Motorola is testing out their innovative new operating system in the ROKR e2, but how does this menu setup stack up against the competition? Is this JavaLinux system an improvement over the old interface? PhoneScoop got their dirty little hands on an e2 to fiddle with, and in the end, they conclude that it is "still basically the same OS", despite being slightly more user friendly and having a couple of extra features. As far as the rest of the specs are concerned, the ROKR e2 rocks a 1.3 megapixel cam, FM tuner, expansion slot, USB 2.0, and Bluetooth. via mobilemag
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The whole point of wearing headphones is to be able to hear what's coming through the 'phones or 'buds. If you hear too much from outside, you might as well be listening to exterior speakers.
Sharp is expected to release a high tech portable translator by the end of the year. The small handheld device can translate spoken English into spoken Japanese and vice versa (presumably it will be capable of other languages as well). The device runs IBM speech recognition software that normally runs on PCs. It is similar to a devise called the Pharselator which the U.S. military has been using since 2003. The unnamed device is expected to cost about $500 when it is released.
