This is the latest from ASUS, a tri-band UTMS phone (850/1900/2100MHz) with a 2.4-inch TFT display. Features also include a 520MHz Intel XScale, 2-megapixel camera, additional VGA camera, Windows Mobile 6 (doh!), and of course WiFi and Bluetooth. Watch MobilitySite’s review below…

Alcatel/Lucent has managed to shoot 25.6TB o’ data in 1 second through one fiber strand. Wow. This would allow you to successfully transmit more than 600 DVDs per second. The previous record was 14TB/second in September 2006, and according to BroadbandReports.com, “Back in 2002, the record was 2.56Tbps.” Press release
Photo courtesy of 37Hz

Meet the Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, a GSM/WCDMA dual mode phone. Twist the 5700 for instant access to music, the 2-megapixel camera with flash, video viewing or video calls. The 5700 also features a 2.2-inch color QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) 16 million color screen, stereo speakers, Bluetooth stereo headphone support, USB 2.0, Infrared, support for Java MIDP 2.0 & CLDC1.1, AND Flash Lite 2.0 support.

Now don’t get me wrong, this is a fantastic device, feature rich indeed. But why do they have to name it ‘XpressMusic’? It really bothers me when a company creates a ‘multimedia’ device and then gives it a ‘uni-media’ name. Is this just bad marketing, lost potential?

Nokia Press Release, More Images [MobileBurn]

Paroos of Korea has unveiled a new device, the G-100 GPS system targeted at athletes for training. A neat gadget, it alerts you when you start moving under your usual minimum speed. With 512MB of flash memory onboard, it keeps your performance statistics and doubles as an MP3 player and FM radio.

More info on this PDF, Paroos via NaviGadget

This article lists some of the best nano-scale artworks. It includes a 15 micron wide badger (shown right), a ten micron long guitar (which was actually played) and a 120 micron long New
Scientist logo.

As the article says though, these are the images that got released to the press. I have to wonder if any NSFW nano-art has yet been made. Knowing what research students are like, I think it’s a safe bet that it has.

Tenebraex is about to unleash the first ever color seeing night vision goggle. According to Gizmodo, the “goggles can see down to quarter-moon night levels. For anything lower than that, users can switch to the standard monochromatic green vision.” These goggles will apparently be available this Summer for $6,000 - one customer already being the Army. Read More

Here is the future for most PDAs and smartphones, a mini digital projector within the device. This projector has three lasers, a DLP chip, a power supply and measures about 1.5-inches in length.This general concept is not new, and quality has been an issue, but now with the more compact DLP chip, quality should improve dramatically. No release date has been announced, but this will give devices it fits into a significant increase in price.

More images [CNET], TI press release

Meet Helio’s new ‘Ocean’ - it’s actually made by Pantech, a two-way slider with QWERTY. The battery is said to last 15 hours if listening to audio, with a talk-time batt life of 5.1 hours. Visually you get a 2.4-inch QVGA display (240 x 320, 260K colors). Other major features include 200MB of internal storage, microSD, a 2-megapixel camera, USB, and stereo capable Bluetooth. It should be available before the end of Spring for about $295.

With the new NAVIsis LaptopTablet, just attach to your LCD display, run the software, and you now have a full blown touchscreen. It connects via USB and you can use it with any LCD. No word on release date, but pricing will be at about $130. More images [Aving]

It’s official, Nokia has just released their new 2-way sliding N95 multimedia computer internationally. Doing the Symbian OS thing, features of the N95 also include: 2.6-inch QVGA display, 150MB built-in memory, 5-megapixel camera, microSD, GPS, HSDPA, 802.11g Wi-Fi, ATI 3D graphics chip, music keys, 3.5mm audio jack. It’s available immediately for $700. Press release