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By way of memory cards, Neuros' MPEG-4 Recorder 2 records video from TVs, DVDs and more for playback on portable devices such as Sony's PlayStation Portable and the iPod Video.

With the new Xbox console out, Redmond's next target is games for mobile phones, with plans to overhaul the business as we know it.

Forum Nokia is creating new tools, SDKs and technical documents for the mobile developer community. Here, you will find a list of resources on Nokia phones and Symbian OS.

TheGadgetteer has reviewed the Palm TX and Z22 PDAs. Lots of nice pictures included too.

A Walkman branded music player and spinner form factor combined, the Sony Ericsson W600i is America's second Walkman handset; Sindre Lia takes time to make its acquaintances.

Access will update its embedded browser SDK in January, adding a popup blocker, search/translation bar, Web data manager, and predictive software keyboard. NetFront SDK 3.3 can be used to create customized browsers or browser-based interfaces for Linux-based set-top boxes, digital televisions, IP phones, and game consoles, Access says.

Intrinsyc Software is shipping a preview of what it claims is the world's first Windows CE based feature-phone software platform. Feature phones represent a large and rapidly growing mobile phone market segment that is unserved by Windows Mobile, but hotly contested by embedded Linux.

Most users do not need a full-blown programming platform to develop small hacks for their phone. A scripting language is the perfect tool to automate simple tasks and perform simple logical processing. Python is a widely used scripting language in the computer world. It is easy to learn and supports object-oriented program construction. Nokia provides support for Python on most of its Series 60 devices.

LinuxDevices has once again published the proceedings of the annual Real-Time Linux Workshop. This one, the seventh, was held in France earlier this month, at the University for Science and Technology of Lille (USTL). The papers span a range of topics, from fundamental real-time technologies to applications, hardware, and tools.

David Chisnall takes Nokia's new 770 Internet Tablet for a week-long test drive to see if it delivers on its promise to be an elegant tablet for effortless surfing. And another review of the N770 here.