Another new digital camera…we know. This time around Olympus brought us word this week of the Olympus SP-570 UZ, priced at around $500. The company notes this particular model for its 20x, wide-angle optical zoom (26-520mm equivalent).

The SP-570UZ, besides the optical zoom, offers up an impressive 10-megapixels coupled with a f2.8-4.5 lens. You get a bevy of advanced features with this particular Olympus model, including a 2.7-inch LCD with anti-glare, dual image stabilization, face detection, shadow adjustment and full manual control.

This new Olympus camera will be available come March. Get the full details after the jump.

Olympus this week unveiled a trio of new Stylus compact digital cameras which it says offer dual image stabilization, 2.7-inch LCDs and a feature called “Perfect Shot Preview.” These models are the Stylus 840, Stylus 1010 and Stylus 1020 and pricing will range between about $250 and $350.

Perfect Shot Preview, as described by Olympus, “enables users to preview and select various photographic effects on a live, multi-window screen before snapping the shot.” The Stylus 1010 and 1020 will both offer 10-megapixels of shooting ability, with the Stylus 840 chiming in at 8-megapixels.

Expect all three Stylus digital cameras in stores by March. You can get the full details after the jump.

Fujifilm is another company showing off this week some new digital cameras. One of these, for those prosumers out there, is the SLR-like Fujifilm FinePix S8100fd. It is priced at around $400.

The Fujifilm FinePix S8100fd offers up a 10-megapixel experience and is outfitted with a “Fujinon 18x Wide Angle Optical Zoom fixed lens, which offers a 27mm-486mm equivalent.” It is a sealed, fixed lens system to keep out dust as well as perhaps helping to cut price. Major features include enhanced face detection technology, dual image stabilization and a 2.5-inch wide LCD display.

The FinePix S8100fd should be available in March. For full details, check out the press release after the jump.

Canon is introducing this week a new entry level digital SLR to its popular line of EOS Rebel digital cameras. It is called the Canon EOS Rebel XSi and pricing is set at around $800 for a body only kit and $900 for a lens kit which includes the EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS zoom lens.

The Rebel Xsi is a 12.2-megapixel shooter which Canon has dressed up with “an improved autofocus sensor, enhanced 14-bit A/D conversion, an advanced Live View function, and the proprietary DIGIC III image processor.” Canon has also newly designed this camera’s CMOS sensor.

The Canon EOS Rebel Xsi will be available in April. To get all the details on this new camera, check out the full press release after the jump.

Sony, the proclaimed leader in the high-definition camcorder category, rolled into CES this week with six new HD camcorder models. They offer features like 1920 x 1080 resolution recording and face detection technology. Sony says “the SR12, SR11, SR10, UX20 and UX10 models will all ship in March for about $1,400, $1,200, $1,000, $1,000 and $800, respectively. The HDR-HC9 camcorder will ship in February for about $1,100.”

The consumer electronics giant added that all these new camcorders feature a new high-profile encoding system and, depending upon the model, offer other must haves like high resolution digital still captures and hybrid/hybrid plus movie recording.

You can get the full details of these new Sony HD camcorders after the jump.

Nokia has announced a new CDMA mobile phone called the Nokia 2135. The new gabber is expected to be introduced into the North American marketplace later this fall and features a nice array of features for an introductory model. This new model will target those just looking to stay in touch with others and aren’t concerned about any of the bells or the whistles.

The handset does have a speakerphone for hands-free talks, user-assignable ringtones to identify different callers, a built-in calendar and voice recorder good for up to 60 seconds of note taking and a phonebook holding up to 400 different entries. Battery life is also decent for 3 and a half hours of talk or 11 days of standby. The phone will come in two color models, one with a black keypad and the other in silver to complement the unit’s silver finish. No price was provided but Nokia did use the word “affordable” more than once.

VTech today unveiled a hip-looking landline phone system which can also take and receive cellular calls via Bluetooth. The new LS5145 is priced at around $150.

The VTech LS5145 has a self-described “ultra-modern” design. This cordless phone system, expandable up to 12 handsets, functions in the 5.8GHz wireless spectrum and sports a full color display and blue backlit keypad. In addition to landline calls, this system can be paired with up to eight Bluetooth devices, letting one take calls from their cell phone on the LS5145 handset when within range. The Bluetooth pairing also lets you take landline calls on a Bluetooth headset.

