Now we all know which rumours were and weren’t true for the iPhone 3G S it’s time to look way into the future and begin speculation on its successor.
To kick things off, MacRumors have unearthed patented plans for the next model and speak two finger-based upgrades, haptic feedback and fingerprint recognition, moving toward using your iPhone without looking at it by using customised series of taps or strokes etc.
The other unearthed feature is RFID, (radio frequency identification) which hints at commercial-based plans.

[Via Stuff]

French company Archos release their new internet tablet, the first non-phone device to use Android, on September 15^th.
The Windows 7-powered Archos 9 is due out before and boasts 160GB storage, 1.2GHz Intel Atom processor and 1064×600 resolution, boosting hopes for top specs for the Android model.

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The Sony Walkman hits its thirtieth birthday today and in a fitting tribute Gizmodo have put together their top ten designs.
Elsewhere, an iPod Touch-toting kid has given up it all up to step back in time and give tape a try for the day and told the BBC about his experience with typical teenage grumbling. [Link]

 Chinese brand Inkia International have revealed two solid contenders in the MID market, running on the Intel Atom N270 and packing a host of Z5xx series processors.
There’s two sizes available, a model with a 5-inch screen and a 7-inch model, both 800 x 480 touchscreens. The 5-inch model sports Intel Atom Z510, Z520, Z530 with US15W chipset and the 7-incher runs on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 with 945GSE/ICH7M chipset.
Both run Windows XP or Linux on 1GB of RAM and SSD up to 32GB. They also support 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS.
In addition they also have a microSD card slot, mouse buttons, stereo speakers, a 0.3-megapixel webcam and a 3.2 megapixel camera.

[Via Pocketables]

Tonium’s pocket DJ tool, Pacemaker, has had its third generation announced for 2010.
Details are sketchy but Tonium’s creative director Martin Renck announced number three as well as announcing at least two more software and firmware upgrades for existing Pacemaker owners this year.
The Pacemaker allows users to pack its internal hard drive with music and then mix it on the move using the built-in DJ mixing tools such as a pitchshifter, loops and a crossfader.
Plans for the far future could include integrating motion sensing but this more than likely won’t be with the 2010 model.

[Via Stuff]

Isn’t that just sexy! The factory sent us over the complete finished Nationite NaNite N1 sample to confirm, we have to say they did a good job, the black color version looks quite sexy, although the back design could have been printed somewhat different or we could have designed it a little different, its still quite nice.

Many more pictures after the break

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Teclast has announced their C500HD, what we are calling the wonder bread of media players, not only will it carry a high res 800×480, 5.0″ screen, it will also be able to play H.264 videos, as well as support 720p for AVI and RMVB formats. Now this is not the first player that we have come across to announce HDMI output, Ainol announced one of their new upcoming players to also have this player and as is the nature of the China media player companies, most likely the C500HD will be based on the same SoChip media processor found on the new Ainol players.

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The latest Google Android adopter is the bizarrely named Spanish company, GeeksPhone who have announced Spain’s first Android-based model, ‘The One’.
The One’ has a 625MHz PX310 processor, quadband EDGE, HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a 3.2 megapixel camera, AGPS and microSD support.

[Via mobilewhack.com]

From China comes the Flagship p660, an updated HTC P3470 clone than newly incorporates a fake iPhone user interface.
This phone is a Huawei K3-based device that runs Windows Mobile 6.1, has a 460MHz processor, a 2.8-inch QVGA 320×240 touchscreen, WiFi and EDGE support. They are listed at 1199 RMB (about US$176).

[Via clonedinchina]

A Zune “software engineer” has let slip the 16GB Zune HD will be released this September and will cost between $249 and $280.
Another noteworthy piece of information is there are plans for not only 16GB and 32GB models but also a 64GB model as well.
The whole interview can be read on Neowin.

[Via Gizmodo]