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Nokia, you've done it again. As usual, the Finnish mobile phone kingpin has produced the kind of innovation and "wow" that we've come to expect with its latest patent request: a virtual keyboard. That's right, until now we've had to suffer the indignation of using a physical keyboard, vainly hoping that one day a company would come along with a concept that would upend the establishment and put a stop to the tyranny of single use, out-dated plastic keys... and now that day has come. Still, something seems vaguely familiar about this patent which details the workings of a "Mobile device with virtual keyboard." Okay, this system differs from others in that it expects you to wiggle your fingers around in front of the phone's camera, and responds to sound as well as vibrations, yet somehow we feel like the company's efforts could be better directed. A nice new QWERTY model wouldn't bother us, for instance. As the capabilities of mobile devi

Reuters reports that the Philips Readius will be released in mid-2008. Developed by Polymer Vision, this device "is the world's first that folds out when the user wants to read news, blogs or email and folds back together so that the device can fit into a pocket."

You've heard of e-ink devices, like the Sony Librie, or e-reader, or whatever. But you've never seen a real working prototype of an electronic reader based on a flexible e-paper, that rolls up like a scroll .Reuters reports that the Philips Readius will be released in mid-2008. Developed by Polymer Vision, this device "is the world's first that folds out when the user wants to read news, blogs or email and folds back together so that the device can fit into a pocket."

This follow up to the first Sony Mylo builds upon its predecessor and adds a 3.5-inch touch screen, 1.3-megapixel camera, 1GB of built-in memory, and a host of multimedia/internet functions. The Mylo was Sony’s attempt to make their own version of Uber AMAZING PMP with Internet browsing and Messaging abilities

- Intel unveiled a new post-PC computing form-factor based on embedded Linux MIDs are smaller and more appliance-like than the clunky UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) concept co-launched about a year ago by Intel as the UMPC and by Microsoft as Origami. Whereas UMPCs have 5- to 7-inch displays and boot the slow-moving Windows GUI, MIDs have 4- to 6-inch displays, boot simplified Linux-based UIs with "instant-on" performance, and offer consumer price points Another way to think of MIDs might be as devices mid-way between mobile phones and computers. On the software side, Intel's MID designs will run a Red Flag "MIDinux" distribution. Intel and Red Flag began researching the distribution in 2005 MIDinux is based on 2.6.20 and later Linux kernels, while the versatile filesystem-aware GRUB bootloader will do the booting honors. Startup time is sped up by the known, limited peripheral set, as well as a "fast resume" technique said to save time compared with Linux'