HTC HD2 extended battery with stand spotted

The HTC HD2 is a great cell phone itself but its large 4.3-inch screen makes it a great media player when on the go. However, until now, you were forced to simply hold the device in your hand, rest it on your lap, or whatever to view a video. Now, an HTC manufactured extended battery complete with a stand has appeared on UK retailer, Clove’s website.

Shipments apparently won’t start until next month and don’t expect to come away this for cheap as its listed for £53 or about $89.

Sony Vivaz Phone

Yesterday we informed you of the new name of the Sony Ericsson Kuraraz which is now officially known as the Sony Vivaz. If you will recall, one of the features of this phone is its ability to record videos in HD resolution, part of the new family of communication entertainment phones from Sony Ericsson.

Other features of the Sony Vivaz include an 8.1 megapixel camera with 4X digital zoom, a music player web access, games, organizer and GPS. The Sony Ericsson Vivaz will be available by the first quarter in various color designs: Moon Silver, Cosmic Black, Galaxy Blue and Venus Ruby. Check out the video.

Blackberry Tour–Par For The Blackberry Course



Blackberry phones are fantastic on the average, but they’re also a little singleminded.  Basically, if you’re not planning to use a Blackberry for business then you’re largely out of luck.  Blackberry phones don’t seem to do too well with things like games, video and music, though some do better than others.  And the Blackberry Tour is pretty much what you’d expect out of a Blackberry.

The Blackberry Tour is a 3G phone with three megapixel camera, two hundred fifty six megs of onboard memory, enhanced media player, built in GPS, the exclusive BlackBerry Maps, organizer, web browser, a battery with five hours of talk time, a front trackball, a set of dedicated keys, and Bluetooth connectivity.

On a functional level, the Blackberry Tour works all right, even if that trackball is entirely too sensitive for its own good.  It doesn’t offer a lot of fun, which is odd in a cell phone these days, but all right.  There’s a lot to like about this, but only under specific circumstances.

The Good

Highly functional

Good quality components

The Bad

All business

Oversensitive trackball

Score 6/10

Final Fantasy, both 1 and 2, coming to the iPhone

According to Square Enix’s Twitter and Facebook sites, the original Final Fantasy game, as well as Final Fantasy 2, are coming to the iPhone.

Unfortunately, we don’t have a price on this, but I’m pretty certain that the first two Final Fantasy games will probably look pretty mediocre by today’s gaming standards. Perhaps they will be perfect for the iPhone.

Maybe I should get these games. I’ve heard that Final Fantasy is one of those games that take a while before the average user understands them.

Motorola Sholes Tablet Launching This March in the US

The Motorola Sholes Tablet initially came out 2 months ago. And while it may have officially launched in China, the same Motorola Sholes Tablet will be launching as well this coming March in the U.S. and other countries that were not named as of yet.

The Motorola Sholes Tablet is the same Android-powered tablet that sports a 3.7” touch screen and comes with a built-in 8.1 megapixel camera. Wait a couple of months and this tablet will be within your reach.

Toshiba Tecra A11 and Qosmio X500

It feels like Toshiba has been going full speed ahead since CES 2010 as far as its laptops are concerned, but who can blame them?

For example, they are shipping the Tecra A11. The A11 has a 15.6 inch screen, integrated number pad, NVIDIA GPU, Intel CPU, and retails for $879.

They are also shipping the Qosmio X500 (seen in photo). The X500 has a Core i7-720QM processor, GeForce GTS 360M GPU, 8GB of memory, 18.4 inch display, 500 GB hard drive, and Blu-ray. This has a price of about $1,549.

Samsung NB30 netbook now for sale

The Samsung NB30 was on display at CES 2010 this year, and is now on sale. It has a 10.1 inch 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, integrated GMA 3150 graphics, 802.11 b/g/n, and Windows 7 Starter Edition.

It also has a 6 Cell 4400mAh Lithium Ion battery for 6.5 hours of usage. This laptop is designed for “more rugged usage” as it has a spill-resistant keyboard, fingerprint resistant lid, and hard drive protection system. It’s priced at $370.00.

HP Laptops to get pico-projectors?

According to DigiTimes, HP is believed to be putting some sort of pico-projector support on some of its laptops.

Considering that didn’t really work on the LG eXpo, I can’t help but wonder if pico-projector laptops will boost any sales. At least it makes more sense than putting them on mobiles. All a user would have to do to make a presentation is to bring the laptop to the meeting room. Of course, how much room would the pico-projector take up on the laptop? As I recall, the projector on the eXpo made it look really bulky.

Still, I am very much interested in this idea.

Oppo Android-powered e-book reader

We’ve already discovered how Oppo is bringing an Android phone to China, and it appears that they will also bring an e-reader as well.

The Oppo Enjoy is a 6-inch e-ink reader that also runs on Android. Other than that, this is about all my Source knows. It didn’t even have a price or availability date. That does look like a trackball on the right, doesn’t it?

Xperia X10 coming to NTT DoCoMo with a different name

The Sony Xperia X10 is planned for a Japanese release, but it will be with NTT DoCoMo, and simply known as the Smartphone Xperia.

It is essentially the same Android-powered phone that has WiFi and an 8.1 Megapixel camera. It will be available in Japan in April in two colors that you see here: “Sensuous Black” and “Luster White”.

Palm Pre Plus vs. Palm Pre

The video above shows just how more powerful the new Palm Pre Plus is, with double the amount of RAM, it can just run a gazillion (or at least it seems so) apps at the same time.

Man survives the Haiti quake with the help of an iPhone app–True Story!

This is one of those stories that we tech-bloggers live to report on, because it shows how technology can save lives.

An American filmmaker named Dan Woolley was stuck for 65 hours in a hotel lobby after the Haiti quake last January 12. He was seriously injured and consulted an iPhone app called Pocket First Aid and CPR, and he learned how to use his shirt to make a tourniquet for the gash in his leg. He also used his sock to stop the bleeding on his head wound. The app told him not to fall to sleep if he was going into shock, so he set his iPhone alarm to go off every twenty minutes.

So, an iPhone app that helps save lives? Not bad. Not bad at all.