The Bath-o-matic software for iPhone is available free from Apple’s popular App Store, but users must also pay £4,000 for the technology at home. They will then be able to select the temperature, depth and fragrance of the water and even how many bubbles in the bath. The software means the phone can send instructions to a set of high-tech taps on a bath tub that can control the temperature, pressure and draining of the water so that the bath will be ready when arriving home.

The software means the phone can send instructions to a set of high-tech taps on a bath tub that can control the temperature, pressure and draining of the water Photo: NEWS INTERNATIONA

Unique Automation, the London-based company behind the device, showed off its wares at a trade show this week. A spokesman said: “At the touch of a button, Bath-o-matic fills the bath to perfection – even adding bubbles and perfumes.

“Bringing full automation to the bathroom at last, this technological breakthrough offers energy and water savings plus flooding and scalding prevention.”

Sharon Munday, a 27 year-old secretary, viewed the Bath-o-matic demonstration at the CEDIA Expo 2009 at the ExCeL centre in London. “It really shows off just how the iPhone is becoming the ultimate remote control for everything in the home,” she said.

“If I had £4,000 spare I’d get one. It would be perfect for me as I have a 20 minute drive home from the office and could set it to run as I leave and hop in as soon as I got home. That would be absolute bliss.”

A shower version of the software is coming soon.

The Samsung M7600 Beat DJ is a 3G capable handset complete with a stunning touch screen & a beautifully designed casing. The handset has a stylish curved shape casing which gives the casing a modern look as well as being an ideal shape for the user to use. Some of you might call it a DJ as it is a music focused handset which comes with high quality music features to entertain all music loving mobile phone users when the user is out & about.

The inspired and unmistakable styling, vibrant OLED capacitive touchscreen, sweet clicking TouchWiz and a whole new music experience will make you have a crush or wish you were younger.
The music playing feature is the main feature of this stunning touch screen phone which provides clear sounding music playback complete with easy to use music features to make it a perfect music experience for the user on the move. The Samsung M7600 Beat DJ turns into a portable music playing devices & a stylish entertainment as well as communication devices. The user can enjoy a Beat DJ music application & enjoy playing music in popular music formats such as MP3 format on their built in music player. The user can use the touch screen to control their music features & music selections.
This first DJ phone in the world comes with a integrated stereo sound speakers for a beautifully clear listening experience & the user can adjust the amplifier & volume controls to hear their music entertainment just the way the users wants to. The handset comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack port which allows the user to insert a set of compatible headphones to enjoy a more private listening experience. A built in radio feature allows the user to tune into the radio whilst on the move to catch up on their favorite stations & new music. The user can hear their favorite tracks out loud each time a new call comes in or a message is delivered into the inbox as the Samsung M7600 Beat DJ supports MP3 format, WAV & polyphonic format ringing tones.
The M7600 Beat DJ also comes with a good sized screen which is a touch screen complete with a high colour display & high resolution screen. This touch screen allows the user to make on screen selections & control their phones features with simple touch activated controls.
The Samsung M7600 Beat DJ is a solid weight phone which weight 99.7 grams including the fitted battery & the overall size of its curvaceous casing measures 13.9mm in depth by 51mm wide by 112mm tall.
Its key features are the following:
- Stand-out design
- Quad-band GSM and 3G with HSDPA support
- 2.8″ 16M-color AMOLED touchscreen display of WQVGA resolution
- 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and VGA video at 15 fps
- Accelerometer for screen auto rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto screen turn-off
- MicroSD card slot (up to 16 GB), 8 GB card included
- Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support, Google Maps
- Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
- DivX/XviD video support
- Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording
- Standard 3.5mm audio jack
- Office document viewer
- Smart dialing
- BeatDJ app for scratching and sampling

