Asus has quietly unveiled the M930, a laptop-style smartphone based on Windows Mobile 6 Standard. The front of the device features a standard numeric keypad and 2.0" QVGA display, but upon opening the handset, users are greeted by a large 2.6" WQVGA display (400x240 pixel resolution) and full QWERTY keyboard. The M930 also features a 2 megapixel camera and a secondary VGA-quality camera for video calling, where supported.

The Asus M930 connects via the tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz) and WCDMA (2100MHz), with high speed data thanks to HSDPA and WiFi support. Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR is also present, alongside a microSD card slot for expanded memory. Pricing and availability for the Asus M930 have not yet been announced.

Well, the title is a bit misleading. In fact it's more of a "meet the Adidas phone (btw it's by Samsung)". The new Adidas phone is part of Adidas brand new miCoach system. It's a web-based progress report and analysis tool for your sport endeavors (running in particular). And this new system takes its data from nowhere else but the Adidas phone in question thanks to a couple of Adidas sensors.

{mosgoogle}But since we are a mobile phones website first and foremost, let us start with the mobile phone in this story. The Adidas miCoach phone (or otherwise known as Samsung F110) is a slider with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support. It's also a fully fledged music player with a stereo FM radio - pure Samsung's style. There's 1GB of storage space for your music - not that much really, and there is no word on memory card slot availability. The feature list finishes off with the 262K color TFT display with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels and the 2 megapixel camera.

Yes, we know it doesn't have any high-end features, but then again it's way better than your average music player, which you might be taking with you on your track days. The most unique about the Adidas miCoach phone is that it's in the center of an integrated sports tracking system that might just leave you breathless (pun intended).

So what else is there to it? Well, for starters you also get the Adidas Heart Rate Monitor - that's a belt that monitors your heart beat straight on your chest. Well, don't know if it's just us, but we would rather prefer a wrist band than a sweaty chest one.

Secondly, you also get the new Adidas Stride Sensor. It clips to your running shoe's laces and off you go to count those winning meters. With the Samsung Adidas miCoach phone featuring a built-in accelerometer, which otherwise serves as a pedometer, that Stride Senor might be just too much - but we are no sports specialists either.

 The information from the two sensors is synced automatically to the Adidas phone and it can give you real-time voice guidance during workouts based on that. The phone also encourages users with music tailored to the workout. Also thanks to the built-in accelerometer in the Adidas phone, a double-tap on the phone will read out you're your current run stats including time, distance, pace, calories, stride, and heart rate.

When you get back home you simply sync it with the miCoach website to update your progress and create training programs tailored to your goals - be it simply losing some weight, building up athletic stamina or whatever.

All-in-all we dig the idea of a totally sports-oriented handset. Adidas and Samsung are obviously trying to outrun (pun intended again!) the competition in the face of the Nike+ system by throwing a mobile phone to the equation. The new Adidas/Samsung joint venture sounds interesting enough but some of us wouldn't mind passing on this one when it comes to reviewing it - there are little things a devoted person wouldn't do for the job these days and obviously running like mad is among them. Gracias senor, but some prefer miCouch instead of miCoach.

The miCoach system will be available in two packages: the Standard one (miCoach phone, armband, stride sensor and HRM) or the Essential package (miCoach phone and armband only). You better start preparing as the miCouch system will hit Adidas and Samsung stores as well as select retail partners in Europe starting in mid-March 2008.

Yahoo today unveiled onePlace, a bookmarking tool that lets users keep track of favorite Web topics on their cell phones. Based on using bookmarks to link to any piece of content, onePlace keeps information automatically updated as well as assigns categories and tags. Content is put in customized "collections" that users create - making it easier to find and combine information.

{mosgoogle} onePlace allows users to stay informed on topics with less work. For example, if a user is planning a holiday to Paris in June, he could create a "Paris" collection, and begin linking it to any information he thinks will be useful to him on his trip: weather conditions, city guides, restaurant reviews, hotel reservations, walking maps, songs of Edith Piaf, English-French dictionaries, winery recommendations, etc.

onePlace gives users a single location to consume all of their information contextually, keeping it updated (so they know, for example, if their flight times have changed) and accessible whenever and however they want it. onePlace is designed to include the following features, which will allow consumers to:

- Centralized and open content management - Centralize and manage content from anywhere on the Internet, accessible from a single location. The product is also designed to allow consumers to link to any content they've personalized on the Yahoo! network (e.g., MyYahoo!, flickr, del.icio.us), or at other popular websites (e.g., Digg, Last.FM, reddit, Yelp).
- Collections - Group content in a way that makes sense. For example, create a collection related to an upcoming trip, or of favorite 80s bands.
- Categories - Organize content according to commonly-used subjects (e.g., celebrities, local businesses, sports), making it easy to access and retrieve.
- Pulse - Stream updates relevant to users' content, such as flight status changes, new songs by a favorite music artist, or a restaurant review.
- Favorites - Surface the content a consumer uses most frequently.
- Dynamic updates - See previews for selected sources that are kept fresh throughout the day - giving users a single location for a view of what's going on across their world.
- Mobile RSS reader - Use a mobile RSS reader integrated into Yahoo! onePlace - providing a simple way to read and subscribe to their feeds.
- Smart organization - Create a specific topic by grouping content.

Yahoo! onePlace is expected to launch in Q2 2008. After its release, onePlace is expected to become available across hundreds of devices and mobile browsers around the world. For more information on Yahoo! onePlace, go to http://mobile.yahoo.com/oneplace .

Sony Ericsson today unveiled the T303i, a compact slider featuring a mirrored screen, metal housing and chrome finish.

   {mosgoogle} The T303i's doesn't take up much room, ideal for when space is limited. Its metal and chrome finish, and mirror glass display give a stand-out appearance. The 1.3-megapixel camera is ready to take pictures in an instant. Users can use Bluetooth technology to transfer photos wirelessly from the phone to a compatible computer.

The T303i comes with a built-in FM radio, to tune in, chill out, and let time just pass by. It also has its own media player and comes preloaded with Sony Ericsson's TrackID feature. Record a clip of a song in a bar or cafe and find out instantly what track it is and who sings it.

The T303i is a GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 phone that will be available in selected markets from mid 2008. The T303a is a GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 phone that will also be available in selected markets from mid 2008.

Today T-Mobile announced the Nokia 6650, an easy-to-use device optimized for T-Mobile services. Available exclusively for T-Mobile International customers, the 6650 is equipped with an integrated GPS and multimedia player, allowing customers access to a services such as web'n'walk, MyFaves, Mobile Jukebox and NaviGate.

{mosgoogle} The stainless-steel clamshell design is equipped with high-speed HSDPA data connectivity for fast web browsing and downloading. The 2.2-inch TFT QVGA color display can display up to 16 million colors, for comfortable browsing and viewing photos, videos and menus. T-Mobile MyFaves service keeps users in touch. Mobile Jukebox gives consumers access to music through dedicated keys for the music player. The Nokia 6650 has built-in AGPS (assisted GPS) for quick positioning with NaviGate route management.

The 6650 comes with a 2.0-megapixel camera with flash, 30 MB of internal memory and a microSD card slot, FM radio and many other features. Images and videos can be uploaded to the web, sent from phone to phone via a wireless Bluetooth connection, or viewed in full color on the device's large display.

The Nokia 6650 will be available from T-Mobile during the third quarter at T-Mobile sales points across Europe.