication applications and IP telephony today introduced Glass, which is an Android-based platform for desktop business smartphones. The Glass is SIP compatible and will offer a highly attractive and intuitive user interface on an eight-inch color touchscreen. This gadget will feature Outlook integration for tap-to-dial, Bluetooth for answering cell calls on your desk phone, voice dialing, HD speakerphone, and interfaces to popular CRM programs.

Cloud Telecomputers is planning to release its Glass-enabled phones during the Q1 of 2010 with a price range of $599 to $699, depending on features and configuration.

Video Glasses By i-3D

Here is a 3D Glasses gadget that has a futuristic design it is the i-3D Video Glasses that use 3D technology to make you experience your own 3D theater at home. The i-3D Video Glasses weighs 2.4-ounces and displays videos at 920,000 pixels with a 4:3 aspect ratio. The i-3D Video Glasses also comes with built-in earbud-type speakers and delivers a wide 35-degree diagonal viewing angle.

Features of the i-3D Video Glasses includes a remote control, adjustable brightness and contrast, USB charger cable and a 1,000mAh rechargeable Lithium-ion battery all for a $399 price.

YouTube Mobile App Expands to Five New Languages

We're happy to announce that the YouTube Mobile Application for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 devices is now available in five new languages. We now support users with localized content in Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Swedish, and Czech. This brings the total number of languages the app supports to 12.

YouTube's Mobile Application makes it easy to quickly load and watch high-quality YouTube videos on your mobile phone, even in weak coverage areas. To get the update or to try the app for the first time, simply visit m.youtube.com/app in your phone's browser.

We'd love to get your feedback, so visit our forum if you have questions or want to chat about YouTube mobile.

Posted by Robin Norvell, Mobile Consumer Operations

Boombox Portable iPod Speaker System Use it Anywhere

Fantastic Boombox Portable iPod Speaker System is for all those folks who are crazy about music and practically live with their music system should take a look at this . The compact and handy system docks your iPod and also plays the stereo for a party kind of scenario. The best part of this gadget is that you can carry it with you on outdoor trips as well. Compatible with one and all generations of iPods this speaker system is a small wonder that prompts best musical results. The speakers cater total output of 18 watts and generates non stop 20 hours of music.

Thriving on 8D batteries when outdoors or an AC adapter when indoors this iPod speaker system would be an owner’s delight. Enhancing portability with an in-built handle this one has a companion in terms of a remote control that aids in easy operation. Wearing a greyish accent coupled with white this iPod speaker system looks graceful.

Costing $150 this system is a great musical solution for your iPods.

Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server now available

If you have a corporate BlackBerry smartphone, you might be interested to know that the Google Apps team has just made the Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server available for download. This connector makes it possible to use Google Apps email, calendar, and contacts with corporate BlackBerry phones' built-in applications.

If you manage IT for your organization, you'll want to read the Enterprise team's blog post that details the Google Apps Connector.

If you don't manage IT but you want your company to adopt Google Apps and the Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server, tell your IT team that it's time to "Go Google".

Posted by Joyce Sohn, Google Apps Marketing Manager

Bose QuietComfort 15 Bluetooth headphones

Stylish gadget Bose QuietComfort 15 headphones great looks in black-grey colour combination and innovative comfy ergonomic design. The basic virtue of these headphones is noise cancellation. Enveloping a wider frequency spectrum the Bluetooth headphones provide you with far-ranging music streaming. With microphone on dual sides that is resting under the ear cups and on the outside these ensure proper measurement while enhancing the noise cancellation signals. Crafted out of material that generates passive noise reduction these get the life with one AAA battery that lives for 35 hours. With arresting handsome looks these headphones are a best alternative to your noisy music device.Released on 20th August'09 these are a sure shot catch for all you music lovers who love to listen to music while on a ride. Get the latest on the block to enhance your listening experience!!

iLuv iAD119 Dual USB Car Charger

iLuv plans to launch a remarkable different gadget in industry. One of the two called iLuv iAD115 Micro USB Car charger befits your car’s cigarette lighter slot and lights up the blue LED light. It needs a 12-24V DC input supply and generates 5V DC and 500mA output. While the iLuv iAD119 Dual USB Car Charger would give liberty of charging two gadgets simultaneously. It again has blue LED suggesting its charging operation and is accompanied by replaceable fuse. With a rotating head this charging device is easy to fix and thus charge your gadget.

