The HP TouchPad features a 1.3-megapixel front facing camera and a 1.2 GHz Snapdragon processor. HP’s answer to the iPad, the TouchPad , is now available for pre-order. The HP TouchPad , which was first revealed in February , is set to go on sale July 1, but you can currently pre-order it on HP’s website . Consumers can also pre-order the tablet from retailers such as Best Buy, Newegg, Amazon, Costco, Staples, and TigerDirect

The Samsung Galaxy S II has yet to make its US debut, but it looks like our neighbors to the north will be getting it as early as next month. Yesterday, Canada’s SaskTel announced via Twitter that it would launch the phone “within the next month,” making it the first North American carrier to confirm the S II. Earlier this month, it looked as if Verizon would be the first to bring the device to the New World, but our hopes were crushed when the carrier debunked rumors of a July launch.

The i-FlashDrive works as a thumb drive for both computers and iPhones The i-FlashDrive is a curious device, although it looks as if it may be obsoleted by Apple’s upcoming iCloud service. The i-FlashDrive is a dongle with a USB plug on one side, a dock-connector on the other and a chunk of flash memory in between. The idea is that you load it up with files from a computer and then transfer them to your iPhone or iPad. If you name a folder on the drive “DCIM” and filled it with pictures, you should be able to open them directly into the iOS Photos app, just like with the camera connection kit

Today is the PlayBook’s official launch day in the UK , but one of the island kingdom’s biggest mobile players won’t be taking part. O2 has apparently been reaching out to subscribers who’ve expressed an interest in acquiring RIM’s 7-inch tablet on the network with word that the company “will not be selling the device.” The communiqu? to those users states that “unfortunately there are some issues with the end to end customer experience,” though O2 continues to work with RIM on future PlayBook products and releases and doesn’t rule out carrying this particular slate in the future.

Considering the amount of mobile phones with glasses-free 3D displays being released recently, I’m sure that eventually iDevices will have them. This is assuming that this glasses-free 3D screens aren’t some passing fad. If you want that 3D effect on your iPhone and iPad now, you can get it with GRilli.