Although nothing official regarding a HTC HD3 debut, we’re hearing rumors that the device is HTC’s response to Windows Phone 7. What’s more interesting is that when launched (if launched) the device will probably be the fastest and most powerful on the market. Why is that? Apparently the HTC HD3 is powered by Qualcomm’s new 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor and has 1GB of RAM memory.

Along the same lines, HTC HD3 will probably feature a massive 4.5-inch AMOLED multi-touch screen with 1,280 x 800 resolution, an (unusual for HTC) 8-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, 1080p HD video playback and 720p HD video recording, along with HDMI that you’ll certainly find useful.

The super-thin HTC HD3 is expected to be only 10mm thick, it will come with 1GB of onboard memory and expands to 32GB. Connectivity wise there’s Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth and the lightning fast 4G networks.

Be advised, for now the HTC HD3 is nothing but a rumor, so all we can do is wait for something official from the Taiwanese manufacturer.

First of all, it’s obvious you can’t change it yourself. Second of all, the company’s terms (which I bet not many of you bothered reading) state very clear that the iPad battery replacement service is actually not a battery replacement service. How’s that you may ask? We quote: “If your iPad requires service due to the battery’s diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, Apple will replace your iPad for a service fee.” See “will replace” in there?

Just how different is that from the iPhone terms? “If your iPhone requires service only because the battery’s ability to hold an electrical charge has diminished, Apple will service your iPhone for a service fee.” – There’s the difference, they “will service”.

Long story short, if your battery is faulting and you want it changed, better be prepared to send them your iPad and expect to get a replacement iPad that may not be yours, or which may not be new (yes, refurbished).

Piece of advice … backup all your data before doing that.

“Will the data on my iPad be preserved?
No. You will receive a replacement iPad that will not contain any of your personal data. Before you submit your iPad for service, it is important to sync your iPad with iTunes to back up your contacts, calendars, email account settings, bookmarks, apps, etc. Apple is not responsible for the loss of information when servicing your iPad.”

You gotta love Apple, right?

Of course, we know nothing regarding pricing or monthly data plans, but it’s good to know that we’re probably a month away from actually playing with the XPERIA X10.

For those out of the know, some of the most interesting specs for the high-end Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 are the large 4.0 inch FWVGA (480 x 854 pixels) TFT touchscreen display and the 8.1 MP with autofocus, face recognition, geo tagging, image and video stabilizer, smile detection and touch focus. It has a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 256 MB of RAM, Bluetooth 2.0 w/ A2DP and Wi-Fi (b/g) connectivity, a microSDHC card to excand the built-in 1GB of storage, along with aGPS support and microUSB 2.0 slot. More to it we’re hearing that when launched it will run the latest version of Google’s Android OS.

We’ll be getting our own XPERIA X10 for review very soon, so stay tuned guys for you’ll know everything there is to know about it.

Meanwhile check out our in-depth hands-on first impressions.

On the outside, LG GD350 shows off a 2-megapixel camera mounted on its upper half, up and down volume buttons, red LEDs and a small external display where you can see who’s calling, if you have any missed calls, messages and the current date/time. Under the cool wraps there are average specs including a microSD card to expand the phone’s built-in memory, a microUSB connector to connect it with your computer, FM radio and  Bluetooth A2DP connectivity.

Along the same lines the new LG GD350 features a slick music player that allows you to sort tracks by playlists, artist, album or music genre.

Shipping with a 800 mAh Li-ion battery, the new LG GD350 will cost 5490 rubles or about $184 at today’s exchange rate.

Just like the Wii, Sony’s new PlayStation Move is a motion controller that detects your movements (precisely within real 3D space) and translates them into gameplay. On top of that, Move is also capable to detect faces, which means that it can identify individuals through face contour and feature detection, recognize gender, age, smiles, when your eyes open or close.

But will so much technology and software affect your game experience?

Not according to Sony’s David Coombes who’s saying that the PS3 can process raw data incredibly quickly, taking “under a frame” of the Cell CPU’s processing time to translate to a game experience.

Now that’s refreshing, all we need to do is wait till fall to get our hands on one.

For those who can’t remember it, the iPad keyboard dock is a home base that will work both as a charging dock for your device and as a much needed full-size keyboard (the sleek anodized aluminum enclosure we’ve been used with) with special iPad fucntions, if touchwriting is not your thing.There’s also a 30-pin connector in the back that allows it to work with other iPad accessories, sync to your computer or connect to an electrical outlet using the USB Power Adapter.