It would be retailing in the month of September at a cost of $20.

"Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens."

Today we're pleased to announce a new Google Labs application for Android-powered devices in the US called, Listen. Listen quickly finds podcasts and web audio relevant to your searches, lets you stream over-the-air or download for later, and subscribe to fresh content from your favorite feeds and searches. In short, Listen helps organize the world of audio information and makes it easily accessible anytime, anywhere. And if you agree with the Jimi Hendrix quote that is the title of this post, then Listen may actually make you wiser, too.

Listen lets you stay informed even while engaged in other activities. Our colleagues use Listen as a personal audio-magazine while exercising, commuting, gardening, cleaning, dressing, cooking, and more*.



It's simple to get started. Just go to Android Market on your Android-powered device and search for "Listen". Install the application and search for anything you would like to listen to. For inspiration, try hitting "Popular searches" from the home screen. This will show some of the fastest-rising audio searches that people are making now. Tapping one of the results reveals content that you can play, queue for later, or subscribe to.

So search for, subscribe to, sit back and listen to thousands of podcasts from your phone. Remember that this is a Labs launch, so we are particularly eager to get your thoughts and feedback below. For more information, take a look at our Google Labs page.

Posted by Bill Schilit and Sam Roweis, Research Scientists

*driving, shopping, eating, farming, laundering, shaving, vacuuming or hoovering, traveling, waiting, toileting, mowing, remodeling, grooming, collecting, raking, swimming, refinishing, painting, sewing, hiking, walking, resting, jogging, loafing, pet sitting, ice fishing, packing, paving, digging, sweeping, recuperating, cementing, guarding, waking, darning, watering, watching, inspecting, moving, envelope stuffing, constructing, mending, baking, scrap booking, jack hammering, mopping, maple sugaring, patrolling, demolishing, horse grooming, ironing, biking, dog walking, ranching, restocking, fishing, sanding, polishing, and mailing.

New Image Search Results for Feature Phones

Earlier this year, we launched new Image Search results for iPhone and Android-powered devices. Since then, we've rolled out the new format to iPhone and Android in 28 countries. Now, the new Image Search results pages are also available for most other phones in 38 languages.

The image results are tightly packed, making optimal use of the screen space on your phone and allowing you to scan eight to fourteen images on a single results page. Clicking an image leads to a details page, which not only shows a larger thumbnail, but also lets you either visit the web page hosting the image or view the image itself in full size. Moreover you can navigate the search results using "next" and "previous" links. These features are designed to make browsing and searching for images on your phone easier and faster.

How to use Image Search:
1. Go to google.com and click on “Images.”
2. Do a search query. The results page shows related images, clicking on an image loads the details page.

3. The image details page shows a larger thumbnail and links to the original website and image. You could also navigate to other results using "Next Image" link.

Posted by Varun Sharma and Jignashu Parikh, Software Engineers, Google Mobile Team

Pencil USB Drive

This is a funky pencil USB flash drive from Brando. It’s really an innovative concept something cool like this. It really remembers you of your school days. This drives weighs only 14g, and is USB 2.0 compatible. You can get this cool gadget in different sizes like 8GB, 4GB and 2GB and works well with Linux, windows and Mac OS. So what are you upto wanna have one?

You can get it from Brando at a price of $19, $21 and $30 for 2GB, 4GB and 8GB.

LG XNote Netbook X130

LG has officially joined the Netbook Market with its XNote X130 Netbook which has been on many lips but with another name the LG X13 Netbook. It is powered by:

• 10.1-inch Netbook
• 1024×600 resolution display
• Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor
• 160GB Hard Drive
• 1GB of RAM.
• It gives 12 hours of usage from its 9-cell battery
• WiFi
• Bluetooth 2.0
• EDR Connectivity
• Windows XP Home Edition

The LG XNote is available in the colors of Pink, White and Black. The LG Netbook comes with a price tag of 789,000 Korean Won.

