The Sharp FX Plus is an Android powered QWERTY-slider smartphone with entry-level specifications. It’s the successor of the original Sharp FX messaging phone. It will be shipping pre-installed with Android 2.2 Froyo, which is dissapointing and it’s powered by a 600MHz processor.

Other features include a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen display, 512MB RAM, a landscape sliding-out QWERTY keyboard, 3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 802.11 Wi-Fi b/g/n, microUSB 2.0, microSD card slot for memory expansion up to 32GB, Android Market, audience’s earSmart noise cancellation technology, and a bunch of Google and AT&T services.

Chinavasion has launched the 4.3-inch Bluetooth Rearview Mirror for your car. The device allows hands-free cell phone calling and offers GPS navigation. The Bluetooth Rearview Mirror also features an advanced SiRF STAR III chip with a Centrality Atlas 4 Dual-Core 500MHz processor.

The device also delivers high resolution video playback and has speakers so you can listen to your favorite tunes. It retails for $102 and should make you that much safer on the road.

Those who live in South Miami have some good news. Verrus PayByPhone and the City of South Miami have just announced the launch of PayByPhone parking. So instead of having to pay with change to deal with parking machines, you can just use your cellphone to pay and make sure you don’t get a ticket for a parking violation.

Just head over to paybyphone.com and sign up or call 1-888-950-PARK when parking. Parking time about to expire? No problem. The service can send you a text a few minutes before it expires so you’ll know if you need to top off your parking fee.

Researchers at Stanford University have discovered a way to create two way communication over the same radio frequency. This is big news since it could lead to doubling Wi-Fi and mobile phone network speeds. That’s something we can all appreciate.

The new research makes us completely rethink how wireless networks can be designed. Unlike radio it has the ability to receive and transmit at the same time, so it can mimic the way humans screen out the sound of our own voices during a conversation. It uses two transmitters in the hardware at both ends of the conversation, with the two transmitters working in a similar way to noise-cancelling headphones.

Facebook has some smartphones, so you might think that Twitter would jump on the wagon, but no. Not gonna happen. During a keynote speech at MWC, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo dispelled any notions that the company is working on Twitter-branded cell phone. Even though he says that 40 percent of all tweets originate from cell phones.

The CEO said that Android phones currently allow users to quickly send a photo they took to their Twitter followers and he’d like to see more of the same in other platforms. He’d also like more single sign-on experiences and more apps that allow tweeting directly without going to another app. Hey, we’d all like that.

Sonim is back with another rugged handset at MWC this year with the XP3300 Force. The Force has one major feature going for it, the ability to offer the longest talk time of any cellphone in the world at 20 to 24 hours, or 20 to 24 hours of continuous GPS tracking, along with 800 hours of standby.

Sonim made this just as rugged as it’s other offerings, casting the Force in a fiberglass shell with 1.5 millimeters of Gorilla Glass over the display, all adding up to an IP-68-rated device that can survive a two-meter drop onto concrete, two meters of submersion in wastewater and temperatures ranging from 20 below zero to 55 degrees Celsius (-4 to 131 degrees Fahrenheit).

Nokia’s bike-powered cellphone charger was supposed to arrive by the end of 2010 for about €15. Now the company is ready and is charging €30 to European bicyclists, which is twice as expensive as anticipated. The kit comes with a Nokia charger, phone holder, and bottle dynamo.

The charger also sports a 2-mm charger interface and provides 28 minutes of talk time for every 10 minutes spent riding between 6kph (4mph) and 50kph (31mph). Europeans can pick one up from Nokia’s online store. The rest of us will have to wait.

Plantronics new K100 in-car Bluetooth speakerphone includes dual microphones and digital signal processing (DSP) technology that keeps the user’s voice sharp and clear and also limits the surrounding noise. Also echo cancellation improves listening on both sides of the conversation, while a high-quality speaker makes every call clear.

The Plantronics K100 also has an integrated FM transmitter, so you can hear conversations, stream music, or play podcasts from your smartphone to the car stereo system. It also features large buttons so you can control the K100, while keeping safe on the road.

Dell may not have announced a follow up to the Dell Streak, but it’s clear that they have a new device in the works, as a new and mysterious ‘mobile Internet device’ from Dell has just received WiFi certification. The WiFi Certification describes the new device from Dell as a ‘Category: Smartphone, dual-mode (Wi-Fi and cellular)’, and it has the model number M01M.

So this might just be the new Dell Streak 2. Maybe. All we know about it so far is that it comes with support for 802.11 b/g/n WiFi. That’s it. Like you, we are hoping to get some more information on the new Dell Streak 2 at CES 2011 in January.

The Motorola Droid 2, like a rookie soldier in Vietnam, has just claimed it’s first ear. The Droid 2 used by Aron Embry of Texas supposedly blew up on him when he was getting into his car. In an interview with Fox4 he claims, “I heard a pop. I didn’t feel any pain initially. I pulled the phone down. I felt something dripping. I realized that it was probably was blood.”

He goes on to explain: “As I got into the bathroom and once I got to the mirror and saw it, it was only then I kinda looked at my phone and noticed the screen had appeared to burst outward.” Maybe the phone didn’t like his death grip?

You might remember the 7-inch Kodak Pulse that we told you about in February 2010. Well, now the company has released a new version of the digital picture frame with some new abilities.

This new 10-inch Kodak Pulse will let you e-mail pictures to it from your cell phone, computers and any other device with e-mail capability. The device also supports Wi-Fi and an intuitive touchscreen interface. You can expect it to be available soon for £169.99.

Windows 7 wasn’t exactly meant for tablet devices, but we are seeing it on tablets more often. Now Pegatron has their new MasterPad prototype tablet, measuring just 14mm thin with an 11.6″ IPS (In Plane Switching) display, running at 1,366 x 768 widescreen resolution.

Some other specifications include a 1.3-megapixel webcam with a microphone, USB ports, a memory card reader, an accelerometer, a mini-HDMI port, 3G and 32GB or 64GB SSD options. The body is magnesium and aluminum alloy. The 2-cell battery is a bit disappointing but hopefully the final product will better.

Folks in Bulgaria won’t have to worry about being assigned the cellphone number 0888 888 888. Every single person who’s ever had that number was killed under suspicious circumstances. Cellphone provider Mobitel has permanently banned the number.

In other Bulgaria news, the government has recently banned the numbers 666. The new number of the beast will be 667. Make a note of it.

Phoenix-based company, Objecs has come up with the Memorial RosettaStone Tablet which allows visitors to the cemetery to access text and images from graves simply by touching their cell phone to the headstone. The Memorial RosettaStone Tablet has a microchip inside, and uses near-field communication to stream personal information. Yes, talking to the dead.

That info could be photos and even a pre-recorded message from the dead. It isn’t super expensive either. Only $225. Might as well spend the money, you can’t take it with you, right?

Just as expected, AT&T has made the Motorola Backflip available today marking the first Android iPhone competitor available through the carrier with more to follow. The Backflip is available for $100 with a 2-year contract or $350 straight up. So, who’s in? Or are you going to wait to see what the other four AT&T Android phones are bringing?

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[Thanks JamesBond]