HP is the latest laptop manufacturer to launch an entry-level ultraportable in the wake of the Eee PC, but its new Mini-Note 2133 looks anything but low-cost. Though ostensibly aimed at the education market, the metal-clad Mini-Note will find a ready market of people looking for something a little more capable than the 7in screen models already offered by the likes of Asus and Packard Bell/Everex.

Smartphone maker, HTC, has just sent out word of a press conference on 6th May, inviting members of the press to "Witness the next wave of HTC Innovation". Could it be the TyTn III? The Touch Telepathy? Or, perhaps, the 'Dream', the codename for HTC's first Android-based Google phone?

We've already seen plenty of Android prototypes (pictured) but this could be the first time we'll get firm details on a launch handset. The date rings true with HTC's previous promise to bring an Android phone to market in the middle of this year.

Rumoured specs include touch-screen menus and a possible slide-out keyboard as well as an iPhone/Touch style on-screen one. We'll bring you more on the day. Let's just hope it's not just to welcome us all back from the May Day weekend.

Lenovo teased everyone with a marketing video of its Ideapad U8 mobile internet device at the Intel Developer Forum last week, and now it’s giving away a bit more. This new video shows the Ideapad’s custom user interface in action. It looks a little sluggish in parts and seems to require a little too much precise fingertip pointing for our liking, but the smooth scrolling UI is undeniably slick. Still no news on the U8's availability though, either in or out of China.

As much as we love the Apple iPhone, we’re the first to admit that its iTunes synchronisation options are pretty inadequate. The problem is that it can only sync internet bookmarks with Internet Explorer and while it’s easy enough to create and manage bookmarks on the iPhone, we’d much rather sync our bookmarks from Firefox.

Well, it can be done, but it’s a bit of a kludge. We’re not aware of a way to synchronise the iPhone with Firefox directly, but keeping Firefox’s bookmarks in sync with Internet Explorer’s Favorites is a trivial task. And if Internet Explorer is in sync with Firefox, that means your iPhone is in sync with Firefox too. Find out how to do it after the cut.

Remember the stampede created by the auction for 3G licences? It could all be about to happen again. Ofcom is has confirmed it'll be auctioning off a colossal 205MHz of spectrum - its largest ever release - in the bands most suited to mobile broadband.

Scorchingly hot laptops may soon be a thing of the past if Compal has anything to do with it. The Chinese laptop maker demonstrated its new lid-cooled laptops at last week’s IDF and if the technology proves popular, it should lead to lighter, quieter – and cooled – laptops for all.

The technology uses heat pipes to transfer heat from a laptop’s processor to the laptop lid, which contains heatsink. This is much larger and therefore much more efficient than a heatsink that would otherwise fit in the laptop and while the lid gets warm as a result, the rest of the laptop stays cool.

The European Union has given the final rubber stamp for mobile phones to be used on flights. The ruling applies across the EU, paving the way for passengers to make calls on their own phones. The new regulations come in on Monday. Air France has already begun its trial using satellite-based OnAir. RyanAir will begun its roll-out of the service in the summer.

Samsung calls this 'one' of the slimmest Bluetooth headsets in the world but having looked at the specs, we think there may be prizes for anyone finds one thinner. At just 5.9mm it's the Jacobs Cream Cracker of hi-tech ear-wear.

Not surprisingly, the WEP350 doesn't have the longest of battery lives, managing 100 hours on standby and five hours of talk time but it weighs a mere 7.1g and comes with its own charging stand to keep it topped up.

It's been announced alongside the 'premium' WEP700. Both should be arriving next month.

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Getting something for nothing is always a bonus - getting even more for nowt extra is even better. The gadget charging specialists behind the solar powered Freeloader have now added a bright green Supercharger to the original pocket cell, to create the Freeloader Globetrotter pack.

The increased surface area, and some new technology, means the two units combined will charge up Freeloader's internal battery in under four hours, giving enough juice to keep a mobile going for up to 44 hours on standby - all from zero cost sunlight.

The combined package costs £49.95 from ethicalsuperstore.com - or you can add the Supercharger to an existing Freeloader for £20. Sunshine unfortunately not guaranteed.

Many wireless mouse and keyboard users have long since twigged to the benefit of rechargeable batteries – they’re much cheaper than disposable batteries, not to mention more environmentally friendly. Remembering to keep a set of cells topped up in a mains-powered charger is something else though, which is why this latest gadget from Energizer is so handy -- it’s a charger that’s powered by a PC’s USB port.