Stressed out that you can’t really talk to a human being regarding your Google Nexus One woes? Well, it seems that Google is now offering phone support at 888-48NEXUS (63987). The support line is operational from 7am to 10pm PST. But before you get too hyped up on this, it seems that the downside is that this support line seems to be limited to status and shipping issues, and if it’s a technical issue, you’re still advised to call HTC or T-Mobile (depending on the issue) for support. Do you think that this is a step in the right direction, or something that you probably wouldn’t use?

Could Google provide you with the perfect alibi to skip French or Spanish language class next time? That might certainly be the case in a few years’ time, as the search engine giant is busy working on speech-to-speech translation. So when everything is setup honky dory, you’ll probably be able to verbally chat with your friend over the phone, despite the both of you using different languages. Of course, the technology has its challenges, such as everyone having a different voice, accent and pitch, but if the technology is integrated into mobile phones, it might be more effective, due to the devices being more personal to you, and as a result is able to learn more about your habits.

Reports are coming in that Google is sending out invitations to a special event on Tuesday at the company’s Mountain View, California campus. Details aren’t abundant just yet, but apparently “some new product innovations” are promised at the event. It’s speculated that Google will be launching a Twitter-style status update system for Gmail, which would provide a real-time feed of information from contacts. Would you want to use a Twitter-like service from Google? Another possibility is that there would be an Andriod announcement, possibly Android 2.1 for other devices. Do you have any other suggestions as to what Google might be announcing?

While watches won’t consume as much energy as other devices like computers and laptops, that hasn’t stopped Casio from coming up with a new solar-powered timepiece for its line of Baby-G watches – the Eco-Baby-G BGR300GR-3. Aside from the solar-power part, the watch will come enclosed in a recyclable box and is available in a rather pleasant shade of green. With this watch, you’ll be able to get both style and sustainability from your new watch. If you think that this is the watch for you, then you could always pick up the BGR300GR-3 for $110.

Battery design, such as thickness and lifespan, is always an issue that folks are trying to tackle and improve. Now it seems that the folks over at Imperial College London have come up with a rather useful development. The latest is a wafer-thin piece of plastic that can store electricity. According to the brains behind it, it isn’t really a battery, rather a superconductor. At the current level of development, a 5-inch square will take about 5 minutes to charge, but also discharges very fast. Thanks to it not using chemicals, it has a much longer lifespan, and has been tested to power an LED light for a good 20 minutes. With this material, scientists hope that the cars of the future might actually get power from the roof, which would be made from this material. It’s certainly easy to imagine phone manufacturers who focus a lot on design like Samsung would love to come up with a super slim phone using this technology too.

This map envelope concept looks certainly possible and undeniably cool. Basically all you need to do is print one out a map, and make sure that it can be folded nicely into an envelope. The best part is, you can use it instead of a post card, and have an envelope with the print out of wherever you are at the moment. You might want to make sure that the recipient doesn’t use a letter opener to slice through it though, or they’ll lose the all important-location bubble. If you’ve got some free time over the weekend, maybe it’s time to give snail mail a try again, and see how it goes.

Are you sick of everything being digitized, and feel that analog is still the best way to get things done? Gakken’s Gramophone kit will certainly help you relive the good ol’ days, as it can play records of any size, thanks to the bamboo needle used to reproduce that nostalgic vinyl music. While that’s certainly cool, the best feature of the Gramophone kit is its ability to let you record your own music directly to vinyl, so you can churn out vinyl with your very own music residing within. Of course, when you get bored of this, you’re still welcome to rejoin the digital world.

It looks like Yinlips is looking to beat Apple to the market, and possibly confuse iPad shoppers. Its upcoming iPad clone will sport a 6-inch e-ink screen, instead of a boring LCD display. You’ll get a battery that can last up to 20 hours on a full charge and support a variety of formats such as PDF, TXT, CHM, FB2, RTF, TCR, PDB, OEB, HTM, PRC, HTML, EPUB, DJVU, IW44, IW4, DJV and picture files. Considering that it looks quite a bit like the iPad, do you think the arguments of the iPad’s design can be leveled against this eBook reader too? The official pricing of this device don’t seem to be available just yet, so let’s keep an eye on this upcoming eBook reader, shall we?

