Vista SideShow

Microsoft’s Windows Vista SideShow feature will be coming to Windows Mobile. Used primarily as a secondary screen on mobile PCs, you can view important information whether your laptop is on, off, or in sleep mode.
A new SDK Beta was recently announced which adds some new features like:

Portrait QVGA UI designed for remote controls
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Asus R700 GPS

This good-looking R700 model GPS is from Asus. It sports a 4.3-inch touchscreen, with RDS / TMC traffic info, a hands-free Bluetooth kit, microSD port and Windows CE 5.0. There’s text-to-speech built in for reading street names, and you can vocalize your text messages over Bluetooth.
Due in Europe next month bundled with a set [...]

Bluetooth Earpiece

A great little stocking stuffer here - Nokia’s new Bluetooth earpiece, the BH-101. It boasts eight hours of talktime, 180 hours of standby, Bluetooth 2.0 (with EDR, Handsfree v.1.5, and Headset v.1.1), and best of all, it is affordable at only $40. Ho- Ho - Ho

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Solar Power Calling

Elan’s new Vero ENB-100 device is, according to them, the"world’s first solar-powered Bluetooth hands-free car kit. As long as there is available sunshine, you are good to go. At night, you have 15 hours of operation on a single charge. Get it in the UK only for £60 (or about $120).

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iPAQ 110 and 210 Updates

News on the iPAQ 110 and 210 now addresses shipping dates and prices.
To recap: these WiFi equipped, Windows Mobile 6 devices feature color TFT touchscreens, Marvell PXA310 624 Mhz processors, and Bluetooth 2.0.
They will be shipping on October 8th, with the 110 selling for $299, and the 210 for $399.

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Nokia Renault

Slapping a Nokia brand on a car makes it what - a cellphone with wheels?
Renault has teamed up with Nokia on this new Twingo Nokia special edition. Basically it just offers music connectivity options through an audio connection box in the glove compartment that accepts USB, a 3.5 mm cable and a DIN connector for [...]

Super Lightweight

Asus has a super ultra-portable laptop with the U1E model with its 11.1-inch WXGA display in a 2.2 package. Specs include Intel Core Duo ULV7500 processor, up to 2GB of RAM, a 100GB hard drive, and built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, with an external DVD burner. Expected to sell for €1,999 (or $2,844) in Italy next [...]

Vaio UX Handheld

Sony’s Vaio UX with Vista Premium has a 1.2GHz Core 2 Solo U2200 processor and 64GB SSD, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 1.3 megapixel webcam, CF slot, memory stick slot, USB 2.0, fingerprint sensor, 3-hour battery, 1GB memory, Intel 945GMS Express chipset, and 4.5-inch, 1,024 x 600 pixel display. A lot in a little package measuring [...]

AT&T Tilt

AT&T Branded Tilt, the HTC Kaiser, the 8925 with Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 6 Pocket PC phone is the latest QWERTY-keyboard device from AT&T. It features a tilting 240 x 320 display, and usesHSDPA for high speed Internet access, Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi®. It also features assisted GPS (sat-nav), a 3 MegaPixel camera, Bluetooth and a [...]

Helmet Headsets

Benchmark Helmets is offering Bluetooth headsets and helmets for the scooter and motorcycle set. The Camos lineup supports A2DP / hands-free functions, are waterproof, have directional microphones with noise canceling technology, stereo speakers, and 10-hours of talk time (150-hours in standby). The BHS-500 will cost $149, and the $199 BHS-600 has the ability to form [...]