Asus's Wireless Router RT-N13U

Asus presents us with its latest gadget RT-N13U Wireless Router which won’t cause you headaches to configure. The Router measures only 165mm x 125mm x 30mm and weighs only 265g. Once you have made a connection with the Asus RT-N13U then you will experience Asus EZ UI which enables the user to easily setup and manage wireless connections, scanners and printers. The Asus Wireless Router gives the user the option to allocate the bandwidth usage to different activities, monitor your downloads 24/7 even when your PC is off and even helps with the sharing of multimedia content and documents.

The Asus RT-N13U also has an internal antenna which provides wider coverage than an external antenna. There is no information on how much it will cost as yet.

Lenovo's Thin & Light IdeaPad U450p Laptop Series

Lenovo announced the unveiling of its IdeaPad U450p Thin and Light Laptop. The Lenovo IdeaPad U450p is a 14-inch Notebook which weights 4.6-pounds and is powered by an:

• Intel Pentium SU2700 1.30GHz/Core 2 Solo SU3500 1.4GHz processor
• 4500MHD integrated graphics card
• 320GB hard drive
• 4GB of DDR3 Ram
• 14-inch LED backlight LCD display
• 1366×768 pixel resolution
• 3 USB Ports
• 4-in-1 media card reader
• HDMI & VGA outputs
• WiFi Connectivity
• 1.3 Megapixel Webcam & microphone

The Lenovo IdeaPad U450p is available with a price tag of $799 at Lenovo.

Samsung Presents Two DualView Cameras: TL225 & TL220

Samsung announced the Samsung's DualView TL225 and TL220 Digital Cameras gadget. What makes these two new digital cameras stand out is the Dual LCDs one at the front and one at the back. Both cameras features a 1.5-inch LCD display on the front which enables the users to take self-portraits and profile pictures with ease. On the back you will find a 3.5-inch wide touchscreen LCD display on the TL225 and on the TL220 you will find a 3.0-inch touchscreen LCD display. Both Cameras also comes with Schneider-KREUZNACH lens and the option to shoot 720p HD / H.264 videos however the TL225 comes with an optional HDMI Port.

The Samsung DualView TL225 and the DualView TL220 will be available in September at suggested retail prices of $349.99 and $299.99 respectively.

Samsung's CL65 GPS Digital Camera

Samsung CL65 camera comes with a 3.5-inch touchscreen LCD display, Schneider-KREUZNACH Lens and a 5x Internal Optical Zoom on this 12.2 megapixel camera. The Samsung CL65 will be available as of September for a suggested price $399.99.

Full specs:

• 12.2 mega-pixels
• 5x Internal Optical Zoom
• 3.5 inch wide 1,152,000-pixel touch-screen
• Schneider-KREUZNACH
• 720p HD / H.264 Format (optional HDMI adapter)
• Size – 99.8mm x 60.8mm x 18.9mm

Special Features:

• Wi-Fi & Bluetooth 2.0 Connectivity (DLNA Supported)
• Email / Direct upload to photo sharing Web sites
• Smart Gesture UI
• Advanced Real Dual Image Stabilization : Optical IS + Digital IS
• Smart Touch Auto Focus
• Smart Auto
• Smart Album
• Smart Face Recognition (up to 20 faces)
• Perfect Portrait System: Beauty Shot / Face Detection / Self Portrait / Smile Shot / Blink Detection
• Photo Style Selector

MSI's C-Series New Notebook PCs

MSI has launches the hot 5 new Notebook PCs to its C-Series of Notebooks loaded with latest gadgets. The new Notebooks includes the CX600, CR600-013, CR600-017, CR700 and the CX700. The 600 models gets a 16-inch WXGA LCD display with a 1366×768 pixel resolution while the 700 models gets a 17.3-inch WXGA LCD display with a 1600×900 pixel resolution.

All of the Notebooks are powered by a T4200 2GHz processor except for the CR600-017 which is powered by a Pentium Dual Core T4300 2.1GHz Processor they all got a 320GB hard drive, 4GB of RAM and a DVD Burner except for the CR600-017 which seems to be the most powerful which has a Blu-ray Drive. The CX Models has ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 graphics cards while the CR Models has NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G graphics cards.

