At last, after so many months of speculations and rumors about what would iPhone (not even sure if this would be the name) look like, today Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone to the large audience in attendance at MacWorld.

This new sleek mobile gadget combines phone, wide-screen iPod, and internet access. It comes in two version a 4GB and 8GB storage capacity, support quad-band GSM, EDGE, WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 wireless.

The iPhone also has a built-in 2 MP digital camera, a big enough 3.5-inch widescreen display and running on Mac OS X engine. One of main attraction of iPhone is the new user interface (UI) which by design they get rid of the button and replaced it with screen-based touch pad.

With so many bells and whistles packed into this thin gadget (11.6mm to be exact), I started to wonder what would be the battery life?

Since this gadget is primarily a phone, Mr. Jobs confirmed that the exclusive carrier for the iPhone will be Cingular, Sweet! I have to stick to Cingular for now and start saving money to afford this gadget once it hit the store by June with a price tag of $499 and $599 for the first two model.

A few weeks ago I watched as show about the evolution of disk storage (I believe it was on PBS) and Im amazed how these technologies evolved and its impact on computing technologies. Through the years the program showcase how technology moved from a room full of capacitors and gigantic magnetic plates to a quarter size storage medium.

Yesterday, Cnet reported about this new high-capacity flash drive from SanDisk which the company believe would later on replaced the harddisk of mobile device.

Unlike traditional hard drives, flash memory drives do not contain moving parts. As a result, flash devices are less prone to breaking down—flash cards can survive drops from great heights—and consume less energy. SanDisk’s flash drive can increase battery life by about 10 percent, said Doreet Oren, director of product marketing for SanDisk.“

I totally agree. Although this new storage device will be more expensive than your current 2.5” hard drive is I think understandable but later on as more and more company adopt the technology we would expect the cost will also go down. But for now don’t drop those hard drive.. yet!

Have you been looking on the web or store for an option to transform your iPod as your ultimate entertainment system without those messy wires? then you should check this Eos wireless system is something that you’re looking for.

But wait, this gadget is not yet available either online or in-store but expected to be out by March 2007.  The Eos system has four speakers that connect wirelessly and produce a 48KHz sound output. Your iPod dock in between speakers and amplifies the sound for you to enjoy and experience.

The base station comes with couple of stereo drivers, a subwoofer and SRS WOW technology, used to provide fantastic clarity and high quality sound.  Also, this system is detachable power supply and two the wireless speakers have their own stereo drivers for clearer feel sound experience.

Samsung is taking on Motorola as it expanded its Ultra line of slim phones at the Hong Kong’s ITU Telecom World 2006. As a starter, it came up with the Samsung Ultra Messaging i600 as pretty much a direct competitor of the Motorola Q product link.

One of the i600 main features is it runs on Windows Mobile 5.0 with Windows Media Player 10 and is the first 3G smartphone with GSM/EDGE, HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), MS Push email, PDF viewer, RSS reader, speakerphone, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and A2DP stereo audio support support.It measures 11.8mm thick which might be the slimmest 3G smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard available around. The i600 has a 1.3 Megapixel at the back and a VGA in the front for video conferencing.

The i600 is comfortable to hold and has a soft finishing which makes it easy to hold and best of all it weights only 99-grams (3.5-ounces).

This UT-41 NMEA-0183 output USB GPS receiver is a compact all-in-one GPS solution suitable for a broad range of end product applications, where fast and easy system integration and minimal development risk is required.

This UT-41 features 12 parallel channels and 4100 time/frequency search bins provide short start-up time and fast signal acquisition. Having fast time-to-first-fix and enhanced sensitivity, the UT-41 offers good navigation performance even in urban canyons. The satellite-based augmentation systems, such as WAAS and EGNOS, are supported to yield improved accuracy.

What all this means is that if you have software that can take a GPS unit, but no GPS, then this is the answer you’ve been looking for!  Because the output is a GPS standard protocol (NMEA-0183), many applications work with it out of the box!

AgION antimicrobial has now been incorporated into additional iDEN phones. The recently launched i835 and i880 handsets join the i870, introduced last year, to feature this protection.

The antimicrobial, developed is incorporated into the coating and protects the phones by inhibiting the growth of microorganisms such as mold and mildew to help resist odor. Motorola is the first manufacturer to incorporate this technology in its phones.

OK, enough already of these Zune stuff, I hope you already got your new gadget from Microsoft and started enjoying or still figuring out how things works, but if you’re still contemplating if you need or want this baby then you probably have to watch other people how they unpack this gadget.

Well, after watching the video I could only say that MS need to improve their Zune packaging that would also benefit a one hand person.

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