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If you have ever wanted to try and learn to read Japanese, which a very complex language, but it would help you in case you play to stay for a while in this country, now you have to chance to do it in a smart way directly on your iPhone or iPod.
ThinkMac Software is a company from the United Kingdom, an independent software developer that designs innovative applications for the iPhone platform.

By installing the iKana touch 1.0, you would enable Japanese hiragana and katakana learning on the iPhone or iPod touch, by using flash cards with cool animations, spoken sound clips and many language examples. In order to improve your beginner skills and learn to read Japanese, you can perform recognition tests and writing tests to memorize things easier.
Hiragana and katakana are components of the Japanese writing system, representing phonetic scripts.



The speed test provided by the application you have to identify characters before time expires, while the writing test provokes you to trace each stroke in a character correctly.
iKana touch 1.0 is available at the App Store and iTunes for the iPhone and iPod touch, while the company provides also the version for the Mac OS X. We don't know how it works and if there are issues taking into consideration the latest rumors about iPhone 3G problems, but the interface is pretty nice.
For the handsets it has a price of $7.99 USD in the United States, £4.99 in the United Kingdom, and 5.99 Euro in the European Union.



The target of this application is to teach you to speak, read and write both hiragana and katakana phonetic alphabets, in a fun and easy way.

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Working based on the kinetic energy, the new external charger released by M2E Power is designed to provide power to your cell phone, digital camera or portable media player, by converting the motion produced when you are walking into electric energy.
M2E Power designs renewable energy and uses a patent-pending technology to power mobile gadgets while carried with you on the go.

According to the company’s tests, if you walk or drive for 6 cumulated hours you’ll power your cell phone with about 30-60 minutes of talk time.
This smart technology takes advantage of a fundamental change in magnetic architecture within electronic devices, which permits more electricity to be generated from micro-motion. It is a combination of energy generation architecture integrated and energy storage (battery) components.
Compared to other systems using kinetic energy, the one developed by M2E Power provides with 300%-700% more power.

Of course, the main market sector that will benefit from this innovative idea will be the military, while additional uses would be for Personal Data Assistants, portable DVD players, cordless phones, 2-way radios, portable game players, dog collars, flashlights, hearing aids, iPod accessories, rechargeable batteries, watch Batteries and animal tracking.
Another aspect is that this type of self-powered energy is environmental-friendly as it uses much fewer toxic substances, reducing toxic waste in landfills.

“Our technology boosts the efficiency of magnetic induction, leading to a series of key innovations that produce a dramatic increase in power generation within a small footprint,” said David Rowe, President of M2E Power. “This significant leap in energy production allows us to comfortably serve a large, meaningful variety of electronics and accessories with an eco-friendly alternative. This includes offering our first commercial application – the world’s only external charger that generates its own electricity by converting the energy of normal everyday motion.”

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To spare you of those annoying beep sounds received on the cell phone when the other person’s credit is almost finished, Russians came up with a cool idea of replacing these sounds with melodies or comic messages. This new service is called Hello, or Privet in Russian, and is based on the X-tones RBT, a result of the collaboration between VimpelCom, Ericsson and Bercut.

"Abundant experience and our technologies enable us to integrate optimal solutions into customer's business processes. A striking example is the installation of X-tones at VimpelCom. The solution was launched in the network of the telecom holding company, whose subscriber base exceeds 52
million subscribers," says Vladimir Filipyev, Chief Client Relations Officer at Bercut.

What is VimpelCom? –It is a Russian telecommunication operator using wireless, fixed and broadband technologies, with companies operating in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia and Armenia. The Beeline brand is a wireless subsidiary of the telecommunication operator.
Bercut supplies IT products for Value-Added Services infrastructure of Mobile and PSTN operators.

The first Russian cities that welcomed this cool Hello service on July 1 are: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Tver, Vladimir, Ryazan, Tula, Stavropol, Pyatigorsk, Krasnodar, Ekaterinburg, Saratov and Rostov-on-Don.