All the MSI Notebooks PCs comes with WiFi Connectivity a 4-in-1 card reader and a 1.3 Megapixel Webcam.

iHome iP1 Studio Series iPod or iPhone Dock

iHome is finally ready to ships it iP1 iPhone/iPod dock speaker sound system. It is the company’s first Studio Product to feature the Bongiovi Acoustics’ Digital Power Station (DPS) technology. It Features:

• Bongiovi Power Station digital signal processing restores audio lost to compression
• Two 4-inch woofers and two 1-inch tweeters
• 100 watts of biamplified power
• Universal dock charges your iPhone or iPod while it plays
• Stunning design enriches any room
• Infrared remote lets you control volume, EQ and navigate basic iPod and iPhone music functions
• AV out jack to play iPhone/iPod videos through your TV
• Line in jack to listen to aux audio sources
• Removable speaker grilles with alternate speaker bezels

It is a processor that actively scans the recorded material and compensates for any deficiencies across the audio frequency spectrum. The iP1 brings design and sound into the world of high-end audio. The iP1 Speaker System for iPod/iPhone is currently available for purchase at Apple and Best Buy as well as on the iHome website for a retail price of $299.

Asus Presents Disney's Netpal

Disney Asus Netpal Laptop is now priced and ready for sale. It is based on the Asus 8.9-inch Eee PC and is powered by:

• XP Home Genuine Windows XP Home
• 8.9” LED-backlit WSVGA screen (1024×600)
• Intel® ATOM N270
• 802.11 b/g/n
• DDR2 SO-DIMM 1GB
• 160GB HDD
• 1 x VGA port (D-sub 15-pin for external monitor)
• 3 x USB 2.0 ports
• 1 x LAN RJ-45
• 2 x audio jacks: Headphone / Mic-in
• Camera: 0.3 M Pixel
• MMC and SD (SDHC supported)
• Hi-definition audio CODEC, Built-in stereo speakers, Analog Mic
• Battery: 4200mAh Polymer, 5hrs
• 248mm (W) x 173mm (D) x 28.7mm (H)
• 1.2kg with battery
• Casing Colors: Princess Pink, Magic Blue
• price tag of $349.99.

Developed with parents and kids in mind, the Disney Netpal has a reinforced mechanical design and, naturally, a Disney user interface. In addition to “more than 40 robust parental control options,” the Netpal sports an 8.9-in. LCD display, Wi-Fi, Windows XP Home and kid-friendly software featuring Disney characters.

The Iterative Web App: Outbox for Emails in Limbo

On April 7th, we announced a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices. Among the improvements was a complete redesign of the web application's underlying code which allows us to more rapidly develop and release new features that users have been asking for, as explained in our first post. We'd like to introduce The Iterative Webapp, a series where we will continue to release features for Gmail for mobile. Today: Outbox.

With the web-browser-based Gmail for mobile we launched in April for iPhone and Android-powered devices, you can compose mail even when you're offline. That means you can write an email when there's no wireless connection, like in a subway or an airplane. And when you hit send, the message will be sent when the phone's network connectivity gets re-established. But what if you'd like to view the message that you just "sent" while still offline? Where can you find those 'sent but not actually sent' emails? Before today, the answer was "nowhere."

To solve this problem, we're now introducing a new feature, called Outbox. Outbox is a new label that appears in the menu when you have queued messages stuck on your phone and presents a read-only view of the subject of those messages. So if you want to make sure the previous message was sent before writing a follow-up mail, you can go ahead and find it in Outbox. Please note that you can read only the subject, not the body, of messages in Outbox.

To try out Gmail for mobile, visit gmail.com in your mobile browser. This version of Gmail for mobile supports iPhone/iPod touch OS 2.2.1 or above, as well as all Android-powered devices, and is available for US English only. To make it easy to access your Gmail account, try creating a home screen link.

Posted by Heaven Kim, Product Marketing Manager, Google Mobile

Smartphone Commander by Mutualink

Today mutualink announced the public safety industry’s first smartphone gadget powered interoperable gateway device dubbed the Smartphone Commander. The Smartphone Commander runs the Google Android mobile platform and will work with any 3G Carrier or over or over a WiFi network. What the Mutualink Smartphone Commander does is provide anywhere anytime field functionality on Mutualink’s secure distributed ad-hoc multi-media interoperable emergency communications resource sharing platform. It enables on scene incident commanders to create incident defined interoperable communication sessions invite participants and contribute and remove disparate communication assets on the fly, including two-way radio, video, telephony and data.

