Cell Phone Accessories

Section: Gadgets / Other, GPS/Navigation

Holux recently announced the availability of their new GPS, the GPSmile 61. The new addition was originally on display at CES 2008, but at that time it wasn’t known when it was going to be released. Holux recently confirmed that it’s going to be on sale soon.

The Holux GPSmile 61 sports a 4.3-inch TFT touchscreen, supports HDSD cards, comes with a removable battery and runs on Samsung’s S3C2443 processor. Additionally, it comes with a TMC traffic receiver, built-in speakers, Bluetooth connectivity for hands free calling and support for MP3, WMV, AVI and ASF files. Unfortunately, no word on exact shipping date at this time, but since it’s official, it should start shipping relatively soon. Also, no word on pricing at this time. All in all, it looks to be a nice, simple, and (hopefully) affordable GPS.

Via [NaviGadget]

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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Mobile

Here you go, another unconfirmed mobile handset making it’s FCC appearance. This time its from Motorola, and its the new clamshell styled phone called the Motorola Vegas (VE20). Word on the street is that the VE20 Vegas will be released on Sprint’s CDMA network. Furthermore, the new clamshell phone will be another budget-minded phone and sport the traditional clamshell look and feel. In fact, from what we can see from the leak photos, the VE20 looks to be a hybrid of a RAZR and KRZR models. The VE20 sports a plastic finish with brushed aluminum black.

The FCC site didn’t give that much information regarding this new Motorola phone, except from some obvious features such as a microSD card slot, a 2-megapixel camera with no flash, and touch sensitive keys. As for the other features, we will just have to wait for the official announcement from Motorola which would probably be released in a couple of weeks.

Via [IntoMobile] Via [PhoneArena]

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Samsung's upcoming M3510 music-player mobile phone follows in the footsteps of Apple, Nokia and Sony Ericsson. The M3510 utilizes a built-in accelerometer that allows you to tilt and shake the phone in…

Pioneer has introduced a system that appeals to not only the distinguished ear of the audiophile, but to those that are willing to spend a little more for a lot more sound. Pioneer’s X-Z9 is an all-in-one stereo solution that brings audio fidelity into the digital home with its Apple iPod interface, XM and Sirius satellite radio support and networking capability so you can stream music from your home PC.

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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Mobile, Gadgets / Other, Lifestyle, Miscellaneous

I’m not certain whether we are at the point where everything is visible on a genetic test, but in case you don’t know, those DNA tests are pretty complex.  Fortunately, some scientists at Berkeley have created a technique that uses something called electrostatic tech. 

All a user has to do is put their DNA sample on a microarray surface.  Then these negatively charged things called microspheres are spread across the surface, which can push themselves into clumps as they move away from the like-charged DNA and RNA areas. 

These clumps are apparently easy to see, so easy that they can be recorded by an ordinary cell phone camera. 

Putting DNA on a mircroarray and taking a picture of it on a cell phone camera is a lot easier than chemicals and instruments.  This new process could be used in underdeveloped third world countries, and help them prevent disease and other genetic disorders. 

So, what will this lead to?  Perhaps an age where DNA testing becomes a lot more common.  I suppose that might be good thing if we could really prevent some problems.  Of course, how good is genetic testing anyway? 

Via [DVICE]

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Section: Web, Web Browsers, Websites, Google

My, my, Google. It seems the words “Google” and “Privacy” can be found in quite a few articles across the internet as of late. Quite a few falling on the non-flattering side. Perhaps that’s why Google finally made a point of updating their main page to a never-before offered link to their privacy terms AND posting about the update on their corporate blog.

The issue was brought to the light in the first place by NY Times reporter Saul Hansell, when he asked if the company was violating California law by not posting a link to its privacy policy on its home page. The answer? Yes. That is when privacy advocates jumped in and became involved. Although in what is seeming to become an “oh so Google” move...it wasn’t done until Day 31 when the legal time frame following notice is 30 days.

For quite some time now, Google has been so very proud of their “nice and clean” 28 word home page. So, in order to not mar that image, when they added the new link (simply called “privacy"), they had to remove one of the words already on there. Off came “Google” at the bottom of the page. Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience, says that she felt it was pretty obvious what page the user was on, so it was a safe word to remove. Somehow I think right now Google has bigger issues in front of them than how many words are on their home page.

However, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Marc Rotenberg, said Saturday that his group is “pleased” with the decision.

“This was not only required by California law (and Google is a California corporation) but is also the standard practice for commercial Web sites.”

Mr. Rotenberg’s company, along with the Privacy RIghts Clearinghouse and World Privacy Forum had all joined together to push for Google to make the change to clearly state their privacy policies. Although happy that Google is now showing this, Pam Dixon of World Privacy Forum still admits that “privacy policies are not a guarantee of perfect privacy practices.”

Somehow that line doesn’t really shock me.

Read [CNet]

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Pioneer says it has developed a 16-layer optical disc capable of storing 400GB of data. The company says it is the world's first 16-layer read-only optical disc. There's no word though when it will be available. Pioneer says the...

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