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Barely a few days after OPPO is supposedly working on a 4mm thin smartphone and rumours have come up that Vivo could be working on a 3.8mm thin smartphone too. This comes from two teaser images of what appears to be a metal-frame Vivo smartphone, which is then compared against an Apple iPhone 5 or iPhone 5S both of which measure 7.6mm thin. There is no news on what sort of tech specs or features such a thin device could pack, but it should be technically possible. Also no news about a Malaysia release date or pricing but with Vivo officially available in Malaysia it could just be a matter of time. As always, do take such rumours with a pinch of salt, but we can't help but ask; when is a thin smartphone too thin?

Both the Sony Xperia Z2 and Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet were recently revealed at the MWC 2014 but a little known fact remains that both devices are the first to offer MHL 3.0 micro-USB ports. Most smartphones today are just using MHL 2.0 micro-USB ports which are a lot slower. The new MHL 3.0 port allows for 4K video output thanks to a dedicated 75 Mbps data transfer rate (MHL 2.0 only offered 1 Mbps) while charging and providing data transfer as well. Granted, 75Mbps is rather slow compared to USB 3.0 whihc allows up to 600 Mbps data transfers but it is still much better than the current MHL 2.0 standard. Most people probably won't have a 4K HDTV but if you do, you should probably get an MHL 3.0 port enabled device like the Sony Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet as well.

It seems Olympus is on a roll, with an announcement for two new M.Zuiko lens which include the Olympus M. Zuiko Digital 25mm F1.8 lens and M.Zuiko Digital Ed 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ lens. The Olympus M. Zuiko Digital 25mm F1.8 lens is designed for close-up shots with a maximum magnification factor of 0.24x at 35mm and lets you shoot from 25cm away. It works well with the Macro Conversion Lens MCON-P02 which shrinks the distance down to 17cm away. A Movie and Still Compatible mechanism can be added on as well. The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital Ed 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ lens on the other hand is fast, silent and the most compact zoom lens in the entire series. The price to be paid here is that it just has a 3x zoom. However, it does offer a shooting range of just 20cm on wide angle or 25cm on telephoto. While there isn't any specific Malaysia release dates or pricing these lenses should be available from February 2014.

While Windows Phones continue to blaze trails in the smartphone market, most of them continue to be made by Nokia which was recently bought by Microsoft. To get any sort of real expansion for Windows Phones, Microsoft needs other smartphone makers to produce more Windows Phone devices and smartphones. To that end, blogger Eldar Murtazin recently tweeted that Microsoft has offered $1 billion a year to Samsung for it to make more Windows Phone devices. While this seems like a bribe, it is often used for developmental costs and seen as a Research and Development contribution. Before it was bought over by Microsoft, Nokia received $1 billion a year as well but this was marked as "platform support payments". So far, there doesn't seem to be any official word of consent or even denial from Samsung and this is still very much an unconfirmed rumour yet so take this with a good pinch of salt.

Sony recently announced their DPT-S1 e-ink touchscreen tablet featuring a massive 13.3-inch display for an equally massive 100000 yen (RM3244). The 13.3-inch touchscreen uses an e-ink display with a a resolution of 1200 x 1600. The E Ink Mobius display uses protective film, which according to Sony makes it easier to write on than existing tablets. While the screen is just greyscale with no colours, the tablet itself is just 6.88mm thin and 358 grams. This makes it thinner and lighter than the Apple iPad Air despite it's massive size. However, the DPT-S1 tablet isn't aimed at consumer markets and instead is headed for the enterprise or education fields as a digital paper solution. In these situations they would be ideal for viewing of high-resolution documents or papers and post-editing which could also be useful in legal documentation fields. No news or details on Malaysia release dates but it should be available for other markets from the Japan release date of 3 December 2013.

Samsung recently released the new Samsung 10mm F3.5 Fisheye Lens. Designed for the Samsung NX system this super wide is the smallest and slimmest AF fisheye lens on the market. Half the size and weight of other fisheye lens in the market it should lighten the load for any photographer on the move.

Utilizing Samsung’s 180-degree lens technology, it is compatible with the NX system, including the new NX300. Weighing in at just 72g the lens comes in black or white.