It's that time of year again, where we all rush off to Clinton's for a naff card, a syrupy teddy and a box of Quality Streets for our loved ones. Yep, Valentine's Day rears its sickly head once again, and, like it or lump it, it's here to stay.

But how best to show the extent of your love for that special, nerdy man-child in your life?

If your boyfriend is partial to a bit of tech or some geeky toys, you've come to the right place. Check out Tech Digest's Top Ten Geeky Valentine Presents: For Him. Wedding bells will be ringing in a matter of months with these nifty little gifts, we assure you.

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LG's latest handset, the LG Mini, aims to cram all the high-spec features of a smartphone into what they are claiming is the world's "smallest and slimmest" 3.2 inch touchscreen phone.

The LG Mini's sleek 3.2 inch, 16:9 screen extends all the way to the edge of the phone and is completely free of face buttons.

There's also some pretty nifty social networking tools on board, housed under LG's Social Network Connect umbrella. Facebook and Twitter feeds are automatically updated on the phone, while new news concerning your contacts is automatically displayed in the Social Address Book.

Alongside these networking apps, there is also a 5MP camera with auto-face detection, A-GPS location awareness, HDSPA at 7.2Mbps and Wi-Fi.

"We developed the LG Mini in response to specific requests from actual consumers who were unhappy with current full touchscreen phones that are too bulky, too clunky and too expensive," said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. "The easily pocketable LG Mini delivers great looks at a reasonable price, with the trendy features that people want."

The LG Mini will be hitting UK shops in April, with full specifications and pricing still to be confirmed.

Looking to "spread the love" this Valentine's Day, mobile communications provider Truphone will be offering free calls to 30 countries across the world on February 14th.

The 24 hour long promotion includes free landline calls to much of Europe, as well as free landline and mobile calls to the USA, Canada, Hong Kong, China and Singapore.

"Valentine's Day is a key date when it's really important to be able to catch up with that special someone; especially if you don't want to end up in the doghouse!" said Karl Good, Director of Applications at Truphone. "We hope that Truphone can make it just that little bit easier for people. Once the application is downloaded onto your mobile, Truphone is simple to use, there are no hidden or start-up fees and people are constantly telling us they wish they had signed up earlier."

The Truphone app is available on the iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, Nokia and Android devices.

For more info visit www.truphone.com.

The Motorola Devour has gotten itself where many men can only ever dream of; in a hot bath with Transformers star Megan Fox.

This Super Bowl commercial has got the tech world all hot and bothered. Not for the ad itself, which sees a sultry Fox snap a revealing pic of herself and spread it over social networks with disastrously funny results, but rather as it's the first sighting of the rumoured Devour itself.

It doesn't reveal much about the handset however; it looks like a simplified Milestone, with the advert focussing on its MotoBlur UI and its social networking capabilities.

No word yet on whether or not this will hit the UK, but given Motorola's hopes to expand their Android range, we'd say it's likely.

HTC's latest Android smartphone has been revealed. It's called the Incredible, and by the look of its specs, it seems pretty aptly named.

There's a massive 3.7 inch OLED display with WVGA resolution powered by a 1GHz snapdragon processor, and a 5MP camera with LED flash.

It's all wrapped up into HTC's great Sense UI, and while no UK release is yet avaialble, it looks set to hit the Verizon network in the US.

Similarities to the HTC Bravo seem quite noticeable. Is the Incredible the US version of the Bravo? We shouldn't have too long to wait; the Bravo is slated for a Spring release in the UK.

Via: Pocket Now

Play.com have just posted a listing for Google's Nexus One smartphone. SIM-free, Play are confident that the Android-powered phone will be shipping on 16th February.

The Nexus One uses Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon chipset, sports a 3.7inch touch screen and runs Android 2.1. It has the latest versions of all Google's core apps, so you get an upgraded version of Google Earth which has a 3D style quality, Gmail, Google Voice and Google Maps. It also obviously has access to the ever growing Android app store and comes with voice recognition software which lets users speak emails and tweets.

Excited? Well hold on to your credit cards for just one second. Play are listing the Nexus One for £599.99. However, Google USA have been shipping the smartphone for a little while now for $580 complete with shipping costs and a UK adaptor. That converts to a mere £370.

Looks like Play are really cashing in on being the first to the UK market here, so keep that in mind before you part with your money.

Check Play's Google Nexus One listing here.

There's still a week to go until Mobile World Congress 2010, but LG's latest offering, the Arena Max, has just popped up on the web, photos, specs and all.