The DJ phone supports 3G HSDPA technology which allow the user of this curvaceous phone to enjoy high speed Internet connectivity & 3G network coverage. The handset works on a GSM & 3G HSDPA networks which cover GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, HSDPA 900 & HSDPA 2100. The user can enjoy worldwide network coverage on their handset meaning the user can travel around the world using their handset but the network coverage does depend on the user’s network service provider.
The M7600 Beat DJ also supports EDGE technology & GPRS which provides fast data transfer speeds for the user to enjoy when transferring files between this phone & other devices.
The new mobile phone has an internal memory which is fifty megabytes in size & the user can extend the phones memory capabilities further by adding a memory card in the size to suit the user’s memory requirements. The phone supports MicroSD™ type memory cards & the handset can support up to sixteen gigabytes of external memory via the memory card slot.
A built in A GPS navigation function allows the user to enjoy a picture geo tagging feature when using the built in camera & the user can find out exactly where they are currently located & where they need to go to but using the A GPS navigation feature.
The user can connect their phone to other devices using either a cabled connection or a Bluetooth® wireless connection. The user can select the connectivity option which best suits the user’s needs & the connectivity which is compatible with their chosen devices whether it be a printer, PC, laptop or another mobile phone handset.
This amazing cell phone also comes equipped with an integrated three megapixel camera, video recording at up to fifteen frames per second, automatic focus, red eye reduction option, a built in Web browser, messaging services which include a multimedia picture & video messaging service, a text messaging service as well as a built in mobile email service.

Anticipated for months, Samsung’s first Google Android device, named the Samsung I7500, has been officially launched on Monday. With the launch of its newest mobile device, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone.
“Samsung is among the earliest members of the Open Handset Alliance and has been actively moving forward to introduce the most innovative Android mobile phone,” said JK Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Communication Division in Samsung Electronics. “With Samsung’s accumulated technology leadership in mobile phone industry and our consistent strategy to support every existing operating system, I believe that Samsung provides the better choices and benefits to our consumers” he added.

The handset is more similar in design to the HTC Magic, rather than the T-Mobile G1, in that it features a candy bar-style form factor and doesn’t include a physical keyboard. The Samsung I7500 measures 4.5 inches tall by 2.2 inches wide by 0.4 inch thick (a slim 11.9mm waistline).
Samsung I7500 is a cutting-edge smartphone, equipped with a 3.2-inch 320 x 480 pixel AMOLED screen of HVGA resolution. The device runs on the latest 1.5 version of the Andorid OS and is equipped with a 5 megapixel autofocus camera, 1,500mAh battery, 8GB of internal memory, and microSD expansion slot (supports up to 32GB). The phone also offers all the connectivity features one might expect in a 2009 flagship phone: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Of course, as an Android device, the I7500 supports Google’s various services, such as Google Search, YouTube, Google Talk, Gmail, Google Calendar and more. The integrated GPS receiver enables the comprehensive use of Google Maps features, such as My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, and detailed route description. Hundreds of other applications are available in Android Market. For example, the application Wikitude, a mobile travel guide, allows consumers to access details of unknown sights via location-based Wikipedia articles.
The Samsung i7500 will become available in the major European countries from June. Unfortunately, plans for a U.S. release are still unclear. There is, however, potentially good news for those in the States. The Samsung I7500 is a tri-band HSDPA and HSUPA device, supporting the 900/1700/2100MHz bands, which makes it compatible with the T-Mobile’s 3G network.
The price isn’t yet officially announced. Rumor has it that it will be in the region of 300 euro before taxes and subsides.
In other Android news, it looks like G1 owners in Germany will be the first to get the Android 1.5 software update. And, according to the info posted on androidguys.com, the update will be available in May, bringing such enhancements as video recording, stereo Bluetooth, an onscreen keyboard, and more.

The Sony Ericsson S302 is a member of the new stylish S range designed by Sony Ericsson and it is known as the Snapshot range. This attractive handset is a snapshot focus mobile phone which allows the user to capture a quick snap when the user is on the go. Sony Ericsson S302 just $120 is available in two color options which include a cool thunder grey colored casing and an eye catching crystal blue colored casing. Keypad buttons have also been equipped with jazzy looking blue backlighting, so if anything, you will definitely get noticed in the dark. Similarly to the Sony Ericsson T707, the back cover is rugged that makes the phone less prone to sliding out of your hand, but looks totally out of place alongside of the glossy, upbeat front side.

