2008 will see the iPhone getting offcially launched in India. However, we do wish to see the next version of the device, the iPhone 2, appearing on the horizon with features like 3G, Wi-Fi, no camera zoom that the ancestor missed.

Google's Android phone

While 2007 saw Google getting into the mobile phone space with the launch of its operating system Android. Taiwanese player HTC is working with Google on the hardware and we do hope to see handsets running on Android in 2008. While speculations hint at August as the time when the first handset on Android will be launched, there is a possibility of getting a glimpse of the first such device at the Mobile World Congress to be held at Barcelona in February, considering Google is also participating at the event.

A touchscreen BlackBerry

We do hope to see Research in Motion's BlackBerry to come up in a completely touchscreen avatar in 2008.

Fujifilm Announces New Digital Cameras

Fujifilm has introduced five cameras to its range, including one it describes as the "world's smallest 12x optical zoom digital camera," the FinePix S1000fd.

The FinePix J10 is 19mm thick, incorporates an 8.2 Megapixel CCD sensor, a 2.5in LCD and a 3x Fujinon optical zoom lens. The FinePix J50 offers a high resolution 2.7in screen and a Fujinon 5x optical zoom. The camera is 23mm thick. Both offer image stabilization to protect against camera shake and are available in Matte Black or Brushed Silver.

Pimp Gate Update: MSNBC's Ethics Don’t Extend to Bush Twins

KEITH OLBERMANN, HOST: It‘s rare when the world of politics and the world of entertainment fit together as neatly as they do in our number one story in the COUNTDOWN tonight. A tale of two pairs of girls, all of them in their mid 20‘s, all of them famous, all of them providing rich fodder for the tabloids with their latest exploits. In a moment the phenomenon of Paris Hilton and her new sidekick, Britney Spears.

But first Jenna and Barbara Bush. They have regained their party girl crowns thanks to reports from their 25th birthday celebrations in Argentina this weekend. After reports of lack security, a media frenzy and at least one lurid tale in the Argentine papers about the girls running naked down a hallway of their hotel, denied fervently by that hotel, by the way, ABC News reported the situation was so bad that the U.S.

Samsung Digimax GX-10 Digital SLR Camera

Can changing the name on a camera save you money? Yes, when you take thePentax K10Dand call it the Samsung GX-10 Digital SLR Camera. The former, with a 27-83mm (35mm equivalent) zoom lens sells for $800, more or less, while the latter--virtually identical camera body and same lens--sells for $750. Given the GX-10's features, it's a bargain.

Premiering on the silver screen: Ads

Now, more marketers are turning to theaters to unveil new campaigns on 40-foot screens with rich audio before they scale down the ads and put them on television.

For some in the advertising industry, the recent writer's strike shined a new light on cinema opportunities.

Ad-buying behemoth MediaVest, whose client roster includes Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Kraft Foods Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co., began talks last month with leading cinema ad companies Screenvision and National CineMedia LLC about transferring more than $100 million of prime-time ads from television to the movie screen.

"Even without the writer's strike, should that not have happened, we'd still be talking to our clients about looking at their current communications mix," said Norm Chait, MediaVest's senior vice president and director of out-of-home investment and activation.

Elite studies get home in Sterling Heights

Elite studies get home in Sterling Heights Sterling Heights to host Utica Schools' International Baccalaureate, which preps students for global market. Charles E. Ramirez / The Detroit News

STERLING HEIGHTS -- Macomb County's largest public school district has selected a site for its elite courses that focus on living and working in a global market.