The week before I left for Korea, I had the honour to attend the launch of two new Sony Ericsson’s mobile phones, held at a club situated at the roof top of The Central - Helipad. And the host for the event was Pei Fen, a 933 DJ.

How fond of Hello Kitty are you?

According to CrunchGear, Seiko has announced a new Hello Kitty alarm clock, which triples as a thermometer and a hand mirror.

This cute little alarm clock is a compact device (92×32×80mm) and will go on sale in Japan this week.

Featuring a widescreen 108V-inch Advanced Super View LCD panel; the maximum size that a single 8th-generation glass substrate (2,160 x 2,460 mm) manufactured at Kameyama Plant No. 2 can yield.

The large display area is nearly equivalent in size to two tatami mats (approx. 3.2 m2) and can convey images to many people in wide interior spaces. Plus, a rich assortment of inputs, including HDMI and DVI-I connectors, provides greater connectivity with a wide variety of equipment and devices, and a fan-less design that minimizes noise and intake of dust from outside air further improves its level of technical sophistication as a commercial display.

The HVR-Z5P/HVR-Z5N handheld camcorder and its memory recording unit, the HVR-MRC1K; features a 20x optical zoom, 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor system, native progressive recording capabilities, increased sensitivity for low-light conditions and an array of other features are suitable for broadcast applications, event videographers, budget movie-makers production professionals.

LG has joined the rat race with its new launch the LG Renoir KC910.

This artistic new handset has a large palate of features which include Wi-Fi, Dolby Mobile, and (as they all say) camera capabilities that even surpass those found in standalone digital cameras.

Featuring a re-engineered Micro Piezo print head for faster print speeds and laser-like text qualities, the Epson StylusOffice TX600FW is the ideal printer set-up for the Small-Office-Home-Office (SOHO) and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) segments.

As a replacement model for the CX9300F, the Office TX600FW is one of the fastest MFPs in the industry - with ability to churn

And a Western Digital (WD) TV media player so that I play all my digital movies, music and photos on TV in full 1080p resolution using a remote control. The clincher is the remote control, which can be used to navigate content on your My Passport drives or most popular USB drives. You can view your media in thumbnail or list views, search for a filename, or create custom slide shows for photos. Sounds interesting? Well it’s available at Challenger, Harvey Norman and selected retailers here for only SGD199.99.

"At LG we considered what, when and how consumers want to watch movies and television episodes. The result is the ultimate convergence of home theatre entertainment and functionality," said Mr. Jae Bae, managing director of LG Electronics Singapore.

With that, the nationwide announcement on the availability of the BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player, featuring unparalleled access to disc-based and networked home video entertainment, was made by LG Electronics.