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While Bluetooth headsets may be very functional, they tend to leave the user looking kind of like a ‘tool’ however this new military styled headset takes that look to a whole new level.

Thanks to Roadrunner we now have their latest Bluetooth headset that takes on more of a military than a regular guy appearance. The Roadrunner Bluetooth Communicator uses a larnyx microphone which is said to allow your voice to be “directly transmitted from the larynx, with noise suppression of up to 10 dB.” It also offers up to 9 hours of talk time with a full charge in as little as 2 hours.

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Netscape first announced that they were ending support for the Netscape browser as of February 1, 2008. With that date almost upon us, it has been given a slight reprieve, the browser will live on for one more month. The official support will now remain until March 1, 2008 and Netscape has also plans to release an update for Navigator 9 that will help users with the switch over. In the meantime Netscape is also recommending the Flock browser in addition to Firefox. 

Read [CNET]

Sony has added the Mylo Com-2 to the online Sony Style store. The updated device will feature a 3.5-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen display, a slide-out back-lit QWERTY keyboard, 1GB of internal memory with support for up to 8GB of additional storage via Memory Stick Duo media. The Mylo Com-2 will also have a 1.3-megapixel camera with the ability to upload and edit pictures, Adobe Flash Lite 3 support, widgets, RSS and podcast support and instant messaging via AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger or Skype. In addition to the upgraded features the Mylo Com-2 will also come with free Wi-Fi access to more than 10,000 hotspots through Wayport; the Wi-Fi access will be free through December 31, 2010.

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Asus has officially announced the upcoming M930. The new device has a similar look to the Nokia E90, but still has a decent set of specs to go along with it. The M930 Communicator will feature a 2-inch QVGA external display with numeric keypad and a larger 2.6-inch 400 x 240 internal display with full QWERTY keyboard. The device will be running Windows Mobile 6 Standard and have a Texas Instruments 2431 processor at 450MHz, 256MB of ROM, 64MB of RAM, 2-megapixel camera with auto-focus, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a microSD slot for additional storage.

No word yet on pricing or availability date, however there is speculation that it will be revealed during CeBIT in March.

Read [MoDaCo] Via [EngadgetMobile]

Sony has just announced the follow up for the Mylo Com1. They are looking to bring the fun PC parts to a portable device and have made some nice improvements with the Com2. The newly updated device will be available in either black or white and feature an 3.5-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen display, and a slide-out back-lit QWERTY keyboard. Memory wise it includes, 1GB of internal memory,with support for up to 8GB of additional storage via Memory Stick Duo media. There is also a 1.3-megapixel camera and the ability to upload and edit pictures. 

The Mylo Com2 will be offering a much improved web experience with Adobe Flash Lite 3 support and will also allow you to upload and download content directly from the web. For communication you will have your choice of AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger and Skype.

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AOL has decided to end support for Netscape Navigator as of February 1, 2008. A once popular browser back in the 90’s seems to have fallen far behind. Netscape was purchased by AOL back in 1999 and was quickly updated to Netscape 6 which was the first Netscape-branded Mozilla based browser. Since then AOL has not had its luck with Netscape and although its reported that they have “invested a great deal of time and energy” they have just not been able to compete with Internet Explorer.

AOL’s current business focus and the success the Mozilla Foundation has had in developing critically-acclaimed products, we feel it’s the right time to end development of Netscape branded browsers, hand the reigns fully to Mozilla and encourage Netscape users to adopt Firefox.

While I have not used Netscape in a long time, it was once a favorite browser of mine and it almost seems sad to see it go. Netscape (the name) will live on as a “general use Internet portal,” which to me seems to be an excuse to gain revenue from a once popular name, which is where AOL has gone with their business.

Read [Netscape Blog]

Asus has reportedly been working on a new handheld communicator. Now we have some leaked specs along with a pic. The M930W Communicator is rumored to feature Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, Wi-Fi, 256MB ROM, 128MB of RAM and a microSD slot with support for microSDHC cards. The communicator will be powered by a Marvell PXA270M 520 MHz CPU with tri-band GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and HSDPA support and running Windows Mobile 6.

While the specs seem to be pretty solid, the internal display left a little to be desired. With all that room on the sides it would seem to only make perfect sense to include a little larger display. No word yet on pricing or release date.

Via [IntoMobile] Pic [GPS & Co.]