Ever wanted a portable scanner that you could tote around with you? The VuPoint PDS-ST410-VP Magic Wand could be what you’re looking for. It’s able to scan A4 pages with resolutions up to 600 x 600. The scanned documents (color or black and white) will be stored on the microSD card of the device, after which you’ll be able to download the pictures to a computer via USB connection. You’ll be able to scan a full resolution A4 page in about 28 seconds, which isn’t all that bad, and if you really want to be quick, a black and white standard resolution scan will use 4 seconds of your time. It’s powered by 2 AA batteries, and will work together with Mac and Windows. At $99.99 it’s slightly pricey, but we’ll leave it to you to decide whether it’s worth a spot on your office table.

We’ve seen some pretty wacky hard drive clocks in the past, and here’s one that will probably look quite comfortable on your desk. Done by the folks over at TEcoART, it’s made from a recycled hard disk, and the clock dial is an actual mirror-finished disk platter. The base of this clock is made from the circuit board from a computer’s modem boosting its geeky credentials ever so slightly. Each of these clocks will come with a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity. At $36, it makes for a rather nice novelty item, perfect for the computer loving nephew of yours. Of course, if you’re really into DIY, you could always come up with one of these yourself, which should certainly look interesting.

With Google’s Android OS gaining more and more momentum on the mobile scene, it looks like it’s going to be an important player in the tablet battles of 2010. But aside from Apple’s iPhone OS and Windows 7, we might well see Symbian making some inroads into the tablet scene too. In a recent interview, Chief Executive of the Symbian Foundation, Lee Williams, said that there has been occasional interest for Symbian to be used on a tablet device, and it’s likely that in the next year or two, we might be seeing such a product hit the market place. It’s certainly an interesting idea, since we’re generally used to seeing Symbian on mobile phones. Would you want to try a Symbian-powered tablet, or do would you rather stick with Google’s Android, Apple’s iPhone OS or Windows 7?

Could Facebook and Google become competitors soon? Aside from getting a new facelift to commemorate its 6th birthday, a recent report hints that Facebook might be gearing up to provide its own full webmail service, which will obviously have to take on the giants such as Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo mail. If the report is accurate, the webmail service will make use of your Facebook vanity URL, so if your vanity URL is johndoe, you’ll get johndoe@facebook.com. This would be a significant departure from the current messaging service that it’s offering, and if Facebook really does roll out a webmail service with full POP/IMAP support, it will certainly be interesting to see how it matches up to the competition, with some folks even dubbing it a “Gmail killer”.

Is Google Street View expanding? Reports have come in that a New York retailer named Oh Nuts, allowed people from Google to come into the store and take pictures of inside the store, every 6 feet, and in all directions. Pictures of the products on display were also snapped up. Apparently this is for a new Google Maps feature called “Google Store View”. If this is true, you’ll be able to “walk” into a store from Google Street View, and check out the store, just like that. According to the source, when asked about this, a Google spokesperson just responded:

“We are always experimenting with new features for Google Maps. We have nothing further to announce at this time.”

Do you think that this is true, and we’ll be seeing Google Store View sometime soon, or is it an early April fool’s joke?

Are you always worried about the time? Then the news that scientists have come up with a clock that is 100,000 times more precise than the existing international standard should really get you hyped up. The quantum-logic clock which detects the energy state of a single aluminum ion, can keep time to within a second every 3.7 billion years, as opposed to the (current international standard) cesium clock, which loses one second every 100 million years. Considering that GPS devices have to rely on extremely precise atomic clocks, the theory is that if we can come up with better clocks, we’ll be able to tell our position to better precision. 1 second every 3.7 billion years? That certainly doesn’t sound like something we’d worry about, but hey, it’s your call.