We continue our series of Interweb Roundups with news on Nokia's touch-screen devices, Firefox Mobile, a retro styled USB flash drive, and a quaint pair of sneakers.

Full story after the jump.

Nokia confirms upcoming touch-screen based N-Series phone?


We start today’s Interweb Update with a snippet of news that is claimed to be “Exclusive” by it’s author - a certain Rajat Agrawal of Cellpassion. Apparently, Nokia reps in India have confirmed that a N-Series touch-screen phone will be making an appearance soon. As usual, there was no comment on a confirmed release date, or even an odd teaser or two, which effectively makes this snippet rather pointless.

(Source: Cellpassion)

Screenshots of Firefox Mobile


Talk around the release of Firefox Mobile has been circulating the net for a couple of weeks now, and thanks to The Unwired, we’ll finally get to see what it’ll potentially look like.

“These screenhots are giving a good impression how the final version of Fennec might look/most likely look like but even more important, the developers managed to run the Acid3 Test with a score of 88/100 - which is impressive for a mobile browser!”

(Source: The Unwired)

USB floppy disk

It’s a combination that was bound to happen, and when it actually did, it’s creator Thomas O’Connor did a damned fine job of it too! We just love the way the “metal sliders” fold down to become a stand on this larger-than-normal USB flash drive, and right now, we’d love to get our grubby paws all over one.

(Source: Core77)


UBIQ goes hi-tech with a dodgy named partner

If there’s one thing I love more than sneakers and gadgets, it’s definitely got to be sneakers that are gadgets! Hot off the heels (heh!) of the only other mention-worthy gadgety pair of kicks I know of, the Nike + range of sneakers, comes the ASRD - a collaboration between Philadelphia based streetwear store UBIQ and Canadian design house MSTRPLN (“Oh, lets drop all the vowels in our name”. Ain’t that original.).

The modified Nike Dunk carries a Wi-Fi detector over it’s lace area, which detects Wi-Fi networks in your surroundings. When a network is detected, the LEDs on the detector will light up, and you will inexplicably be gifted with superhuman strength. Well actually, we lie - detecting Wi-Fi networks is all the ASRD will do, which in our books rides precariously on the fine line between quaint and useless.

(Source: MSTRPLN)

Name: Alex	Comment: I came across the S60 touch video a while back. It is the OS that the nokia (and others?) touchscreen phones will be using. URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM_q8oAPAKE Can't wait to see it in action!
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-10-13 21:47:21

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