Expect to find a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor under the hood, a 3.5 inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and a five megapixel camera.

While the OS on show here is difficult to identify, the "Arena Max" name suggests it is a similar offering to last years LG Arena, so this one too will likely be big on video playback.

More news on this one when it likely gets officially revealed at MWC.

Via: All About Phones

It's safe to bet that Nokia's C Series phones will pop up at this month's Mobile World Congress. But weeks before any official unveiling, Daily Mobile have got their hands on a few leaked shots of the Nokia C5 out in the wild.

It may be small, but it's packing in a full Symbian S60 OS, a 3.2 MP camera, Wi-Fi and HSDPA and GPS (a perfect combo for the Ovi Maps app), FM radio and a MicroSD slot.

The 2.2 inch screen is looking great too. Could it perhaps be an OLED number?

We probably wont have to wait long to find out. MWC kicks off on February 15th, so we'll have any new news on this candy bar then.

Via: Daily Mobile

The Symbian platfrom has gone open-source, months ahead of schedule, meaning that the whole world now has access to its coding to do with it as they see fit. The move aims to proivde the Symbian platform with greater potential for innovation, faster time windows from development to market and the opportunity for coders to develop on the platform for free.

The Symbian platform has been knocking around in some shape or form for over a decade now, and has shipped in more than 330 million devices.

Lee Williams, Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation, comments: "The development community is now empowered to shape the future of the mobile industry, and rapid innovation on a global scale will be the result. When the Symbian Foundation was created, we set the target of completing the open source release of the platform by mid-2010 and it's because of the extraordinary commitment and dedication from our staff and our member companies that we've reached it well ahead of schedule."

All 108 packages containing the source code of the Symbian platform can now be downloaded from Symbian's developer web site (tiny.symbian.org/open), as well as the complete development kits for creating applications (the Symbian Developer Kit) and mobile devices (the Product Development Kit).

SuperTooth are launching a brand new in-car hands free set, dubbed the Buddy, presumably as you'll use it to chat with your...er...buddies.

Offering 20 hours talk time and 1000 hours standby time, the Buddy measures just 128x149x13 mm.

If you have a Bluetooth 2.1 handset, the Buddy should be a cinch to set up. Thanks to full auto-pairing, all you have to do is initiate the standard pairing process to get chatting away with the Buddy. If you leave your car and return later on, the Buddy will also automatically reconnect itself without any input needed from you.

The Buddy can connect to two handsets at once, and comes packaged with both USB and in-car chargers.

The Buddy will be available from March and will cost around £49.

It's been less than two weeks since Nokia announced that its Ovi Maps Naviagtion app was available for free, but it's already been downloaded 1.4 million times, breaking the million mark by the end of last week.

The app dropped its subscription based form on January 21st, offering spoken turn-by-turn directions and previously exclusive premium content such as Lonely Planet guides.

"We're averaging a download a second, 24 hours a day," said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, Nokia. "When we announced free walk & drive navigation we knew it would be a game-changer. The number of people now using their Nokia for navigation, and as a result looking for more location-aware software, is growing faster than even we predicted."

The app was downloaded mostly on the 5800 XpressMusic, N97 mini, N97, 5230 and E72 handsets.

1.4 million is a massive number, but it's not exactly a revelation, really. We all love something for nothing, right, and especially when that something is pretty darn good.

Remember last year's attractive Spotify/HTC Hero bundles from 3? Well if all goes to plan, that's only the start of the network's music streaming tariffs.

According to 3's UK CEO Kevin Russell, 3 will be offering Spotify subscription bundles on a whole load of handsets in the near future.

"We've got to expand," he said, according to Electric Pig. "You'll see a bigger push as the [Spotify] handset range broadens over the next two to three months."

Russell revealed little concrete details on the nature of these new tariffs, but as 3 carry both Android and Symbian phones, with the app available on both platforms, its highly possible we could see Spotify deals paired up with a fairly wide range of handsets.

The team at Nokia's Beta Labs have announced news of their new Custom Dictionary app. Soon to be made available exclusively for Nokia Phones, the app will let you manage, edit and customise your texting dictionary , keeping all those jarring dictionary requests at bay.

Custom phone-dictionary entries isn't exactly something new, but the Custom Dicitonary does have a few handy functions that set it apart. Firstly, there is a database of words you have entered, which can be reviewed and edited at will, as well as the option to save and export your bespoke dictionary to any new phone later down the line, removing the need to go through the process of entering all those words over again.

