The PlayStation Portable (PSP) will be able to support Wi-Fi telefony. The news says that British Telecommunications PLC (BT) is developing a software-based Internet telephony for PSP. In addition, PSP’s users will enjoy the internet voice and video calls from their devices.

The service will be provided for Europe and possibly Middle East, Africa and Oceania. BT will get the full support of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. However, the service could not be functional in Americas or in Asia, because BT and not Sony supports the development.

To perform the voice and video calls, the PSP will need a camera. It already comes with built-in Wi-Fi adapter. PSP doesn’t meet the sales expectations for this year. Thus, Sony is trying to make it more attractive for the markets.

[via Yahoo]

A guy from Live Digitally has interviewed Netgear’s CEO - Patrick Lo. During the interview at Netgear’s HQ, Patrick Lo presented him the 2nd-generation WiFi Skype Phone. Yes, the phone is in development right now.

The 2G Skype Phone doesn’t look very different from the first one. However, it is smaller, lighter and the battery lasts longer. The WiFi Skype Phone 2.0 will work seamlessly with hotspots. Netgear is trying to develop a new graphic user interface. To use this Skype phone you will need a wireless rooter and a base station. You can connect up to 4 phones to a single base station. Other official details will be presented in the future. For now you can check up the video showing the phone.
Here is the video with Patrick Lo:

[Credits: Live Digitally]

Sony announced on their website the thinnest OLED display in the world. It is only o.3 millimetre thick and offers 16.7 million colours. The display presented by Sony is 2.5″ wide and gives 160 x 120 pixel resolution.

Sony’s display will be officially presented at an academic symposium in Long Beach, California, this week. The display has more colours than the competitors products - Samsung with 262k colours and Philips with 16k colours. On the other hand Sony’s OLED offers only 1000:1 contrast ratio compared to Samsung’s 10000:1 ratio. Anyway there are slight chances to see this kind of displays replacing the actual LCDs and plasmas. The problem is that the costs are higher to produce the OLEDs.

[Source: Yahoo]

To the right, Adam McConnell, three years old. To the left, a broken 42-inch plasma. The joy of breaking the TV after losing at Wii sports, priceless.

This is a real case. 3 year old Adam, smashed his father’s plasma while his dad went to the kitchen to get him something to drink. It should be really fun to hear “two big bangs”. Why he did this? Because he lost a tennis game playing Wii Sports. It wasn’t a slipping Wiimote so no reason for a lawsuit here, just the boy’s rage.

Now that really makes me think what was the little boy drinking? Maybe whiskey in the morning and some vodka in the evening? He’s now banned from playing Wii, for two weeks.

“I left him playing the tennis game and went to the kitchen to get him a drink. Then I heard two big bangs. When I ran back in Adam was using the handset to smash the TV screen. It was a 42in plasma screen which cost around £1,000 - the whole front is wrecked.

I think he lost a game and he just cracked up. I went out to the table and put my head in my hands, while I thought about how I could explain to a three- and-a-half year old what he had done wrong. I ended up asking him how he’d feel if I broke his Spiderman.

He is so independent and he already has a real competitive streak, but I didn’t realize he would lose his temper like that. He could be the next John McEnroe - he had a great swing.”

Do you understand now, why they released a TV protection shield? - ALEX ION

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This is a weird invention we got our eyes on. This is a 12-volt adapter that will turn into an air conditioning gadget or will power USB devices when you put it in the lighter slot. The power is supposed to be up to 120 Watts. Impressive!

Gizmodo had their hands on it, and used it for charging a Sony Ericsson mobile phone and the MacBook Pro powerbrick, separately. They phone didn’t charge when the laptop was in the adapter, so they charged it from the notebook. I think this new device should be used while driving your car and stuff like that because I am not sure if you car battery will be able to support what you charge. Even the manual says for every 3 hours of use, to start the engine for 20 minutes. The price is $40 and my conclusion is that it’s well deserved. - ALEX ION

I found this new very interesting. Seiko has launched a collection of watches called Cavity. Obviously the watch was called so because of its design. The Seiko designers have found an ingenious design. It looks like a molar tooth with a big cavity inside. The cavity is in fact the screen.

The Cavity Watch is produced in two variants: gold and silver. The straps reminds of a sweet chocolate. But hey, you have a cavity! The watch is available for now in Japanese stores. It costs 16,800 yen (£70/$140).

[Credits: Plastic Bamboo]

With the new ZEN Wav you can share your music with your friends. It features built-in mini-speakers and comes along with a dock station. Thus, Zen Wav is the perfect mate for a barbecue or when you go to a picnic.

The portable media player has 2GB memory, 1.5″ display and connects via USB cable. Zen Wav has many other utilities. For instance, it can be used as a clock alarm. You stay informed with the preset radio stations. Zen Wav is perfect to carry your favorite ebooks. When you get bored you just need to look for an interesting story. The player supports MP3, WMA, WAV, AVI, JPG media files formats.

The battery life will be more than satisfying because Creative announces around 30 hours of continuous functioning. Zen Wav will be available in Singapore starting from May 25th for $114.

[Credits: Electronista]

Akihabara announces two new HSDPA mobiles coming from Samsung Korea. There are two new models: SCH-W270 and SCH-W290. The phones are available for the Korean market.

The first model which is also know as SCH-W2700 has a 2.3″ LCD screen, 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, music player and it is compatible with the Windows Office utilities. It is a clamshell phone. You can see the phone in the picture below - the white one. It retails for 400000Won ($430).

The other model, SCH-W290 or (SCH-W2900) is a slide phone with the same capabilities like the SCH-W270 model. The difference is made by the 2″ screen and the MicroSD port. The price for this model is the same - $430.

[via Akihabara]

The FCC website is a very good source for news that have not yet been divulged to the public. It’s the case of the new Motorola RIZR Z6tv that we saw pictures of. You need to understand that this has not yet been announced by Motorola so what you see here is something they kept in the dark so far.

From a quick view on the FCC site I can tell you it has microSD card slot and Bluetooth 2.0, a 2-inch (?) QVGA display and a 2 megapixel camera. Something different to the new Motorola RIZR Z6tv is the VCAST Mobile TV feature and the 2.5mm headset jack. Not bad!

I think it’s going to be announced for Verizon Wireless, later this year. - ALEX ION
[via MobileGuerilla]

NEC Aterm WR8400N the four port WiFi router and the Aterm WL300NC PCMCIA card promise to deliver a theoretically maximum speed of 300 MBps, which for our actual standards is pretty big. Looks like Nec is ready to push the limits further, of the
802.11n technology. However to get to 300MBps you need to equip yourself with a network adapter, PC or laptop that is compatible with the same wireless standard.
Engadget also said that if we talk theory, both the Aterm WR8400N router and the WL300NC PCMCIA card are compatible with 802.11 a/b/g devices, support WEP/WPA protocols and connects on bands from 2.4GHz to 5GHz.

Still, there is room for development, and since Nec has no release date and no price so far, many alternatives (probably from China - cheap?) will pop out. - ALEX ION