For $99 with a 2-year contract via T-Mobile, the Samsung Beat music phone seems like a pretty good thing. There’s a fairly loud green speaker on the front as seen in the photo to pump out your tunes, and the phone has a pretty decent set of features for the price.

At 1.8 x 3.5 x 0.7 inches and weighing just 2.72 ounces the flip-phone is a microsize, but has a quad band frequency set with a battery that lasts up to 6 hours and decent ingoing and outgoing signals. The phone supports a 2GB microSD and comes stock with a 1GB microSD card. Take snapshots with the 1.3 MP camera, and receive vibrating alerts with Photo caller ID. For those who use it, Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology is provided for your convenience.

CellPoint has recently acquired a couple of Bluetooth headset product lines from Gennum, one of which is called the nX6000 and we recently had the opportunity to review it here at the ‘Brick. This model wasn’t Gennum’s first crack at the mobile headset market. Prior to this version was the nXZEN PLUS 5500 and in our opinion they’ve done quite a nice job with improving the look while still maintaining a very quality product.

There are a few main features of the nX6000 that are important to point out, which are also key things we look for when choosing a good headset, the first of these being its size. This device measures only 1.75 x 0.8 x 0.5 inches and weighs a mere 0.38 ounces making it a feasible solution for multiple continuous hours of comfortable use. It comes packaged with 3 different sizes of ear tips and 2 different sized ear hooks. The ear tips are designed to fit slightly inside your ear which makes a much clearer sound and helps keep the device in place. Some headsets that do not do this will flop around when the wearer moves their head, making a loose feel. Even with glasses the device was easy to wear and fit comfortably.

SouthWing, a developer of Bluetooth products, announced today a new Bluetooth headset available for sale through AT&T. The SH440, while not the prettiest girl on the block, seems to at least have a thoughtful price of around $50.

The SouthWing SH440 offers some interesting features to help distinguish it among budget Bluetooth headsets. When you first turn it on the headset automatically goes into pairing mode and uses voice guidance to help you find a connection with your mobile. The SH440 also uses the same voice to speak the number calling you, as well as telling you how much battery talk time is left.

As people that put on frequent air mileage know, making and taking international calls on your cell phone can be a chore at the best of times and impossible at the worst of times. The people at National Geographic certainly have first-hand experience with this frustration, with their video teams traveling to the furthest regions of the globe, so who better to try and solve this dilemma than them?

National Geograhic and Playa del Rey-based Cellular Abroad have come up with a solution with the National Georgraphic Talk Abroad Travel Phone, a …

The BlackBerry 8800 is the thinnest BlackBerry handset yet and aims to satisfy everyone by combining important features from the successful BlackBerry 8100 and the business-oriented 8700.

The quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE-enabled 8800 provides integrated support for voice and data applications, including phone, email, text messaging, web browser, organizer, multimedia, GPS, and more.

Navigation on the 8800 is accomplished through the full QWERTY keyboard and RIM’s trackball navigation system. The landscape display makes it easy to view emails, attachments, pictures, videos, web pages, business applications, and games. A sensor automatically adjusts the brightness …

I have a cell phone that I use strictly for its functional purpose – to make phone calls. I choose not to “personalize” my phone with ringtones, faceplates, photos, or smells. In wireless industry parlance, this makes me an “Adult Adopter”.

comScore Networks recently published a study that focused on trends in the wireless industry. The part of the study I was most interested in is the study of behavior and attitudes that wireless consumers have towards their mobile phones. The survey was conducted from October 25, 2006 to November …

Sandisk recently announced that they along with Toshiba are planning on shipping their next generation of NAND flash memory in the first quarter of 2007 as they begin a transition in production at one of their joint wafer fabrication plants. The transition will mark the beginning of producing 56 nanometer multi-level cell flash memory chips from the previous 70 nanometer production. This will create the industry’s highest available density in a single chip MLC NAND flash memory.

This release comes after a number of recent announcements from …

Blizzard Entertainment, the publisher of World of Warcraft and the upcoming Burning Crusade has launched a flash based mini site for the game. The site features some small games, some movies detailing the game play and a lot of explanations for the new features in the game.

Each mini game that you win allows you to collect another jewel into your inventory. If you win each mini game you can unlock hidden content and downloads on the site.

The movies feature the new races,the Draenei and …