A $20 phone by SPICE...!!!

A lot of things happened at the Mobile World Congress last week. Significant among them; Spice Telecom unveiled a $20 mobile phone targeted at Indian users.
Being called a "People's Phone", the Spice phone is basically like a landline with all mobile phone features minus the add-ons. The company has done away with the screen, and instead, has integrated an audio program that announces the digits dialed by the user.
IANS quoted B K Modi, chairman of Spice Telecom, as saying that in spite of taking various measures to cut down on the price of the handset, they believe the handset will still be a technologically advanced instrument. In Modi's view, the phone will not only prove that India is equipped to give the best in technology but also the cheapest and at the most competitive price.
When it launches commercially, the $20 phone will have a range of color options to choose from, and will be compatible with all types of SIM cards.
Spice also announced that a Braille version of its phone will be introduced around the same time for visually impaired users.
Additionally, Spice has unveiled a movie mobile phone touted as the world's first phone targeted at entertainment freaks. This phone sports a 2.8-inches TFT screen, and can be loaded with removable optical mini-discs to enjoy up to 3.5 hours of DVD-quality movies. From: Techtree

A "Hydrogen Cell" Mobile battery by Motorola !

What if you could power your mobile phone with nothing more than good old H2O? That would really be something! Angstrom Power and teammate Motorola seem to have developed a way to power cellphones with a hydrogen fuel cell. Of course, it's still in the testing phase, with a prototype, but the concept is certainly interesting. Imagine, all you’ll need to do is fill up your cellphone with water – and voila, it’ll start working again.

Angstrom has already developed an LED Flashlight that runs on a similar concept of a hydrogen fuel cell. The good thing is perhaps we can look forward to a cleaner planet in the not-so-distant future.
Source: Tech2

Aerosmith to featre in GUITAR HERO next....!!!

In a move that marks a change in direction for their billion-dollar franchise, Activision has launched "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith", the latest iteration of their popular 'Guitar Hero' series.
"Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" focuses on a single band, Steven Tyler's Aerosmith, the same band that belted out hits like Jaime's Gotta Gun, Sweet Emotion, and Dream On.
The new game is slated to hit the stands this Summer. It will feature nearly 30 Aerosmith songs plus others from acts that have opened for the band.
Kai Huang, head (RedOctane Unit) of Activision, which guides development of the franchise, said the idea was to cover the 30-plus years of Aerosmith, right from high school days to rock superstardom.
Meanwhile, since its launch in late 2005, the 'Guitar Hero' franchise has seen the rise of games that feature dozens of artists across multiple music genres, including classic rock, grunge, metal, punk, and so on.
With the spotlight now trained on a single band, "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" marks a pleasant diversion for the hitherto roadmap of the franchise. Not to mention a treat for countless fans of Aerosmith. Huang described it as "a completely new way to interact with the music and with Aerosmith".
Meanwhile, the goss (gossip) is that this is Activision's way of countering rival music game, "Rock Band" from MTV and Electronic Arts (EA). Incidentally, "Rock Band", whose popularity has been soaring lately, includes drums, a microphone, and a guitar; and offers new songs for download onto gaming consoles every week.
Like other 'Guitar Hero' games, in "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" too, players must hit the colored buttons on the guitar-shaped controller in time for the songs to play properly to earn points along the way.A bundle with the game and the controller costs between $80 and $100, while the stand-alone game costs $40 to $60.
As for Aerosmith, they recognize the game as a new distribution platform for their music. And to give a sense of the real, the game tries capturing the on-stage in-concert moves of energetic frontman, Steven Tyler, and lead guitarist, Joe Perry.
Source:Techtree

New DataTraveler Micro by Kingston

Kingston Technology Company has launched the DataTraveler Micro Reader, an all-in-one USB Flash drive and reader that can store, transfer and read content on mobile memory cards.
"We believe the DT Micro Reader will be well received by the mobile community as a smart single-solution to navigate the plethora of devices and card formats on the market today," said Jean Wong, Flash memory product manager, Kingston.

The DataTraveler Micro Reader is enhanced for Windows ReadyBoost, and features onboard Flash memory up to 4GB and an expansion slot to read microSD, microSDHC, or Memory Stick Micro cards. Data can be simply dragged and dropped onto the DT Micro Reader.
The DataTraveler Micro Reader is backed by a five-year warranty and legendary Kingston service and support. The 1GB version will ship in the US this month and will be priced at approximately Rs 762 ($19.25), followed by the 2GB version, priced at Rs 1,080 ($27.25 ) and a 4GB version priced at around Rs 1,665 ($42).
Source:Tech2

Onkyo APX-2 HD Audio PC

This mini PC from Onkyo is called “APX-2″. As a HD audio PC, you can expect APX-2 to deliver a high-quality sound to your ear. It is powered by a built-in digital audio amplifier — which is the same amp on Okyo PCI-200 audio card — along with Vista-certified volume mixer function and pre-installed Pure Direct Audio Path (PDAP) that enhanced HD audio quality in Vista environment. And to ensure that the busy hard drive won’t give you too much unwanted noise, Onkyo attached the HDD on a Super Floating HDD Unit, guarantee the PC would work as silent as possible.

Regarding hardware, Onkyo APX-2 HD Audio PC boasts an Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz) processor, a 1GB of main memory, and a 500GB of hard drive.