It has been a while since we have reported on anything by Brando, but with the holidays approaching, you should consider them a good source for a gadget-related gift.

In this case, it is the USB Wrist Band Battery. As you can see, the device fits comfortably on your wrist, and then charge your favorite mobile device on the road. What you don’t see is that you have to charge the USB Wristband charger every once in a while via USB.

You should be able to get the USB Wrist Band Battery for about $35 off of the Brando site.

Well, there still isn’t a fix for the problem some people seem to be having with receiving text messages on their HTC Hero, but it looks like a workaround has been discovered for another pesky issue that can put a strain on the phone’s battery life. Apparently, the phone has a bit of trouble going back into sleep mode after you send a text, or after you simply turn on the phone and immediately disable the screen without any activity. While some fairly elaborate fixes were tried by some users initially, it looks like the simplest actually works the best: just don’t use the default SMS app to send texts. Instead, you can use a third-party app like ChompSMS or HandCent, which apparently have no problems letting the phone go back to sleep after you send a text. Of course, an official fix would still be the best but, in the meantime, you can hit up the link below for all the necessary details on making the (hopefully temporary) switch.