Jørgen Sundgot dons Jabra's BT620s stereo Bluetooth headset, in the process ridding himself of a pair of tangle-prone wires and gaining another charge status to keep track of. Is the future truly wireless?

Review Satellite navigation is a must-have these days. Established brands like TomTom, Garmin, Navman and Magellan are being challenged by a wide range of companies. Mio was early to market with competing products and even its own route-planning software, although until now none of its devices have sported phone features. Enter the Mio A701, a smart phone with a fully integrated GPS receiver.

Zmanda, Inc. introduced recently the first business-ready open source backup solution: the Zmanda Network is a suite of enterprise-ready software and services based on the popular Amanda open source data backup and recovery technology. Today OSNews features a mini-interview with Zmanda's CEO, Chander Kant.

Void of kludgy antennas, the sleek-looking Fujitsu Siemens' Pocket LOOX N520 GPS handheld is a far cry from attempts of yore despite a good selection of features; Jørgen Sundgot takes it for a ride.

The Palm OS may be losing its mojo with software developers. It's been two years since the release of the last major upgrade to the Palm operating system for mobile devices, not counting the upgrade that never appeared in public.

IXI Mobile has made good on its MacArthur-like promise to return to the mobile messaging arena, with the launch of the CT-17 in Germany. As previously reported, the handheld will be selling for about $60, with monthly plans, marketed through 1&1 as the Pocket Web service, starting at about $12. Unlike IXI's original effort, the text-centric AT&T Ogo (which IXI still markets in some countries), the CT-17 has broad support for a range of services, including web access and voice features (via an external headset).

This is a hack that will up the song-cap limit on all iTunes based phone to 1000.. All you need is a data connectivity cable for your phone and a machine running Windows. Perform a couple small steps and bam, 1000 song supported iTunes phone, easy as pie. Maybe this mod will make the ROKR worthy of buying? Yeah, probably not.

Along with the N93 and N73, Nokia just launched their new N72 multimedia tri-band GSM / EDGE cellphone. Info here, here and here.

Hallelujah! After what has seemed like an endless wait, coupled with a crushing letdown by Microsoft, Windows Mobile 5.0 users who've upgraded to the AKU2 firmware can finally listen to stereo audio in glorious, wireless freedom. Users of numerous WM5 devices over at the xda-developers are reporting success with a series of files and registry hacks, posted by sas90850 and assembled into a handy CAB by Khuanchai, which enable the A2DP Bluetooth profile that was so conspicuously absent on the current round of AKU2 updates.

LionBattery.com was very kind to sent us in one of their Mugen Power-branded products for a review: the 2200 mAh battery for the Dell Axim x50/x51/v series. Have a look for our timed battery tests.