They've both got 3G, Sprint's usual lineup of GPS Navigation, TV, Music Store, Email (which is inexplicably light years ahead of Verizon or AT&T's clients and fairly usable if you can do the T9 thing), etc. The VE20's big feature is the NFL Live package, which has live streaming audio of every game, and in November, video of eight NFL network games. Of the two, the VE20 wins because the UI and screen are much nicer, and they're both $99 with two-year contract and rebates. But overall these are pretty standard consumer-y flip phones, nothing that'll surprise you.

Accelerate your mobile world with MOTORAZR VE20, a high-performing, high-value device that runs on the blazing-fast nationwide Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. MOTORAZR VE20 offers one-touch access to its music player, text inbox and menu controls from its vivid external display to create a dynamic multimedia experience. MOTORAZR VE20 provides easy access to Sprint-exclusive content, including NFL Mobile Live, a new application that brings the excitement of the game right to your wireless phone. Offered free to Sprint customers with a data plan, NFL Mobile Live features live audio broadcast of all NFL regular season games, live audio/video stream of eight NFL Network games (beginning in November 2008,) exclusive team content and exclusive video highlights*. Additional features of MOTORAZR VE20 include Sprint Music Store for quick and easy over-the-air song downloads*,**, Sprint TV with extensive live and on demand programming*, stereo Bluetooth® wireless technology***, a microSD™ card slot and a 2.0 MP camera.

ENTERTAINMENT AND PERSONALIZATION
• NFL Mobile Live providing live audio broadcasts of all NFL regular season games, live audio/video stream of 8 NFL Network games (starting in November 2008,) live 24/7 stream of the NFL Network, exclusive team content, exclusive video highlights from all games and fantasy tools*
• Sprint TV® with an extensive selection of live and on-demand programming*
• Sprint Music StoreSM offering over-the-air downloads of full-length songs*,**
• Sprint Radio with more than 150 channels *
• Built-in media player with microSD card slot
• Integrated 2.0 megapixel camera and video camcorder
• Sprint Picture MailSM and Video Mail*
• Picture caller ID on the internal color display*
• Downloadable Java® applications, games, ringtones and wallpaper*

PRODUCTIVITY
• Sprint Navigation with GPS-enabled audio and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, one-click traffic rerouting and more than 10 million local listings*
• Live Search for Sprint, powered by Microsoft®, provides easy access to directory information, interactive maps and one-touch click to call access*
• Integrated stereo Bluetooth wireless technology***
• Sprint Mobile Email for access to POP3 email including AOL®, Yahoo!®, Gmail® and corporate email*
• Text messaging, Instant Messaging and Voice SMS*
• Wireless Backup to manage the contacts list in the event that the phone is lost, stolen or damaged
• High quality speakerphone
• Productivity Tools: Alarm clock, Calendar, Calculator, World Clock and more

SPECIFICATIONS
• Dimensions: 2.0” x 3.9” x 0.6”; 3.5 oz
• Internal Display: 2.2” 262K-color TFT (240 x 320 pixels)
• External Display: 1.6” 65K-color CSTN (120 x 60 pixels)
• Standard battery: Lithium ion battery provides up to approximately 4.0 hours of talk time****

Katana Eclipse by SANYO is Sprint’s first multimedia phone to combine unique lighting effects with the advanced speeds and features of the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. The innovative and fun illumination capability allows the user to assign lighting effects to specific callers as well as alerts and messages. Katana Eclipse offers a host of advanced features including live and on-demand TV, over-the-air song downloads, integrated GPS navigation, web browsing, and gaming. The microSDHC Memory card slot supports cards up to 8GB to hold songs, pictures, video, and contact back-up. Additional features include a built-in speakerphone, stereo Bluetooth® technology, external music navigation controls and an internal antenna. The attractive and slim phone easily slips into a pocket or purse.

ENTERTAINMENT AND PERSONALIZATION
• 40 different lighting effects that can be assigned to callers, messages, alerts, and playing music including blink, pulse, echo, and multi-color patterns
• Built-in MP3 player with MicroSDHC card slot supporting up to 8GB (256MB card included)
• 1.3MP camera with 12x zoom and video camcorder
• Sprint TV® with an extensive selection of live and on-demand programming
• Sprint Music StoreSM offering over-the-air downloads of full-length songs
• Sprint Radio with more than 150 channels
• Downloadable screen savers, ring tones, applications and games

PRODUCTIVITY
• Sprint Navigation with GPS-enabled audio and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, one-click traffic
rerouting and more than 10 million local listings
• Sprint Mobile Email for access to POP3 email including AOL, Yahoo!, Gmail as well as corporate email
• Integrated Stereo Bluetooth
• High-quality speakerphone
• Sprint Mobile Email for access to POP3 email including AOL, Yahoo!, Gmail as well as corporate email
• Text and SMS Voice Messaging capable
• Voice-activated dialing
• Wireless Backup to manage contacts list in the event that the phone is lost, stolen or damaged
• Restrict and Lock allows the user to set limits on when and how the device is used
• Built-in productivity tools including a calendar, scheduler, to-do list, world clock, calculator, stopwatch
and alarm clock
• Internal phone book holds up to 500 name entries (700 phone numbers, 1,000 email and 500 Web addresses)