The Sony Ericsson S302 is a slim and compact solid bar designed handset which is only 11mm in depth and thus allowing the user to slip the handset in his pocket with ease.
The phone sports a 2-inch 176×220 pixel resolution display that is fairly standard on budget phones. It delivers 262k colors and things are easy to read even in direct sunlight, but colors are not saturated enough and images look rather worn out, even in artificial light.
Though the Sony Ericsson S302 is mainly a camera phone, but Sony Ericsson only loaded this with a 2 mega pixel sensor. Besides, in order to make the Sony Ericsson S302 more affordable, Sony took away the high end features found on the Sony Ericsson C905 such as face detection and image stabilization but the S302 has the photo fix and photo light functions. Those who’re looking for something much more than 2 megapixels, you should try taking a look at the Sony Ericsson K850i or the Sony Ericsson K770i. However, the Sony Ericsson S302 supports picture blogging which allows you to take a snap and instantly send the picture to a blog site for others to view. The two megapixel camera can also record video clips which allows you to enjoy capturing moving footage as well as still photo images.

The S302 has 20MB internal memory expandable with a memory stick micro. You can extend their phones memory to suit your storage requirements as the S302 supports Micro™ M2™ memory cards which are easily fitted into the memory slot provided.
The handset works on a quad band network which covers GSM networks 850, 900, 1800 and 1900. You can enjoy worldwide roaming but the network connectivity is fully dependant on the network service provider. The Sony Ericsson S302 comes with a rechargeable battery complete with power adapter and when fully charged the handset will provide you with up to three hundred hours of standby battery time or approximately seven hours of GSM talk time. You can enjoy high speed data transfer rates as the S302 supports GPRS & EDGE technology. You can transfer files to and from your mobile phone using either a Bluetooth® wireless connection or a cabled USB connection between the Sony Ericsson S302 and another compatible devices such as your PC, laptop or printer. A WAP Web browser allows you to access the Web for online stores and online services which provides a mobile Web experience for all of you to enjoy.
Furthermore, the phone comes with an emails service and supports both text messaging and a multimedia picture messaging service which allows you to communicate just the way you want to. A built in media player allows you to enjoy music on the move complete with easy to use and useful music features. A Mega Bass™ music feature allows you to experience high quality bass sound from their mobile phone when playing your favorite music. A PlayNow™ feature allows you to download new ringing tines quickly in only three clicks of a button.
The Sony Ericsson S302 supports MP3, ACC & polyphonic ringing tones. A TrackID™ music recognition feature allows you to find out the name of a song, name of the artist and the name of the album the song are from by recording a few seconds worth of the song & the TrackID™ will find out all the information within seconds.

Some rumors of HTC’s Android Hero phone surfaced in the middle of February this year when HTC’s supposed 2009 line-up was revealed on ppcgeeks.com. There hasn’t been any piece of information revealed about it since but it looks like it has been spotted online. CodeAndroid appears to have nabbed the first in-the-wild shots of the very phone, and it’s got every bit as much “chin” in real life as it did in those fuchsia renders.
The phone looks set to feature some interesting developments, with five hardware buttons lined below its full touchscreen and the inclusion of a much needed 3.5mm headphone jack.
HTC has not yet divulged the hardware specs for its most recently leaked smartphone, but expect more news to follow in the coming weeks.

That could be good or bad news depending on just how strongly you feel about the G1’s unforgettable cosmetics. The trackball is certainly gone, so unless there’s some wild touch-sensitive area below the screen, it seems like the touchscreen might be the only way to navigate.
However, it has been officially announced that the Hero will be picked up by Orange. Orange France has already released the G1 as the HTC Dream (they couldn’t use the G1 branding as T-Mobile has exclusive rights to that) and now, according to Mobinaute, they will be following that up with the HTC Hero Android. Orange is definitely on a mission here and is keen to capitalise on what they see as the revenue potential of the Android Market.
Even more interesting, although this could be speculation, is that by the end of this year, Orange, in addition to HTC, plans to have Android phones from Motorola, LG, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. That last one especially comes as a welcome surprise as Sony Ericsson, although a member of the Open Handset Alliance, seems to have been very quiet on the Android front this year. So, as you can see the competition will be very tight for HTC Hero Android. How this phone ultimately stacks up against its rivals when it hits the market later this year remains to be seen.