Dell just dropped a new desktop PC. The Dell Studio XPS 8100, which is powered by either an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor. The system is equipped with either a standard ATI 4350 or Radeon HD 5770, a GeForce GT 220, GTS 240 or GTX 260 graphics card, up to 16GB RAM, and up to a 3TB hard drive.

It also has a 19-in-1 card reader, optional DVD writer or Blu-ray drive, THX TruStudio PC sound and Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Some other options include a Samsung 2233R2 22-inch monitor and a NVIDIA 3D Vision kit for 3D at home.

When it comes to the lightest, smallest, and most portable notebooks, they often lack optical drives. This isn’t a problem for some users, but those who often need to access data from a CD or DVD can run into big problems.

Gateway has unveiled a new notebook at CES that is small and packs in a DVD drive. The machine is called the Gateway EC14D07u and has an 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 LED backlit screen. The machine uses an Intel Pentium SU4100 ULV processor at 1.3GHz.

Look at this strangely designed phone that runs Android. Sure, it isn’t the neatest design we have ever seen, in fact it’s pretty blah, but the Motorola HS1001 is a home phone, so you won’t have to be seen with this thing. It’s basically a cordless phone upgraded to support Android.

The device will be one of the first Android-powered home phones. The HS1001 features dual WiFi to connect to its base station and a home WiFi network. Some specs include: DSPG Arm9 240 Mhz processor, 2.8 inch resistive touch screen (QVGA), 256 MB flah ROM / 128 MB RAM, MicroSD expansion slot, Powered by stock Android 1.6 (no Motoblur).

Polaroid has been busy with several new products. The most interesting is the PIC 1000, the new Polaroid OneStep film camera. Just like its predecessor, it uses Polaroid Color 600 Instant Film. It will be available at national retailers in 2010.

The newest Zink-enabled camera, the Instant Digital Camera, features 12 megapixels and 3 x 4-inch prints.Then there are a handful of LCD TVs from 42 to 65 inches in size with the Polaroid name. Polaroid is back big time.

Welcome to the future, where if you need a new keyboard you may as well get a projector. The Light Touch pico projector throws a laser WVGA image up to 10-inches, turning any surface into a touchscreen. The projector runs on Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 and has 2GB of flash memory along with a microSD card slot with support up to 32GB.

Of course it’s also packing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to connect to your laptop or other device. The battery life is 2 hours, which is about what you would expect. It’s very useful for a variety of situations.

I hear ya, Amazon’s Kindle DX is big. It is, but it’s not the biggest any more. The Skiff Reader is the biggest in town now at just a quarter inch thick. It features a 1600 x 1200 11.5-inch touchscreen (finger and stylus) that should be much better for magazine and newspaper layouts.

Skiff also has 4GB of on-board storage (with over 3GB available for content), SD card expansion, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Content can be loaded via a mini USB jack or through WiFi and 3G is also an option thanks to Sprint, who will sell the Skiff this year for an unknown price.

Samsung has unveiled a new digital camera called the NX10 that isn’t a point-and-shoot and isn’t a DSLR. The camera has interchangeable lenses but lacks the mirror system of a DSLR. The image sensor is also larger than the micro four thirds cameras on the market and the cam uses a slightly larger lens connection than the aforementioned cameras.

The NX10 has a image sensor with 14.6MP resolution and will come in black or silver colors. The display is a 3-inch AMOLED screen that promises reduced power consumption. ISO range for the camera is 100- 3200 and the cam has a built-in flash.

We all know by now that lightsabers make noises, fake noises from the mouths of nerds as they pretend to slice through enemies. Well, here’s a real lightsaber hilt that makes real noise. It plays your favorite music, which is probably from one of the movie’s soundtracks.

It’s available in two different versions and measures 3.14 inches. They also feature microSD card slots, but no display sadly. They will simply playback music directly from a card. The Star Wars Lightsaber MP3 Player is available for just under $24.

Lenovo’s site has revealed several new laptops that are scheduled to go on sale starting January 5th – 7th. The 13.3-inch ThinkPad Edge is leading the charge, with 7.8 hours of battery life, a dual-core CPU, Windows 7, Bluetooth and WiMAX, integrated WWAN / GPS, WiFi, a spill-resistant keyboard, three USB ports, a 5-in-1 media card reader and even comes in an optional red color.

There’s also the under 3 pounds ThinkPad X100e ultraportable which sports an 11.6-inch display, AMD processor and an Arctic White color option that’s only available overseas.

There certainly are a ton of options when it comes to PMP players today. Barely a day goes by when we don’t see a new one. Icoo’s latest portable media player is the M100HDC.

Don’t let the small 4.8″ display fool you, this is a capable device. It offers support for MKV, MOV, RMVB, RM, AVI(DivX/XviD/H.264), PMP, DAT, FLV, VOB, MP4, MPG and 3GP video formats. And if you want to watch your movies on your big screen TV, the M100HDC can easily be plugged into your computer using it’s handy dandy TV Out port.

The DreamBook Light U11 sounds like a notebook that will transport you to Narnia or some other fairy tale, but it’s actually a more down to Earth notebook from Pioneer Computers in Australia. The company is known for producing products with innovative technology and stunning performance down under.

The DreamBook Light U11 is an 11.6 inch ultra portable and light weight notebook that features an an Intel dual core SU2300 or SU4100 processor. The processors work together with up to 4 GB of memory. Some other features include Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel Webcam and VGA and HDMI outputs.

The DoDoNa S-100 MP3 player is a cube with some old school iPod controls and some buttons on top. It comes in your choice of black, white, yellow and green.

The S-100 features a 1.1″ OLED display capable of 96 x 96 resolution, an integrated loudspeaker, 4GB of internal memory, FM radio and it supports MP3, WMA, OGG and FLAC file formats. The S-100 will deliver 15 hours of audio playback using headphones and 8 hours through its speaker.

NorhTec’s Gecko Surfboard is a regular QWERTY keyboard that also comes equipped with a 1GHz x86 system-on-chip (SoC), VGA and composite video outputs, 10/100 Ethernet and optional WiFi b/g. The Surfboard uses only 5-watts of power and runs cool enough that it doesn’t need a fan.

The computer/keyboard will run Windows XP, Linux, or Windows CE. Some other features include USB ports, headphone and microphone connections, two SDHC memory card slots, 512MB RAM and a 2.5-inch hard drive.

You may think that Star Wars is the king of Merchandising, but Disney never sleeps either. Not when there are cheap products that can have Mickey and Minnie mouse plastered all over them, along with the typical mouse “ears”.

Now Mickey Mouse fans in Japan have something new to spend their money on. This ultra-small digital photo frame. It comes with a 1.5 inch LCD and 2 Megabytes of memory which will store 100 images. You can also use it as a keychain if you like.

Details have come to light regarding a new netbook from Acer, the Acer Aspire One 532. It will be the companies first netbook to feature Intel’s new Pine Trail platform and will feature a 10.1 inch LCD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720, an Intel Atom N540 processor and Intel GMA 3150 graphics.

Other specs include 1GB of RAM, either a 160GB or 250GB hard drive, 10/100 LAN, a 3 cell battery, 0.3 megapixel web cam, 3 USB 2.0 ports, WiFi, VGA out and audio jacks.