SPECIFICATIONS
• Dimensions: 3.6” x 1.9” x 0.7”; Weight: 3.4 oz.
• Internal display: 2.0” 65K color TFT LCD (176x220); External display: 1.0”
• Standard battery: Rechargeable lithium ion (LiIon) battery provides up to 4.6 hours continuous talk time

[Sprint]

World War Two vet Levchenko built the scope from scratch with his bare hands in the 70s—the rickety tower, the assemblies for the 16-inch lens, everything. Since his death in 2002, neighbors have had to fend off scrap metal collectors and salvagers from wrecking the thing as it lay dormant next to Levchenko's cabbage field. Since western Siberia will be a prime viewing spot for the eclipse in August, neighbors are hoping to restore it in time. Best of luck, as anything that can pry a bottle out of an old Russian drunk's hands has got to be pretty damn impressive. [Reuters]

It sounds all well and good, except how often does anyone keep their phone out in the open gathering sunlight? Usually if I'm out and about, my cell stays firmly in the depths of my handbag or in my back pocket and, last time I checked, sunlight doesn't reach there. I guess this phone is going to stay a concept. [Yanko Design]

The six-core beast will be succeeded by the even meatier, Nehalem micro-architecture, which will support greater than eight cores. The work regarding the Dunnington project is still under wraps, but our friends at EDJ insist Intel has already put together a die, the size of a postage stamp, with three dual-core 45nm Penryn chips on it sharing a 16MB L3 cache. Allegedly, we'll see the Dunnington in either Q2 or Q3, this year—we'll be sure to keep you posted on any developments. [EDJ via The Inquirer]

• After Warner's announcement, HD DVD won't be attending CES this week, a fact that only looks worse after they put their logo on the press bags. Adding insult to HD DVD's injury, New Line Cinema also joined the Blu-ray exclusive crew.

• WowWee showed us three robots aiming to attack AIBOs, Robosapiens and autonomous helicopters everywhere. The only thing missing was a robot to bring us beer. Luckily, Inter Active Toy covered that with the RC Cooler.

• Other good finds included the Celestron SkyScout Scope, Cobra's OLED radar detectors, and an in-dash CD player for audiophiles. On the GPS front, Magellan's 5340 with built-in Google local search and Garmin's 880 with voice recognition stood out the most. Finally, Logitech unveiled a whole bunch of stuff, including a networked music player, a sleek set of speakers, and an IR remote with capacitive touch.

So far, so good, CES. We'll be looking forward to the press conferences today, and the floor opening on Monday. Until then, keep up with all of our CES 2008 coverage to date.

It's USB and Bluetooth-friendly, storing six Bluetooth presets that are sure to accommodate every gadget you carry. Just like fancy schmancy cables, all the connectors are gold plated, and there's even high-voltage/low impedance 24-bit D-to-A converters. Sounds like some serious audio guff. [Eclipse]

The workspace includes integrated speakers, a wireless recharging mat for your electronics, and a wireless camera/projector built into the hood for teleconferencing. Another cool thing is that the hood can be lowered and optional contoured furniture can be arranged to fit against the Eclipse system. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go shave and prepare my resume in anticipation of these things. [Yanko Design]

Fujitsu has teamed up with TomTom for its first joint foray into the US Sat-Nav market. The AVN2210p is a car audio unit complete with detachable PND that includes GPS antenna, rechargable battery and speaker, so that you can use it separately from the base unit. Maps of the US and Canada are on a separate SD memory card and It also benefits from TomTom Plus.

The audio unit has a satellite broadcasting digital radio with optional tuner, plays MP3 and WMA files on its CD and CD-R/RW player, supports iPods and other DAPs. There's 5V of preamp outputs and a 50W x 4-channel power amp with three-band equalizer and a low-pass filter, and will support your cellphone via Bluetooth. Cost is around $900 and it will be available next month. – Ad Dugdale

Press Release [Fujitsu Ten via PC Watch]

–Brian Lam

Eclipse [Eclipse]

This makes us wonder. Are people actually interested in higher megapixel counts, more memory, more connectivity, more media playback, and more everything in their phones? Or do they only want one like this, simple and for phone-use only? What's your reasoning for each?

For us, we'd like as many features as you can cram into a package. Damn the torpedoes—and battery life.

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Product Page [Via Gearlog]

In addition to the lighting, the 'board comes with four large rubber feet so it doesn't go sliding, and an integrated wrist-rest for carpal-tunnel prevention. Available now for $70. It should hold you over until the Microsoft Ultimate Keyboard is released. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Saitek via Gearlog]

You gotta love that bullet shape, too, which looks like the classic Shure 520D green bullet microphone that s a favorite of blues harmonica players everywhere. The speaker s shape is intended to offer greater rigidity, reducing the amount of sound-spoiling resonance. They re $1048 for a pair, but don't forget to add a nice, powerful sub.

Eclipse TD508II Time Domain speakers [Tech Digest]

The mini-jet has proven itself to be popular, with the company receiving 2400 orders thus far, worth more than $3 billion. Although 1.295 mill sounds like a lot, it's cheap compared to the $90 million you d have the plunk down for Gulfstream V like the one belonging to Steve Jobs.

Eclipse Aviation begins production of its landmark Very Light Jet (VLJ) [Gizmag]