No, not Marvel Comics.  Marvell Technology today announced the completion of the XScale chip purchase.  The XScale chip has been powering mobile phone handsets and PDAs for many years, but has seemingly stagnated under Intel’s ownership.
Hopefully, Marvell will continue innovation in the space by working on power requirements, performance and feature integration.
Via: The Wireless Report [...]

If you are looking at the Motorola H700 BT Headset, you may be interested in the infoSync World review of the device.
While its a nice small headset, it does have some cons like average call quality and unstable feeling on the ear.
Via: infoSync World = Review: Motorola H700 Bluetooth headset

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A new version of Opera’s “Mini” browser has been released for mobile phones.  Version 3.0 now features nifty photo sharing tools, and sports an RSS viewer as well.
In addition, SSL is now supported for secure online transactions.  The product is free and requires Java, you can download it from the OperaMini site.

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Cingular has launched the Palm Treo 680, at the $199 price-point. This Palm OS powered phone has some nice updates to the basic Treo design.
The big change to the 680 is the lack of an external antenna, which allows for a sleeker appearance, and more pocket-friendly. Improved buttons on the keyboard, and [...]

Well, this is an interesting turn for anyone who uses mobile phones.
Cell phone owners will be allowed to break software locks on their handsets in order to use them with competing carriers under new copyright rules announced Wednesday.

“I am very encouraged by the fact that the Copyright Office is willing to recognize exemptions for archivists, cell phone [...]

Jason Dunn of Thoughts Media fame has a great write-up of the Pocket PC Techs Lil’ Sync Penguin (and other items). I first found a reference to this item over at Pocket PC Thoughts, then I found the link to Jason’s The Two Inch View blog.
Somehow I missed the launch of Jason’s [...]