The Mutualink Smartphone Commander will be unveiled at the APCO International 75th Annual Conference booth 510 on August 16-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

NEC MultiSync EA231WMi 1080p IPS Display

NEC has rolls out the MultiSync EA231WMi which is considered to be the market’s cheapest 1080p IPS display. The NEC MultiSync EA231WMi is a 23-inch 1080p monitor with a:

• 16:9 aspect ratio
• High-end IPS panel
• 178 degrees viewing angles
• Better color reduction
• 1000:1 contrast ratio
• 3000:1 Dynamic contrast ratio
• 14ms response time
• 270 cd/m2 brightness
• Eco Mode button for instant boost in power efficiency
• Four USB 2.0 ports (two rear and two side)
• DisplayPort
• VGA
• Audio line-in
• DVI-D video inputs

The NEC MultiSync EA231WMi may be more expensive than some 1080p displays but has the lowest price as an IPS displays which is suggested to be $379.

Verbatim Presents TUFF-CLIP USB Drives

Verbatim today launches its new TUFF-CLIP USB Drives gadget. These drives are made from industrial strength ABS plastic which makes it one of the toughest USB drives on the market.

The Verbatim TUFF-CLIP USB Drives combines clip-and-go convenience with toughness in 4GB and 8GB storage capacity. The drives has a convenient retractable slider that protects the USB connector and a carabineer clip that can be securely fastened onto a backpack, key chain, belt loop or even your notebook. The TUFF-CLIP drives comes pre-loaded with with password security software for Windows systems with a private zone for sensitive content and a public open zone for non-sensitive content.

The drives are compatible with Windows Vista, XP or 2000, Mac OS 9.x or higher and Linux kernel 2.6x or higher systems and will cost you a suggested price of US$29.99 for the 4GB drive and US$49.99 for the 8GB drive.

Sony TX1 & WX1 Partyshot Cameras Automatically Takes Photos of Everyone

Sony unveiled a cool new gadget the new Sony TX1 and Sony WX1 cameras today with the IPT-DS1 Partyshot docking station. The Sony IPT-DS1 Partyshot pans and tilts the camera while adjusting zoom settings. It comes with face detection and smile shutter recognize and track faces for happy & naturally composed pictures of everyone in the room. So you can have a dinner party and just place the TX1 in the IPT-DS1 activate Partyshot and you are done. After the party your camera is full with photo of smiling party guests.

The Sony IPT-DS1 is supposed to be available in September. Pricing is not known yet.

Logitech's Latest Gaming Headset G330

Latest Logitech gaming headset G330 gives you the loud sound as you like. This device fights with exhaustion with its comfortable head design. It also suffices with a silicone-lined headband and pivoting ear pads to palliate the usual pressure points of your head. So now you can vege out while playing your games and even enjoy it. This gaming headset also comes with noise-cancelling microphones. Which lessens the ground noise and revolves it out of its path when not in use. It also has an in-line audio control which allows you to modulate or even mute the microphones.

It also features with an USB adaptor which helps you too connect to any USB port for increasing the audio or you can directly connect your PC sound card with a 3.5mm jack provided with it. Get this gaming headset at just $49.99.

Kyocera K003 Phone with 240 Hrs Calls Time

The latest rustic and sober mobile gadget the Kyocera K003. It has very plain features and easy to use. It is usually designed keeping the new users in mind who are unaware of the latest technologies. The pricing list is still not out. This sober phone features:

• 1.4 inch internal screen
• 2.8 inch QVGA LCD display
• 2 mega-pixel camera with auto focus
• Speak Slowly
• Noise cancellation features
• Micro SDHC card slot
• Supporting 16 GB Expendable Memory
• Pedometer
• Available colors pink, gold, white and khaki

The best part of this mobile which will whack out the other mobile, is its battery life. It gives you 240 hours of battery in continuous calls and 300 hours on stand-by.

Latest USB Multimedia Key

The latest multipurpose gadget is full on the swing the USB multimedia Key. This tiny device has many roles to do. This gadget is made for those who like internet radio or television. You just need to plug this tiny key in any port it includes software that allows you to watch television or play audio from all round the world and then you can even bookmark the one which you like and can switch to it later. It’s a key so it even locks your computer thus keeping your folders and all important documents very safe.

