Come new year, the French iPod Touch VoIP will be launched. Three French developers are set to release the iPod Touch VoIP by the very first day of January 2008. The first version of the hack to be released was specifically designed for the iPod Touch, although hopes of seeing versions of the hack for the other iPod models are high.
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Remember our report on the i-station U43? Looks like Digitalcube released a new version of the i-station U43 with added features gearing towards students, in particular. The new i-station boasts translation and dictionary as well as subtitle functionalities. The Portable Media Player in questions runs on WinCE 5.0 and offers WLAN connectivity.

For those who have planned on traveling next year, it’s best to take note of the new lithium-ion battery rules when traveling. These were created in response to lithium-ion batteries being fire hazards. The following were taken from the SafeTravel government web site:

T-Mobile and 3 UK just announced a network merge. Apparently, the British mobile giants are combining their 3G networks, saving them both GBP1 billion (approximately USD$2 billion) each in the process. The aim of the merger (aside from saving billions, of course) is to
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Let’s deviate from our usual mobile phone topic and talk about world peace. The world would be a much happier place if we could all get along and all the wars would see their end. But who would think something as cute as Hello Kitty would be on such an unlikely object such as a rifle?! According to the designer, riflegear.com,

Folks who grew up during the 1980s would remember 8-bit Atari computers. Things were plain and simple back then when the world didn’t have UMPCs, high-tech mobile phones and PDAs. This gadget, my friends, is the Atari 1500XL. It was created by a German named Beetle, as his own modern-day version of the old Atari 600XL. The gadget’s
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Remember Sonim XP1, that mobile phone touted as the toughest in the world? They’ve even held events wherein anyone who can break the Sonim XP1 would get to take home an iPod. Well, it looks like a Chinese phone called CK800 is giving Sonim Technologies a run for their money. It’s water and shock resistant — the perfect
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When the first version of FunContact was released, it was marketed as the software to bring the iPhone experience to Windows Mobile-based phones. Using the software, scrolling your contacts list is as easy as sliding your over. You can also sort your contacts based on criteria and best of all, the software integrates with your standard
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Digital Raon has just released the latest EVERUN Wibro model which is known in the Korean mobile phone market as the S60H Wibro. This new model is a clone of the earlier one with the Wibro wireless internet module as an addition. While the earlier version could connect to the Internet through plugging to a modem via USB, this one
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