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COGIB Three French airports, FNAC and other retailers, and France Telecom shops have recently introduced this phone booth for the 21st century. Created by France-based Galea Technologies, Cogib is a kiosk with compartments for four phones or PDAs. Pay a euro, pick a plug, and lock in the device for a full charge in 20 minutes. The Cogib is already in Dubai International Airport, and Galea has its sights set on the rest of Europe...
...Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Baffled by Tokyo's maze of alleys, lack of English signage and haphazard street numbering? Then here's some good news: in a trial program lasting until the end of March, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is loaning visitors PDAs designed to make life easier. There are English, Mandarin and Korean versions of the device, each featuring a voice translator, free local calls, unlimited Internet access and sightseeing information. "Many overseas tourists are in trouble with verbal communications in Japan, and public transportation is overly complicated," says ministry spokesman Asao...
...Baffled by Tokyo's maze of alleys, lack of English signage and haphazard street numbering? Then here's some good news: in a trial program lasting until the end of March, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is loaning visitors PDAs designed to make life easier. There are English, Mandarin and Korean versions of the device, each featuring a voice translator, free local calls, unlimited Internet access and sightseeing information...
...this spring for $150, possibly along with a universal wireless kit for other MP3 players. Motorola and Toshiba are both launching wireless wraparound headphones that use Bluetooth wireless networking to connect to laptops and cell phones, and HP recently introduced a similar pair, primarily for use with its iPaq PDAs. When MP3 players eventually add Bluetooth connectivity to their features, partnering them with one of these headsets will be easy. In the meantime, Belkin will offer TuneStage, a Bluetooth adapter for late-model iPods, which runs on the iPod's battery power...
...looks like a checkbook. But you'll want to open the Pocket Surfer, a new 6in. by 3in. portable Internet device from DataWind, a small tech shop based in Montreal. On most pdas and cell phones, Web pages are crunched and reformatted and take too long to download. On the Pocket Surfer, however, pages look just like those on your laptop: pictures, links, even pop-up ads (fortunately, the Pocket Surfer lets you quash those nuisances with a single button). And it's easy to set up. DataWind gives you an adapter to plug into your cell phone, which connects...