Still in development, the developers say the app will be compatible with all Symbian S60 3rd and 5th Edition Nokias.

Via: NokNok

Sony Ericsson have today announced the launch of their Aspen business mobile, the latest eco-friendly addition to their GreenHeart portfolio.

Billed as the "business phone with a conscience", the Aspen features both a 2,4 inch touchscreen and full QWERTY keyboard, with multi-tasking capabilities.

"An affordable GreenHeart phone with the latest version of Windows Phone, the Sony Ericsson Aspen has a rich user interface and powerful productivity tools" said Quentin Cordier, Global Marketing Manager "But it's not all about work, stay in touch with the fun parts of life with Media Browser and PlayNow , with simple access to social networks and quick and easy access to media files. Find the fun with a-GPS, Google Maps™ and snap pictures with the 3.2megapixel camera."

Here's a full list of specs for the handset:

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Nokia's N900 handset has become the first phone to get Firefox Mobile.

Firefox Mobile uses Mozilla's Weave Sync function to sync your Maemo 5 OS with both the mobile browser and your desktop browser's tabs, history, passwords and bookmarks.

It makes it very simple for desktop Firefox users to get a comparable browsing experience on their handset, while also having the added benefits of having location-aware features such as maps.

Just as with the desktop version, there are a load of add-ons available to help customise the Firefox browsing experience to suit your specific needs.

It's a great browser that any N900 owners should snap up straight away. Download it for free here.

Not quite the success Nokia had hoped it would be, the Comes With Music range has now been re-branded as the X range. Today sees the launch of the X3 headed exclusively to Orange stores.

With a big focus on music functions, the X3 features dedicated volume and playback buttons and a 3.5mm headphone jack. There's a 3.2 megapixel camera onboard, expandable memory up to 16 GB and access to Nokia's Ovi app store.

Though it's headed to Orange first, expect to see the X3 also gracing T-Mobile shelves in the near future.

According to Vodafone nearly 450,000 of its customers have signed up for music subscription services since it signed digital rights management free MP3 music deals with all major labels in 2009.

Two million tracks are currently available through the DRM-free library with Vodafone claiming it will grow to 6 million in 2010.

In December 2009 over 100,000 customers signed up to one of a range of music services offered across Europe with Vodafone claiming growth fuelled by the monthly 10-track MP3 bundles as well as from the unlimited access, all you can eat subscription services.

Prices start at €3 a month for all you can eat access to Vodafone's digital music library when bundled with data tariffs while customers will typically get 10 tracks per month for around €5. MP3 files bought in bundles can be played on a wide range of computers and digital music players.

However, Vodafone faces tough competition in this increasingly crowded digital music download market. Yesterday HP and Omnifone announced a partnership to bring a digital music service to desktops and laptops for £8.99 a month.

One of our only gripes with the fantastic HTC HD2 was its relatively poor battery life. E-tailer Clove look to have the problem solved, with a pre-order listing for a new extended-life battery for the handset.

Whereas the battery that shipped with the phone is a 1,230mAh number, this new accessory looks to double the amount of energy that can be stored up.

The new battery also comes with a flick-out kick-stand for table mounting your smartphone. It's a gorgeous screen on the HTC HD2, so it was a bit of an oversight not have this feature onboard to begin with. Better late than never!

Admittedly, it does make the phone a few millimetres chunkier, but we'd say that's a small price to pay for a couple of hours more charge.

The HTC HD2 extended battery will cost around £53. Click here to see Clove's listing for the add-on.

More good news for Mr Jobs ahead of next week's big launch. Vodafone is claiming that in a week it has sold over 100,000 iPhones in the UK.

The company isn't saying much but Vodafone UK CEO Guy Laurence, said "The demand from both consumer and business customers has been phenomenal. They want an outstanding phone on an outstanding network and we're delivering that."

It'll be interesting to see how long it takes to get to 200,000.

It may have been hiding in the shadows of the recent Nexus One launch, but the HTC Bravo is finally out in the open, and it's apparently on its way to UK T-Mobile shops.

It's actually very similar to Google's offering. There's a 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, Wi-Fi, GPS, HSDPA and a 5 megapixel photo camera all onboard.

The main differences lie in the inclusion of touchscreen multi-touch gestures (score!) and an optical track pad (fail!).

Ok, so it may not be the Nexus One T-Mobile UK had perhaps been hoping for in terms of marketing buzz, but from a specification standpoint, there isn't much in it.

Will you be jumping onboard with the HTC Bravo, or do you have your heart firmly set on a Nexus One?

Via: Unwired View