It seems like everyone is jumping on the Android bandwagon these days, and the latest is the Grande Specchio. This is the latest digital picture frame from Parrot, a company that makes a lot of terrific devices.

The Grande Specchio allows users to share their photos via Picasa and Flickr, as well as transferring photos from a cell phone with Bluetooth and WiFi. By the way, it has a dedicated email address for you to send your photos to, or you can use the old-fashioned way of USB and SD cards.

The 10.4 inch frame should be available by the end of the month for a price of $650.

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Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA’s CEO has revealed a new tablet and although it might look like it’s Apple’s upcoming tablet, it isn’t! Not that we have seen the real thing yet but it’s not that difficult imagining a larger version of the iPhone, is it?

The device on the table in the picture here is a Tegra prototype called ICD which is apparently going to be shipped to carriers around the world. So far the tablet is said to come with a resistive touchscreen of unknown size and Windows CE in the background although it could end up sporting a capacitive touchscreen and Android OS instead. The tablet could arrive in March 2010 and T-Mobile is the rumored carrier so far. So what do you say? Ready for a new tablet in your life come next year?

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Tags: Android, Apple, Jen-Hsun Huang, nvidia, Portable Devices, T-Mobile, tablet, Tegra

Unlike the Intel Reader, these readers from Dulin’s Books are just readers. The PocketBook 301+ and PocketBook 360 are really rebranded readers with 400 MHz Samsung processors, 512MB flash storage, an expandable microSD slot, and support for six languages.

The Pocketbook 360 has a 5-inch display, plus an accleromerter for changing the orientation of the page. The 301+ has MP3 support with built-in speaker and a 6-inch display, plus “some expanded media playback and game options”. Both readers will be available soon with the 301+ at $275 and the 360 at $240.

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As soon as I saw the words “Intel Reader”, I couldn’t help but think: “not another reader”. However, Intel’s Reader is not just made to store book materials, it will read to you from a book.

All you need to do is use the reader to take a picture of the book, and it will use its text-scanning and text-to-speech engine to read the words on the page. This will be very helpful for the blind and others with reading-debilitating conditions. This reader will also play MP3s, and will turn your photographed books into MP3s as well.

There is a video of it after the jump for more of its groundbreaking features, but this device will cost you. How much? Try about $1,499.

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Archos has been putting out some seriously cool MIDs with the Archos 5, not to mention their PMP market with the Archos 2 Vision, Archos 3 Vision and the Clipper. Behold the unveiling of the Archos 1 Vision.

Perhaps behold is too strong of a words, as it is simply a 4GB PMP with a 1.5 inch LCD screen for about 20 hours of life per charge. There is no video support, but what do you expect for about $45? If you want it, it will be available in Europe by the end of November.

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It may look like an over-priced flash drive at $23 but you have to give technology some allowance in making it happen. This solar cell USB key called the Sun Drive comes in various capacities (2.1G, 2.2G, 2.3G and 2.4G). As you would guess, it solicits its power from the sun (solar power) which should become an ideal alternative for mobile phone power (100 minutes of talk time) or as a power source for MP3 players (35 hours). It may seem bulky but this is because of the solar cell and the battery. Overall, this is should be a handy gadget, especially for the ones who have all kinds of gadgets on the go.

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Tags: 1g, 2G, 3G, 4G, Accessories, flash drive, gadgets, handy gadget, mobile phone, MP3 Players, Portable Devices, power source, solar cell, solar power, sun drive, talk time

According to Sungale’s press release, the Cyberus ID700WTA (aka Smart Info Engine) is “the first and only universal portable media device that offers access to real time internet information and applications by automatically linking wirelessly to user’s home routers”. This would not make the Smart Info engine neither an e-reader nor a PMP, but some sort of mix of the two.

It has a 7 inch LCD color screen, and online access to news, weather, stocks, maps, as well as Gmail, YouTube, IP Radio, and Picassa. It is also an e-book reader, photo displayer, card reader, and, of course, much, much more. The Sungale Smart Info Engine is available now at major retailers and Amazon for about $279.

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Photo frames with wireless web connectivity are starting to become a standard in the industry, and it should be no surprise that the Touchscreen Connected Frame from eStarling has 802.11n. I suppose what makes this unique is that it supports the photo apps from Facebook, Picasa, or Flickr, and it is even a “built-in Twitter client”. It also has a video inbox for receiving videos shot on smart phones or other internet connected devices, and a Gmail address so your friends and family can send photos directly to the frame.

The display is 10.2 inches, and it has 2GB of RAM with an SD card slot. Despite its touchscreen capability, there is no way to surf the web. There is also no calendar, but there is a weather function. The cost is about $249.99.

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Android is seriously sweeping the nation, and so it is no surprise that MOTO is looking to put it in their new MID. This device, known as the AMP (Android Media Platform) comes in three forms:

The first is a 5-inch version that will be equipped with a front-facing 8 Megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, multi-touch display, TI OMAP3430 processor, plus 256MB worth of flash with SD card reader. The 10.4 inch version also has the 8 Megapixel camera, multi-touch capacity, and it also has GPS and a 3 Megapixel camera on the back. Believe it or not, there is also plans for a 30 inch version.

All three of these should be out “by early 2010″, but there is no word so far on the price.

