After passing the FCC’s hurdle, the Jawbone 2 is finally here! The maker of the device, Aliph doesn’t call it a headset, rather an earwear.

Stylish as ever, the new Jawbone is 50% smaller than the original award-winning Jawbone, and features noise elimination technology (NoiseAssassin) that provides even better voice quality than the original, and in a smaller, more ergonomic package.

Jawbone's NoiseAssassin technology literally feels your speech with its patented Voice Activity Sensor (VAS). The Jawbone headset uses the VAS to distinguish the sound of your voice from ambient noise with incredible accuracy and then uses proprietary Digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms to subtract the noise so only the sound of your voice comes through.

The Jawbone 2 is available for $129.99 at AT&T retail stores, and at www.jawbone.com.

Microsoft has just released Windows Live for Windows Mobile devices. This shouldn’t be confused with Live Search for Windows Mobile. Windows Live for Windows Mobile integrates Windows Live Search, Hotmail, and Spaces into user’s Windows Mobile devices.

Previously, Microsoft only gave this software to OEM’s. So if users bought a Windows Mobile device that didn’t have it pre-installed, they wouldn’t be able to install it, though as per usual, hackers have previously leaked unsupported builds on the net.

It’s still confusing as to why Microsoft doesn’t include Windows Live Messenger for Windows Mobile in this downloadable version. It still remains an OEM option, where the device maker must chose between the default Windows Messenger, or Windows Live Messenger.

Mobile phone projectors, or Pico projectors as they’re called, are looming to be the next big thing. With the obsession with miniaturizing everything possible, people are currently doing their best to cram the projector into the humble phone. If everything goes smoothly, we’ll all soon be able to project out very own Batman logo’s directly from our phones (onto the wall of course!).

John Van Scoter, the senior vice president of Texas Instruments (TI) has confirmed that mobile phones will hit the market with pico projectors in tow later this year. If everything goes according to plan, TI expects to see the prevalence of projectors in mobile phones start to rival that of cameras in mobile phones. TI recently unveiled its DLP Pico technology to bring the vivid colors and sharp pictures of DLP displays into the world of mobile devices.

Hopefully mobile phones equipped with portable projectors will become a reality sooner rather than later.

The “EMC”(Easy Mobile Calling) phone by designer Matthias Pinkert has been seen on Yanko Design. The phone itself looks simple, and stylish, though it keeps things to an absolute minimum.

It apparently features four keys for direct calling, one-touch calling, GPS tracking, and a lanyard to hang it around the wearer’s neck. It doesn’t look like a very feasible phone for general usage, though its certainly unique.

Google’s Android seems to be gaining even more momentum as heavyweights Verizon and Firefox makers Mozilla gave their backing for it. Having hardware and software vendors supporting the Android is probably a big step forward.

Google's Android play started off promisingly, with some 15 companies behind the proto OS in the initial press releases, with further announcements to build up mind share and momentum in the mobile market space.

It will be interesting to see how things shape out once Android is finally released. Rest assured, it will be interesting times.

Back in February, it was reported that Dior and Swarovski were working on a mobile phone. This time, rumors say that its close to its official launch, supposedly tomorrow, Friday, May 15th.

There isn’t much information going around about the upcoming fashion phone, except perhaps some vague information about a remote control, and it being embedded with Swarovski crystals. Owing to those crystals, users can be assured that they wont be getting this phone for free from mobile carriers.

Reports online has stated that Dior boutiques will start selling the fashion phone starting from June.

After the cooked Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM got leaked out for the Sprint Mogul not too long ago, it seems that Sprint has accidentally let another ROM get leaked into the wild.

The Sprint Mogul (HTC Titan) Windows Mobile 6.1 (3.49, radio 3.39.10) adds the latest WM 6.1 beta build, Sprint TV, and a speed boost to the GPS and EVDO Rev. A that the previous ROM leak enabled.

The Sprint Mogul Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM’s official release date is on June 1.

Asus is scheduling the P560 to be marketed next June for around 500 €. The package should include a GPS navigation kit, along with all the necessary car mounts, car charger, as well as the iGO 6 navigation software with regional European maps preloaded onto the 512MB memory card.

Main features of the Asus P560 include:

• A-GPS compatible SiRF Star III receiver
• 2.8″ TFT LCD touch screen with 320×240 pixels resolution (QVGA)
• Processor TI Omap 2430 at 450 MHz
• Quadband GSM, GPRS, EDGE, 3G dualband and HSDPA with 3.6 Mbps
• 256 MB ROM
• 128 MB RAM
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• 3.2 MP camera on the back
• 0.3 MP camera in front
• MicroSD HC Port
• 1150 mAh battery
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• iGO 6 navigation software with maps from Tele Atlas

  
  
  
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Philips has just officially launched its latest Xenium X800 e2e touchscreen phone. With all the hype surrounding this phone before its release, the “iPhone Killer” might seem like a little bit of a disappointment.

The “e2e” in the phone’s name stands for “Edge to Edge”, which refers to the touchscreen. It’s features include a 2 megapixel camera, 2.9 inch screen, and GPRS network support. Though it doesn't seem to have the latest tech in it, its still an interesting phone. Whether it will actually live up to be an iPhone killer is another issue.

Sprint has teamed up with Google to provide more functionality for its users. Sprint doesn’t seem to be doing too well at the moment, so this might be a positive step forward for them, and hopefully will being about a turn in their fortunes.

This new effort is aiming to bring Google Maps and YouTube to subscribers, which would be great news for them. Additionally, Sprint wants to use Google’s search functionality in its home screen, as well as location based search abilities.

Philips is apparently working on a touch screen phone (not the X800), called the X-Connect.

This phone is reported to be running Windows Mobile 6 Professional, powered by a 624Mhz Intel processor, and will feature a 3” touch screen. Connectivity options will include 3G, UMTS/HSDPA, and an integrated GPS receiver. Other interesting points are its AA/AAA battery backup.

A new concept phone called “The Packet” has been spotted on the internet, which is made from ecofriendly materials which helped it win first place in the Istanbul Design Week 2007.

The phone’s design indicates that it will be able to fold into a “packet”, making it easy to pocket and bring around. When it needs to be used, it can be unfolded and sports a display with keypads.