The FCC has just given its seal of approval to the XRoad V4050, a GPS navigator being imported by Capoint. The device was originally released abroad as the Takara GP43, and is notable mainly for its 4.3-inch touchscreen, which has a 480×272 resolution with an unusually high 16.5 million colors. It runs on a 400MHz processor, and supports playback of JPG images, MP3 audio, and MPEG-4 video. Internal storage has not been mentioned, but most data should be transferrable via SD card or Mini-USB, with Bluetooth support allowing unknown device functions. No prices or dates have been cited for the 4050 either, but the GP43 is on sale in Europe for approximately €500 ($715)

SanDisk has begun shipping its 8GB microSDHC and M2 flash memory cards. The company is aiming the new cards squarely at users with mobile phones that accept memory, and launching a “Wake Up Your Phone” campaign to increase awareness of the sometimes overlooked capability.

The 8GB microSDHC an M2 cards are now available in major retail outlets worldwide with suggested retail prices of $140 and $150 respectively.

Apple’s launch of Mac OS X Leopard today came with one more thing that wasn’t expected to make it into the final release. We can confirm that Mac OS 10.5 will ship with fully working Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) support.

Apple’s affairs with Stereo Bluetooth have been murky for years. Since Apple began shipping systems with built-in Bluetooth, it was believed that Mac has always maintained hardware support for Stereo Bluetooth. Apple’s iPhone was considered to be their first entry into the Stereo Bluetooth arena, but its embedded version of Mac OS X Leopard lacked any support for A2DP. This appears to have been justified by iPod touch lacking Bluetooth completely, and Apple has maintained a strategy of ensuring Stereo Bluetooth would not launch until iPod could support it.

While rumors of Stereo Bluetooth in Leopard on the Mac were absent for years, Leopard was expected to lack Stereo Bluetooth due to the lack of it on iPhone and iPod touch. Furthermore, beta and developer releases also lacked Stereo Bluetooth. However, the final version shipping today does indeed support it.

We do caution that the support does have several bugs, such as dropped connections and trouble establishing a connection, as well as maintaining issues while silent. However, it now appears only a matter of time before Apple, iPhone, and iPod step into the 21st century, as the rest of the industry’s Bluetooth-enabled music devices have already.

AT&T has launched the Sony Ericsson W580i in a new Black color.The featureset is identical to the white version with an accelerometer that reacts to shaking up and down to shuffle or flicks of the wrist left and right to skip tracks, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio support, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, quadband GSM/EDGE, Walkman branded media player, fitness applications, MemoryStick M2 expansion slot, and speakerphone

The phone is now available online for $129.99 before an additional $50 mail-in rebate, bringing the total to $79.99

Bell Mobility in Canada is announcing  two new devices to its offering - LG Shine clamshell and Sanyo S1. The first one is probably among the coolest lookin’ clamshell devices on the market today and packs such features as 2 MP camera, stereo Bluetooth, music player and the microSD memory slot. On the other hand, the Sanyo S1 is an entry level device for people who just need to text and call. It lacks camera and the Bluetooth support is limited to mono sound.

The LG Shine clamshell is available for CA$129.95 with a 3-year term or CA$379.95 without any contract. On the other hand, you can get the Sanyo S1 for just CA$19.95 with a 3-year term or buy it for CA$149.99 without committing to any contracts.