Patriot Memory has announced its new HD media player for the mass market. Dubbed as the Box Office, this portable device will play any of your digital media stored on USB flash drives, external hard drives or on its (optional) 2.5-inch internal HDD/SSD. The device provides up to 1080p video playback and supports Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound. In terms of connectivity ports, it offers three USB 2.0, HDMI 1.3, Composite and an optional 802.11g USB WiFi adapter. The Patriot Box Office HD Media Player is now available for pre-order for a price tag of $130. [Product Page

Acer certainly looks like it’s going to heat up the cell phone wars, and to emphasize that, it has officially announced the Acer Liquid, Acer’s first Android-powered smartphone. To give you something to drool over, the phone will be powered by Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor, making it the first Android-device to use that chip. Aside from that, it will also have a high-definition WVGA capacitive touchscreen, and will be powered by Android 1.6 (a.k.a. Donut). There isn’t an official release date or price tag at

The freshly announced Logitech G110 gaming keyboard is the followup to the G11 keyboard. This one features customizable red and blue backlighting LEDs, 12 programmable G keys, and three M keys. It also boasts automatic game detection so that you can create custom profiles for your games, as well as integrated headset support and a USB 2.0 port. No word on pricing or availability for the G110 yet, but we’ll let you know when we know. The G110 sure looks like it will up your game. [Logitech]

Acer looks like they mean business in the cell phone market, having officially announced the Acer Liquid, Acer’s first Android-powered smartphone. This is truly something to drool over, as it will be powered by Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor. It will be the first Android-device to use the processor. Liquid=drool. This one features a high-definition WVGA capacitive touchscreen, and will be powered by Android 1.6. We don’t have an official release date or pricing info yet, but that info should drop soon. We’ll let you know. [Ubergizmo]

TomTom has unveiled a new GPS device today that is aimed at the lower end of the market. The device is called the XL 335S and it will sell for $239.95. Many of TomTom’s offerings sell for much more than that amount. Despite its entry-level price the navigation device has a slew of features that you expect from TomTom. Things like IQ routes that use real speed measurements to plan the fastest routes on the maps. MapShare is also features allowing users to update the maps as they need to. The 335S ships with maps of the US and Canada installed. The screen is a 4.3-inch

MapQuest recently announced a voice-guided, turn-by-turn navigation application for the iPhone that will come with a subscription plan. This means an initial $0.99 outlay where you can give it a shot for a couple of weeks, and if you like it that much, you can renew its services monthly for $3.99 or fork out $9.99 for each quarter. Those who love long term commitments can always settle for the one-year subscription at $29.99. Maps features will comprise of both the US and Canada. Features of this application from MapQuest will include 2D and

If you have a moment, then let us take a moment, for the Samsung Moment. Sprint has just announced that their latest handset, the Samsung Moment will be the first in the US from Samsung to run Android. The Samsung moment will arrive with a bunch of pre-loaded Google mobile services like Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and YouTube. Then of course there’s all of the apps from the Android market too. Some other features include a 3.2″ AMOLED touchscreen display, an 800MHz processor, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, 3G support, full QWERTY keyboard, GPS navigation, a

JVC is proud to announce that they will be releasing their newest home theater projectors soon, the DLA-HD550 and DLA-HD950. Both models are expected to replace last year’s models the DLA-HD350 and DLA-HD750 projectors. This year the main focus is creating a smoother and crystal clear image while reducing judder. These projectors will be the first from JVC to feature Clear Motion Drive technology, which will create an accurate intermediate frame by employing a high-precision interpolation algorithm that strengthens the precision of picture-character detection. The HD550 and

Epson is a leading provider of digital imaging products that exceed the vision of its customers. This week all the major projector manufacturers are starting to release their end of the year home theater projectors before the major shopping season begins. Epson has announced two new models will be joining their Home Cinema line, the PowerLite Home Cinema 8100 and 8500 UB. Both projectors are the American versions of the EH-TW3500 and EH-TW5500 projectors that were announced last week. Both the 8100 and 8500 UB feature full HD resolution and the latest in 3LCD display

You may have read a few months ago about the InFocus ScreenPlay SP8602 projector. This model is the latest to join the company’s Screen Play series. Today the company has announced that the SP8602 will officially be released this month. The projector features the best in DLP Dark Chip technology and can display 1300 ANSI lumens, a full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution, and a 30000:1 contrast ratio. This projector is designed for ceiling mounting but can also be used from a desktop or a floor both in front and behind the screen. Benjamin Joy, InFocus product line director said,