Everybody talks about the digital MP3 Zune player and yet they are comparing with the iPod.

The Zune player will not be Mac compatible during launch time. For my opinion, it’s good to have own device that running solely with its own brand. I believed that Apple’s iPod big fan hardly stick with iPod and on top of that, they are much confident with the quality and the good brand name of iPod itself.

Both of them, the Zune and the iPod had their problem recently. For Zune that been copycat by other, while iPod was in middle of patent litigation issue with Creative.

Zune is Microsoft and iPod is Apple! I hope that Zune never goes compatible with OSX. To get much integration, better keep Zune with Windows only, as for some reason that Windows constitute 90% of the market OS compared to Mac – Ron.

SmartCharge is awesome!! Claimed to be the only iPod car charger with a built-in 3.5 mm stereo audio jack. This charger proudly sports the official “Made for iPod” badge.

SmartCharge works with any iPod (except 3G) and iPod shuffle. When used with an iPod shuffle, you can hook up to a cassette adapter or line-in connections found on a range of car stereos. A docked iPod shuffle also can be rotated to meet our needs, and can be titled up to 72°.

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At present, sources are confident that the first Apple phone is scheduled for announcement at Macworld Expo in January, however that will be subjected to the company revision plan.

Inspite of this confirmed rumor, numerous published reports suggesting otherwise.

Spec

• 3 Mega pixels camera
• 2.2 inch screen
• i Tunes integration, no 100 songs limit

1. Claudia Mitchell simply thinks to make the arm move
2. Chest muscle movement is picked up by nerves, once attached to the real arm, but now re-wired to its replacement
3. Motors control its movement
4. Unfortunately the 11 pound (5kg) arm and hand do not feel touch
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Human now can be fitted with a “bionic” arm that can control by human thoughts alone. The technology is so advanced that it corelate between human brain and human body movement.

BBC news – Claudia Mitchell lost her left arm at the shoulder in a motorbike accident. She is the first woman to be fitted with new arm so called “bionic” arm. Her new arm works by detecting movements of a chest muscle that has been connected to the remains of nerves that once went to her real arm.

The latest version has been significantly improved. Mitchell can now fold clothes, eat a banana and do the washing up. She said that she also can move her elbow up and down and can open and close her hand simply by thinking that that’s what she want to do.The technology, developed by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), took about five hours to install. The ends of the nerves that once controlled the arm were removed from her shoulder and connected to nerves in the chest muscle, some of which conveyed sensation from the skin above.

Over several months the transplanted nerves grew into the muscle tissue. Once this happened electrodes fixed to a harness worn on the shoulder were able to detect impulses emitted from the nerves into the muscle and forward them to the arm. These impulses are processed by a computer, which is able to direct the arm to make very precise movements.

Ms Mitchell said: “Before the surgery, I doubted that I would ever be able to get my life back. “But this arm and the RIC have allowed me to return to a life that is more rewarding and active than I ever could have imagined. “I am happy, confident and independent”. She said the arm was heavy, but that was due to extra motors which gave it a greater range of function. – BBC News.

Nokia unveiled Nokia 7390, 7373 and 7360, boosting its new fashion lineup. Nokia 7390 is a 3G phone with video caller and music player expected to retail for 450 euro. The Nokia 7373 is expected to sell for 350 euro while the Nokia 7360 is expected to retail for 200 euro. The another new sucessful model Sirocco edition already hit the market.

For detail specification Nokia.com