Tuxtops

The Linux community is a critical audience for Access/PalmSource right now '“ one of Access's first goals must be making its mobile Linux the preferred version among the Linux community. Their support will help win licensees. To help make this happen, Access has released some Palm OS code to the open source community, and it has promised to incorporate some Linux standard technology in the new OS. More here.

The incredible features do not end with the display though, as the Sharp 904SH also includes a 3.2 megapixel camera with 2x optical zoom, Bluetooth, and a miniSD expansion slot. This is all well and good, but Sharp has not stopped here - the 904SH includes two very interesting features that I hope make it out of Japan soon: Motion Control Sensor and Face Recognition.

It's a music phone! It's a business phone! Actually, it's both; Jørgen Sundgot reviews the 3 GB Samsung SGH-i300 and learns good things do come in plus size packages.

Shoot high-resolution stills with the 3.2 Megapixel K800i and K790i Cyber-shot phones; snap leisurely with the 1.3 Megapixel K510i; and get your groove on with the W300i clamshell. More info here. Update: The new UI of Sony Ericsson phones is shown here.

Acme Systems is shipping a Penguin-shaped case for a tiny SBC (single-board computer) powered by an innovative MCM (multi-chip module) that runs Linux. The 6.7-inch tall, 30-Euro "Tux Case" houses the company's "Acme Fox," a 2.6 x 2.8-inch, 100-Euro, RISC-based board with Ethernet and dual-USB interfaces, and surface-mount connectors for other I/O.

As rumors unfurl about a new gadget upcoming from Microsoft, the company's Origami Project is starting to take shape as a very small tablet computer, one perhaps affordable enough to appeal to mainstream consumers.

Check out the new AXIA A308 PDA Phone. It is a quad-band device offering GSM, GPRS and EDGE connectivity. It also features built-in Wifi connectivity for VoIP calls. The Axia A308 is said to be the world's smallest PDA Phone on the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 operating system.

Haeir N60 linux smartphone is one of the linux smartphone available in the market. Recently Haier has used it on demonstrating the Access Linux Platform. The Haier N60 got a SDIO expansion card, means you can add a WiFi connection to it. It also has a swiveling, 320x240 touch screen, a Linux-based OS, a 400-Mhz processor, built-in MP3 and MPEG4 players. No bluetooth for this phone, could be a problem for a smartphone.

"SvenOnTech gives a great close-up experience of the Verizon Wireless' version of the HTC Apache, the UTStarcom XV6700. While giving subpar marks for sound quality and battery life, it still manages to get an overall decent rating for a device that seems to be more of a PDA than it is a phone." The link is here.

The "Softick Audio Gateway" is the first Bluetooth audio streaming solution for Palm OS handhelds which allows to connect Palm OS handheld to the Bluetooth stereo headphones and listen to digital audio played by Palm OS applications. Softick Audio Gateway can operate with any Bluetooth audio device which supports Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) designed to transfer a high-quality stereo audio stream wirelessly.