Motorola Announces The Droid 2

Motorola has announced the sucessor to its popular Droid Android mobile phone, the Motorola Droid 2. The Motorola Droid 2 featires a 3.7 inch display, plus a slide out QWERTy keyboard and it comes woth the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 2.2.

The Motorola Droid 2 is the first Android smartphone to be released that features native support for Adobe Flash, and it supports the latest version of Flash, 10.1.

Storage wise you get 8GB of built in storage, there is also a microSD card slot that can take up to 32GB cards, giving you a total of 40GB of storage.

The Motorola Droid 2 is available from today from Verizon, prices start at $199 with a two year mobile contract.

via Geeky Gadgets

MSI GX660R Gaming Notebook

MSI has added another gaming notebook to its range with the launch of the MSI GX660R, which features an Intel Core i7 processor, up to 12GB of DDR3 RAM, and a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 graphics card with 1GB of RAM.

Other specifications include two 500GB SATA hard drives, a 15.6 inch LED backlit display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, which can display Full HD video.

There is also a four in 1 card reader

, integrated 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, plus Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, a HD web camera and support for DirectX 11.

There are no details on pricing or availability as yet on the MSI GX660R gaming notebook.

via Tweak Town

ICD Gemini Android Tablet

ICD has released details of their latest Google Android based tablet, the ICD Gemini. The ICD Gemini is based on NVIDIAs Tegra 2 platform, and it comes with a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra processor and an 11.2 inch touchscreen display.

The ICD Gemini runs on Google’s Android OS, and it comes with a range of features which include integrated 3G with voice functionality, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, dual cameras and USB peripheral support.

On front of the tablet there is a two megapixel camera for video calls, and on the back there is a five megapixel camera with built in autofocus. Other specifications include an accelerometer, an FM radio, digital compass, GPS and 4GB of built in storage plus an SD card slot that can take up to 32GB cards, there is also HDMI, a micro USB port, a 3.5mm audio jack.

There are no details as yet on pricing or availability.

via Slash Gear

Skinput Touch Interface

Skinput is a new futuristic interface currently being developed by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University. The system is the combination of two technologies, the ability to detect ultralow-frequency sound, and a microchip-sized projector.

This amazing interface can recognise which parts of the body has been tapped using the sounds that is created by the skin, bone and skeleton. The Skinput technology uses a band which is strapped on to the arm. The armband contains piezoelectric cantilevers, or sensors that measure pressure, acceleration and force.

The actual interface is beamed onto the skin using a pico projector similar to those found in mobile phones. The applications for such technology are endless but major ones include gaming systems, phones or PC controllers.

Via Geeky Gadgets

Next Generation NVIDIA ION Processor

NVIDIA have finally announced their next generation netbook processor, previously rumored to be called the NVIDIA ION 2, this next generation will keep the same name as its predecessor and simply be called the NVIDIA ION.

The next generation NVIDIA ION processor is designed to be more powerful than the previous model, and it is designed to produce ten times faster graphics than is predecessor.

It looks like there will be two versions of the new ION processor, a 16-core version which will be used in 12 inch netbooks and notebooks and an 8-core version which will be in 10 inch netbooks.

Manufacturers are currently working on producing new netbooks and nettop PCs with the new NVIDIA ION processor, and it looks like there will be around thirty different models available by the summer which feature the new processor.

via Gizmodo