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Sonys augmented reality is been slowly losing its appeal given its sometimes laggy and unreliable performance most implementations required a weird marker to be in clear sight and graphics rendering speed on your handheld device. Sonys SmartAR announcement came along and said the technology took us by surprise with its super slick responsiveness, and marker less object recognition makes a compelling hassle-free selling point. Virtual objects continue to animate even when the original object is out of sight, Sonys SmartAR is available to game developers and advertisers, for more details read the press release and dont forget look at the video

The Droid X2 makes the official announcement yesterday, the 4.3-inch Android2.2 can be upgraded to 2.3 smartphone with a qHD screen resolution and dual-core 1GHz processor, 8MP camera with auto-focus and HD video recording, it will cost $200 on contract and will be available to buy online from today and will hit the stores on May 26th. NVIDIA has confirmed the Tegra 2 chip is the unnamed dual-core chip inside the Droid X2. Click on the source link to order your Droid X2 for $199.99 on a two year contract and $449.99 as full retail price and for more details read the press release.

Samsung entices with its electrowetting displays at SID 2011. There was a monochrome model that operates at low frequencies to cut down on current consumption. According to Mirasols tech, electrowetting has ways to go to match the image quality of IMOD. They said that its reflective screens can be constructed with minimal mods to existing LCD manufacturing plants, while making Mirasol requires lab facilities. Mirasols large scale production plant wont be around until 2012. So Samsung hopes to snatch the market at first. Dont forget to look at the videos

The recent Boxee Box1.1 update fixes the surround sound problems, brings back volume control. The company has completed the work on the fix and released the version v1.1.1 update. Users of the Box can now matrix stereo audio sources through their surround sound setup again and if you prefer volume control to be on, its just a click of settings checkbox away. Its still not decoding the Dolby TrueHD to 5.1 channels PCM internally, appears to be the change originally intended due to the licensing between Dolby and D-Link. The update can be downloaded automatically or if you want to update it manually means click on the source link.

The Fujitsus LifeBook tablet PC hits in US for the cost of $1899. It features Intel Core i5-2520M Processor, 13.3-inch, 1280*768 LCD supports NVIDIAs Optimus Graphics, display also got active digitizer, for that you have to pay an additional $100 for dual digitizer that enables five finger capacitive multi-touch. For extra life, there is a modular bay that allows you to swap in a second battery or hard drive, along with integrated fingerprint sensor that will keep your kids away from your precious TPS reports. Hit on the source link to buy yours.

Garmin announced the high-end GPS navigator, the nuLink! 2390. It was Europe only affair, leaving American consumers wondering why the company was giving us the cold shoulder. We now spotted the unnamed 4.3-inch Garmin making its way through FCC. The newest nuLink!-enabled device is even showing its face in companys US website. It is not available to order and you will have to do some serious digging to unearth it. You will be able to pull in 3D traffic data and search Google, its GSM radio is nice, tether your phone using Bluetooth for hands-free calls, also got voice recognition software and tracking features are available. Click on the source link to buy the device

Motorola was the first one for getting the update of Android 3.1 after releasing it by Google. Now Acer and ASUS are following the suit with plans to freshen up their tablets. To recap the Android 3.1 benefits includes resizable widgets, support for USB peripherals, new Movies and Book Apps, and some other perks. Acer confirmed to us, it aims to start selling the Iconia Tab A500 with Android 3.1 next month, as well as upgrade existing units running Android 3.0. ASUS has been touting the impending update for the Eee Pad Transformer on Italian Facebook Page.

KDDIs just announced INFOBAR A01, hits the country by July. It runs Android 2.3, completely custom UI designed by Yugo Nakamura that follows similar glanceable design principles to Windows phone 7, KDDI describes it as a single band of information. It boasts 3.7-inch qHD display, 8MP camera, 1seg TV tuner, dual-mode GSM/CDMA connectivity; it got some tile buttons and common themes of INFOBAR phones. It will be coming in four different colors and some optical silicon leather case. Dont forget to look at the videos to see the phone in action.

The LG Revolution is now uncovered by Droid Life that the Phone is coming by next week, May 26th and shipping with Netflix, which you can watch on its 4.3-inch, 800*480 touchscreen. It is equipped with LED running version of Android 2.2 have some cosmetic enhancements, at least Bing integration. No words on the pricing of the device yet, but wireless charging is listed in a standard feature. For full specifications click on the link below

Nanosys unveiled its new Quantcom Dot Enhancement Film (QDEF), marking the first time that the nanotechnology is available for LCD manufacturers. Its optical film can deliver up to 60 percent of all colors visible to human eye, compared with the 20 to 25 percent the most displays offer. Nanosys engineers suspended a blend of quantum dots within optical film applied it to blue LED, helped get the Nano crystals excited. The dots emitted high quality white light and a rich, wide color gamut, without consuming as mush power as white LED based materials. No words yet on when we can see the QDEF in consumer displays, but Nanosys claims the film is process ready and easy for manufacturers to integrate. For more details read the press release.

Sony Ericsson mystery handset might have actually become a real smartphone. There werent a ton of specs to go off from the original leak, the ST18i features 854*480 resolution does match up, runs in Gingerbread, 8MP camera, and ARM Cortex-A8 Processor. According to Esato message board also seems to have got its hands an ad featuring the CK15i features a keyboard equipped slider phone with a 240*400 resolution, 3.3-inch display. The recently leaked Cyber-Shot Phone and its shaping up are nice, blurry year for Sony Ericsson. Dont forget to check out the image of CK15i.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play hits the first US carrier to offer the PlayStation Phone, will be available for pre-order on carriers website starting by May 19th and will be available on stores by May 26th for the usual $199.99 on a two year contract. This is the first PlayStation certified handset with console style controls D-pad and PlayStation face and shoulder buttons and some miniature touchpads. You will get seven games preloaded on the device. As Verizon also notes, those opting for the phone will have to sign up for both a NationWide Talk Plan and a smartphone data package as well, which start at $39.99 a month, with unlimited plan you can be at $29.99. For more details read the press release.

RadioShack is taking pre-orders for HTCs EVO 3D. The company make sure to inform the employees that the launch date for the Sprint-bound smartphone is still unknown that what you are really signing up for is a glorified reservation. You have to ask for it specifically, as it wont be advertised undertaking, and you will also need to swallow the cost of $50 at RadioShack Gift Card Privilege.

Acer postpones its launch of Acer Iconia Tab A100 to second half of the year. Its Honeycomb sporting Tegra 2 powered slate will not be arriving right now. No reasons have been given, the Acers PR team was report out of Poland suggesting the A100 is been cancelled. Acers UK reps are adamant that is not been the case, but anyone who is looking forward to grabbing one soon will be disappointed either way.