O2 XDA Guide announced in Germany with TomTom GPS maps

Operator O2 Germany announced a new representative of series Xda - Communicator O2 Xda Guide. Manufacturer is HTC. This model is seen as the successor of communicator O2 Xda Orbit 2, which is based on HTC Touch Cruise P3650. Judging from technical specifications O2 Xda Guide is a very functional model, but without any outstanding features.

O2 XDA Guide

Specifications of O2 Xda Guide:

* Operating system Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
* Mobile networks GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA
* 2.8-inch TFT-touch display with a QVGA resolution of 320×240 pixels
* GPS-module
* 3,2-Mp camera
* Qualcomm MSM 7225 processor with a clock speed of 528 MHz
* 256 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM
* Memory card slot format microSD (1 GB in kit)
* Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), Bluetooth 2.0
* Lithium-ion battery capacity of 1100 mAh

The model will come with navigation software TomTom Navigator 7 with maps of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Communicator O2 Xda Guide will be available for sale in February 2009.

The price has not yet been announced.

Touchscreen Sony Walkman player in CES 2009

There are rumors that Sony is preparing a new Walkman player for
announcement in CES 2009 with a touch screen that could compete with
iPod touch. According to preliminary data, the new Walkman is equipped
with 3 inch OLED display, supports Wi-Fi and has a pre-installed
Internet browser.

The main menu structure is the same as in usual Walkman models, but
will be expanded by several new features. For example, when listening
to music of a certain artist you can click on his name and watch his
videos, placed on YouTube. Also there is a shortcut on main menu for
direct access to YouTube, pause, fast, quite similar to the access to
Youtube from the iPhone and iPod touch. In addition, the new Walkman
will allow to subscribe to audio podcasts and video streams Crackle.

It is reported that the touch Walkman device will be available in
variations with 16 GB and 32 GB internal memory, FM-radio, screen
resolution of 400×240 pixels, support of codecs - MP3, WMA, AAC, PCM,
AVC (h.264), MPEG-4 and WMV .

source sonyinsider.com