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Engadget: He gets all the best gadgets, doesn’t he?  In Bond’s forthcoming movie, Casino Royale, here’s what we’ve heard he’ll be playing with thus far: a new Nokia 8800 Aston Martin branded cellphone and his love interest, Vesper Lynd, will get a white Sony Ericsson K618 (or possibly a Sony Ericsson M600).

Furthermore, Bond will have a very tense scene that involves an unreleased Sony Vaio, accompanied by a Sony Memory Stick Duo.

And yes, Bond gets a new ride (as always), rumored to be the new Aston Martin DBS.

See Casino Royale website

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Bloomberg: Toshiba Corp. shares rose after Microsoft  announced that the Japanese giant would be producing its Zune digital music player that will compete with Apple’s iPod.

Microsoft is working with Toshiba to get the device in stores for the Christmas selling season.

Apple has sold more than 58.9 million iPods since their introduction in October 2001, including 8.11 million units in the quarter ended July 1.

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Gizmondo: Here’s the Chumby - an information device that is destined to become the must-have gadget when it’s released in March 2007.

Plug it in, register it on the Chumby Industries’ Web site, and thanks to widgets you can upload via a wireless internet connection, you can turn it into anything you want it to – music, latest news, photo’s, messages and more can be displayed and controlled via the 3.5-inch touch screen.

Retail will be around $150 (about €120) in March 2007.

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Stuff: Ahead of the Tokyo Game Show in September, news has been leaked of Sony’s plans to release GPS receiver and camera accessories for their PSPs.

The add-on GPS receiver will be most likely designed for car use, but there would be no reason why you wouldn’t be able to use it on foot as well.

Here’s an unofficial first look:

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Men.Style.Com: Here’s one of Sony’s newest Bravia LCD TVs with a smooth, space-saving feature – a motorised sliding speaker panel.

The TAV-L1/R functions as you’d expect – but with the touch of a button, the speaker slides up to cover the screen and it becomes a full-blown, free-standing stereo system.  The unit has a built-in CD/DVD player, twin vibration-canceling subwoofers, a digital amplifier and front speaker virtual surround-sound processing.

Sony even lets you personalize your set with green, gray, burgundy, orange, or silver speaker covers.

The TAV-L1/R retails for around $4,000 (around 3,000 Euros), and is available now.

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ABC News announces that Dell will exit the MP3 player market. Almost at the same time Creative joined Apple and Sandisk introduced an 8GB Player, doubling the maximum capacity of the iPod Nano. Will the Sansa e280 music player be a real iPod rival or must we believe the 32GB ipod rumour?

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Tech Digest: Ministry of Sound has launched its new CD player/scratcher DJ deck – the MOSDJ135.

Retailing at just under 400 Euros, it’s really designed for mass consumption.

Nice – but not new – features include the beats-per-minute counter and numerous pitch alterations.

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AV Zombie: New research shows that the Sony and Nintendo portables account for over half of all global shipments of game machines. It’s all down to a fundamental shift in personal entertainment, some believe.

The research from iSuppli shows that the companies behind handelds owned just 30% of market share in 1997. Analysts are predicting that even when PS3 and Wii have been introduced, portable sales will still account for around 40% – and that’s without a possible introduction by Microsoft into the sector.

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And here are the best gadgets in Europe – according to the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA).

EISA is Europe’s biggest multimedia press organisation. The winners are voted by Editors of the top leading speacialist magazines from 19 countries.

The competition is tough. If this were the Olympics (or Eurovision, if you like) of the Electronics Business, the winning companies would be ( based on the number single products awarded first place):

All the winners are here.

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It won’t turn you into the next Tiger Woods. But the special edition of the Nokia N93 can improve your golfing skills dramatically. It sports a unique golfing application that allows you to capture your swing. Pro Session Golf has a viewfinder that knows the exact angles and distances from which to video your swing, then allows you to analyse the results and thus improve your game. The Nokia N93 features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, DVD-quality video capture and 3x optical zoom. The Golf Edition also includes a 1GB miniSD card and a golf instruction DVD. For more info visit the official website. If you buy online it will cost you around 920 EURO. Nokia Nseries is an official sponsor of the European PGA Tour for 2006 and 2007. At some the tour events, visitors will be able to experience the latest Nokia Nseries multimedia computers first hand. (source: T3.co.uk & Nokia.com)

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We’re not perfect. Some things just escape our attention. Take this, for example: Panasonic USA turns out to offer the possibility to create your own framed plasma masterpiece.
Haven’t got money for a real Van Gogh? Tired of looking at the crying boy? Pimp your plasma! First, you choose one of the plasma monitors. Then, select a frame that best suits your style and decor. Voilà!

(source: Panasonic newsletter)

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We found out our digital home isn’t going to happen tomorrow. But that doesn’t keep us from dreaming. Presenting the Plasma Screen Interior Walls!

Watch different programs on each wall of the room. Or stretch out one program to cover multiple walls (Metal Gear Solid 3!), with a viewing angle of 140 degrees.

This and other nifty devices were made up for the TV-series Eureka. We know it’s fake, and yet. All you geniuses at Samsung, LG.Philips, Pioneer, Sony and Panasonic: c’mon, we know you can do it!

(source: planetgadget.be)

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