It also includes an incoming e-mail visual notification which acquaints you when you have mails in Windows Live Mail, Outlook or Windows Mail. Well you can have all this in just one tiny gadget, the multimedia key and it is priced at just $23.99.

Looks Like Cassette Tape But Its 4-port USB 2.0 Hub

The Cassette Tape 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub is identical in size and form to the iconic audio cassette tape. Every detail, down to rotating ribbon wheels has been painstakingly copied. In fact these USB Hubs fit perfectly inside any cassette tape case. They cannot however play any music. But it will add an additional four USB ports to your computer. Which is undoubtedly more useful. It's features & specs:

• Dimensions: 4" x 2.5" x 0.5"
• Includes 4-foot USB cable (to connect the hub to your computer)
• Identical size and form to an audio cassette
• Hi-Speed USB 2.0
• 4-ports
• Compatible with any computer with USB ports

It is compatible with Macs, PCs, and Commodore 64s retro-fitted with USB ports.

2010 Nissan LEAF Electric Car Really Affordable

Nissan introduces the LEAF the world’s first electric car with affordable zero emission. The medium-sized LEAF has a sitting capacity of five adults and offers a range of over 160km. The Nissan LEAF is powered by laminated compact lithium-ion batteries. which generate power output of over 90kW while its electric motor delivers 80kW power and 280Nm torque.

It will be launched in later 2010.

Yamaha's New RX-V1065 7.2-Channel AV Receiver

Before this, we've posted about Yamaha New AV Receiver NeoHD (YMC-500). Now, Yamaha introduces its new the RX-V1065 a new 7.2-channel digital home theater AV receiver. The receiver offers:

• 105W x 7 output power
• Dolby TRUE HD
• Dolby Digital Plus
• Dolby Digital EX
• DTS HD Master Audio
• DTS NEO 6 audio decoding
• 1080p video upscaling
• Cinema DSP 3D audio processing
• Pure Direct technology
• Compressed Music Enhancer
• Parametric room Acoustic Optimizer (YPAO)
• Deep Color (30/36 bit) technology
• 120Hz/24Hz Refresh Rates
• Auto Lip-Sync compensation
• compatible with HD radio
• Sirius/XM satellite radio ready
• XM HD Surround Sound

It can be used with YDS-11 Universal Dock for iPod access or the YBA-10 Bluetooth audio receiver for connecting Bluetooth devices. Yamaha RX-V1065 has four HDMI in and one HDMI output and a USB port for audio (WAV, WMA, MP3) playback. It is priced at $999.95.

ViewSonic's VOT530 And VOT550 Nettop/HTPC

ViewSonic has built the VOT530 and VOT550 nettops/HTPCs. Both of them are powered by:

• Intel’s Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz processor
• GM45 chipset
• 2GB RAM(VOT530)
• 160GB hard drive
• 4GB RAM(VOT550)
• 320GB HDD
• GMA 4500MHD graphics card
• DVD burner/Blu-ray drive
• WiFi 802.11b/g/n
• Bluetooth
• Remote control

The price of these HTPS's are approx VOT530($26900) and VOT550($36900).

Sega Toys Karada Trainer

Get fit with the latest karada personal trainer headset. It’s a musical device from Sega toys for fitness freaks. Well the best part of this device is that it isn’t a music player but this stereo headset can connect to any music player. It plays your foot-tapping music. This gadget is true to its name and is a real trainer and it keeps you tipping you about your pace. This trendy gadget is also able to monitor the heartbeat of the wearer with a sensor which clips on the left earlobe and the right side of it contains the control module.

You just need to select all the appropriate options like the age, weight and the type of intensity needed before boarding on it.

Panasonic’s Nano Care EH-SA42 The Beauty Appliance

Nano Care EH-SA42. By its first look you may feel that it’s a webcam, but it’s a Panasonic’s latest gadget “Nano Care” beauty appliance. The Nano Care EH-SA42 keep you moist during the day thus preventing your skin from drying put and tightening your cuticles with the SA42 even managing to do so with no water supply thus making you more beautiful than before.

Panasonic are expecting to ship 20,000 of the EH-SA42 units per month when they launch. Well the price list is still not out.

