Just as you will see plenty of cellphone announcements at Mobile World Congress, PMA 2010 is the place to be if you fancy digital cameras. Canon has unveiled a quartet of new PowerShots there, where two of those are highly advanced models which we'll look at. The SX210 IS will target advanced users as it boasts an extremely long-range 14X (28-392mm equivalent) lens and a 14-megapixel sensor. You can also record 720p videos on it, while storage shouldn't be a problem with it playing nice with the new SDXC memory card format. Available in bright black, gold and purple colors, the Canon PowerShot SX210 IS will retail for $350 when it ships later next month. More on the Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS in the extended post.

It is safe to assume that most, if not all, of us would like to feel welcome wherever we go, but the Scale Rug that you see here might not offer the same emotional comfort especially when it deals with folks who are overweight. After all, it shows your previous weight, present weight and goal weight each time you step on it, constantly prodding your conscience to do something about the ballooning waistline of yours. On the bright side of this concept, the rug itself can be removed and sent for cleaning. Sounds neat, but on the practical aspects of things, this is one concept that shouldn't see the light of day anytime soon.

We are pretty surprised that it took this long for a stethoscope to go the way of hands-free headsets, picking up Bluetooth technology in the process. 3M ensures this happens by working with Zargis Medical, where their partnership resulted in the 3M Littmann Bluetooth Stethoscope. As the name implies, it increases the physician's ability to get more out of an exam, boasting the capability of transfering recordings to a computer so that one can have a historical set of audio playback for future analysis, or perhaps even share selective sounds with colleagues for a second opinion. You get 24x sound amplification and proprietary Ambient Noise Reduction (ANR) Technology with each of the 3M Littmann Bluetooth Stethoscope, but it can't be used to tune in to Lady Gaga's latest on your iPod.

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2010 which will be held at Barcelona, Spain, next week is the platform where Inbrics announces its new Android-powered MID M1 which will come with a 3.7" AMOLED touchscreen display alongside a slide-out QWERTY keyboard just in case dealing with a virtual keyboard is just not your cup of tea. Of course, you get the entire range of connectivity options that most of us take for granted these days, including Wi-Fi, GPS support, Bluetooth, 3G or WiMAX. Apart from that, there is a 3-megapixel camera to capture your impromptu memories on the go, a front-facing VGA camera for video calls, 16GB of internal memory and a microSD memory card slot. The Inbrics M1 doubles up as a phone and a media controller for multiple devices, and we are still wary on how well this will sell. We believe a lot of it will hinge on the price point, so let us wait until Inbrics rolls it out to the mass market officially this year or early 2011.

Gary of Bit-tech forums has come up with the case mod you see up here, where it receives most of its inspiration from the early era of electronics during the first couple of decades in the past century. Interestingly enough, Gary managed a feat that many would not have noticed at first glance - he put in a whole water cooling system within, and has come up with a pretty detailed dossier on the steps taken to achieve such lovely retro perfection. Let us hope that the wood is treated so that termites won't go ahead and make a literal meal out of it over the course of a few years.

Here's what the HTC Legend looks like in real life, thanks to the folks at Engadget who managed to snag a photo of it without all the important essentials such as specifications of its innards. It does seem to point towards the Sense user interface, and the Legend certainly seems to forge a brand new direction ahead for HTC thanks to the inclusion of a more pronounced logo located on the back of the aluminum shell. Well, if you are holding out for a smartphone as your next purchase, which route would you take – iPhone OS, Android, Symbian or Windows Mobile?

There is a new tablet PC in town from Netbook Navigator, where it is known as the Nav9 with a starting price of $799 a pop. While that amount of dough can let you pick up a couple of decent netbooks, you won't be able to tote around a tablet while looking cool, can you? Features of the Nav9 include an 8.9" multitouch display at 1,024 x 600 resolution, an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics, 2GB of RAM and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and optional 3G HSDPA or CDMA connectivity. Storage-wise, you get a 16GB SSD within, although we would prefer to have more substantial space, never mind if it is a hard drive. The 3-cell 1700mAh seems to be a disappointment though with a mere 2.5 hour battery life. If you happen to have a really deep bank account, then you can always top up the $799 starting price to pick up a 32GB, 64GB or 128GB SSD.

