Projection-TV beamed from your mobile

Microvision recently unveiled the PicoP, a laser-based projector to be integrated inside mobile phones and other handheld devices. Consumers can expect to see such phones in the shops as early as 2008.




For more details:
http://www.microvision.com

Helio Drift - a GPS-enabled cellphone

The Drift is a Samsung-made mobile phone for Helio, a cellphone network by California-based Earthlink and Korea-based SK Telecom.




Using the built-in GPS, the Drift gives access to Google Maps™ for mobile. View your location on a map and get detailed step-by-step directions how to reach any destination. Move a map by dragging it across the screen and zoom in and out of a location. View maps and/or satellite images. Check real-time traffic. Find local businesses and their contact information through the integrated search engine.

With Buddy Beacon, you can broadcast your location to up to 25 friends - they'll see it displayed with your nearest address. You can also use the Buddy List to SMS people, e.g. to tell them to activate their Buddy Beacon, so that you can see where they are as well.

Further features:

• text and multimedia messaging, instant messaging, e-mail, Web browser and news-feed aggregator (Helio On Top)



• integration with Myspace through MySpace Mobile



• speed-dialing, wake-up call, alarm clock, stopwatch, vibrate mode



• address book with up to 1000-entries (each entry can hold up to five numbers, an e-mail address, a birth date, a home address, and a memo)



• personalize contacts with one of 20 polyphonic ring tones, organize them into caller groups, assign them a photo or video caller ID



• calendar, to-do list, calculator, world clocks, unit converter, notepad



• games - four games are included (you can download more)



• 128MB internal memory expandable via microSD™



• USB connection for file transfer with Helio's MediaMover application



• 2.0 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and flash for shooting photos and video, MP3, MPEG-4 and VOD



• built-in speakers, speakerphone, voice-memo recorder
  


• rated talk time: 3 hours, rated standby time: 7 days



• high-speed 3G support



• stereo Bluetooth support



• built-in GPS

For more details, see:

http://www.helio.com/

Gmail for mobile

You're probably familiar with Gmail, Google's web-based email service; it has some powerful features:

• Send and receive messages - save them using your web-storage capacity of up to 2,600+ megabytes

• See when your friends are online and email them or chat (Instant Messaging) - just like email messages, you can save your chat conversations

• Search messages and chat histories - words in your search query show up in bold in the search results

• Select to have a copy of each incoming message automatically forwarded to another email address

• It's free! It's paid for by relevant text ads displayed alongside your Gmail messages, similar to those on the side of Google search results pages

Gmail on the go!

Gmail is now available for mobile phones and mobile devices:

• Access your Gmail messages from the web browser on your mobile phone or device. Read and reply to your Gmail messages any time, anywhere

• Like Gmail, it's free! (But your wireless plan might still charge, so you might want to check with your provider first)

• Automatically optimizes the interface for the phone you're using

• Opens attachments you receive in messages, incl. photos, Microsoft Word documents and .pdf files

• Lets you reply by call to people whose phone numbers are in your Gmail Contacts list

For more details, go to:

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about.html

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about_mobile.html