Here’s a cool new app for the iPhone and iPod touch - say hello to ‘PockerGuitar’, an app that really trumps the air guitar. You can even have guitar sessions with the songs in your iPod as it’s been tested on iPod touch 1.1.1. Installation is easy, PocketGuitar is now included in ModMyiFone.com Sources. via code.google.com

Get theater tickets, order and pay for snacks, then order a taxi home using only your mobile phone. Sound convenient? Oulu City Theatre in northern Finland is partnering with Nokia to do just that.

“It is often said that theatre is somehow old-fashioned. I’m hoping this will build the opposite picture,” the head of Oulu City Theatre, Ahti Ahonen, told Reuters.

The technology, NFC (near-field communication), is used by waving your phone over smart tags which transmit information back and forth. The theater is beta testing the technology with Nokia and teleco operator TeliaSonera through the end of this year, and will continue if the project is successful.

Just what many of us wanted to here! The Nokia N800, one of the best UMPCs around, will be riding Sprints new WiMax network next year. This is part of Sprint’s plans to get “the first fourth generation (4G) nationwide broadband mobile network,” out to 100 million people in 19 markets by the end of 2008. More [LinuxDevices.com]

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Google is showing a phone prototype to some mobile device manufacturers. The other part of the rumor is that the phone would use an ad-supported system making it free of charge for consumers to use. The report also said this phone may be available by 2008, but I think that’s highly unlikely.

Even though Google declined to comment on the prototype they did say: “We’re partnering with carriers, manufacturers, and content providers around the world to bring Google search and Google applications to mobile users everywhere.”

This is all coming together after Google CEO Eric Schmidt made this comment: “Your mobile phone should be free,” in November 2006. But Google isn’t the only one developing the idea of an ad-supported mobile phone, the UK-based Blyk said they would have one out by now, but has seen some delays. Who will get there first? And does it even matter since Google’s already well anchored in the consumer market?

Some Brazilian peeps have written a little something in Python bring an iPhone-esque keyboard functionality to the beloved Nokia N800. What’s really interesting? The developer has never even used an iPhone. As I see it, no ‘predictive text’ is the only downfall to this. I’ve always viewed the N800 as nothing less than impressive, but I still love my iPhone. But then again, from what my friend Adam in SF keeps saying about his N800, I may just get one. Install for N800 via jk

Intel’s new 2.6GHz Core 2 Extreme X7800 is now top of the line. This is Intel’s first “Extreme” processor specially made for laptops. According to Engadget, “a 2.8GHz X7900 is expected later in the year,” and “Belgian tinkerers over at Matbe have already dialed in a 3GHz speed on an X7800-equipped ASUS G2S gaming laptop.” The new X7800 will go for around $850. Read [TG Daily]

Olympus is looking to provide hungry tech consumers with some wireless head-mounted displays by around 2012. The current prototype weighs 3-ounce, uses an internal power source, featuring two side-mounted 110,000-pixel displays that project email onto the lenses. This sounds exciting, now you can read your email while driving, AND still look like your paying attention to the road. Via Engadget

MacScoop seem to think that a 12″ MacBook Pro is on its way before the end of the year. According to their sources it will be 0.6-0.7 inches thick and weigh less than 3 pounds. I’m writing this on my 12″ iBook, which I think is the perfect portable size, so if Apple do bring out another device in this format I’ll be one of the first customers - especially if they up the resolution a little.

It’s unclear whether or not it will include an optical drive, but losing that would be no problem for such a portable device. They don’t mention any possibility of a multi-touch screen, so maybe that’s asking a little too much.

Talk about some serious work, and forget shooting video and photos from your phone. This Italian guy wrote a 384-page science fiction novel on his mobile phone while commuting back and forth to work over 17 weeks. Robert Bernocco wrote it in short paragraphs on his Nokia 6630, using T9 of course, and saved them on the phone. Then he downloaded the text to his computer to proofread and edit. It’s just proof of what you can do when you use your time wisely. His book is called Compagni di Viaggo (or Fellow Travelers *how appropriate* in English), and is now self-published on Lulu.com.