Isaiah's Tech

All the rumours can stop right now. Nintendo has just announced that their upcoming gaming handheld, the 3DS, will be available in Japan on February 26th, 2011 for ¥25,000 (around $300). In the next month, March 2011, the 3DS will also be available in Europe and the US (maybe Canada as well, I guess). At launch, the Nintendo 3DS will be available in two colours and that's cosmo black and aqua blue which is pictured. The company has announced that your Mii will be created using the 3DS' front-facing camera which is pretty neat. In the box, you'll be getting a 2GB SD card which isn't too bad.

There's another piece of great news. On the 3DS there'll be a virtual console store where you'll be able to download classic Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games and play them straight from your 3DS, which is pretty awesome!

Mark that date on your calendars folks!

[Engadget]

Coolpad has just shown off their latest smartphone that's China bound. This is being dubbed the N930 and it's wrapped in a titanium body which should mean that the quality is quite good. Specs include a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display with a 480 x 800 resolution, a 1GHz CPU, four touch-sensitive buttons, and Android 2.1. This smartphone will be upgradeable to version 2.2 "Froyo" sometime in the future but it's unknown exactly when that will happen.

[Engadget Mobile]