With tagline - "Swipe in. Cash out", Locket is a brand new way for users to earn money while they unlock there smartphones. Sounds unbelievable. Well for $0.01 every time you unlock your phone (maximum 3 an hour) the company will show you highly targeted advertisements. With every swipe, a user has option to either open the ad or unlock the phone as always. No matter what you opt for, you get paid.

Available for Google Android now, the app is a big no for "privacy" concerned users as it tracks and records users location and their shopping pattern data to offer personalized, targeted advertisements. While this can be a killer for battery backup, it also can be an advantage to get highly targeted, location specific discounts/offers which might save user some money while shopping. Do watch the demonstration video posted below.

Root 101 plans to be the most open-source and affordable Android powered tablet, currently vouching users for crowd-funding via Indiegogo. The tablet will feature a completely stock version of Android Jelly Bean 4.2 (with promise to deliver 'latest and greatest' updates as early as possible) with no bloatware, no skins, and with full root access. While the good, clean Android build does wonders for both performance and battery life, the makers have also allowed for easy flashing of custom ROM's for non-technical users.

The $169 tablet will offer an experience similar to Google Nexus with it's 10.1” IPS HD (1280 x 800) multi-touch capacitive screen, AmLogic Dual Core 1.5GHz CPU, Dual Core Mali-400 GPU with 1080P video, 1GB RAM, 16GB Internal Storage, MicroSD Slot, WiFi, Front and Rear Camera, Micro USB Port and Mini HDMI slot – output up to 1080P to TV. Do watch the video demonstration posted below.

Portable computing units are in-vogue and the latest to join the bunch is ODROID-X, a powerful computing unit with PC like performance powered by an ARM Cortex-A9 Quad Core and 1 GB 800 Mhz DDR RAM.

ODROID-X is aimed mainly at android developers and comes with an impressive hardware spec-sheet similar to "Samsung Galaxy SIII", i.e. a 1.4 Ghz quad-core Samsung Exynos 4412 processor, 1GB RAM, Mali-400 GPU, on-board Android 4.0.4 ICS (also supports Ubuntu 12.04), 6 USB 2.0 ports, micro USB port, micro HDMI port with full-hd 1080p video output, standard 3.5mm headphone and microphone jack, 50pin IO expansion port, 100 Mbps Ethernet port and an SD card slot for storage. The best part the board is available (from end of this month) for $129 with free worldwide shipping.

Be it the "Cotton Candy", ultra low-cost "Raspberry Pi" or the Intel Next Unit Of Computing (NUC) device, the concept of low-cost, portable, pluggable computers is definitely in-vogue.

The latest to join the party is APC $49 android powered mini-computer, powered by an 800MHz (VIA WonderMedia ARM 11 SoC) processor, 512MB DDR3 memory, 2GB on-board NAND Flash, support for graphic resolutions up to 720p, HDMI, VGA, 4 x USB, audio out / in, microSD and Ethernet. The computer will be featuring an custom version of Android 2.3 optimized for mouse and keyboard input, the board which is compatible with Mini-ITX and MacroATX form factors will be able to connect to any external display device via VGA/HDMI port for a fully functional desktop PC experience.

High resolution, real-life usage images and pictures of "APC 8750" in action are posted below.

Samsung is De-facto the leader when it comes not only to the sales figure but also the number of feature rich Android devices line-up they have to offer, adding another option to their wide variety of Android powered devices, Samsung has finally unveiled their new Phone/Tablet cross-over "Samsung Galaxy Note". Powered by a super-sized 5.3 inch touch-screen (1280 x 800 Super AMOLED), an integrated stylus pen, Dual-core 1.4GHz processor, dual 8MP and 2MP cameras, and a removable 2,500mAh battery this is definitely a device many artist's and designers would love to get their hands on.

Do check out the new device in it's full glory via the official demonstration videos posted below.

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We are always busy, but are actually bored deep down, so time and time again we try every possible means to amuse ourselves. Hardly anyone can resist the temptation of fantastic videos, so enjoying movie on “in” communication devices like iPhone iPad is a brilliant way to cheer up.

But what if you are too busy to wait for the annoying format conversion and sync process? What if you want to save hundreds of videos, whether watched or not, on your iOS devices? To make it easier and more accessible to play more videos on iPhone or iPad in consideration of memory size as well, Digiarty Software, Inc. produces Air Playit, an audio video streaming tool for streaming any video in any format to iPhone iPad directly from PC or Mac via Wifi, 3G or 4G.

With Air Playit, you can watch videos as many as possible on your iOS devices while taking no space. Air Playit is composed of 2 parts: the server part is on your PC or Mac getting ready for streaming media to your iPhone or iPad, for example, import video folders from your computer or iTunes Playlist to the “Shared Folders” for streaming;

While Apple fans have to wait years to get basic feature upgrades for there iPhone, things are different in Android world as cellphone manufacture's are lining-up powerful new devices utilizing Google's open mobile OS platform "Android". The latest entry to buzz-up the scene once again is leaked specification sheet of "Motorola Droid 2 Global", you can find the complete Droid 2 Global leaked specification-sheet and images here in this blog post after the jump.

Finally the much awaited Google Phone is here putting an end to all the rumors and speculations, the final specifications and pricing seems promising and only time can tell how Google Nexus One compete against Apple iPhone, Palm Pre or any other Android based phone.

You can find all the details like 3D phone demo, pricing, complete specifications, how to buy, demo-video and complete comparison with other smartphones including total ownership costs below.

Google Nexus One cellphone is expected to get revealed after two days on January 5, 2010 and after leaked pricing for USA more information on international retail-prices has now surfaced; the phone will be costing $529 for the unlocked version and $179 with a contract through T-Mobile in USA but will add considerable amount to the $529 figure thanks to taxes and duties - Country specific final price-list for Google Nexus One can be found after the jump.