The daily roundup: here’s what you might’ve missed


Nikon D3S is officially official, bringing its ISO extremes in late November
The professional-grade DSLR is packing a rather wide ISO range of 200 to 12,800, which can be further boosted to 102,400. (See also: Nikon D3S shows its high ISO prowess in two sample videos)
Acer Liquid mixes Snapdragon and Android 1.6 ‘donut’ for a movable feast
It’s presumably tuned to 1GHz (or higher) and not 768MHz as listed on the eXpansys Germany spec-sheet — a trick that’ll make this the fastest Android handset on the planet.

Core Values: The silicon behind Android
All present day Android phones use virtually the same Qualcomm application processor, all based on a sluggish 528MHz ARM11 core. Blech.
Other news of import


ATI Radeon HD 5750 brings HDMI bliss to HTPCs for $110
Of course price and HDMI audio capabilities aren’t the only factors when choosing a video card for your HTPC, so you might want to keep waiting — you know another few weeks — for a version that doesn’t take up two of your card slots for a fan that is no doubt anything but quiet.

Motorola Droid (alias Sholes) finally gets a decent headshot
At last eluding the omnipresent Mr. Blurrycam, Motorola’s Android-powered Sholes handset has finally gotten the sort of photography it deserves, apparently with an official go-to-market name of Droid — or at least one decent photo of it.

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