Pro Tech Communications has introduced a new hearing protection earmuff for users of lawn mowers and power tools. The NoiseBuster AM/FM is a high-quality, attractively-designed passive earmuff featuring soft ear cushions and a step-free adjustable headband for comfort and ideal fit. A state-of-the-art AM/FM radio is built into the earmuff, with easy-access rotary tuning and volume controls and a flexible, short antenna.

Just position the digital reader over print and take a picture. In only seconds, the device’s synthetic voice reads the printed message. The National Federation of the Blind plans to put the device on sale Saturday, when its annual meeting gets under way in Dallas. The device, combining a personal digital assistant and a digital camera, was developed by inventor Ray Kurzweil and the membership organization of more than 50,000 blind people. It’s been dubbed the Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader.

Sybase announced the launch of Sybase Information Anywhere Suite, a secure, scalable mobile software platform that addresses the converging IT requirements of next-generation mobility solutions. Combining mobile email, device management, enterprise-to-edge security and enterprise application enablement, Information Anywhere Suite enables enterprise customers to securely extend back-end enterprise applications and business processes to remote workers on the frontlines.

Vodafone Ireland and Research In Motion introduced the BlackBerry 8707v in Ireland. With the launch of the BlackBerry 8707v, mobile workers will continue to take advantage of proven BlackBerry functionality, leveraging Vodafone’s UMTS network.

Rogers Wireless and Research In Motion introduced the new, sleek BlackBerry 7130g–the perfect handset for people who want to stay in touch with both work and life. The BlackBerry 7130g operates on Rogers Wireless’ GSM/GPRS/EDGE network, Canada’s largest high-speed wireless data network, and delivers an exceptional voice, email and browsing experience in a sleek business phone design.

“Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine” is now offering their 2006 Best of Everything Software Package with $3400 of award-winning software for an amazing 90% off retail. Dubbed “The Most Incredible Software Package Every Offered,” this amazing package is 30% bigger than last year’s Package and contains full versions of over 130 winners and finalists from 2005 Best Software Awards. Includes 8 of the top 10 best selling software programs according to Handango: Spb Pocket Plus, Agenda Fusion, Battery Pack Pro, Pocket-DVD Studio, SBSH PocketBreeze, Pocket Informant, eWallet, Spb Weather and many more. Also included in the Software Package is a one-year subscription to “Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine.”

Nokia said it would stop making phones using the CDMA standard and had scrapped plans to produce them with Japan’s Sanyo Electric. The Finnish company said it would pull out of CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) phone manufacturing, which it sees as a shrinking market in the longer term. It will continue to offer Nokia-branded CDMA handsets, made by contract manufacturers, in North America where the standard is popular.

Device Security Manager helps developers test various security policies for Windows Mobile devices. It is designed as a desktop application that ships with a preset list of security configurations. A security configuration can be thought of as a template, which contains a collection of individual policies and settings. For example, a security configuration could define policies such as whether unsigned applications are allowed to execute, whether RAPI is disabled etc. Using this tool, the developer can provision a Windows Mobile device with different configurations, and then test the application’s behavior under these configurations. This tool can be used either on an emulator or an unlocked Windows Mobile device.

Microsoft .NET Compact Framework version 2.0 SP1 release has been completed and is in the process of being released. This service pack was driven customer feedback including improvements in stability, adds new debugging features, extended platform support, and new developer functionality.

EZdial is a phone utility that extends the default phone application of Pocket PC phone devices. This utility makes it easier to dial, search contacts, and use speed dial numbers. EZdial features predictive text technology. By just pressing the first two or three letters of a name you can reach any contact number you have in memory and dial it in a press of a button.