Since the launch of the iPhone 3G many people have complained about the short battery life, and several solutions have been already made available to the public, like battery packs and rechargeable hip holsters.

The solar powered charging case from Mobile Fun has an advantage over all the other devices : it’s sun chargeable. The case itself holds a 1500mAh battery pack that can be charged by the sun in about 3 hours.

The case has been announced for release in August in monochromatic flavors and is priced around $54.

At last, the old pen and pencil that students get blisters from while taking notes is here. It’s called Pulse SmartPen and it’s here to revolutionize the way notes are taken.

It is very similar to any regular ball pen, but the innovation from LiveScribe lies in the additional audio recording. The movements are recorded onto an internal memory along with the audio track. You can later connect it to a computer and store your notes for archival, or to search something you noted months ago.

All in all, it’s a pretty good piece of kit that no mind wandering student shouldn’t have.

Iomega, a pretty famous external drive manufacturer, has just announced the release of its eGo Helium external HDD.

From the pictures or from the title you wouldn’t say there’s anything special to this HDD, except for the fact it’s very very thin - more precisely 0.63 inches thick ( that’s 1.575 centimers thick ) and weights only 7 ounces - and it’s a tough little one as well, as it’s designed to resist falls from up to 1.3 meteres.

With those sizes you wouldn’t expect for it to pack too much storing space, would you ? Well, you’re wrong about that as it packs a 320GB 2.5″ HDD. Oh, and it also has a USB 2.0 port.

Other than the geeky tech specs, it’s designed to be used with the MacBook Air - both being very thin and having a similar look. Although that might not be the most convincing motive, you’ll probably want to know that this one comes formatted with Apple’s HFS+ file system.

It’s coming in every country starting next month, and it’s priced at $149.99.

After talking about the  AiGuru SV1 yesterday ( the first Skype compatible videophone ), it looks like the people over at Gizmodo and at Engadget have got their hands on it and offer a few more screenshots than currently available anywhere else. There’s not much else left to be said, so head on over and take a closer look at the photos and enjoy the reviews.

Asus AiGuru SV1 Gizmodo review

Asus AiGuru SV1 Engadget review

Enjoy.

Ion Audio is a company that’s been lately focusing on bringing PC connectivity to old school stuff and a very good example is this one.

Slides 2 PC isn’t anything more than an innovative way of storing your old 35mm slides ( yeah, you know the ones that are collecting dust under the bed in a box probably ) on your PC.

Although priced at $100 it looks pretty promising, it’s able to scan an entire slide in 2 seconds tops, has a 5MP resolution and it also employs some automatic exposure and color balance over the newly scanned photos to cut down on the human tweaking that’s usually required afterwards. Pretty sweet.