BlackBerry Pearl
A BlackBerry Pearl smartphone is seen in an illustration released on September 10, 2008. (Reuters/Brodeur Partners)
Research In Motion Ltd is launched a flip version of its popular BlackBerry Pearl smartphone, a move that reasserts its push into the retail consumer market. (Reuters/Brodeur Partners)
The first-ever flip BlackBerry comes loaded with multimedia features such as a video and music player and a 2-megapixel camera with flash, as well as a Web browser and an abridged keyboard. (Reuters/Brodeur Partners)
It will be available from T-Mobile USA later this year for an undisclosed price. (Photo/Research in Motion)
BlackBerry
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is the first BlackBerry that folds up. It will be available from T-Mobile USA later this year for an undisclosed price. (AP Photo/Research in Motion)
A BlackBerry Pearl smart phone is seen in an illustration released to Reuters by Brodeur Partners September 10, 2008. the first-ever flip BlackBerry comes loaded with multimedia features. (Reuters/Brodeur Partners)
A model of Canada's Research in motion shows off its smartphone 'BlackBerry 8707h' during a press conference in Tokyo. (AFP Photo/Toru Yamanaka)
The new Apple iPhone is seen in New York on Friday, June 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Japan's computer giant Fujitsu employee displays the new mobile information terminal 'Flepia' with a 12-inch sized electronic paper display with a touch screen function(AFP)
An employee of Sony displays noise-canceling earphones for music mobile phones or a Walkman cellular, which reduces ambient noise by 75 percent, at the company's exhibition in Tokyo on Thursday, September 13, 2007. Sony will put it on the market in November. (AFP)
CEATEC trade show
A model displays Japanese mobile communication giant NTT docomo's prototype mobile phone, which enables it to separate its display and keyboard parts at Asia's largest electronics trade show CEATEC in Tokyo. (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
Toshiba employee displays the prototype model of a mobile phone, powered by a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) battery and methanol cartridge for refueling at Asia's largest electronics trade show CEATEC in Chiba. (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
A model displays Japanese mobile communication giant NTT docomo's prototype mobile phone, which enables it to separate its display and keyboard parts at Asia's largest electronics trade show CEATEC in Tokyo. (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
A model displays Japanese mobile communication giant NTT docomo's prototype mobile phone, which enables it to separate its display and keyboard parts at Asia's largest electronics trade show CEATEC in Tokyo on October 1, 2008. (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
Toshiba employee displays the prototype model of a mobile phone, powered by a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) battery and methanol cartridge for refueling at Asia's largest electronics trade show CEATEC in Chiba on October 1, 2008. (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
Camera: D90
Japanese camera giant Nikon's new digital single lens reflex (SLR) camera 'D90', equipped with a 12.3 mega-pixel CMOS sensor at a Tokyo hotel on August 27, 2008. (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
A model displays Nikon's new digital single lens reflex (SLR) camera 'D90', equipped with a 12.3 mega-pixel at a Tokyo hotel on August 27, 2008. (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
Music players
US singer Leah Dizon displays a new digital audio player, produced by JVC, equipped with a built-in 2GB flash memory and a OLED display, in Tokyo on Wednesday, August 08, 2007. (AFP)
The new Apple iPod Nano that was unveiled in San Francisco on Wednesday, August 5, 2007.
Sony's NWZ-A810 video walkman released on Thursday, August 30, 2007. The new U.S. version of Sony Walkman includes the ability to play digital video. (Reuters)
Sony Corp's new rolling digital music player 'Rolly'' is displayed at Sony Dealer Convention in Tokyo on Wednesday, September 12, 2007. (Reuters)
Sony's NWZ-A810 video walkman released on Thursday, August 30, 2007. The new U.S. version of Sony Walkman includes the ability to play digital video. (Reuters)
Singapore's Creative Technology lauching a new audio player, Zen Touch, their answer to Apple's iPod in Singapore.(AFP)
3G Watch phone
LG has unveiled a brand new 3G Watch Phone - LG GD910. (AFP Photo)
The GD910 features touch screen technology and are touted to have one of the slickest interfaces you may have seen in a watch phone (assuming you may have seen any other watch phone before). (AFP Photo)
It is based on WCDMA (wideband code division multiple access) phone supports the latest 7.2Mbps HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) data system, allowing fast download speeds. (AFP Photo)
LG Pearl Black LCD TV
This image released by Sony shows a side view of their 11-inch XEL-1 television. Sony on Sunday, January 6, 2008 said it is introducing to the U.S. market a high-quality organic LED television only as thick as three stacked credit cards. (AP Photo/Sony)
Models pose during the launch of LG Electronics India Pearl Black LCD television in New Delhi. (AFP Photo/Tauseef Mustafa)
A Model poses during the launch of LG Electronics India Pearl Black LCD television in New Delhi. (AFP Photo/Tauseef Mustafa)
A Model poses during the launch of LG Electronics India Pearl Black LCD television in New Delhi. (AFP Photo/Tauseef Mustafa)
A Model poses during the launch of LG Electronics India Pearl Black LCD television in New Delhi. (AFP Photo/Tauseef Mustafa)
iPod Nano
Redesigned iPod Nano on display for the media at Apple's 'Let's Rock' media event in San Francisco, California on September 9, 2008. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith)
Apple iPod Nano is displayed during an Apple special event in San Francisco, California. (Photo/Justin Sullivan)
Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs speaks as colorful redesigned iPod Nano are displayed at Apple's 'Let's Rock' media event in San Francisco, California on September 9, 2008. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith)
Redesigned iPod Nano on display for the media at Apple's 'Let's Rock' media event in San Francisco, California on September 9, 2008. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith)
Redesigned iPod Nano on display for the media at Apple's 'Let's Rock' media event in San Francisco, California on September 9, 2008. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks during an Apple's 'Let's Rock' event in San Francisco, California on September 9, 2008. (Photo/Justin Sullivan)
iPhone 3G
Apple Inc. unveiled a next-generation iPhone with faster Internet access that will run on advanced wireless networks and sell for as low as $199 -- half the current entry-level price. (Reuters/Apple/Handout)
A lady displays the new iPhone3G during its India launch in the city of Calcutta. (Photo/Sayantan Ghosh) (BCCL)
Apple CEO Steve Job gestures in front of an image of an Apple iPhone at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Apple's iPhone launched, a next-generation iPhone with faster Internet access that will run on advanced wireless networks and sell for as low as $199. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
The new iPhone3G on display during its India launch in the city of Calcutta. (Photo/Sayantan Ghosh) (BCCL)
Apple Inc. launched next-generation iPhone 3G. (AP Photo/Apple Inc.)
Hi-Kara
A model demonstrates 'Hi-Kara' from the Japanese toymaker 'Takara Tomy' at Tokyo's International Toy Show on Thursday, June 19, 2008. (Reuters/Yuriko Nakao)
A model demonstrates 'Hi-Kara' from the Japanese toymaker 'Takara Tomy' at Tokyo's International Toy Show on Thursday, June 19, 2008. (Reuters/Yuriko Nakao)