Are you interested in a smartphone, but an iPhone is beyond your budget? Huawei has unveiled the IDEOS (www.huaweidevice.com/ideos), which will be priced between $100 and $200, depending on where it’s sold. The IDEOS provides a variety of ways to access the Internet including 802.11n Wi-Fi and 7.2Mbps HSPA for fast Web surfing over 3G. The device also doubles as a WiFi router for up to eight devices at a time, making IDEOS an all-in-one solution for a range of wireless connectivity options. The IDEOS is available in black, yellow, blue and purple, and runs on Google’s Android 2.2 operating system, also known as Froyo. The phone supports functions such as voice dialing, voice navigation and the ability to run applications off the SD card. With more than 70,000 applications available in the Android Market, IDEOS provides a wide range of communication, entertainment, office and financial management applications.
 

Most people are familiar with fingerprints and iris scans as biometric identification. Now there’s the Fujitsu PalmSecure palm vein biometric identification and authentication solution. The Fujitsu PalmSecure sensor uses a near-infrared light to capture a user’s palm vein pattern, generating a unique biometric template that is matched against the palm vein patterns of pre-registered users. Unlike other readers, a PalmSecure device does not come into contact with the skin, making it extremely hygienic. Additionally, PalmSecure technology delivers highly accurate authentication that is virtually impossible to forge, leaves behind no biometric trace and generates extremely low false positive and false negative rates. Already in use in hundreds of organizations globally, PalmSecure biometric authentication has successful applications in healthcare patient registration, time and attendance management, physical access control, government identity management, PC user authentication, and OEM terminal devices, including point-of-sale (POS) systems and ATMs.
 

A fully playable free demo of EA SPORTS FIFA 11 is available to download for the PlayStation3 at the PLAYSTATION Store, for the Xbox 360 from Xbox Live Marketplace and for PCs at www.fifa.easports.com. The FIFA 11 demo features an exhibition match with three minute halves in Real Madrid’s home stadium, Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, and users will be able to upload created in-game videos to EA SPORTS Football World. Fans who go to Facebook to play EA SPORTS FIFA Superstars and complete achievements will receive exclusive access to Arsenal and Emirates Stadium to play in the FIFA 11 demo. And for more free sports action, this time courtesy of the World Golf Tour, get out your virtual driver for the online game, “Drive the 15th Experience.” The par four 15th hole at the Celtic Manor Resort, host venue for The Ryder Cup, is one of the most discussed golf holes this year. The Twenty Ten course at Celtic Manor is the first course in history to be designed and built specifically to host The Ryder Cup. With matches on the line, many pros from Team USA and Team Europe are likely to attempt to “Drive the 15th,” a daring shot, which is through a gap in the trees and over a gully, directly to the green. The “Drive the 15th Experience” is free with unlimited play, no registration and a tutorial at www.wgt.com/celticmanor.