If you don’t mind getting it mid-April, the iPad Keyboard dock is now up for grabs. It costs $69.

We have absolutely no idea what “near future” means or if the Indian Nexus One will have the same 5 megapixel camera, the same uber-fast 1GHz Snapdragon processor or if the large 3.7-inch touchscreen stays. The scaled down Nexus One will probably be a compromise meant to slash manufacturing costs making it a more affordable model, but we still have questions . Who will sell the mobile phone in India (probably NTT DoCoMo) and will they promise cheap data plans, too, because otherwise, it may not be worth bringing it to these parts of the world.

Will it be called Google Nexus One Mini (seen a trend these days to bring Mini version) and will the Search giant offer the same updates they do for the original?

So what do you guys think, is there a market for the Nexus One to be released in India?

According to the French from Frandroid citing a dodgy translation, apparently HTC has confirmed that the latest iteration of Google’s Android OS will be available on the company’s most affordable Android device, the HTC Tattoo.

Kindly note we understand that now that a phone running Android OS 2.1 is available that you are excited to get an update for your Tattoo. We are still working hard to building Sense for this new version but we expect to have the upgrade finished and ready to go soon. Please understand that it takes time to customize any Android version to ensure you have the intuitive experience Sense provides, and we hope you can be patient for just a little while longer.

Integrating Sense with Android 2.1 on a lower-end mobile with a resistive screen may not be as fast and smooth as we would expect, right? While there’s no word how much it will take for the upgrade to be officially available, we’re being assured it should hit soon.

For those out of the know, HTC Desire comes with a 3.7 inch touchscreen AMOLED WVGA display that delivers amazing colors, has a 5megapixel camera and is powered by a powerful 1 GHz Snapdragon processor. It also brings a “clever trackpad” for easy browsing, multi-tasking and Facebook, Twitter and Flickr integration along with HTC’s Friend Stream functionality. And did we mention there’s an Adobe Flash Player (Flash 10.1 support) built in to your HTC Desire? Sounds like a real winner to us …

On the other hand, the Vodafone UK exclusive HTC Legend sports a smaller 3.2-inch touchscreen, the same 5 megapixel camera and a slower 600MHz processor. The interesting thing is that when launched it will come pre-loaded with a range of Vodafone 360 services (Vodafone Music and MyWeb), access to the Android Marketplace for apps and the company’s Sense UI.

No word how much you’ll have pay to get your HTC Desire or HTC Legend but Vodafone UK promises to keep us updated.

First on our list, the Lenovo L2261 Wide comes with an anti-glare screen coating  and although it doesn’t rotate it adjusts for tilt and swivel. It delivers a 250cd/m2 brightness, a 1,000:1 contrast ratio and Full HD 1920×1080 video resolution. Connectivity wise there’s VGA output, a HDCP-compliant DVI-D port and no sign of HDMI — bugger.

While still bearing the same specs when it comes to brightness and contrast ratio, the new Lenovo L2351p Wide adds an HDMI slot, a 0.3 megapixel webcam, three USB 2.0 ports, a microphone and speakers. But the biggest difference is not the addition of HDMI, but the fact that the buttons have been changed with slick capacitive touch buttons.

Last but not least, the new Lenovo L2561x Wide is the only one to bring multitouch to the table. It comes with “120Hz MEMC technology (Motion Estimation,Motion Compensation)” and features an improved 2.0 megapixel camera. On top of that, there’s both VGA and HDMI output, 4x USB 2.0 ports, certain “Windows shortcuts” and the same capacitive touch buttons.

No word how much these will cost when released, but word is you’ll have to shell out between $550 and $1,145.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz is available in either Venus Ruby (exclusive to Vodafone) or Moon Silver, will cost you nothing but will require your on a two year contract with Vodafone UK that costs £30 per month, giving you 600 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of mobile internet.

For those out of the know, Vivaz comes with a a near HD 3.2-inch touchscreen display (640 x 360 pixels) and does 720p HD video with 4x zoom thanks to an 8.1-megapixel camera on the back. On top of that there’s also HSPA support, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, A-GPS, and DLNA certification, along with an 8GB mircroSD card slot and a 3.5mm jack.