Considering that Canon released its Rebel T1i/500D not too long ago, the announcement of the Rebel T2i is probably going to surprise many folks out there, especially those who just bought a Rebel T1i. While the T1i is a good camera, the T2i bumps the specs up ever so slightly. So now instead of 15.1-megapixels, you’ll get 18-megapixels. The T2i can shoot also up to 1080p 30fps videos, which certainly seems like fun. The Canon EOS Rebel T2i is scheduled to be delivered to US dealers in early March; it’ll be sold in a body-only configuration for around $800, while the version with the kit lens should be going for around $899.99. If you want to know the full details, you might want to read up on the full report regarding this.

BenQ certainly looks like it wants to stay ahead of the pack when it comes to display technology, and with its flagship V2220, it might just have something to fend off its rivals. The 10,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio looks flashy on paper, but most people wouldn’t care too much about it, as the most noticeable feature of this display is really its 15mm thickness, helping it boast that it’s the thinnest 21.5 monitor around. If you want HDMI, the H variants will support HDMI and headphone connection options. With its 1920 x 1080 resolution, 250 nits of brightness, 1000:1 real contrast ratio and 5ms response time, it certainly looks like BenQ has a winner on its hands. This display will be launched in Taiwan within the next few months, and will be available globally in June.

Have you ever tried any of Vodafone’s 360 social networking phones? While the previous devices were rather pretty touchscreen devices by Samsung, this latest leak indicates that the next one might be a square phone with a QWERTY keyboard. Apparently this is the next Vodafone 360 phone, the Vodafone Compass. Vodafone 360 gives you a bunch of social networking niceness such as the geographic coordinates of friends, the address book pulls in Facebook updates and all sorts of contact options like IM and email. One rather interesting possible feature of the phone, is that there’s a strong suspicion that the back button with the logo on the phone can react to gestures, which would be a rather cool (albeit gimmicky) feature. Details are still rather vague at the moment, but we’ll be keeping an eye on this phone for you.

Whether you’ll be attending the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona or not, Samsung’s got something rather cool up its sleeve, namely a phone with a Super AMOLED display. The device will supposedly sport a 3.3-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen, though that’s all the information that’s currently available at the moment. The device hasn’t been named, and specifications of it haven’t been named either. Despite that, claims are already going around that the AMOLEDs will be up to 5 times better than the average phone, and will perform a cool 20 percent better when used outside, which would be great, since most phones’ display don’t do very well in the sunlight.

How would you like to live in an eco-friendly compact home? The MercuryHouseOne concept has graduated from being a concept, to reality. The pod-shape makes it look like it’s from the future, and the set of solar panels at the top of the building also add to that effect, as well as allowing the energy to flow into the home all year round. Despite it measuring just 9 x 4.5 meters, this pod-shaped mobile lounge is still lightweight, and provides a lot more space than someone from the outside can anticipate. While you probably won’t be living it in all year round, it could be a nice getaway place.

The latest iPhone OS 3.1.3 update doesn’t really give you any significant benefit, unless you need the improved accuracy of the reported battery level. Of course, if you did install the update, and still want to jailbreak your iPhone, you’ll be happy to know that the Dev-Team has already come up with a new version of the PwnageTool (v3.1.5 for Mac), which is compatible with the latest iPhone OS. It gets better, as the tool even preserves your iPhone’s ultrasn0w unlock and jailbroken state. As with any Jailbreak news, we’d strongly suggest you to backup you data in case things go awry, and read all the juicy details from the Dev-Team before you attempt this.

If you’re in Russia, you might be lucky enough to receive a gift from HTC – a HTC Hero. The only downside of this wonderful gift is that it’s wholly made out of chocolate, and thus, isn’t a functional phone. It’s obviously a promotional stunt, which is rather cute. The display reads “quietly brilliant new year”, so it’s probably some kind of New Year’s gift. It seems to be exactly the same size and shape as the real deal, which is quite cool. No idea how it tastes, but if you’re in Russia and happen to receive one of these, take a bite, and let us know via the comments.