This sort of thing would have seemed like magic to us many years ago. Imagine pointing your handset at an object, taking a photo of it and sending it to a database to get further information. It’s like a real life Google. It’s called Point & Find by Nokia. The beta version is now available in the UK and the US, and it will be expanded to other services and countries in the future.

According to Nokia Point & Find general manager, Philipp Schloter, “With Nokia Point & Find, businesses are able to target engaging experiences and calls-to-action to consumers. We believe that this first Nokia Point & Find-based service for movies will add something special to the cinema experience. Simply by pointing their camera phone at a poster for a new movie, people can watch the trailer, read reviews, and find the closest cinema where it is playing.”

The PS3 is getting yet another firmware update, this time in the form of 2.70 so that Sony can hopefully enhance your connected experience while using the PS3. What are some of the changes that we can expect?

There’s a new Text Chat feature that allows you to keep in touch with your PlayStation Network friends online, that lets you chat with up to 15 different contacts at the same time with the help of a Wireless Keypad. Some other updates are: Friends list on the XMB (XrossMediaBar), Sort your friends via their online status, Attach larger files to the messages you send (from 1MB to 3MB), Video delivery service on PlayStation Store, and Videos you’ve purchased for your PSP system can now be transferred to your PS3 for playback.

I’m not a big fan of Bluetooth headsets personally; I prefer to just hold my phone to my ear. However, in some states you have to use hands free devices to be able to use cell phones while driving. If you live in one of those states, a Bluetooth hands free kit or headset is required.

BlueAnt has announced a new Bluetooth headset called the Q1 that has some very interesting features. The most important feature is that the device can be controlled using voice commands. The headset responds to spoken commands like redial, call back, answer/ignore call, and check battery.

Of all the people I know who use cell phones, the single most common application they use is texting. A few of my friends text pretty much constantly and prefer texting to voice calls, which many users do. For the heavy text user, a phone that is designed for easy texting is necessary.

Kyocera has announced two new phones that are aimed at heavy text users and have a low price. The first of the two handsets is the Kyocera G2GO M2000 slider. A full QWERTY keyboard slides out in landscape mode for easy texting. The device supports Bluetooth, SMS, EMS, MMS, IM, and POP3/IMPA email. A 1.3-megapixel camera phone is built-in and memory expansion is up to 8GB with a microSD card.

The economy is bad and computer sales are at the lowest point seen in years. Many of the top computer makers in the world are laying off employees to maintain profitability and viability. Despite the poor performance of the computer industry as a whole, the netbook segment of the market is booming.

DisplaySearch reports that netbooks are expected to grow 65% year over year in 2009 for a total of 27 million units expected to ship. The traditional notebook market as a whole is expected to grow only 3% year over year.

When it comes to video cards for gamers there are two brands to chose from — ATI and NVIDIA. The two companies routinely fight for the title of most power video card and make a slew of parts for gamers shopping in the mid-range where prices aren’t too high.

NVIDIA has announced a new mid-range video card called the GTX 275 that will sell in the $229 to $249 price range. You can count on the factory-overclocked versions of the card form XFX, BFG, and EVGA to sell for more than that though.

Have you been desperately desiring the TomTom Go 740 LIVE, but can’t get one because it hasn’t been available in the US? Well, today is your lucky day. The company just announced that the device is available stateside. Feel free to bask in the Internet-connected GPS experience.

You’ll be able to get traffic and accident reports as they happen, find out if roads are closed and know the weather at your destination. All this and more can now be at your fingertips. Use your power wisely.

ViewSonic just announced another LCD model for your consideration. The VT2230 LCD TV is a 22-incher, for those who need a smaller screen that offers a high quality image. It features a 16:9 aspect ratio with 1080p resolution, 5ms response time, 8,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and 300cd/m2 brightness.

Decent specs for an LCD that will be tucked away in that small area in your home. This one comes with several integrated tuners including NTSC, ATSC and QAM. The connections include HDMI, VGA, composite and S-Video inputs. You can get the ViewSonic VT2230 LCD TV now for a reasonable $349.

Sotec’s latest netbook is Hello Kitty-branded, but don’t let that fool you. It packs some heat when it comes to performance. Powered by an Intel Atom N270 1.60-GHZ processor and 1GB of RAM, it runs Windows 7 with ease, as you’ll see in the video below.

The netbook performed decently with normal web surfing with data being transferred in the background and also when opening 400 pictures in Bridge. Need more? Even while editing in Photoshop CS3 with that 1.6 Ghz Atom CPU and 1 GB of RAM.

The MOTORAZR2 V9 Ferrari Special Edition is constructed using plastic, metal and glass with a gloss black finish that is sure to get all smudged up with fingerprints. The handset will be available as a special edition in Malaysia.

Priced at $384, the phone is pretty much the same as the normal version of the phone. The MOTORAZR2 V9 Ferrari also features special edition Ferrari screensavers, wallpapers and ringtones if you’re into that sort of thing.

Kyocera intro’d two new CDMA phones, the G2GO M2000 & Laylo M1400, at CTIA 2009. Both are sliders on the budget end of the spectrum. The Kyocera G2GO M2000 sports a 2.4-inch display. Some main features include e-mail, speakerphone, messaging, 1.3-megapixel camera, microSD card slot, WAP browser, voice dialing, personal organizer, Bluetooth with stereo, 500-contact phone book, 3G support and of course, a music player.

The Kyocera Laylo M1400 features a slide-out standard numeric keypad, 2.2-inch display, Bluetooth, 500-contact phone book, VGA camera, text and multimedia messaging, speaker-independent voice recognition, speakerphone, WAP browser, instant messaging, personal organizer and a voice memo recorder.

MSI’s new AMD based notebook, the GX733 is aimed at gamers and multimedia fans. Hence the 17-inch screen and a 5.1 Dolby Theater class sound system, with a sub woofer. The notebook sports MSI’s ECO Engine so you can switch between five different power modes, each with offering different energy consumption and performance options.

Some other features include: 17-inch widescreen display, AMD Turion X2 dual-core CPU, ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4670 3D Graphic Card with DDR3 512 MB VRAM, AMD RX781+SB700 Chipset, HD Audio, 4 Speakers + 1 Sub Woofer, Maximum 500 GB SATA HDD, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, max 4GB, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n WLAN Card.

The HTC Snap is a sexy and thin Windows Mobile 6.1 phone featuring an “Inner Circle” button that helps filter content in email from the people closest to you. It should be easy to use with the trackball and the qwerty keyboard. The keyboard buttons also have a new design.

Some specs include: # 528Mhz CPU (Qualcomm), 192MB RAM, 116.5 x 61.5 x 12mm, 120g (4.23oz), HSDPA/WCDMA 7.2Mbps, Quad-band GSM, Trackball, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0, WI-Fi, 2 Megapixel Camera, 1500mAh Battery, MicroSD Slot.

April 1st. Are you sick of all the shenanigans, hijinx and tomfoolery yet? I have one more for you. Here’s the first laptop for dogs. The PetBook K9 from Toshiba.

100% Organic Rawhide Casing is easily chewed. Built-in DoggyCam for Canine Video Conferencing. Pawprint Reader for extra security. Also features Bark-to-text software. Complete with bone shaped touchpad and is slobber resistant.

Not that there’s any chance in hell of getting a new iPhone that looks like an old school gameboy, but I’m hoping I can find me this cool case at least. Who cares if it cuts your screen size?

It’s what you might expect if Steve Jobs was a Nintendo fanboy. Someone somewhere probably made this themselves. Another cool wrap that would look good over your iPhone is a Vintage Walkman. I have no idea where to get one. I just thought it was cool.