The HTC Kaiser has now launched in Europe. It has been a long awaited smartphone. It is 3.5G compatible and runs Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional, has a built in QWERTY keyboard, GPS, 3 mega pixel auto focus camera, Bluetooth, 128MB RAM, Wifi b/g and a 2.8 inch display. The phone will be available on Orange, T-Mobile, Telefonica Group and Vodafone.

This is one particular phone I am going to try get my hands on when my upgrade is due in a month or 2. Having the keyboard and large screen as well as built in GPS makes this phone a great phone to have.

Via: Cellphoners

Super Strong PDA for the outdoors

Trimble have introduced the Nomad which is a rugged PDA with an 806 MHz Processor. The Nomad has more protection then your average PDA which allows it to go under water for 30 minutes with out getting damaged. Also it can experience drops (extreme drops), vibrations and temperature changes.

As well as having all that protection, there is a fair bit crammed inside this casing. It runs Windows Mobile 6 which can be run constantly for 15 hours on its battery. 1GB of flash memory can also be included. Connectivity wise the Nomad has Bluetooth 2.0, wifi running on 802.11b/g. Also GPS is included and also a digital camera. The screen is a 3.5 inch VGA which has an LED backlight and a transreflective screen. The specs look great and is definately worth looking in to should you be out looking for a rugged PDA. Prices range from between $1699 – $2499.

Via: JKOnTheRun

TomTom is a cool sat nav. I have been using TomTom for a few years now and impressed with the quality of maps and how easy it allows you to navigate right to a particular address. In effort to increase the ease of use the latest TomTom GO 720 and 520 are to offer speech recognition. I am a bit worried about how well this will actually work though. From first hearing about this I wonder if it will be like Transcriber on the PocketPC which works… kind of. Another feature of TomTom GO 720 and 520 which looks to be very useful is the TomTom Map Share feature which allows updates to be made to maps by users. If a new road is built then it can be added to the map and then shared with everyone else so that no new maps are needed. POI can also be shared through this system.

Bluetooth is built in allowing you to use it as a hands free kit for your mobile phone allowing you to safely take calls while driving.

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This Acer Pocke PC was spotted recently. It is Ferrari branded and believed to be a c500 model. If this is the correct model then it will run Windows Mobile 5, have a 2.8 inch QVGA screen which is touchscreen. The processor is a 300MHz Samsung. On the connectivity side it can connect via Bluetooth, Wifi and it has GPS built in. This is not a bad little package from Acer.

No other details are available at the moment, but I do believe that details over the next week or 2 should start flowing in. When they do I will post more.

Via: Engadget

The phone pictured above is the MiniOne created by Meizu. It has some nice featured crammed in too. The device can connect to mobile networks via GSM, EDGE and WCDMA allowing for various connection speeds. The device is powered by an ARM11 533MHZ processor with 128MB of DDR SDRAM. The OS is Windows CE 6. On to the screen, it has a TFT touch screen which can display 16M colours running at 720 x 480 pixels. With the phone being 3G is has 2 cameras so that video calls can be made. The front facing camera is 0.3 mega pixels with the one at the back being 3 mega pixels.

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The latest UMPC coming from Korea is the Tango Wings. This UMPC has GPS built in as well as a full keyboard. A webcam is also included and it runs the latest OS from MS named Vista. I have no clue what its called Tango Wings, but do not let the name put you off. This UMPC actually looks quite nice from the picture abobe. It features a 6.5 inch WVGA screen and a 30GB hard disk which is just 1.8 inches in size. Network connectivity is provided by wireless running at 802.11 b/g standards or via a standard RJ45 ethernet port. When running Windows Vista you need to have a decent amount of RAM and the good news is that Tango Wings doesnt lack here either. It has 768MB built in.

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Safety when driving is very important and keeping full attention on the road makes your journey safter. With all the gadgets that tend to clutter the dash board such as GPS, fancy stereos, TV screens and the mobile phone as well as lots to look at out side like posters, you really need to make sure your priority is on the road and what is happening around. Lexus have created another gadget which this time is not to take your attention off the road, but to put your attention on the road. It is a camera with face detection which can monitor your concentration levels by watching to see if you tend to look at posters and passers by rather then the road. If it detects this a audible or visual alert will try capture your attention. If you do not heed its warnings then it can start applying the brakes on its own. Also steering ratio can be changed to capture your attention more.

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