ZDNet has this review of Mobility Electronic’s iGo Juice. Who would want an iGo Juice? Just about anybody who travels with a notebook, PDA, cell phone, or all three, and wants the ability to charge those devices with a single charger that can connect to a wall outlet, a car’s cigarette lighter, or an airplane seat outlet.

Chapura released PocketMirror 3.1.6 Professional software for synchronization of Palm Powered handhelds and Microsoft Outlook with Business Contact Manager. Users of Microsoft Outlook with Business Contact Manager (BCM) can set PocketMirror Professional to synchronize the Business Contacts folder in BCM with the built-in Palm OS Address Book.

Motorola said that it had purchased wireless chipmaker XtremeSpectrum, but did not disclose financial details of the deal. According to News.com, Motorola has for some time supported XtremeSpectrum’s ultrawideband (UWB) technology, a rival to Bluetooth that is capable of creating wireless connections that transfer data at rates as high as 100 megabits per second.

Worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants (PDAs) continued to decline in the third quarter of this year as mobile phones with similar functions claimed a portion of their market, Gartner Inc. said this week. InfoWorld reports that global PDA shipments slipped 0.2 percent in the third quarter to 2.52 million units, resulting in the eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines. Palm Inc. was the leading PDA provider during the quarter, however, taking 34.2 percent of the market with 861,500 units shipped.

News.com reports that McDonald’s announced it expects its hot-spot suppliers to support iPass’ specification for business-class service, as the fast-food chain looks to target the enterprise market. McDonald’s is in trials with hot-spot providers SurfHere, offered by Toshiba; Wayport; and Cometa Networks. As part of that process, the fast-food chain expects suppliers to be certified by iPass’ Enterprise Ready service specification.

IBM announced DB2 Everyplace version 8, which IBM says extends the reach of business information to handheld computing devices. New features in DB2 Everyplace version 8 include an improved application synchronization to mobile devices through WebSphere Everyplace Access that provides customers with a real-time view of their email, instant messaging and enterprise applications. It also includes a new plug-in for WebSphere Studio developers that helps them create sophisticated mobile Java applications for Palm OS and PocketPC platforms.

American Multiplexer announces product details of e-FotoXpress – a software utility powered by AMC-JPEG2000 technologies. e-FotoXpress is a software utility that will compress images with the highest possible compression. It allows many more pictures to be sent in one email without the loss of quality. The product is designed to compress any high-resolution JPEG images from many different digital cameras and camcorders. While it works with many email utilities, such as Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo and Hotmail, this product allows you to browse your directory for the desired images, generate thumbnails and send thumbnails of JPEG2000 compressed images to any recipient.

Just in time for the holiday season, SLR (single-lens reflex) digital cameras have reached a new low — in pricing. PC World reports that Canon’s EOS Digital Rebel is the first SLR priced below $1000. The 6.3-megapixel unit is $899 (body only); for $100 more you can add Canon’s EF-S 18mm-to-55mm lens, which makes the Rebel cost about $600 less than its closest competitors.

Intel announced it has acquired privately held Mobilian Corp., which develops wireless chips for cellular phones and other devices. TechWeb reports that the terms of the deal, completed Oct. 31, were not disclosed. Mobilian builds chips that combine short-range Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technologies. The latter is also referred to as 802.11. Founded in 1999, Mobilian had about 70 employees and raised $70 million in funding.

Nokia representatives declined to comment on reports that the company is looking to up its stake in mobile phone software developer Symbian Ltd. by acquiring Psion PLC. InfoWorld reports that press reports out speculated that Nokia would try to takeover Psion for its share of Symbian. Nokia currently has a 32.2 percent stake in the Symbian mobile phone software consortium, while Psion holds 31.1 percent. The rest is divided between Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson with 17.5 percent, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.’s Panasonic brand with 7.9 percent, Siemens AG with 4.8 percent, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. with 5 percent and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB with 1.5 percent, according to Symbian’s Web site.