You mad, they cripple. You jelly, they crack. You gay, they poker face. Alright, that isn’t very accurate. Anyway, besides showing off their dual-screen Echo smartphone at CTIA, Kyocera also showed an interesting concept phone, which is pictured above. As our mood can be told by our movements and body language, Kyocera thinks that these handsets would physically morph to express the mental state of your caller and you. Not sure why they want to do that, but next time when you’re in a bad mood due to your PMS, just show him your phone. The black slab on the left would represent a good mood while the one on the far right is clearly all worked up about something. Probably a good start, but I think they should focus on more interesting features instead of showing off your mood to people when you want to compress them.

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Photographers worldwide rejoice, as Kingston expands their new Class 10 microSDHC cards lineup. Kingston has just added two new members to its Class 10 microSDHC card line-up by launching the 4GB and 8GB models. Just like the 16GB model, these tiny cards come with Class 10 speed specification and promise to deliver a minimum data transfer rate of 10MB/s. The 4GB and 8GB models are priced at $23 and $38 respectively. SD adapters are included.

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NZXT has announced a new mid-tower PC case called the H2. Unlike their other case, this new H2 is actually very simplistic and low-profile with no bling-bling and funky shapes. The case is very silent as it features noise dampening foam and a top magnetic fan cover for minimal operation noise. There’s a top I/O panel with one USB 3.0 port, three USB 2.0 ports, two audio ports, and a fan controller. It also has three external 5.25-inch drive bays, eight internal 3.5-inch/2.5-inch trays (screwless rail design), seven expansion slots and supports up to five fans (three 120mm fans are included, with dust filters too). The H2 retails for $99.

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Here’s a new speaker that the feminine race might actually like. The latest Hercules XPS Diamond 2.0 USB speaker kit has a design that looks like jewels. The speaker consists of two mini-satellites that feature a black lacquered finish along with a see-through base. Each of the satellite measures just 3.5-inch in diameter, and the kit comes equipped with an exclusive black velvet carrying pouch. The Hercules XPS Diamond 2.0 USB speaker kit will be launched in April 2011 for $39.99.

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The highly anticipated new iPad from Apple has arrived in UK. Though, it’s expected that the iPad’s price in UK will be higher when compared to US due to VAT. The iPad 2 in the UK retails for £399 ($642) for the 16GB wiFi model, £479 ($771) for the 32GB WiFi model and £559 ($900) for the 64GB model. Prices for the 3G and WiFi iPad 2 start at £499 ($803) for the 16GB model, £579 ($932) for the 32GB model and £659 ($1,060) for the 64GB WiFi and 3G model.

Countries that are getting iPad 2 launch today include:

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Canada
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• UK

Samsung showed off its 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab with Honeycomb last month over at Barcelona, but shortly after, Apple announced and launched their new second generation iPad, which raised the standard for tablets’ ergonomics and performance. It’s light, it’s thin, and yet it’s powerful. Even Samsung isn’t very happy of how their yet-to-be-launched Galaxy Tab 10.1 faired when compared to the new iPad 2.

Therefore, Samsung went back to the drawing board, and gave the yet-to-be-released Galaxy Tab 10.1 a quick diet mission. Now the updated Galaxy Tab 10.1 is showing up at CTIA 2011 being 2.3mm thinner. It measures only 8.6mm thick and weights 595 grams, which is both thinner and lighter than the new iPad 2, by a tiny bit. The display is a Xoom-like 1280×800 using Samsung’s PLS display technology. The iPad 2 by comparison is 8.8mm thick and weighs 601 grams.

Like the Galaxy S II, this new honeycomb tablet will get HSPA+ 21.1 support, as well as 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi with two spatial streams. The SoC used here is still unknown, as with the case of the Galaxy S II, it might be Nvidia Tegra 2 SoC or Samsung’s in-house Orion processor. Samsung is promising LTE and WiMAX versions of the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 as well.
Ergonomics aren’t the only area in which Samsung is competitive with the iPad 2; there’s also pricing. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 WiFi will be available in 16GB and 32GB versions, priced at an iPad 2 competitive $499 and $599 respectively. The 10.1 will be available starting June 8th. Arrival of 3G variants are yet to be known.

The last time Nvidia release a dual-GPU graphic card, it’s in January of 2009 in the form of the GeForce GTX 295. However, the Fermi cards arrived, and the GeForce GTX 400 series cards didn’t have any dual-GPU version among them, as Nvidia probably had problems with heavy power leakage and heat issues.

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The amazing things about Japan at times really made us respect them. The culture and the ethics of the Japanese are things worth learning. When the 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan, their roads cracked, and cracked roads are stopping or slowing down transportation of food and supplies to critical areas hit by the tsunami. Therefore Nexco Japan, the company that is responsible to repair the affected roads and highway of Kanto area. It took the company mere six days to repair and reconstruct a terribly damaged Kanto Highway, and the pictures speak for themselves.

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