New Color Combination For BlackBerry Bold

If you are bored with the standard color of your RIM’s Blackberry Bold smartphone, then you can customize your beloved handset with new color combination casing from Colorware. A fully customized handset is priced at only $174. The picture above is only an example color combination that I recommend. However, you can also make a color combination yourself on the Colorware website. [Techfresh]

Becker’s Crocodile Rugged Navigation System

If you want a rugged and water-resistant GPS navigation system, so you might need a “Crocodile.” Becker’s Crocodile is actually the nickname of the Traffic Assist 100. The gadget is specially made for motorcycles. It is a rubber-coated and offers a visual or acoustic warning signals for speed limits. The system also offers 2GB of integrated flash memory with preloaded Navteq data for 42 European countries with text-to-speech instructions in 28 languages. The large 4.3-inch color touch-screen display was designed to make bikers easy to control it. The Crocodile also comes loaded with more than 1,000 photo realistic 3D images of European landmarks, including the Reichstag Building in Berlin. The Crocodile will be available in October for about $438. [NewsWire]

Jabra BT2070 Bluetooth Headset Released in Russia

GN Netcom has recently introduced the Jabra BT2070 Bluetooth headset in Russia. The headset comes in a big round button with a yellow border and supports Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR and eSCO technology for high speed transmission of digital quality sound. Its built-in battery offers up to 5.5 hours of talk time and up to 200 hours of standby mode. [ToysGadget]

Voice Stick : Portable Text Scanning Device For The Visually Impaired

Technology is improving day by day and many of the innovations are being planned for various segments of people. Many of the innovations are also invented for people with various ailments. Like the new Voice Stick, a text scanning device for the visually impaired. As the name suggests, the stick when scanned in the printed letters, the OCR function recognizes the text and converts the information into voice. The voice is then read back and thus helping the visually challenged. It is a quite innovative and practical product. So whatever be the matter, like letters, E-mails etc, it works out to be a perfect solution and companion for the visually challenged.[tuvie]

Fujitsu U Series

Like a PC version of every Apple fanboy's wettest dream, the Fujitsu U Series ($1,450 and up) is a tiny tablet/UMPC device with some outstanding specs. Features include a QWERTY keyboard, a 5.6-inch, 1280x800 touch panel LCD, which rotates to allow for tablet-style use, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, 60GB hard drive with the option for a 64GB SSD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, integrated webcam, memory card (SD and CF) slots, 2 USB 2.0 ports, and more. Take that, imaginary MacBook Pro/mini/touch-thing.[Uncrate]

Project Inkwell 'Spark' Aiming for OLPC's Head With Its Handheld Form Factor

Project Inkwell's Spark is not only a potential OLPC competitor because of its handheld, UMPC form factor and K-12 educational focus, but also because it doesn't look like it's made exclusively for the preschool user base. The Spark was developed in conjunction with the design firm Ideo, and though details are vague, the visuals are somewhat revealing. The Spark looks roughly the size of a PSP, with a +/- rocker switch and scroll wheel adorning the left and right sides of the handheld.
There's no mention of touchscreen functionality, but the screen looks to be lined with buttons and comes with a case housing a foldout keyboard, plus room for a mouse and spare battery. Less visible features would include Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. It's still too early to talk release or pricing details, but this seems like a concept that's very feasible to produce. [Tuvie via Coolest GadgetsviaGIZMODO]

Peugeot Stylight Concept with Big WindScreen and Unique Aerodynamic Design

The new concept car coming from the automobile giant Peugeot Design Competition is surely a sophisticated design. Designed by Ognyan Bozhilov the car is a small 3-seater city car perfect for a small family to drive around the city. This designing marvel is a hybrid system with a small 1.6 liter HDI engine and an electric motor and the engine is placed above the rear wheels. The reason for this was for overall weight distribution and the unique aerodynamic design makes it possible to touch high speeds. This giving that driving pleasure without compromising on the environmental aspect, something which seems to be one of the primary belief that Peugeot is believing in. So go green and enjoy![via]

Future TechnologyFuture Designs, Technology, Cars, Futuristic Gadgets, and Concepts

Check out this awesome backpack that will surely catch your attention. Reppo II looks like a stylish bag with in-built pair of full-range loudspeakers and an amplifier. This concept is designed by a student Joonas Saaranen. You just need to plug in any audio source, tie the whole thing on our back and share your choice of music with your friends. It would have been better if the big black patches were a sub-woofer. The whole concept is just perfect for all music lovers. So, get ready to kick out the jams as you walk down the street.[tuvie]

LG Digital Picture Frame / DVD Player Hybrid

LG has come up with their own version of digital photo frame, introducing LG DP889 Digital Picture Frame/DVD Player. But this time, their DP889 unit not only features an 8-inch LCD display but also has an integrated DVD player. It also comes with a 3-in-1 memory card slot, built-in speakers and dual headphone jacks. The supplied battery pack provides up to 3 1/2 hours of playback. LG DP889 retails for suggested price of $279.95, but Circuit City currently has it on sale for $199.99. [LG]

AMD Quad-Core Opteron Will Power The Latest HP Blade Server

AMD today announced that Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors exclusively power the HP ProLiant BL495c virtualization blade. HP ProLiant BL495c is the World’s First Server Blade Designed Specifically to Host Virtual Machines. The server basically features Up to two AMD Opteron 2300 Series processors with AMD Virtualization™ technology to improve performance in a virtual environment, 16 DIMM slots - supporting up to 128GB of ECC 667MHz DDR2 registered memory, Integrated dual-channel 10 GbE server adapter, and Dual-link AMD’s HyperTransport™ interconnection between processors. The new server will significantly reduce data center costs by allowing more virtual servers to be packed into each blade - which also undoubtedly extends the life cycle of the data center by saving floor space, power and cooling. 35 systems based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors are now shipping from global OEMs, and will be available for purchase on Sept. 15, 2008. [HP VIA AMD]

Polaroid 3.5-inch Digital Photo Frame

Japanese manufacturer Polaroid is ready to release the 3.5-inch digital photo frame in pearl white and black. Known as the XSJ-00350, this photo frame offers 320×240 pixels, 3MB built in memory, and supports all digital memory card formats including SDHC/SD, and MMC. The Polaroid digital frame draws power from AC power or the USB port. Its rechargeable battery provides two hours of battery life. Measuring 94mm × 14mm × 76mm and weighing at 102grams, the Polaroid XSJ-00350 will be released in Japan for $79 later this month. [FarEastGizmos]

Transcend 64GB USB Flash Drive

Transcend today introduced its new 64GB JetFlashV20 high-capacity USB flash drive. The storage device provides seamless data exchange between different operating systems including Windows, Mac or Linux. You can store huge amount of data in this little flash drive with a fast USB 2.0 data transfer. The flash drive also comes bundled with JetFlash software including Website AutoLogin, PC-Lock, Mobile Favorites, Secret-Zip, E-Mail, DataBackup, and Online Update. [digit-life]