Itsy-bitsy Bluetooth headset

At first glance, this may look like an odd-shaped bolt from your toolbox. In reality, it's a Bluetooth headset from Japanese company Adtec. The AD-HSM10 wireless headset weighs just 5g and sits in one ear. Despite its small size and weight, the specs rate it as having 3 hours talktime and 100 hours standby time.

It will cost 8980 yen (about US$79) when launched and comes with a docking station for charging. Now this is one product that requires a "keep out of reach of children" warning label just in case they swallow it.

Adtec (via Engadget)

Asus' E90 Communicator lookalike

French site GPS and Co has information about a new Asus handheld which bears a passing resemblance to a certain Nokia device. Pictured here is the Asus M930W, a WM6 (Windows Mobile 6) PDA-phone with both numeric and QWERTY keypads like the Nokia E90.

From the available images, the external display has portrait orientation while the one hidden in the clamshell design is in landscape mode. Though GPS and Co reported that it will run WM6 Professional, the screenshots seem to suggest that it's the Standard version for smart phones without touch displays instead. Other specs include HSDPA, 128MB RAM and a 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera.

One interesting point is how the internal display doesn't span the entire surface of the cover. The excess space on the left and right makes it look like another Asus product, the Eee PC. We don't think that's intentional, but is probably because WM doesn't support such a wide aspect ratio to fit the length of the PDA-phone.

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Via GPS and Co (via Gizmodo)

Unusual BlackBerry patent

Here's another sighting from the patent office. RIM has come up with a novel keypad, one that has trapezoid keys arranged in a V-shaped keypad. According to Cellpassion, this radical design is supposed to make typing easier and may even be found on a touchscreen and not as a physical keypad.

RIM is no stranger to unconventional input keypads as its SureType keypad shows. This is just a patent and may mean nothing. We'll probably see in the coming year if there'll really be a BlackBerry that looks like this.

Via Gizmodo

Android phone prototype photographed

Gizmodo got a picture of a real mobile phone running the Android software initiative spearheaded by Google. Though we know that there is no Google phone, there are real devices out there used by the search giant to demonstrate the Android software, and here’s one of them.

This prototype bears a passing resemblance to some smart phones and we won't be surprised if it's just a slightly-modified Treo. According to the Gizmodo reader who sent in the photo, the OS is fast--faster than the desktop SDK emulator. Without a doubt, it's going to be an exciting year ahead for mobile phones with Google in the fray.

Via Gizmodo

FCC exposes upcoming Toshiba handhelds

Even though we got to review one, the Toshiba Portege G900 PDA-phone never quite made it to mass market in this region. No matter, perhaps the upcoming G910 and G920 might.

Spotted on the FCC site, the G910 handheld comes with a UMTS radio, triband GSM, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. The two models are similar except one will have GPS and the other won't. From the pictures, the device will have a clamshell design, a change from the slider keyboard found on the G900. It looks more compact too--that's a good thing considering we found the original Portege handheld a little bulky.

According to the::unwired, the G910 will sport the same WVGA screen found on the G900 and is targeted at the European and Asian markets. We'll have to wait and see about that for now.

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Via the::unwired

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