Google has launched a mobile version of its online office suite, Google Docs. Google Docs Mobile (natch) is optimised for use on a smaller handheld screen and shows a list of recent documents and document folders below a Google search box.

Word processing, spreadsheet and presentation documents are all available, but you can only view, not edit, a document at the moment.

[Google Docs Mobile]

€749 - that's the price of an unlocked iPhone, according one online handset retailer in France. Phone&Phone lists "Prices without subscription" for the 8Gb iPhone as "3x 252,€67, or €749 TTC (Includes €9 registration fee)".

That equates to around £523 at current exchange rates – rather more than a £269 iPhone locked to O2, but less than the £900 or so that the iPhone's 18 month contract will ultimately cost.

Nokia has announced the N810 -- an upgraded version of its portable wireless internet device. The N810 Internet Tablet is intended for heavy users of web sites, such as Google, Skype, Facebook and Flickr. It connects to Wi-Fi hot spots or Bluetooth connections, but not the mobile phone network.

More info and lots of pictures after the cut... 

Apple will allow third-party applications to run on the iPhone next year, CEO Steve Jobs said on Wednesday.

This changes a policy that had angered many, and has lead to various hacks that allow non-Apple programs to be installed.

After all the hoo-ha about unlocking, it looks like European users won't need to hack their iPhones at all if they want to use it on a network of their choice -- unlocked iPhones will be sold in France.

Update: New PR shots of the Eee PC added.

The RM miniBook goes on sale in just a couple of weeks, but in the meantime, Asus has revealed the specifications of the Eee PC on which it's based.

All four models support either Linux or Windows, but it's down to the individual reseller to determine which operating system is supplied (RM will be supplying a custom version of Linux) -- and the price. Asus UK will be selling the 4G model for £219 inc VAT.

Updated: Clove Technology now has the Eee PC 4G (listed as the PC 701) available for pre-order for £219.72 inc VAT.

Apple is renowned for not releasing updates to make new iPod features available for older models that are otherwise identical, but now you can do it yourself.

You need a 5G Video iPod to make use of the hack, which is available as a download from the DrivenDesign site. Once installed, you get the new split-screen menu system from the new iPod Classic, but there's no Cover Flow view -- yet.

Having seen it in action on the new Nano, I think the new interface looks like a terrible mish mash, but each to their own, I guess...

[DrivenDesign]

The BBC has announced that not only will it be teaming up with Adobe to offer a Flash-based version of its iPlayer catch-up TV service, but that the service will also be available free via The Cloud Wi-Fi hotspots.

The Beeb has been criticised for using Windows Media rather than an open source solution for its recently launched iPlayer service, not least because it means that programmes are only available to Windows users. The adoption of Adobe Flash for streaming video means that both Mac and Linux users will now be able to use iPlayer too. The Flash-based version of iPlayer should be available by the end of the year.

We reported on the screen bezel issue that's affecting certain ThinkPad X60 and X61 Tablet PCs back in August, but although Lenovo pledged to look into it, there's been no word since then.

We have an X60 Tablet in for a group test at the moment, and I can confirm that it too suffers from the same screen bezel problem. It only affects the bottom bezel (with the ThinkPad in laptop mode) and only on the left and right sides.

Ubuntu 7.10 ("Gutsy Gibbon") comes with power-saving features designed to improve power efficiency on laptops, but according to tests performed over at Linux site Phoronix, it actually uses more power than the previous non-power-saving versions.