So folks, if you’re not sure whether you should buy the new Vivaz, how about waiting for our review of the device? Andrew will have one for you over the weekend.

According to the Wall Street Journal, minister of industry and information technology, Li Yizhong, has said that they don’t have anything against Google’s expansion plans “but if (it)… violates Chinese laws, it would be unfriendly and irresponsible and (the company) will definitely be responsible for the consequences.”

Sources familiar with the problem have announced that Google are discussing with multiple government agencies to find a way to stay in China without going too far when it comes to censoring their search results.

The harsh answer comes after Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, saying yesterday at a media conference in Abu Dhabi that “something will happen soon.” On top of that, Google VP and Deputy General Counsel, Nicole Wong, has said that they are “firm in its decision that it will stop censoring our search results for China.”

So can you blame the Chinese feeling threatened by Google’s moves these days, given the government’s control over the media?

Why can’t we all get along? Eh?

While we knew March 12 is the set date for the first pre-orders on the iPad, we just got confirmation when the pre-oder page will be up and running. That means you won’t have to stay up all night pressing the F5 button as a company spokesman has just told TUAW that “customers can pre-order online at apple.com at 5:30am Pacific time on Friday, March 12.” And yes if you were wondering, that’s the Wi-Fi version, only.

Now go set your clocks folks and let the battle begin.

Meanwhile consider that you’ll be getting your Wi-Fi enabled iPad in another three weeks or so, while the 3G versions and international orders won’t be at your doorstep any sooner than late April.

Dubbed “Let’s Do Amazing”, starting this weekend it will be blitzing the airwaves for eight consecutive weeks, and will feature big names in show biz that includes renowned rapper and producer Dr.Dre, comedian Rhys Darby of “Flight of the Conchords” as the host of the ads, and photographer Annie Leibovitz in pitches.

So here are the two first ads we managed to see ahead of this weekend’s debut.

On a first glance, they’re funny and are doing great in keeping you coming back for more. What do you guys think? Would anything like that convince you to buy a new HP product?

The fun thing about the iDongle is that you won’t need a computer to jailbreak your iPhone. All you need to do is plug it into the dock connector and let it boot (a.k.a “tethered boot”) no matter if it’s on a a factory fresh unit or a jailbroken device.

While the creative hackers coming up with the iDongle are not ruling out support for other operating systems, for now it needs your handset to run iPhone OS 3.1, 3.1.1 or preferably 3.1.2. “iDongle can be easily updated through USB. If jailbreak is available, I’ll try and post a free update,” the guys said concerning future updates.

Only a dozen prototypes are available right now, but I’m pretty sure they’ll find a way to take it mainstream as I’ve seen quite a few donations (pre-orders) and a lot of interest in having a jailbreak solution to ease it up for us all.

Oh and I almost forgot. “Does it provide unlock ? Not directly. Look for Geohot’s “sn0w” or Dev Team’s “ultrasn0w” package on Cydia,” they say.

We’re game!

First on the list, the new PrestigeHD SUPREME Rose Edition is a 55-inch screen with an outer frame covered with some 28 kilograms of solid 18ct rose gold and adourned with 72 brilliant round cut 1ct IF Flawless diamonds and Sunstone and Amethyst for the remaining area. The inner screen layer is made up from hand sewn Alligator skin, raising the price to an unbelievable £1.5 million or some $2.25 million at today’s exchange rate.

While still a55-inch set, Stuart Hughes’ PrestigeHD SUPREME Edition only carries 19 kilograms of solid 22ct gold, with only (if you can say that) 48 brilliant round cut 0.75ct IF Flawless diamonds on the outerframe, with Aventurine and Topaz on the remaining area. Same dead animal on the inner screen, all for a good £1 million or some $2.13 million if you want it flown across the Atlantic.

So how about that guys, you still think your TV looks sleek?

As you probably know, carbon fiber is highly electrically conductive which is why the sleek frame is used as a power distribution network instead of wires. So how exactly does the HMK 561 bike work? Apparently the stored energy is used to power up the lights and the motors in between the rims. On top of that we’re hearing the bike uses regenerative braking technology to “fuel” the batteries that drive a counter-turning axle, instead of the gears or chains we’ve been used with.

An interesting prototype that’s nothing short of cool, there’s no word when or if the HMK 561 electric bike will ever be mass produced.