Gorillamobile Tripod Helps To Hang your phone

Now you can hang your mobile anywhere with the latest Gorillamobile tripod gadget. It is so well designed with its flexible wrappable legs that can secure itself to virtually any surface. This flexible les can be bended and rotated. Its rubberized ring and foot grips provide enhanced stability. These handsome iPhone holders can function fine on just about any surfaces surface courtesy of its ball joint legs and they can even bend to connect to a bicycle's handlebars, a light pole or other equivalent. There is also a lock ring to ensure safety of your device. It is also ideal for PDAs, MP3 players, portable gaming devices, GPS units, mini video cameras and many more.

You can get this device at a price of $29.95 with three adaptors, the universal camera adapter, a suction cup and an adhesive clips.

Onkyo HT-S7200 & HT-S6200 Home Theater Systems

The Onkyo HT-S7200 and HT-S6200 feature five and four HDMI 1.3a inputs respectively and are completely compatible with 1080p HD video. The HT-S7200 also incorporates upscaling of component and composite video sources to 1080i including Faroudja DCDi Edge deinterlacing to eliminate unwanted conversion artifacts.

There is audio processing for every major surround format including decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio lossless audio formats as well as Dolby’s new ProLogic IIz algorithm which introduces a third dimension to surround sound through the addition of a pair of height channels above the front left and right channel speakers. Onkyo’s HT-S7200 and HT-S6200 each include a full complement of 7 speakers with attractive gloss black finishes and a powerful subwoofer for deep bass reproduction. The HT-S7200 speaker system features dual-drive tallboy front speakers consisting of dual 3-1/4-inch woofers and 1-inch balanced dome tweeter – that deliver a fuller mid-range while making a sleek visual statement – a horizontal center channel with the same drivers and 4 surround speakers.

In addition to its inclusion with the HT-S7200 this speaker system is also available separately as the standalone model SKS-HT870 speaker package. The HT-S6200 incorporates gloss finished bookshelf sized speakers with single 4-inch woofers and 1-inch balanced dome tweeter on the three front speakers and 3-1/4-inch full range speakers for the surrounds. Both systems derive deep bass sound effects from a powerful, 230-watt bass reflex subwoofer with a 10-inch woofer. Both the Onkyo HT-S7200 and HT-S6200 include a trio of acoustic correction technologies. Audyssey 2EQ room correction and calibration system Audyssey Dynamic EQ and Audyssey Dynamic Volume. When used in combination with the 2EQ system the latter dynamically adjust the receiver’s output to correct for room acoustics, listening position, and playback-level variations, delivering an overall experience much closer match to what the audio engineers originally intended. The Onkyo HT-S7200 and HT-S6200 include Onkyo’s exclusive Universal Port (U-Port) which enables one-cable connection for the included UP-A1 iPod dock.

This control and charging dock integrates both audio and video playback from Apple iPhone or iPod portable devices, greatly extending the flexibility of these systems to integrate consumers’ electronic entertainment devices. Additionally the U-Port connection can also provide a one-cable connection to the company’s optional HD-Radio tuner making it simple to bring this new transmission format to the home theater.

Samsung's 8500 Series LED HDTVs

Samsung launched in the US market the new 8500 series LED HDTVs. Available in 54.6-inch and 45.9-inch screen sizes the 8500 Series features:

• Full HD 1920×1080p resolution
• LED-backlight
• 7,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
• 2ms reponse time
• Auto Motion Plus
• 240Hz frame interpolation
• Separate blur
• judder adjustments
• Local dimming

Samsung’s 8500 series has a Touch of Color (ToC) design with Charcoal accents and a crystal neck swivel stand. It offers SRS TruSurround HD audio and two down-firing speakers with integrated woofer. Samsung’s new LED HDTV supports Medi@2.0 which includes Internet@TV Content Service with Yahoo! Widget Engine for accessing web-based content playback of MPEG4, DivX, MP3, JPEG from USB 2.0 storage device. Content Library and DLNA.

There are four HDMI 1.3 inputs two USB 2.0 ports and an Ethernet port and PC input. The 54.6-inch (UN55B8500) and 45.9-inch (UN46B8500) will be available in August 2009 for $4,499.99 and $3,599.99 respectively.