HOW TO: Portable Skype - Run Skype from your iPod

Ablaka writes - "There has been quite a bit of buzz recently surrounding so-called "portable apps". Portable storage devices such as USB flash sticks (and to a lesser extend, micro HD drives) are dropping rapidly in price/GB, so why just store stuff on them? There's even an industry consortium to promote a standard to facilitate running apps off portable storage devices. Turns out, you don't actually need a "U3 smart drive" to do this.

There are a number of reasons for not wanting to install a particular piece of software directly onto your computer's hard disk (be it privacy, portability etc), but instead carry it around with you wherever you go and have it ready when you need it. Enter the "Skyppod" (sort of)." - Link.

Related:
Skype Payphone - Link.
More Skype projects, hacks, mods and news - Link.

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Thanks for your understanding.

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CeBIT '06: E61 Music Phone

We talked with some of the folks at BenQ and they're basically saying that we probably won't be seeing a lot of these phones in the U.S. this year. For example, you've got the E61 with dedicated music keys on top.

It comes with 1MB built-in but the phone supports MiniSD for up to 1GB of memory and has a 6-band equalizer and even shows karaoke-esque lyrics on the screen so you can sing along to your favorite tunes.

Productg Page [BenQ]

Full-bore, full-Flash, all singing all dancing CeBIT microsite [BenQ]