We’re in for a test drive around central London if it does. Looks like a head turner, don’t you think?

Kudos to Ralf!

Created by iPhone fans for iPhone fans, these three-dimensinoal fridge app magnets are perfect to hang a “hey honey, sorry for the mess in the kitchen” to your loved one, or “please don’t wait for me tonight, having beer with the buds tonigh”. Each of the magnets measures 7/8″ x 7/8″ and are made from some sort of epoxy (with added magnesium), while the outer cardboard packaging is 9.5″ x 5″.

Priced at $12.99, the iPhone fridge magnets can be shipped in 2-3 days, and won’t cost nothing to have them delivered if you order three or more.

We can’t help but wonder if Apple will go after these guys, but kudos to Jailbreak Collective for catering to our weaknesses.

According to a “very close T-Mobile source” talking to the folks from Laptop Magazine (check the link at the bottom), HTC HD2 will indeed be available starting March 24 and if we had any doubts it gets Windows Phone 7, we’re now being told/confirmed that it won’t.

As previously reported, the new HTC HD2 will be available on T-Mobile for $199 if you put your signature on a two year contract, or $499 off-contract.

So do you guys think it’s worthy to grab the HTC HD2 knowing that it won’t get Windows Phone 7 OS? Would it make you feel like living in the past?

The thing is we’ve seen breathtaking hybrid concepts before, and we know that if they ever get green light to production (which most of them don’t) they take ages before reaching our doorstep.

Well folks, today we’re here to tell you that it looks like Porsche may actually build this beast as Porsche boss Michael Macht has said in an interview with the guys at Autocar (duly credited below) that “There is no one inside Porsche who doesn’t want to build the 918.” The same guy added that “The 918 Spyder proves the answer to whether there can be high-performance cars in the future.”

Word is that if the Porsche 918 Spyder ever hits (they certainly need to make it profitable before it does), it should be ready in the next five years.

Already available in a number of pubs in the UK, the Full LED 3D Ready LG LX9900 are supposedly hitting retail stores no sooner than May. They boast a TruMotion 400Khz refresh rate, a 10,000,000:1 Dynamic contrast ratio, Bluetooth connectivity, DLNA compatibility and wireless AV link, and need active shutter glasses to render the three dimensional content to your eyes.

Although there’s no official confirmation from LG, rumors have it that the 47-inch LG LX9900 will be priced between £2500 and £3000, while the 50-incher won’t be cheaper than £3600. We know that’s a lot, so better start saving and forget about your kids tuition as you’ll need a pair of glasses for each member of your family.

While we’d be happy for the X10 to run Android 2.1, a Sony Ericsson spokesman has officially announced that when launched the new smartphones “will be an Eclair variant, so it could be 2.1 or even 2.2″. So what does that mean, since the only time we’ve heard of Android 2.2 was when rumors ignited about a certain HTC Scorpion with a 1.5GHz processor?

Good job Sony Ericsson in getting us drooling over your new Xperia lineup in here. We so want to get our hands on the X10 now — the things we’d do with it, you don’t wanna know!

Inventor Glenn Martin has now partnered with an unnamed international aircraft company and plans to make 500 units every year, selling them for around $86,000.

The good thing about the new Martin jetpack is that it requires no pilot license as it comes with a bunch of redundancy systems to ensure any mistakes don’t turn fatal — all you need are a few hours to accommodate with its technology. Weighing in less than 254 pounds (115kg) and powered by a two-liter V4 two-stroke engine (with rotors made from carbon / Kevlar composite) that sports 200 horsepower (150 kW), for now, the flying machine achieves to stay 30 minutes airborne.

The only drawback is you’ll have to lose some weight if you’re over 240lbs, or put some on you if you’re below 140lbs.

Looks cool, isn’t it?

Twitter’s trust and safety team boss Del Harvey has officially announced on the company’s blog that they’re working on a new new link-screening tool that will automatically detect bad links and spam, and remove them. “By routing all links submitted through this new service, we can detect, intercept and prevent the spread of bad links across all of Twitter. Even if a bad link is already sent out in an email notification,” he added.

Apparently the new link-screening service will shorten all links in a Direct Messages (attacks occur primarily on Direct Messages and email notifications) using the company’s dedicated twt.tl URL shortener.

