Hasta La Gadget!

Research in Motion issued a statement today addressing the “misleading and inaccurate information circulating on the topic of lawful access matters in India,” a response, no doubt, to The Financial Times’ report that the company and India are at an impasse over the government’s ability to access information on BlackBerry devices in that country.

RIM’s statement on the matter is purposefully obtuse, since “the details of any regulatory discussions between RIM and the Government of India are confidential.” That said, a spokesperson “can confirm that discussions continue to be constructive and RIM remains optimistic that a positive outcome can be achieved.”

The company insists that “it continues to approach lawful access requirements in India.” Well, one thing seems for sure–we’ll almost certainly know just how well those talks have gone by the end of the month, the deadline the government has set for RIM before it shuts off access to the company’s devices.

Looking to hop on the Android bandwagon, but aren’t sure which handset will best serve your needs? Where better to turn than Google itself? At least that seems to be the thinking behind the site’s new Phone Gallery, available at Google.com/phone.

The URL is the former home of the HTC Nexus One, the eagerly awaited and ultimately sunned “Google Phone” that the company hoped would change the way people purchased mobile hardware. Google quietly discontinued that handset over the summer.

The new Phone Gallery now features 22 handsets, including the Droid 2, Samsung Epic 4G, Droid Incredible, and HTC Hero. Users can create charts by clicking on the handsets to quickly compare specs like battery life, Android version, screen size, and carriers. Google has promised to add more handsets as they’re made available.

If you tend to travel with your phone or Bluetooth-enabled music player and spend much more time listening to music than you do placing or receiving calls, Motorola’s new S10-HD Bluetooth headset may be ideal for you.

The headset is lightweight, wraps around the back of your head, and has a pair of cushioned earbuds that fit into each ear. The S10-HD is designed to function more like a pair of headphones than a headset, but there is a microphone in the unit, and if you have it paired with your phone, incoming calls will automatically pause playback while you’re speaking and start playing the music again when the call is over.

The Bluetooth antenna, receiver, and controls are located in the back of the headset, which keeps the weight in the back and improves antenna performance outdoors. Even so, the S10-HD is still Bluetooth audio, which is notorious for suffering from compression issues. Headsets like the S10-HD are generally designed for people who have to have wireless audio or who want to take their music with them on the go without wires. It will be available late October at Best Buy retail stores and online retailers for $79.99 list. 

We first spotted Lenovo’s Le Phone at CES. The Chinese company behind the ThinkPad threw an evening event with prototypes of the handset scattered throughout. We got a little hands-on time with the phone and were suitable impressed. It was slick, slim, and featured a stunning AMOLED screen.

Perhaps the most compelling thing about the Android handset was actually its dock, which features a full keyboard, stereo speakers, and a built-in battery, which doubles the thing’s life. It’s an clever solution that caters to both elegance and features.

And then the bad news: the thing was only set for release in China. There was a collective groan when Lenovo let out that little bit of information.

Eight months later, and still no US carriers have announced any plans to pick up the device. There is, however, a piece of good news to be had. Importer Chinavasion announced this week that it will be offering an unlocked version of the phone to global consumers.

Chinavasion isn’t offering a ton of information, aside from a broken English press release, which appears to state that the site will be getting the phone “this week.” And as for price? My guess is that the thing won’t come cheap–unlocked phones rarely do.

If you have a really nice in-dash unit that you don’t want to get rid of but doesn’t support Bluetooth or streaming audio from the Web, the new Scosche MotorMOUTH II can fill the gap for you. For example, if you really wish you could listen to Pandora on the go but your car stereo doesn’t support it, or you wish you could make and receive calls over your car’s speakers instead of the speakerphone, the MotorMOUTH II will help make those things possible without ripping out your existing car stereo.

Simply plug the MotorMOUTH II into your stereo’s auxiliary jack and then pair the device with your mobile phone. From there you can fire up any app on your phone and the audio will be transmitted wirelessly over Bluetooth to the MotorMOUTH II, which will play it through your car stereo.

The same applies to phone calls: use your phone to take or place the call, and the audio from the call will be played over your car’s speakers. The MotorMOUTH II is available now for $79.99 retail, and comes with a Y adapter so you can move the audio jack around your car or plug directly in for private listening.