Samsung and Motorola aren’t the only ones rocking dual-core handsets in the UK. HTC has one too. The HTC Sensation 1.2GHz handset has gone up for pre-order today, with Vodafone planning to deliver “by the 19th of May.”

So it will be just a few weeks. The dual-core Android wars have begun. Other European markets will likely join the UK at about the same time, with T-Mobile in the US soon after. Are you interested in the Sensation?

We finally have more information about the upcoming Star Wars Blu-ray releases. They will hit store shelves on September 16th. The three editions are: The Complete Saga with all of the movies included, or the original trilogy / prequels by themselves. The release dates are September 12th internationally, and the 16th in the US.

There are 40 hours of special features. Right now the site is having trouble from the entire worls trying to access it, but apparently there is a promotion where fans share the page on social media networks, and access additional artwork and more as more people continue to visit throughout the page.

Another day, another tablet. This one comes from Pioneer Computers, who has just expanded its line of Android tablets with the DreamBook ePad 10 Plus. As far as Specs, you can expect a 10-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen display, a 1GHz ARM11 processor, and 512MB RAM.

Other specs include 4GB of flash storage, a 1.3MP webcam, a G-sensor, WiFi, a USB port, a 3.5mm headset jack, an HDMI port and it runs Android 2.2. The DreamBook ePad 10 Plus will cost you $299. Not bad huh?
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Where would we be without colorware? Our gadgets would be just a monochrome void. Now it is the Apple iPad 2′s turn to get the Colorware treatment. You can make it as beautiful or as ugly as you want. Just be prepared to pay a premium.

It will cost you $910 for the base 16GB WiFi configuration and you’ll need to wait about 4 weeks for it to arrive. Once it does, your device won’t look like everyone elses and your friends will all know that you are down about a grand.

We know that you’ve been waiting for the highly anticipated Escalation DLC for the Call Of Duty : Black Ops game and now we have some good news. It is here and available on the Xbox 360 for 1200 Microsoft Points or $15.

There is a new zombie level called ”Call of the Dead” which stars George Romero the horror director. But it’s not just him. There is also Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy), Robert England (Freddy Kreuger), Danny Trejo & Michael Rooker who plays Merle Dixon in The Walking Dead. Other maps include Hotel, Convoy, Zoo and Stockpile.

It’s official. RIM has confirmed that Angry Birds is headed to the BlackBerry PlayBook, and it should be available on the PlayBook some time this summer. The new game is called Angry Birds: Anger Management and gameplay has changed a bit. Now they sit in an anger management class and talk about their issues. Okay, I made that up. But the game is coming to RIM’s tablet.

We don’t know if Rovio Mobile will be launching a paid version of Angry Birds for the PlayBook, or whether it will be a free version supported by ads. We do know that this game is a massive hit and you will likely buy/download it.

Good news for Viewsonic ViewPad 10 owners. The ViewPad 10 is finally being upgraded from Android 1.6 to Android 2.2. That should make current users happy and also attract new buyers. The Viewsonic ViewPad boasts a 10.1 inch display with a 1024 x 600 pixel resolution, and comes with a 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor and 2GB of RAM.

There are two different models available for your consideration, a 16GB version which comes with Windows 7 Home Premium and Android 2.2 or a 32GB version that has Windows 7 professional and Android 2.2. Choose wisely.

LG Electronics has announced the BD670 Blu-ray 3D player. It features Smart TV Access and Integrated Wi-Fi connectivity, which means that you can get thousands of movies, apps, shows and online videos straight to your TV from your wireless Internet connection.

You can also download a special app for your iPod touch, iPhone or Android-based smartphone that turns your handset into a remote control for the BD670. The LG BD670 Blu-ray player also uses 1080p up-scaling of standard DVDs for near high-definition viewing.

LG has introduced two new notebooks, the P430 and P530. These are the first in the LG’s new Blade series and will launch later this month. These ultra-slim notebooks deliver style without sacrificing performance. The P430 and P530 feature a 14-inch and 15.6-inch LED LCD screen, a thickness of 4.5mm and 4.7mm. In fact, the screens of the P430 and P530 are up to 50 percent thinner than any other notebooks in their class.

Other features include a 1.3 HD web-cam, SRS and DLNA technology, and Nvidia Graphics GeForce GT520M. The LG P430 and LG P530 come in Misty Blue and Titan Black.

The Æsir is just about making calls and sending texts. It has an interesting Scandinavian design and is named after the ‘Norse gods’. The CEO of the company calls it ‘an anti-smartphone’. It also has an anti-smart price at £6,400.

The phone took three years to make, and offers ‘watch-grade material’ crafted by European craftsmen. It also has custom created ring tones. The regular model will cost you £6,400($10,560), while a gold-plated version is £37,000($61,000).

Samsung has to be quite happy with the Galaxy S II. The company has taken over 200,000 pre-orders across all three major Korean carriers between Monday of last week and the launch on Friday. 160,000 of these were at the country’s largest carrier, SK Telecom.

It gets even more impressive. The pre-orders passed 10,000 units in the first 29 minutes and doubled that in over an hour. This surpasses iPhone 4 pre-orders last August and sets a new high for Apple to beat.

Well, we knew that it was on the way, but when will Amazon ship an LCD tablet? That’s the question. And according to DigiTimes, we have our answer. By the second half of 2011. The tablet is said to feature a Fringe Field Switching LCD display and touch panel from E Ink Holdings, the company behind the Kindle’s EPD e-paper displays.

Quanta will apparently be manufacturing the device and production should top out at about 700,000 – 800,000 units per month. Take this with a grain of salt for now. This isn’t confirmed by anyone yet.

Good news iMac fans. Apple is refreshing the iMac lineup today, with prices starting at $1,199 for the 21.5-inch (1,920 x 1,080 pixel IPS panel) model with new 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor and 512MB of AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics.

After that prices go up to $1,999 for a 27-inch (2,560 x 1,440 IPS) model with 3.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 CPU and 1GB of AMD Radeon HD 6970M graphics, or optional 3.4GHz quad-core Core i7 processor and 2GB of HD 6970M graphics.

LTD Tools has cases for your iPad and iPhone that look amazing and are made from metal, with flip up lids that protect the screen. They have a neat industrial look. The case also wraps around your gadget to protect the entire thing. Just expect them to be expensive.

The iPad 2 case is $140 and ships on May 28. The iPhone 4 case comes in two styles. The 180 iPhone 4 case for $45, which ships June 1st and the 360 iPhone 4 case for $75 which ships on May 28.

Nintendo knows all about supply and demand and how to work the system. There is high demand for Nintendo’s games, so much so that often times third-party game sales on Nintendo’s consoles suffer at the hands of first-party titles.

Nintendo, in a move to avoid hurting it’s third party titles, has decided that they will only decide on the dates of popular first party releases after they know the release plans of other companies’ games. That has to be good news to third party developers.