We have our fingers crossed that this time Twitter will nail spam and phishing, the right way.

And by the way, are you following TFTS on Twitter?

The new Pentax 645D medium-compact DSLR comes with a virtually indestructible chassis made of a highly-durable diecast aluminum, features a 3-inch TFT LCD screen with 921,000 dots, has a 11-point AF sensor and a fresh dust removal system. On top of that there’s a pair of SD / SDHC card slots, an USB 2.0 Hi-Speed port, HDMI output to connect directly to your HDTV or HD monitor, NTSC/PAL Video output and DC input.

Priced at ¥850,000 or some $9,390 at today’s exchange rate, you could expect the new Pentax 645D to bring HDR (High Dynamic Range) mode, dynamic range expansion to compensate for over- and under-exposed sections in the frame, and an extra-wide gradation range. While for an extra ¥100,000 ($1,005) will get you a new set of 55mm F2.8 lens.

Pentax 645D should be available this April/May in Japan.

Someone working at Panda Research got a brand new Vodafone HTC Magic and when trying to hook it up to a computer via USB, the Panda Cloud Antivirus software went crazy. From what they are telling, both the autorun.inf and autorun.exe contain malicious code that the company has identified as a Mariposa bot client capable to infect all computers that dealt with it.

How is that affecting you? Well, there can be major repercussions as the malware could log all of your private data – phone calls, text messages, web passwords and browsing data, “phoning” everything “home”.

On top of that, Panda Research are saying that the Mariposa bot client is not the only thing you should be afraid of, as the Vodafone HTC Magic handset is also supposedly shipping with Confiker and a Lineage password stealing malware.

Vodafone, HTC, that’s not fun guys!

“The Adamo XPS is an engineering marvel and a decisive proof point to Dell’s design and engineer capabilities. As such it is similar to a limited edition product, and most of the supply has been accounted for,” the company said in an official statement to TechRadar, today.

While in the UK the Dell Adamo XPS should be available through select John Lewis stores and on johnlewis.com, in the US the company assured the stylish piece of machinery will be available in select BestBuy stores for some $2,000 — which is higher than the originally announced $1,800.

Not sure about you guys, but reading behind the lines, I’m pretty sure sooner or later Dell will take the Adamo XPS off their list. Could it be because unlike the MacBook Air, the Adamo XPS is probably accounting for a loss rather than making money for the company?

For those out of the know, the Dell Adamo XPS is just over 3 lbs heavy and measures 9.99mm thin, features a 13.4-inch high-definition WXGA LED backlit 720p display, has 4GB of DDR3 RAM, either a 1.4GHz or the 1.9GHz Intel dual-core ULV processor and integrated X4500MHD graphics, along with either a 128GB or 180GB SSD. It runs Windows 7 and comes with Wi-Fi connectivity.

We’ll sure miss you Adamo XPS!

While you may know that already, Samsung Galaxy Spica also brings 3.6Mbps HSDPA/UMTS support, GPS and WiFi connectivity to the table and has a powerful battery that promises up to 7 hours of talk time and 10 days of standby. But there’s a tiny drawback as we’re hearing the handset will be launched with an older version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 1.6. While we’re being assure by the folks from BGR (who are supposedly citing an official rep from Rogers), an update to Android 2.1 is in the works but there’s no timeframe.

Rogers will sell you the Samsung Galaxy Spica for $79.99 if you sign your name on a three-year contract with the Canadian carrier.

Meant for home users but ideal for those who demand much more from it (graphic designers, publishers and photographers), Canon REALiS SX7 Mark II uses the innovative LCOS technology (Liquid Crystal On Silicon) along with the company’s proprietary AISYS light engine technology to handle light. That along with the special color filter for support of Adobe RGB color space and the projector’s AC lamp system (which brings enhanced green and red for more realistic tones), help the new REALiS SX7 Mark II deliver sharp image quality along with exceptional details and colors.

Other features include Color Level and Color Temperature functions that allows you to adjust the intensity of colors with pre-sets, an Ambient Light feature to fine-tune the projector according to the light in a room, a 1.7x power zoom lens, DVI out, and an Off & Go system.

The new Canon REALiS SX7 Mark II projector begins selling this April and will have a not so cheap $6,999 price tag attached.