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Apple’s App Store has established yet another record. We’ve seen the store reach one billion downloads followed quickly by the two million mark. And now the App Store has reached another remarkable number. The store houses at this time 100,000 applications which is a record in the business and now the number has been officially recognized by Apple. Everyone else is trailing way back and it will be almost impossible for the App Store to be surpassed by any other similar adventure. We’re probably going to see even more records get established as there are more than 34 million iPhones out there, not to mention the iPod touches sold so far by Cupertino. We’ve showed you lots of App Store apps here and there are many more interesting apps to show you, so stay tuned. The third billion download is probably just around the corner.

What’s your favorite iPhone app?

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We talked about the Eee Keyboard all year long while waiting for Asus to make it official. Well guess what, folks, it’s still not available. The computer has been announced and then delayed at least a couple of times, and just when we thought we might actually see it in action we hear that the Eee Keyboard is being revised. Apparently the 5-inch resistive touchscreen panel is not good anymore and a capacitive touchscreen display will replace it. The new panel should offer a better touch experience as it will resemble the one found on various smartphones out there, including the iPhone.

The Eee Keyboard will probably not be available before Christmas so you can go ahead and scratch it off your letter for Santa.

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Tags: ASUS, Christmas, delay, Desktop PCs, Eee, keyboard, Portable Devices, Revision

Over a thousand new educational eBooks and apps are now available over at Shmoop, providing a wide array of content and educational material for the iPhone, Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook. Shmoop is the known #1 high school educational publisher for the Amazon Kindle and has likewise gained popularity as well thanks to the new eReader device from Barnes & Noble. As far as the iPhone users are concerned, over 200 learning apps are available, accounting for more than 3% of all apps in the education category. Check them out and see what eBook suits you best!

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If USB 2.0 is still a big part of your present day, start thinking about the future because USB 3.0 will become universal in a matter of… year or two. In case you don’t know, with USB 3.0 technology in a flash drive the speeds are much faster and you can transfer files up to 200MB per second, or even better if you optimize the system with a special USB Attached SCSI driver.

As you can imagine, all the portable drives can still work in USB 2.0 ports which work at 60MB per second. For now there is no information about the prices of the new Super Talent USB 3.0 flash drives, but the capacities include 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB, with a release date set for December 2009.

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Panasonic has presented two new 1Seg Portable TVs for the Japanese market, they are codenamed SV-MC75 and SV-ME750.

Thankfully, both devices are waterproof and splashproof and the high-end model, the SV-MC75, has 8GB on the internal memory and supports SDHC memory cards of 32GB. As for the display screen, it measures 4,3-inches. On the other hand, the SV-ME750 has a 5-inch screen with a resolution of 480×272 pixels.

Unfortunately I think these Portable TVs from Samsung will never get inside the US market…

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RAmos has put out some quality MIDs and PMPs for quite a while now, and the newest is the T10RK. This upgrade of the T10 has the same 4.3 inch screen of its predecssor, but now has a RK2806 chipset that is found on the T11RK.

It’s enough to make you fall in love with RAmos once again. However, there is no word on any price or availability date.

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Despite originally being thought to be hitting Rogers on October 26th, the carrier has just come around now to offer the BlackBerry Bold 9700 for $299.99 with a 3-year contract. Of course, if you want to pick it up with no plan you have the option to shell out $599.99.

Now we just have to wait until TELUS and Bell put the device up for sale and we’ll be good.

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Last night, on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show, a device known as the TwitterPeek made a surprise guest appearance. For those who don’t know, TwitterPeek is a mobile device that just does Twitter.

And that’s all. The device retails for about $99, but requires $7.95 per month for mobile access. You can also pay $199 and receive the device and a lifetime worth of Tweeting, it’s your choice.

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Have you ever wondered how much a business gathering or meeting would cost? Well if you do the pencil-pushing by yourself, you are bound to go crazy. But now with this new cost calculator and clock called Bring Tim! This new time management tool can rack up the cost of holding a meeting in progress without too many calculations. Simply enter the number of attendees, estimate an average hourly rate and press the start button. That is it!

With the Bring TIM!, the cost of every second that passes, giving management an idea of how much one meeting would cost and how much time is being wasted. With this cost calculator, meetings can be shortened and direct to the point for better productivity and results. Bring TIM! Will be available by October and can be purchased at their website for $24.99 (excluding shipping).

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Now, it’s not everyday you see parts from an unannounced device go on sale but China Ontrade has what they are calling the iPhone 4 Generation Midboard.

Normally you could be quick to brush off such a seemingly obvious rumor but according to Gizmodo, China Ontrade had parts that on sale that were then used in the iPhone 3GS.

So, could this possibly be real? We’ll have to wait and find out.

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The Nook is Barnes & Noble’s first eBook ready and it has already impressed us. But it looks like there’s something fishy about the whole thing. Spring Design alleges that the Nook design was stolen from the Alex. Spring Design has shown the Alex dual-screen eBook reader to Barnes & Noble before the Nook has been developed and it looks like the two companies have worked together for a while. We’re not jumping to any conclusions yet as it’s not our place to do that.

Spring Design has filed a trade secret lawsuit against Barnes & Noble and we’re curious to see what happens next. Eric Kmiec, Spring Design Vice President of Sales and Marketing has this to say about the whole issue:

Spring Design unfortunately had to take the appropriate action to protect its intellectual property rights. We showed the Alex e-book design to Barnes & Noble in good faith with the intention of working together to provide a superior dual screen e-book to the market.

What will you choose between the Alex and the Nook?

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