While many modern PC’s have SD card compatibility, the ones that don’t kind of leave the user out of the loop. Loas has introduced their small ultra-lightweight USB-powered SD card reader which gives any computer with USB 2.0 SC card compatibility.

The device is compatible with the SD, miniSD, microSD, SDHC card formats, giving you pretty much full reign over the SD collection of storage options. Suggested price for this little guy is 1,780 yen (about $16). — Andrew Dobrow

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You might recall HTC from our previous post on the Vox smartphone. The HTC Advantage is the businessman’s alternative. Featuring a different design, resembling a really small laptop. The Advantage is actually a rebranding of the previously announced HTC Athena. The HSDPA data-supporting phone runs on Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition, a product name getting more and more annoying to type out every time a phone features the OS.

The Advantage features a 5 inch wide touchscreen, 8GB hard drive, 8 hours of battery power, WiFi, Bluetooth, miniSD support, topped off with a 3MP camera. Built in motion sensors allow you to navigate through different applications using only one hand control. Much like the Vox, the Advantage will be available in Germany in March and might see the U.S. if sales show success. — Andrew Dobrow

Smart Mobility [HTC, via Gadgetell]

Hong Kong based iDo launched its new line of P890 smartphones which run the Windows Mobile 5.0 PPC Phone Edition OS with Push Mail. It might look kind of clunky, but it’s one of those phones that packs in enough meat to make it worth it.

With a Freescale iMX21 350 MHz processor doing the powering deed along with a 128 MB Flash ROM and 64MB RAM, the P890 packs in enough power for the typical power-user. Its 2.8″ 260k LTPS TFT LCD color display won’t disappoint those who are looking for a hard worker rather then a feature powerhouse.

In addition, the P890 can record MPEG4 video and supports MPEG4, H.263, 3GP, ASF, WMV video, MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, and AAC+ audio files. A 3 MP camera, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 1.2, and an A2DP, miniSD slot tops it off. Measuring in at 126 x 59.4 x 22.4 mm and 195g.

The iDo P890 is now available in Hong Kong for 4980 Hong Kong dollars. We like them a little sleeker then the P890, but to each his own.

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These days, computers are becoming small enough to fit in your pocket, if you consider cell phones to be computers, that is. One of the major problems with cell phones acting as computers, however, is that the screen is just too dang small to share things with anyone. Spectec jumped this hurdle with the release of the video-out adaptor which is connected via MiniSD or MicroSD card slots. This allows you to connect anything with a MiniSD or MicroSD card slot to a TV, monitor, or projector through an s-video or VGA hookup. One drawback is that it will only reach a maximum resolution of 1024 by 768, meaning that this won’t look so hot on your new 50 inch plasma. Control your presentations with the 10 button IR remote that comes included with the video-out adaptor. One other feature they brag about is that you can view a preview on the device itself; why would you want to view it on the device if it’s on a TV or monitor? Spectec took a big step in removing the need of computers with our modern cell phones. — Nick Rice

Spectec’s MiniSD & MicroSD Video-Out Adaptor [via OhGizmo!]