“We are very excited to be entering the explosive eReader market with a device that brings the best of a traditional reading experience into the digital age,” said Reid Sullivan, Senior Vice President at Samsung Electronics America. “Samsung prides itself on identifying and fulfilling unmet consumer needs through innovation, and the eReader is emblematic of that approach. We are partnering with the best in the business to offer access to an extensive array of content, and have developed innovative features and technologies designed to make reading that content as personal and intimate an experience as reading a hard copy book has always been.”

For those out of the know, the new Samsung E6 e-reader can read e-pub, PDF/a, TXT, bmp and jpg file formats which are being displayed on a 6-inch E-ink display with 8-Gray scale for easy readability both indoors and out, and a 600 by 800 pixel resolution.

It comes with built-in front speakers and a headphone jack to plug it whenever you need some privacy, features the company’s text-to-speech (TTS) technology that will read text aloud. Other specs include Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) connectivity

On top of that there is a built-in MP3 player for your favorite audio content, and 2GB of storage space (expandable by 16GB via a microSD card) for you to store up to 1,500 books or 24,000 pages of memo.

Are you interested guys?

While still far away from any official statement, the HTC Supersonic kind of made us forget that in Europe the HTC Legend and the Desire will be in stores soon. All because of this video that shows a white device similar to the HD2.

From what it looks like it comes with a dual LED flashlight (HTC calls it that way) and an unknowned megapixel camera, but what we’re almost sure of, there’s a 1GHz Snapdragon processor under the hood, 4G WiMax — hinting to a Sprint debut and making us think that for now that’s a US-only, and has HTC’s Sense UI.

Not sure about you guys, but we’ll take one for each member of the TFTS team.

But since we’re looking at a super-high-end model, the M4500 is fitted with many other goodies that include a 64GB SSD MiniCard for high-performance data storage and a revolutionary technology called Dell Precision ON that promises nearly instant access to email, calendar, contacts, the Internet and virtual remote desktops.

Other than the above, the new Dell Precision M4500 has an optional 3 megapixel webcam, a backlit keyboard, multitouch trackpad and a multi-carrier-friendly Gobi 2.0 wireless chip.

Weighing in at 6lbs and measuring just 1.1-inches thick, Dell M4500 also gives you the option for a 9-cell battery pack that for a 7 hours and 40 minutes autonomy, or a 12-cell battery that boasts an astounding battery life.

“It is truly amazing the amount of power that has been packed into the new Dell Precision M4500 mobile workstation,” said Dr. Jon Peddie president of Jon Peddie Research, the industry’s consulting and market research firm in Tiburon, CA. “With a high resolution screen, a super powerful processor and a choice of high-performance GPUs there’s not much I can think of that you can’t do with this machine.”

Yours in the “coming weeks”, the base version will be priced just shy off $1,700.

A sleek piece of machinery, as you probably guessed the MSI X-Slim X360 comes with a 13-inch display that does 1,366 x 768 pixel resolutions, has a 2-in-1 card reader, both HDMI and VGA outputs to connect it to your HDTV or HD monitor, 2 USB 2.0 ports and the regular Wi-Fi and Bluetooth v2.1 connectivity. On top of that, reading the specs lists we learned that there’s also a 1.3MP webcam and twin built-in speakers, along with a battery pack that promises 9 hours of work time between charges.

For now MSI is keeping tight lipped and there’s nothing official regarding pricing or availability, but we’ll make sure you’re updated as soon as we know more.

“The SaberTooth ZT removes the performance tradeoffs that have plagued slim 1.8″ ZIF drives for so long. Now you can get a truly fast ZIF drive that still fits in a standard 1.8″ form factor. By incorporating a DRAM cache, we’ve dramatically improved write speeds over other ZIF drives,” stated Active Media Products’ VP of Sales, Jerry Thomson.

Coming with support for PIO mode 4 and UDMA mode 6, SMART command support and the same physical dimensions as industry standard 1.8-inch hard drives, the new 32GB & 64GB SaberTooth ZT drives are supposedly rugged enough to be used in industrial applications, or for standard laptop and netbook usage. And speaking of the latter, we’re being told they’ll consume less power than the HDD counterpart, which means that you’ll be getting more juice from your battery pack.

Both drives are already available on Amazon, selling at $169 for the 32GB model and $299 for the 64GB version.

