Found on www.franklin.com, Franklin’s Speaking Global Translator is a small device that uses real human voice instead of synthesizer and speaks in 12 languages: English, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. You can enter words directly or simply use hierarchical menus to choose from almost 12.000 common phrases. The device can speak up to 450,000 words. Among other features there is an MP3 player, an alarm clock, a calculator, a lottery-number generator and a built-in microphone for those who wish to practice pronuncation. Despite that interface of the device has improved much, buttons are still very small and reading glasses may be needed. The battery is to work for a week and then it needs to be charged through a computer's USB port

ASUS has released their new A626 ultra-slim PDA. Its casing is made of stainless steel, it weights 158 g, is 1.5 cm thick and has a large anti-glare touch screen display.

A626 is quite powerful. It has 802.11 b/g wireless capabilities to keep users connected to corporate networks, internet and e-mail. It also uses Bluetooth 2.0 technology to connect a wide range of devices to itself. ASUS "Remote Presenter" gives users the ability to control presentations on a PC via Bluetooth.

A626 is a great multimedia entertainment system. You can watch videos (AVI, WMV), listen to the music (WMA, MP3) and play games supported for the Pocket PC platform.