The watches are retailing for $59.99, and are available in both black and white. The watches don’t have any special features or enhancements — unless you count their ability to tell you the time.

Branded items usually have a niche market of fans of the particular franchise. Since Android has quite a bit of popularity among tech and gadget consumers, this watch design does have the potential to be well-received.

Aside from the Android watches, Google is also offering watches with their company logo, as well as the logo for their Chrome internet browser.

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If this rumor were true, it would mean that the iPad 3 would probably have its launch event held sometime in early February.

If the iPad 3 were to be released in March, it would be roughly a year from when the iPad 2 was released.

I wonder how Apple’s consumer market would handle having their iPad 2 being “outdated” after only being on the market for a year?

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Produced by manufacturing company Tosy, the DiscoRobo will dance in response to music. It even has heart-shaped adorable LED eyes just to let you know how much it loves you.

Not many technical details about the DiscoRobo have been released, and we aren’t even sure when it will be available to consumers. However, since there are already several videos of the DiscoRobo in action, we’re hoping it’s soon.

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It’s been two days since the Playstation Vita officially launched in Japan. Sony has reported that they’ve currently sold over 321,000 units so far. While this doesn’t match the two-day sales of Nintendo’s 3DS (which sold around 50,000 more units in 48 hours), it’s still great news for Sony’s bottom line.

Considering that some US residents have been planning to import the Japanese Vita, it would be interesting to know how many of these sales were to customers outside of Japan.

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The Olympus LS-100 Linear PCM digital recorder features two 90 degree directional stereo condenser microphones, with the ability to capture an incredibly wide range of frequencies. It also includes XLR inputs, which give you the ability to connect line-output sources through the RCA jack. Right now, Olypmus is unofficially calling this recorder “The Musician’s Toolbox”.

Given these high-tech features, this gadget looks to be more targeted towards recording professionals than the average consumer. You can check out the LS-100 over on the Olympus website, where it’s currently selling for the retail price of $399.99.

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Startup company SEQINETIC has developed what could only be classified as ‘reverse sunglasses’ to help beat the winter blues. The glasses help combat depression by projecting simulated daylight onto the user. A reflector diffuses 6 powerful LED lights, creating the illusion of sunlight.

However, right now these glasses are still in concept mode. If you want to snag a pair of these glasses, you have to pledge $55 to SEQINETIC. After the company reaches its $8,000 funding goal, these glasses will be selling to the public for $80.

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Researchers at MIT, Harvard and Northeastern University have created an incredible new robot prototype that actually simulates a pretty high level of intelligence. The robot uses an Android phone for its “brain”, which is connected to a virtual cloud. By using this cloud-based brain, the Dragonbot has the ability to learn new information from other robots.

In addition to this, Dragonbot has extremely well-developed skills at recognizing language and responding to visual cues.

Of course, Dragonbot is still in early prototype stages, and probably won’t be available to consumers for quite some time. However, with this level of design, it’ll probably be fairly expensive when it’s finally released to the public.

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• The sale starts at 7pm EST (6pm CDT, 5pm MDT, 4pm PST). In a memo that was supposedly leaked from HP, the sale will be announced first to employees, and then to the public – in order to give employees a chance at a Touchpad first. Looks like that probably won’t happen, considering this info is all over the web.
• The 16GB model will be $99, and the 32GB model will be $149.
• To buy one of these HP Touchpads, you will need a Paypal Account (with your correct shipping and billing address), as well as an eBay Account in good standing. You will not be able to check out without these two things.
• Before attempting to purchase, take the time to link your Paypal to your eBay account, which will save you time once the sale goes live.
• Each user will only be allowed to add two HP Touchpads to their cart – per eBay account.
• These are ‘refurbished’ HP Touchpads, not the new models.

Well, that’s all the info we have at the moment. Good luck!

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According to tech blog Droid Life, Verizon has been finally giving its employees information about the December 15th “launch date”. If you remember correctly, the previous rumors about the launch date for the Nexus claimed that it would be released on December 12th.

This rumor is apparently sourced from a “dozen” different sources, which might actually lend it some credibility compared to previous rumors.

Hopefully, this means that the Galaxy Nexus is actually ready for consumer markets.

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It’s been discovered that HP will be selling an undisclosed number of HP Touchpad tablets in their eBay store, starting on December 11. The sale will start at 6pm Central time (7pm EST). The touchpads will be sold at their discounted “firesale” price of $99 for the 16GB model, and $150 for the 32GB model.

However, there are a few restrictions. You will need an eBay account, as well as a Paypal account in order to purchase a touchpad. Furthermore, each customer is limited to two HP Touchpads per eBay account.

If you’re feeling adventurous, you can try snagging one (or two) of these Touchpads tomorrow evening.

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