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“What we’re really trying to do is bring a simple, user-intuitive device that’s always on, always connected to the Internet, to bring Web applications that don’t require PCs,” said Ameer Karim, director of worldwide marketing with HP’s futures and innovations group. HP DreamScreen comes in two models, the 100 for $249 and the 130 for $299. The 100 has a 10.2-inch screen; the 130 has a 13.3-inch screen. They come with stands and are ready for wall mounting out of the box. Both come in black color and a widescreen display. It features 802.11 b or 802.11g wireless capabilities. Both DreamScreen models have 2 GB of built-in memory and two USB 2.0 ports. They also have two memory card slots, which support all the common flash memory formats. The DreamScreen models come with a remote control and touch controls. A built-in clock can show time in digital or analog format with dual time zones. Users can choose their alarm tones or music. Streaming music is available through Pandora and HP SmartRadio, a service that aggregates live Internet broadcasts with about 15,000 global radio stations. The HP DreamScreen works with the Windows Media Player. It comes with a built-in speakers, headphone jack and connections to hookup external speakers. “Users can only get the apps that come preloaded — HP SmartRadio, Pandora, Facebook, Snapfish, the weather service and local playback capabilities for music, videos, photos, and the built-in clock and calendar,” HP’s Karim said. “Weather reports are provided by WeatherBug.com.” HP is looking into adding more partners to provide services for the DreamScreens. Other companies are also experimenting with new ways to access the Internet in the home. And you can expect the similar versions of Dreamscreens coming out soon.
The new Nano has slightly larger screen compared to the 4th generation version. It features 2.2-inch with a 376 x 240 resolution screen, lighter weight (0.02 ounces), built-in FM tuner with live pause and iTunes® Tagging, as well as a built-in pedometer (Nike + integration). “iPod Nano is the world’s most popular music player with over 100 million sold,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “And now we’ve added a video camera to its incredibly thin design, without any additional cost to the user.” The biggest addition is the camera which happens to shoot live video, not stills. The video capture mode snags footage in VGA quality (640 x 480) H.264, with up to 30fps and AAC audio. The camera located on the lower left of the Nano includes a speaker and a microphone. Unfortunately you’ll have to sync it with your computer before you upload clips to YouTube. Apple claims that the new Nano can last up to 24 hours when playing back audio (same as 4G Nano), while video playback should zap the rechargeable battery in just five hours (which is up an hour over its predecessor). The new iPod Nano is available today in an 8GB model for $149 and a 16GB model for $179, and comes in nine brilliant colors including silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, red and pink.
The phone looks solid with same old Qualcomm MSM7201a processor that you might have noticed in HTC Magic and HTC G1, 3G-capable, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a full 3.1-inch HVGA touch-screen display, a custom Android GUI, 5MP camera with Auto Flash, 24 FPS video cam, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 3.5mm headset jack, a music player with pre-loaded Amazon MP3 store application, Shazam, iMeem Mobile, and a pre-installed 2GB microSD memory card with support for up to 32 GB of removable memory. The Motorola CLIQ syncs Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Picasa, personal emails and others with a customizable homescreen that displays the information users want from any the social services. MOTOBLUR automatically delivers these updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications to keep up with the latest content. The CLIQ will be available exclusively in the U.S. from T-Mobile later this fall. in two colors - Titanium and Winter White. Pricing will be announced at a later date. For more information visit http://www.t-mobile.com/cliq for more information.
Please note that it requires to Jailbreak your iPhone before trying to load the Hero’s Sense UI. This easy to use and sleek looking theme is seems promising. It does almost everything Hero’s Sense UI does with classy time and weather widget and a quick launcher for apps/contacts. You can also edit and put whichever icons you like. Only thing that seems missing is the flipping clock affects. I am sure it will be available in next theme update. But it still looks awesome. Since, the detailed process is too long for me to post, I will let everyone follow the link to the developer’s site. Instructions to Jailbreak your iPhone OS 3.0.1. Step by step guide to Install HTC Hero Sense UI. Download HTC Hero Sense UI for iPhone Enjoy!
“Yes, we’ve agreed to participate in the coalition,” a spokesman for Microsoft said. A Yahoo spokeswoman said they had also signed on. Amazon.com Inc has also reportedly joined, but a spokeswoman said: “We don’t comment on rumor or speculation.” Critics say the deal gives Google the unimpeded ability to set prices for libraries, once they scan books and put them on the Internet. If the service becomes a necessity for libraries they would face monopoly pricing. “Google is trying to monopolize the library system,” Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle, told BBC News. He also said, “If this deal goes ahead, they’re making a real shot at being ‘the’ library and the only library.” Last October, Google agreed to pay a $125 million settlement to the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers in order to continue its digital publishing venture, Google Books. The hearing to consider approval of the settlement is scheduled for October 7 and the deadline for objections to the settlement is scheduled for September 4.
While the PS3 will remain the most expensive console on the market, the device offers a broader value than other consoles. “At $299, when you combine s state-of-art gaming machine, the best Blu-ray player on the market and the PlayStation Network, this is a great value,” Mr. Dille said. “This is a game-changing moment for us.” Analysts widely expect Nintendo to also reduce the price of the Wii coming into the holiday shopping season, as sales of that console have also fallen sharply over the past few months. The pre-orders for PS3 slim is already spotted at Kmart and Sears websites.
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HP is trying to place smart screens around the home to display social media, weather information and internet radio streams. The HP DreamScreen, announced on Thursday, can display the web content without the need of hooking up a PC using its built-in wireless capabilities. You can also view photo slideshows and watch videos.
The new 5th Generation Apple iPod Nano is finally out and it’s getting lot of attention.
T-Mobile today announced the upcoming The Motorola CLIQ, the first Android based device from Motorola, Inc. The phone’s interface is built around what Motorola is calling “MOTOBLUR.”
HTC Magic owners in Taiwan are already happy with the promise of getting official HTC Hero’s Sense UI, but thanks to the hard work by Justflikwalk from Redmond Pie deviantART member, it is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch users.
Microsoft Corp and Yahoo! Inc are joining the Open Book Alliance, a newly formed group of opponents to a class action settlement the 
Sony Corp. announced today that its new Sony PS3 Slim version is expected to hit the stores by September 1st. The PS3 Slim version will come with a 120 GB hard drive, Blu-ray, DualShock3 controller, and HDMI output with 1080p support. It will be 33 percent smaller and 36 percent lighter than the previous model. The new PS3 Slim will cost $299, and the current 80 GB and 160 GB models to $299 and $399 respectively.
