http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png http://gizmodo.com/tag/minitv http://gizmodo.com/tag/minitv The new Toshiba's Gigabeat V81 portable digital TV has a 320 x 240-pixel 3.5-inch screen, fitting 40 hours of recorded TV into its internal 8GB memory, which is double the previous version, expandable with an SD card. They claim 10 hours of broadcast viewing, and 13 hours of playback video viewing with WMA, WMV and MP3 compatibility. Too bad the TV reception only works in Japan, where it will be out for $330 this month. [AV Watch and Akihabaranews]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=353640&view=rss&microfeed=true Sony and Tokyo Fiber are taking a fresh look at the idea of mini televisions with this new "senseware" design. Senseware devices, as Sony envisions them, are "small, round, and soft reinterpretations of products that feel nice and have character." They are also designed to project images "that reach you like the song of a little bird by your pillow." This mini TV concept is designed to rest comfortably in the hand and the rubbery, fibrous surface beckons you to hold and squeeze them. These cute and cuddly TVs may never see the light of day, but if they did, I wouldn't be surprised if they proved to be popular. [Sony via Yanko Boing Boing Gadgets]

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