Nokia introducing the NFC enabled, Nokia 6212 classic

Near Field Communication (NFC) allows users to access and share content easily between electronic devices. The new phone, integrated with NFC, allows users to access services, share content, maintain paiments and ticketing with few taps on the device.

The Nokia 6212 classic comes with a 2 megapixel camera 2 inch qvga display, fm radio and music player, optional micro sd card with up to 4GB.

The shipping for the Nokia 6212 classic will start in the third quarter of 2008 in Europe and Asia with an estimated retail price of 200 Euros.

Nokia Press

Sony joins Nokia's in unlimited music service.

Sony BMG, announced partnership with Nokia to make their musical catalog available on some of Nokia devices. After buying one of these Nokia devices the customer will have access for a year to the music of Alicia Keys, Foo Fighters or any other Sony BMG artist.

The customer could download music from Nokia's service "Come With Music" to a PC or to another Nokia handheld, but not to iPods or other non-compatible devices. After the 12 months the user will have the option of purchasing new content or joining Nokia's subscription service.

The new concept here is the download are not temporary, users can keep their files after that period and there is no limitation on the number of songs.

Nokia will launch "Comes With Music" service in the second half of the year.

Cnet News

GTA IV expected to break sales record

Take-Two's latest installment of Grand Theft Auto, GTA IV, is slated for an April 29 release for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles.

The game is predicted to sell $400 million for the first week of release, the biggest debut of a video game title.

The game will offer, for the first time, multiplayer options with up to 15 modes, each supporting up to 16 players.

The standard version price will be $59.99. The special edition which include artwork book, soundtrack cd, encased in a metal deposit box, will cost $89.99.

efluxmedia

The new Asus Eee PC 900 will come with Windows XP

The latest version of the Eee PC, the low cost laptop, is expected to be offered with either Linux or Microsoft's Windows XP Home. The ultra-laptop will come with 8.9" display, 1 GB of RAM, 1.3 megapixel camera and a 12GB (XP) or 20GB (Linux) of Hard-drive.

The price, announced at Asus press conference is $513.

Microsoft, as previously announced, pushed back the end-of-availability for XP Home to June 30, 2010, specifically for the Ultra low-cost PCs.

ComputerWorld

Windows 7 to release next year, says Bill Gates

Windows XP sales are about to extend further than planned until june 2010, in order to support the ultra-notebook Asus Eee and Intel's Classmate - machines that are not meant to run smoothly on Vista. Gates probably means for Beta releases and not actual product.

Engadget

Wake up easier with the Sleeptracker watch

Sleeptracker wrist watch is able to detect the sleep cycles of the wearer, in order to give the optimal time for a decent nights' rest.

The front of the watch is unusually large, because it consists of accelerometer to detect movement. The idea is to detect the lightest sleep cycle phase, nearly awake.

You can set the watch at a specified time and it will wake you up 10-90 minutes earlier, if it detects the light sleep phase.

Price: $149 for the Sleeptracker (audible alarm), $179 for the Sleeptracker Pro (also includes vibrate mode).

Sleeptracker