There have been many examples of the users criticizing their smartphones with performance based complaints but, it seldom happens that a behemoth as big as Nokia itself comes out taking responsibility of a handset’s poor user interface. It was Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president of markets at Nokia who mentioned that the N97 experience was unsatisfactory, indeed it was a tremendous disappointment which Nokia did not anticipate.

In terms of the number of units sold, Nokia N97 has been a tremendous success but, the disheartening

Marvel has partnered with RTC23 to release “the ultimate comic fan’s TV”. C’mon, you know you’ve been waiting for a TV branded with Superhero images. The 22, 32, 42 and 55-inch LCDs/40 and 46-inch LED HDTVs feature Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Wolverine, Thor and other characters on the bottom corners of the frame as well as on a themed splash screen that appears for 8 seconds when you turn on the TV.

Even if you love Marvel Comics, it’s bound to get old staring at the same images though. The smaller LCD sets

The new range of notebooks from the house of Samsung has made it to BestBuy. The new notebooks, namely R480, R580 and R780 are the ones you can now pick up on BestBuy. Significant, in the meantime, is the fact that the R780 is being only offered on Bestbuy.com, making it an exclusive for the online store. All three notebooks will be available starting on March 7.

A bit on the BestBuy exclusive first. Yes the Samsung R780 (pictured) is what we have on focus. The notebook runs Core i5 CPU and comes loaded with Windows 7 Home

This Sustainable City Lights concept is the latest in eco-friendly lighting. Each lamp post uses solar and wind energy for itself, and will use LEDs only when people are in it’s presence. When people are not nearby, it conserves energy by emitting only a soft glow.

The Sustainable City Lights open and close like a flower bud to harvest energy. Any surplus energy is returned to the main grid to use for other things. This is a not only practical, but pretty stylish as well.

Much better than a standard street

One of the most anticipated updates of this year has been the Android 2.1 OTA release for the Motorola Droid and sadly the users of the smartphone have done nothing more than anticipating. Here is something which will give those users inspiration to go on as we get to preview the Android 2.1 performance on the Motorola Droid courtesy of a droid-life video. We fail to understand how droid-life managed to receive an official Android 2.1 update on the Motorola Droid when the Google OS update has not yet gone public.

Our doubts aside, what we

Sony Japan has announced the NV-U35 GPS for bike owners. This portable GPS is weather proof, so it’s perfect to put on your handlebars and take with you while hiking or bike racing or whatever you do on two wheels.

Some specs include GPS with support for 3D view, 3.5 inch QVGA scratch resistant screen, 8GB of onboard memory, and support for popular video, audio and image formats. The NV-U35 will be available in April in Japan for 37,000 Yen (or about $ 400).

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These Multi-Purpose Gloves feature a LED light which can be positioned in one of four areas to help in you see in confined dark spaces where a torch may not fit. They also free up your hands allowing you to concentrate on the job. Each gloves has a micro-textured grip enhancing polymer material and a micro-terrycloth perspiration pad. The LED light is powered by a button battery and can provide up to 14 hours of operating time. The LED bulbs life is approx 50k hours. You can purchase these Multi-Purpose Gloves at Amazon for $22.95. [Product

ASUS has showed off its new Xonar Xense headset at the CeBIT 2010 tradeshow in Hannover, Germany. It is actually a combination of a soundcard and gaming headphones. The ASUS Xonar Xense is able to produce 7Vrms of power, thanks to a built-in headphone amplifier. These high-end headphones also supports EAX, DirectSound, Dolby and GX 2.5 audio engine, which allows you to customise the sound profile to a particular game genre. [Pocket-lint]

Solid State Storage is the future in storage technology. It is already becoming very common in the high-end computer enthusiast desktops and laptops. Prices per GB are dropping every day and new faster and higher capacity models keep coming. The latest contendor is SanDisk with their new G3 SSD which is supposed to be a real screamer when it comes to speed. It will be available in both 60GB and 120 GB capacities and is supposed to double the speed of a typical 7,200 rpm HDD, with read speeds of upto 220 MB/s and write speeds of upto 120

Want a new look for your PS3? Anything beats the usual black, but the XCM Cyberchrome PS3 case makes your console look extra sexy. Check out that shiny chrome exterior. Hey, it will match your vintage toaster and let you admire yourself while playing games.

It will cost you $70, but at least your PS3 will stand out from the crowd. Maybe blind you when the light shines into your dark gaming abode, after an all night gaming session.

Sony should offer this.

[Technabob]