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The Amazon Kindle 2, for those who aren’t aware, is a flat handheld tablet device that can be used as an electronic book reader (eBooks). Despite being mainly a book reading device, the Kindle 2 also features a web browser that lets you read blogs and other suchlike things.

There is an International version of the Kindle now available, though it is currently imported from the US (TAX!) and doesn’t support the free wireless web browsing that it does in its home country (how is that an international product?)

A recent firmware update for the Kindle 2 was released by Amazon, which improves the battery life of the reader by as much as 85% and adds a PDF reader and converter.

According to a survey undertaken by electronics retailer, Comet, women are now more confident with technology than males. This flips over the age-old stereotype that men are better with gadgetry than women.

The study showed that 48 per cent of women felt comfortable when it came to using new technology and gadgets, whereas only 47 per cent of men felt the same.

The fact of women taking dominance in the field of gadgetry is further reinforced by the fact the study found that 85 per cent of men believed that they were not the most capable person in the household, when it came to technology devices.

This could possibly turn out to be one those must-have quirky gadgets for Christmas. The Kymera Magic Wand Remote let’s you become your favourite wizard, be it Harry Potter or Merlin.

Using this ingeniously simple device, you can control almost any infra-red device by just flicking the wand, magician-style. You can program 13 different gestures to certain commands, so, for example, you could pause a DVD movie with an upwards flick of the wrist.

As with all gadgets, batteries are not included as standard, but it does come with a power-saving feature where it will go to sleep after a minute of being left alone. The Kymera Magic Wand Remote will then automatically power on again when you next pick it up.

Update: It seems batteries are included as per the comment below.

Mobile phone marketing chains, Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U, have both stopped selling the Sony Ericsson Satio mobile phone amidst concerns over the stability of the Symbian-based software on them.

It is unsure whether it is a hardware of software fault, but apparently the phone simply switches itself off or restarts itself when suers try to run certain features of the mobile phone.

Sony Ericsson are claiming that a only a small proportion of the handsets have been returned with the fault. However, they also stated that an over-the-air (OTA) patch was not an option for the fault that is commonly occurring.

Dell are intending on releasing their first mobile phone to the computer market, with their Dell Mini 3 Smart Phone.

The Dell Mini 3 is only going to launch in China initially, but will then soon be moving to Brazil as well. The smart phone uses Google’s Android mobile phone operating system.

China and Brazil are thought to just be a starting point for Dell, as it is believed the computer manufacturer is also negotiating deals with many large mobile networks in other countries, including Vodafone in the United Kingdom. However, there is currently no expected timescale for these additional territories.

Boxee, the “open, connected, social media center for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux” (their words not ours), announced at the start of 2009 that they might be looking at bringing a hardware product to the market that allows you to use Boxee services on your television.

They have now revealed that a Boxee Box is indeed on its way and will be first shown to consumers on December 7th at a special ‘Boxee Beta Unveiling event’, which will take place in Brooklyn, New York City.

The free Boxee software that is currently available let’s users connect media devices and stream local video files, online videos and other services at no charge throughout their network.

LG have developed a modern, James Bond-style mobile phone/watch combo for gadget lovers. The wobile (watch/mobile geddit?) has been out on the high streets for a couple of months now, so let’s take a look at what this thing can actually do.

The LG watch phone (or GD910) comes with most of the features that are taken for granted on phones these days, namely things like HSDPA, video calling, T9 for texting, bluetooth (for the headset,  you didn’t think you would be holding your watch to your ear all the time, right?) and even Mp3 playback support.

As fun and quirky as this little 90s-looking digital watch is, it comes at a hefty price, with an RRP of around £500.

Sony Ericsson recently unleashed their feature-packed Aino mobile phone, which is the first device, other than the PlayStation Portable, that allows users to connect to their PlayStation 3 console using Remote Play.

Remote Play allows the user to boot up and control the PS3 console from anywhere with an internet connection. Once connected, the PS3’s display is then streamed wirelessly to the device, giving users access to their media library and some other PS3 apps, on the go. One such application that works well with the Aino is PlayTV, a television broadcast viewing solution on the PS3. Using the Aino, you can watch and record live TV at any time.

The Aino also comes with an impressive 8.1-megapixel camera, Assissted GPS (AGPS) and a 3-inch touch screen.

Ever found yourself stuck? Need to do something tricky like find a web proxy? Unlock your mobile phone? Many people do this daily, a lot have unlocked their iphones as it came out only on 02 at first. Unlocking it meant they could use it on various mobile operator networks. Web proxies are often used to get around blocked access to specific websites.

What you have to think about in all of this is the legal implications. Is it legal? Is it moral to ‘unlock’ software? What about the people who have developed the product or service? Or will it be fine as you can get away with it? Maybe with so many people wanting to unlock something, the original thing shouldn’t be locked in the first place!