Filed under: Cellphones

Oh hell yes, did we call it or did we call it? That mystery device has a keyboard, and it turns out that HTC’s totally sick successor to the Hermes / TyTn is the O2 Mars which nails the aesthetics where the Hermes suffers so, and will supposedly come equipped with a 520MHz XScale, GPRS / EDGE / UMTS (sorry, no HSDPA), 64MB ram, 128MB flash, WiFi, Bluetooth, miniSD, and a 2 megapixel camera. Ok, so maybe we’re only excited about this thing because it’s one of the only QWERTY devices we’ve seen lately out of HTC that wasn’t a little hard to look at (Excalibur, we’re lookin’ at you, buddy), but we don’t need to excuse our love of gadgets, so if you’ll let us continue our fawning. Thank you.

P.S. -Sorry, we didn’t mean to gloss over the Jupiter, which appears to be the successor to the Breeze — there’s just not a lot of info there. Click on for some pics.

[Via the::unwired]

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Filed under: Robots

Last time we checked out the prototype for Korea's planned robot-in-every-home initiative, the little fella didn't look like much; just a computer-rendered mockup with a big ol' smiley face to disarm suspicious robophobes. But the tiny terminator has come a long way in just a few short weeks. It now has a name -- Jupiter -- and there are photos of what looks to be an actual working prototype interacting with a human who foolishly thinks she's controlling it. Jupiter can reportedly emulate emotions, body language and do lots of other creepy stuff, including recite stories to the kids. It also comes equipped with a handy flip out LCD display, so it can double as an entertainment unit -- and boasts pointy appendages that we can only assume are used both as sensory devices and for defensive (and offensive) purposes. Jupe is able to plug itself in to recharge without help, and can respond to voice commands -- or pleas for mercy. As previously noted, the bot will get its marching orders wirelessly over the net. The invasion begins in October.

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, O2, Windows Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS

Oh hell yes, did we call it or did we call it? That mystery device has a keyboard, and it turns out that HTC’s totally sick successor to the Hermes / TyTn is the O2 Mars which nails the aesthetics where the Hermes suffers so, and will supposedly come equipped with a 520MHz XScale, GPRS / EDGE / UMTS (sorry, no HSDPA), 64MB ram, 128MB flash, WiFi, Bluetooth, miniSD, and a 2 megapixel camera. Ok, so maybe we’re only excited about this thing because it’s one of the only QWERTY devices we’ve seen lately out of HTC that wasn’t a little hard to look at (Excalibur, we’re lookin’ at you, buddy), but we don’t need to excuse our love of gadgets, so if you’ll let us continue our fawning. Thank you.

P.S. -Sorry, we didn’t mean to gloss over the Jupiter, which appears to be the successor to the Breeze — there’s just not a lot of info there. Click on for some pics.

[Via the::unwired]

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