Bus that travels over traffic longs for US embrace, designer seeks stateside collaborators

Can't imagine this one's left your collective conscience, but just in case: back in August, Shenzen Huashi Future Car-Parking Equipment unveiled its design for a commuter monorail that used the space between traffic and bridges. In a sense, the bus would straddle over its four-wheeled brethren at a rate of 25 to 50mph. Construction reportedly starts in Beijing's Mentougou district by year's end, but what of the rest of the world? Designer Song Youzhou has founded US Elevated High-Speed Bus (Group) Inc which, as the name would suggest, is on the look-out for manufacturers to build (and outlets to sell) the so-called straddling bus to the proper American locales. Sure, we're the Land of the Free and Home of the Extra-Tall Trucks (and Low Overhead Bridges), but don't let that get you discouraged.

Cybertecture – Android Mirror

The Cybertecture® Mirror is a reflective mirror with programmable applications and digital display for the home, office and public environments (hotels, hospitals, retail shops).

The Cybertecture® Mirror can be used in an active or passively mode, controlled via its remote control (included) and/or its touch screen surface (optional). Passively, the Cybertecture® Mirror remains as an everyday reflective mirror. Actively, the Cybertecture® Mirror interacts with users by delivering useful information as well as monitor your health via its peripheral sensor pad (included) and communicates with your computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant to enhance your daily life.

Dimensions	800 × 500 × 50 mm; VESA Wall-mount capable 600 × 400 mm
Sound Output Power (RMS)	10 W
Sound Enchancement	Auto Volume Leveller
Display	Proprietary mirror screen
Speakers	Built-in 2 stereo speakers
Connectivity	WIFI, LAN, Firmware Upgradable
Mains Power	110 – 240 AC
Power Consumption	280 W
Standby Power Consumption	< 0.15 W
Ambient Temperature	5°C to 40°C
Humidity	IP23 standard (compatible to up to typical bathroom use)
Standards	CE, FCC, UL and RoHS
Waterproofing	IP 41 with Fog Resistant Glass

The PlayStation Phone

It's hard to believe that what we're looking at is real -- but we assure you, the picture above is in fact the PlayStation Phone you've long been waiting for. As we reported back in August, the device you see is headed into the market soon, likely boasting Android 3.0 (aka Gingerbread), along with a custom Sony Marketplace which will allow you to purchase and download games designed for the new platform. The device snapped up top (and in our gallery below) is sporting a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 (a chip similar to the one found in the G2, but 200MHz faster), 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, and the screen is in the range of 3.7 to 4.1 inches. Looking almost identical to the mockup we hit you with this summer, the handset does indeed have a long touchpad in the center which is apparently multitouch, and you can see in the photos that it's still bearing those familiar PlayStation shoulder buttons. For Sony buffs, you'll be interested to know that there's no Memory Stick slot here, but there is support for microSD cards.

Samsung Nexus 2 Announcement on November 8th, Shipping with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)

According to an anonymous tipster who sent in some info to the TalkAndroid show tonight, the announcement from Samsung on November 8th in NYC will be Google’s next hardware release under the Nexus umbrella, The Nexus 2.  The device is rumored to be the first commercially available device running Android 2.3 A.K.A Gingerbread.
If this rumor is true, this could be one hell of a device.  The Galaxy S is still one of the best all around phones you get right now and if they listened to the feedback from the Android community, this may be the next baseline device to beat.
Anyone else heard anything more about this device?

CONVERGED HANDHELD GAMING CONSOLES

HCL Infosystems has launched coveraged handheld gaming consoles for the Indian kid gamers, Me X15 and Z15. Both the models feature 15 in built games, 16 bit graphics, MP3 / MP4 player, 5mp camera, FM radio, video recording, E-book and dictionary, and built in speakers. The two only different in the  ME X15 and ME Z15.

With these new devices, HCL has certainly tried to maintain the low costs, pricing the consoles at Rs. 3,799 and Rs. 4,990 respectively. The products are built on “green technology”, and are 100% recyclable with ROHS and CE compliance. Check out their specifications below:

HCL ME X15	HCL ME Z15
15 in-built games with expandable memory upto 4 GB	15 in-built games with expandable memory upto 6 GB
16 bit graphics; supports 32 bit	16 bit graphics; supports 32 bit
MP3/MP4 player	MP3/MP4 player
5 MP camera	5 MP camera
FM radio	FM radio
TV out	TV recording and microphone recording
Video recording	Video recording
Inbuilt 2 GB memory; expandable upto 4 GB	Inbuilt 2 GB memory; expandable upto 6 GB
E-book and dictionary	E-book and dictionary
Built in speakers	Built in speakers
Rs. 3,799	Rs. 4,990