“Given how demanding and discerning consumers are nowadays, we were delighted to receive such acclaim from the public and media at the CES for our new mobile PC,” stated Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “It’s a vindication of LG’s efforts to maintain the very highest standards in design without any sacrifices in high-tech or functionality, and ensure our consumers’ experiences with LG PCs just keep getting better.”

Seen as a competitor to the Vaio X and the MacBook Air (quite hard to beat the Core2Duo to be honest), other than the above, the LG X300 will be available with a 11.6-inch LCD screen, a spare two-cell battery to provide up to seven hours of use and the fan-less design you’ve heard us talking about.

Just 970 grams heavy and measuring only 17.5mm thick, the X300 also manges to hide a 1.3-megapixel webcam (with You-Cam viewer) and SRS TruSurround HD sound.

Although prices are to vary country-to-country, we managed to find out that in Korea, the thin LG X300 will go for 1,590,000 Won (or some $1,424 at today’s rate).

Similar to Sony’s new Bravia range, both the BDP-S470 and the BDP-S570 have a “Monolithic Design” that makes them eye-catching. Other than looking good and delivering 3D content, the devices can be hooked up to the Internet which means you get BRAVIA Internet Video streaming and BD live — the BDP-S570 has built-in Wi-Fi while the BDP-S470 is Wireless LAN ready (with the USB Wireless LAN adaptor sold separately).

Other specs for Sony’s BDP-S570 include iPhone/iPod Touch remote control, DVD upscaling to 1080p with Precision Cinema HD Upscaling, DLNA compatibility, an USB port and 1GB of built-in memory. As for the BDP-S470, it’s much like its bigger brother, but without any sign of storage space.

Both models will hit the market this month, but we can’t tell for sure how much these will sell for, however, word is they’ll be priced at $200 and $250 respectively.

Coming with the same “pebble smooth” design that made its sibling so attractive, Samsung Go N315 gets a chiclet style keyboard the same 10.1 inch LCD display (1024 x 600 resolution). There’s also 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a 1.3 megapixel camera, integrated card reader, built-in Wi-Fi (b/g/n) connectivity, 3x USB posts and a 10/100 LAN port.

Other than having a much more powerful processor and a bit of extra storage space, the main differences between the two is that the N315 comes with Windows 7 Started Edition on board and will sport a 4-cell battery pack that is supposedly good for up to four and a half hours. No word if Samsung Go N315 will come with an optional endurance battery pack that gives you 11 hours of work time between charges, what we can confirm is that when released in the US, the new netbook will cost $429.

It should be available right now on Amazon for pre-order.

On the other hand, the Sony DR-320DPV are similar with the DR-350USB as they feature adjustable headband and foam earpads, connect via the audio socket and have volume control instead of the mute function. The DR-320DPV comes in gold, blue, red and black.

Last but not least, the lower-end Sony DR-310DP are available in pink, white, silver and green, and given its slender band it’s a fact that they’re aimed at dudettes. Along with a separate volume control, the DR-310DP come with a microphone located into the headphones.

The new Sony DR-350USB, the DR-320DPV and the DR-31DPV headphones will be available this April, but at this moment we have absolutely no clue how much they’ll cost. We’ll keep you posted though.

But as cool as it may be, we’re afraid that’s going to cost a LOT.

Other than detailing the Nunchuk controller which is said to have two parts and be shorter than the Wii’s version, the same guy said that the wand comes with “one very big button on top”, facebuttons (X, O, Triangle and Square) and a trigger marked “T”, underneath.

What we know so far is that the PS3 Arc motion controller will be out sometime this fall, but we have no official wording regarding a Nunchuk add-on. But rest assured, the company will have more for us at this week’s press event at the Moscone Center, on Wednesday.

Looks like an interesting layout, don’t you think?

[Image credit: VG247]

This Wednesday, the press conference will be held in a flagship BestBuy store in Manhattan, and we’re being told there will be a “photo/video opportunity of the first sale of the world’s first-ever full HD 3D home theater system.” That includes the VT25 TV set, the DMP-BDT350 Blu-ray player and active shutter glasses, costing around $3,000.

Considering that US is said to account for half of the company’s worldwide sales target for 2010 (1 million units), cheaper prices are the final push to drive adoption of the technology.

The new Panasonic 3D televisions will be available for demo in 300 stores shortly, with 1000 locations getting them by the end of the year.