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Electronista: At the FPD International show in Japan, Sharp demonstrated a 14.1-inch monochrome LCD panel with 1030×606 resolution that has the ability to “remember” the image displayed even after power has been cut off.

In this fashion, it is similar to e-paper displays. Sharp also had other sizes on display, including 6.1-, 2.4- and 1.7-inch black and white LCDs, along with 14.1- and 6.1-inch eight-color displays.

While specific information on the technology behind the display was not revealed, it is known to use a cholesteric LCD design and that power consumption for saving the image is relatively large.

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Electronista: ASUS could be the next Asian cellphone maker after HTC to make Android phones, according to claims by reported market insiders.

The company until now has made Windows Mobile devices almost exclusively but would launch a device based on the Google mobile OS sometime within the first half of 2009, releasing self-branded models first in its Taiwan-area home and later customizing the devices for “overseas” regions.

No technical details have been released, though ASUS focuses heavily on 3G data and regularly adds GPS.

It’s not known to what degree ASUS would be supplementing its Windows Mobile devices or replacing some of them.

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Techradar.com: Pocket-sized projectors are the new black. Or, at least, it seems that way, with yet another new gadget brand launching with one of these devices.

RXS: Redshift is launching in the UK with this Pico Media Projector, a pocket-sized projector which can shoot movies from your mobile, laptop or iPod. It produces a display 50 inches in size on a nearby wall or screen.

It will fit in most larger gentleman’s pockets, measuring only 11.5cmx5cmx2.2 cm and weighing just 160g making it highly portable. However, as the rechargeable lithium ion battery only allows over an hour of playback time, you wont actually be able to view full lengthy movies away from a power point. Handily, for Apple fans, the Pico Media Projector comes complete with an extra iPod video cable.

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Electricpig: If you asked Santa for an Xbox 360 Slim this Christmas, you’re more likely to be getting a lump of coal under the tree: the UK’s Xbox chief just put a definitive end to speculation over a new console, stating there won’t be any new models for “a long, long time”.

We cornered Stephen McGill, Microsoft’s head of gaming and entertainment, today to pick his brains about the Xbox 360 update coming on November 19, and he let slip that Microsoft’s focus has been on the interface revamp alone, with no new hardware in the pipeline: “I’m looking forward to features the 360 already has today coming to the front [with the Xbox Experience]” he said.

“We’re just beginning to scratch the surface of what it can do. What we’re looking at for the next many years is the Xbox 360.”

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Engadget: Not that we haven’t seen LCD-equipped rangehoods before, but ILVE’s VELA just has that art deco flair that so turns us on.

All personal details aside, this here kitchen appliance was designed by Marco Valerio Agretti and features a 4-speed touch control extraction, optional automatic switch-on / speed regulation, all stainless steel construction, a light indicator for filter management and a washable anti-grease filter.

There’s a 10-inch LCD TV built right in there, and with that comes a remote control and an RCA input / output for hooking up your cable box, a DVD player or any flavor of game console. Unfortunately, actual specifications of the TV — as well as pricing for the entire unit — are nowhere to be found.

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DVICE: Curiously dubbed “YO,” this attractive iPod and MP3 stereo speaker dock is a concept by American-born designer Victor Vetterlein.

The speakers are detachable and wireless (as well as waterproof), and charge at the dock just like an MP3 player would.

The odd shape of the speakers is to help produce a more pronounced, directional sound.

Even curiouser, Vetterlein intends for the unit to be charged by a “renewable energy source such as solar power, wind power, or hydroelectricity.”

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