Google Android, GPhone

Google announces Android and Open Handset Alliance as highlights of their mobile phone plans.

Android is the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. It includes Linux as a mobile operating system, user-interface, applications, and all other software needed to run a mobile phone.More than 30 other companies involved with Google in this project including Qualcomm, Broadcom, HTC, Intel, Samsung, Motorola, Sprint, and Texas Instruments.

Nokia BH-101 Bluetooth headset

Nokia has unveiled its latest accessory for mobile phone users, called the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-101.

Boasting an efficient power management, the built-in battery of this compact gadget provides a talktime of up to 8 hours and 180 hours of standby time. Nokia also offers an adjustable earloop so that users can enjoy a long conversation comfortably while driving.

The BH-101 headset supports call handling function, Bluetooth functions up to version 2.0 with EDR along with Handsfree v.1.5 and Headset v.1.1.

You can expect the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-101 to be available for around €30 / $40, without taxes, by Christmas time. It is expected to hit shelves worldwide.

Microsoft to Deliver TV Over Web in India

Targeting a different market than it has gone after in the West, Microsoft announced a partnership with India’s Reliance Communications on Monday to provide Internet Protocol Television service to households in India. The companies are going after the fast-growing mass market in India, which is growing by about 25 percent per year.

Reliance Communications will pay Microsoft about US$500 million in license fees to use its software for Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV, service, which delivers high-quality video over phone lines to home television sets.

Reliance Communications plans to launch the service in March next year.

Thanko Charger Bracelet

Instead of having a separate charger that you have to keep close to a PSP, DS Lite or a cellphone by putting both onto a table, Thanko’s come up with, this wrist charger lets you wear the power on your person and play/talk like you normally would.This little external USB “Charger Bracelet” battery from Thanko boasts of an extra 4.5 hours of play time for your PSP, and a hard-to-believe 28 hours of extra play on your DS Lite.Unfortunately, you’ll need to wear it around your wrist like a bracelet.

The Thanko Charger Bracelet costs about 4,980 yen or $44. It will come with special adapter tips, so you can always juice up whatever compatible device you have while on the go.

Samsung Develops 30nm 64 Gb Flash Chip

Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has developed a more advanced flash memory chip that will allow increased data storage in digital products such as music players. Samsung, the world’s largest maker of computer memory chips, unveiled a 64-gigabit NAND flash memory chip based on finer process technology using circuit elements that are 30 nanometers wide.

Apple to ship Leopard on Oct 26th

Apple confirmed its upcoming Leopard operating system will be released Friday October 26 at 6.00pm.The price tag for its Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is $129. Apple.com and Apple resellers are taking pre-orders now.

Leopard requires a minimum of 512MB of RAM and is designed to run on any Macintosh computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 (867Mhz or faster) processor. Full system requirements can be found here.

Samsung 40 inch full HD LCD Panel is just 10mm thick

Samsung will unveil at FPD International 2007, in Yokohama, Japan a 40-inch (101.6cm) diagonal Full HD LCD TV panel only 10 millimeters thick. This new display, expected to user in the next wave of large-screen TVs, has the same profile as 10-20 inch LCDs designed for desktop monitors. Its bezel has been reduced from a conventional 30mm to 14.6mm. The panel, using an LED backlight, reproduces 92 percent of the NTSC standard for color saturation and features low power consumption of 90 watts or less.

NEC Nissan X-Trail Laptop

Be prepared to check out the NEC Nissan X-Trail-themed laptop. The unit features custom panels in red paint , the surface casing is made from resin and the palm rest has an X-Trail logo on it. Optional accessories include X-Trail branded mice, cellphone straps, stickers etc. Coming to the specifications the entry level notebook is powered by an Intel Celeron M 443 CPU at 1.20 Ghz, 768 MB of RAM running on Intel 945GMS chipset with 80GB hard drive and a DVD super drive. .

Steelcase’s Walkstation treadmill for working and walking

Multitasking is important for survival but I wonder how many of us will be willing to have a go at an intense workout session while completing a report/presentation simultaneously. Well if you are the daring sorts then you must check out the Walkstation designed by Steelcase. It’s been built and co-designed by the Mayo Clinic’s Dr. James Levine. To sum it up the treadmill is intended to keep you mobile during the workday as opposed to you plopping your feet on the desk and munching something sinful. Designed to encourage more movement by walking slowly at work, Dr. Levine estimates that users of the walkstation have the potential to increase energy expenditure and burn calories even when walking at a 1 mph rate. For some individuals, particularly for obese individuals and those who do not otherwise exercise daily, use of the walkstation may result in actual weight loss. Additional benefits of movement at work can include less stress, increased productivity and improved focus.

Steelcase’s Walkstation treadmill will be displayed at 4 Columbus Circle (New York) on Oct. 25. The treadmill costs about $6,500.

The funniest Windows Error Message

Normally we get an error message that reports something is not working. But an error message just to tell you that no error has occurred is simply hilarious. It makes me wonder does this error pop up at regular intervals to report that everything is fine. What if it does not come, surely something is wrong then.