The X-Tones are Ring Back Tones with which you can assign a ring back tone melody or a voice message to your incoming beep sounds, create and edit melody list, set rules for melody playback according to time and date, record personal voice messages, view statistics and manage content, and manage the service via web, SMS and other interfaces.

I am not sure if I would enjoy listening to a nice melody instead of a annoying beep sounds, because a melody would surely last longer and is based on several sounds that surely last longer than a beep.

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These new cool speakers from Motorola are meant to offer you louder sounds for the music you are listening on your cell phone, anywhere on the go. ROKR EQ7 and ROKR EQ5 are small portable speakers available at Motorola’s online store with Bluetooth enabled, allowing you to listen audio wirelessly together with your compatible mobile handset.
ROKR EQ7 has more advanced features while the ROKR EQ5 comes in a stylish design, both providing enhanced sound quality for music and calls, for any model of MP3 player, cell phone and other portable devices, not necessarily Motorola-branded.

“Music lovers and mobile consumers can now share and enjoy their music with great portability and rich sound quality,” stated Sean Ramsey, General Manager North America, Motorola Companion Products. “These portable speakers give people two unique ways to enjoy music and hands-free speakerphone calls in innovative style.”



Released as an alternative solution to the speakerphone capability, these new models come at a price of $199.95 for the EQ7 and $119.95 for the EQ5, and can be purchased from electronic retailers.

MOTOROKR EQ5 Ultra-Portable Wireless Speaker fits any pocket because of its sleek form factor, and can be connected easily with any computer, multimedia player and cell phones supporting the Bluetooth technology. If you don’t have this functionality enabled, there’s no problem, because the model has optional 3.5 mm audio cable which is the universal wired connectivity. In addition, it features the SRS WOW HD technology for high definition stereo sounds, while the the background noises and echoes are significantly reduced during calls. The radio frequency shielding prevents static interferences.
This speaker provides up to 8 hours of playback from a single charge, which can be performed via the microUSB port while you are still listening to the music.



The other speaker, ROKR EQ7 Wireless Hi-Fi Stereo Speaker System, brings the power of 4 JBL speakers for a more detailed sound with deep bass. The Bluetooth profile used is A2DP to allow wireless connectivity for stereo sounds with all Bluetooth devices. The 3.5 mm port is not missing either, in case you need to connect the cable.
EQ7 also features noise reduction and echo cancellation, as well as a button for mute, and powers from 4 AA batteries to provide up to 6 hours of playback.

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If you have planned to travel to China between August 8 and 24th for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, you might be interested to know how to get a cell phone package including low-cost national and international calls, comprehensive city guides, GPS navigation, a camera so you to bring back the special moments with you, wireless Internet access and emergency assistance.
The company providing such a cool and complete package is Yoyoor, a cell phone rental and travel assistance service destined to English speakers coming to China. You could get it from the Beijing International Airport or order it from anywhere in the country, for personal delivery.

Using a dedicated button on the phone you can access a live support in English to ask for information related to travel directions, restaurant recommendations, entertainment ideas, and transportation.
This service is very useful because only 30% of the cell phones available in North America and Europe work on the Chinese territory and those telecommunication companies that do offer support ask for high rates for calling, messaging and access to data. To offer the best alternative, Yoyoor gives you access to all these 3 important services for $3.99 per day.

“This is the moment we’ve been waiting for. Yoyoor is poised to keep the thousands of travelers visiting China for the Beijing Summer Games in touch with their friends and family through our flat-rate mobile phone rental package,” said Joss Shen, CEO of Yoyoor. “We look forward to surprising and delighting Yoyoor customers with our comprehensive travel services and especially our personal touch of a live on-call representative to answer any questions they might have and to make their experience in Beijing even more fun and enjoyable.”

In addition to this, the Chinese company has a special offer for visitors that plan to stay in the country for a longer period of time, and provides a rate of $0.20/minute for calling while diverting all incoming calls to the cell phone used in China. Extra charges are of $8 for the activation and $0.25 saily service fee for the Travel-lite package.
The offer includes a Nokia 6110 Navigator smartphone with GPS, A-GPS, high-resolution built-in camera and multimedia player among others.