Resco, supplier of advanced developer tools and components for mobile devices, announced availability of Resco Audio for .NET CF Beta. A library that allows the developers to record and play music and sound files in different file formats. The supported file formats include .ogg, .wav, .raf, .spx. The full version will also include .mp3 support. More sophisticated features include setting the parameters of the encoder like sampling rate, bits per sample, number of channels, etc. One can even use the built-in encoders and decoders to convert the audio data among the supported audio formats.

Hi, David here again. Yesterday, I made a shameless plea for readers to buy Where Have All The Emails Gone? and help move it from #26 on Amazon’s list of best-selling books on the Executive Branch to #25.

Well, you rock! I woke up this morning to find it had moved to #20! You’ve put the book into the Top 20 and that’s just really cool! Of course, Amazon recalculates sales constantly, so I don’t know how long it’ll stay at #20, but still, this definitely gives me bragging rights for the radio interview I’m doing Wednesday morning (details to follow later today when I find out myself).

This is a big Thank You to everyone! And now, I return you to James and our normal news coverage.

Fujitsu plans to begin selling a new range of high-performance hard-disk drives for laptop PCs that offer more storage space than current models.

The “MHZ2 BJ” series of drives have disks that spin at 7,200rpm–faster than the 5,400rpm common on most similar drives–and will be available in capacities up to 320GB, the Tokyo company said Monday.

VITO Technology has released ZoomBoard version 2.0, an onscreen keyboard with zoomed preview for comfortable and accurate FINGER typing. New ZoomBoard allows for quick and accurate typing and can satisfy the demands of users with 3 different types of zooming: full zoom, lens zoom, float zoom. Lens zoom appears above the keyboard, Float zoom appears straight above the letter you press and the full one zooms in the whole keyboard with letters.

Another new useful feature is SmartZoom. When enabling this option it is possible to zoom the pressed letters either immediately or with a delay. Another important upgrade to ZoomBoard is the significant increase of layouts. Alongside with the layouts that were available in the previous version (English, Russian, German and some others) there have appeared 32 layouts for other languages.

T-Mobile and Research In Motion announced the national availability of the BlackBerry 8820 smartphone, featuring built-in GPS and support for T-Mobile’s HotSpot @Home service for Wi-Fi calling. Available in a sophisticated midnight blue finish, the BlackBerry 8820 is RIM’s thinnest BlackBerry smartphone.

The stylishly professional BlackBerry 8820 helps people stay connected to business associates, colleagues, family and friends by offering Wi-Fi connectivity for voice and data, access to location-based applications and services, and a superior mobile experience for personal and corporate email.

With the T-Mobile HotSpot @Home mobile add-on plan, customers can enjoy the freedom of unlimited, nationwide calling over any Wi-Fi network at home, across accessible corporate Wi-Fi networks or at T-Mobile HotSpot locations nationwide. When connected through Wi-Fi, access to information continues to include all of the BlackBerry platform’s security features. Customers can also enjoy faster Web browsing at Wi-Fi speeds.

Hi everyone. David here with a shameless little plea. My book, Where Have All The Emails Gone? about the White House email controversy has made it to #26 on Amazon’s list of best-selling books on the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government.

Only a few more sales would push it to #25 — and that’d just make my day. So if you’ve been thinking about buying the book, could you do so today? Then, maybe, just maybe, Where HaveAll The Emails Gone? would be a Top 25 book! Thanks!

Not all smartphones are the same and therefore different types are better suited for different individuals. Depending on why you need to get a smartphone, certain features play a major role in any purchasing decision. Factors that are important when choosing a smartphone include, but are not limited to operating system, keyboard, memory, camera, email access, screen, and phone plan. In this helpful article, Jessica McCurdy Crooks looks at each of these in turn.

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Available now, the quad-band Nokia 3555 features a wide range of features including Stereo Bluetooth, digital music player with microSD card storage, FM radio and an integrated camera with still and video capture modes. For staying connected with friends and family, the Nokia 3555 includes an email and instant messaging client along with support for T-Mobile’s exclusive MyFaves feature.

MotionApp’s mOcean audio player has been updated. mOcean is an iPod emulating digital audio player for the Palm OS that also offers iTunes synchronization, skin and background support, live Internet radio, podcast support, audiobooks and phone and video functionality. The program lets you browse and control music playback with an on-screen mini scroll wheel as well as the 5-way navigator. Some of the most recent updates include, improved stability, support for the Palm Centro, faster interface responsiveness and various internal improvements.

IBM announced that the Lotus Expeditor software platform is extending desktop computing and Web 2.0 capabilities to mobile phones.

The new version of IBM Lotus Expeditor 6.1.2 software enables mobile application developers to create new applications and services that combine information from different sources. Key to Lotus Expeditor technology is the use of the Eclipse embedded Rich Client Platform (eRCP) application model, which allows applications to be created to span desktop and mobile devices.