Logic Supply announced a low-profile, fanless PC it says can withstand temperatures ranging from -40 to 158 deg. F. The PT-1ZB0 includes hard disk and CompactFlash storage, three RJ45-equipped serial ports, two gigabit Ethernet ports, plus both DVI-D and VGA video outputs, the company says.

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Habey USA announced a mini-ITX board combining a dual-core Intel Atom D510 with an Nvidia Ion 2 GPU. Supporting 1080p video and simultaneous HDMI/VGA displays, the MITX-6564 has up to 4GB of RAM, mini-PCIe expansion, plus USB 2.0, SATA, and gigabit Ethernet connectivity, the company says.

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Win Enterprises announced a “unified communications platform” for small business built around Intel's Atom N450 processor. The PL-60780 offers functionality including voice switching, enterprise routing, VPN, firewall, and more, sporting 14 gigabit Ethernet ports and full-height PCI Express x1 expansion, the company says.

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[Updated: 10AM] — Sprint annouced Android phones from Samsung, Sanyo, and LG, all offering a new “Sprint ID” service for downloading UI skins. Sprint is readying a $150 Samsung Transform 3.7-inch QWERTY slider with front- and back-facing cameras, plus the previously announced 3.5-inch Sanyo Zio ($100) and 3.2-inch LG Optimus S ($50) — the latter also coming from T-Mobile as the Optimus T.

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Data Robotics announced a new member of its Linux-based Drobo network-attached-storage (NAS) storage family that adds a Drobo Sync application for offsite backup. Compared to the earlier Drobo FS, the DroboPro FS boosts capacity to eight bays (16TB), adds a second gigabit Ethernet port, and increases performance by 15 to 20 percent, the company claims.

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Canonical's Ubuntu project announced the release candidate for Ubuntu 10.10 (“Maverick Meerkat”), with the final stable version ready for download this Sunday, 10/10/10. In addition to a revamped Software Centre, a new sound app, and a Netbook Edition overhauled with Canonical's “Unity” UI stack, Meerkat's final will feature new fonts and an Android-compatible Ubuntu One Mobile service.

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Axiomtek announced a fanless embedded computer that uses Intel's Atom Z5xx CPUs and operates over a wide range of DC inputs. The eBOX531-820-FL employs hard disk or CompactFlash storage, includes two serial ports and four USB 2.0 ports, and uses less than 10 Watts, the company says.

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Motorola announced two Android phones for Verizon Wireless: the business-oriented, QWERTY-enabled Droid Pro, featuring Android 2.2 running on a 1GHz processor, plus a more modest three-inch “Citrus” phone. Meanwhile, Motorola announced a three-inch QWERTY slider with Android 2.1 called the Spice, and says that plans are going forward to split the company in 1Q 2011.

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Marvell will provide the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Foundation with $5.6 million to fund its next-generation XO-3 tablet, as well to help OLPC develop an interim educational tablet based on Android, says a report. Based on Linux and aimed at developing nations, the OLPC will feature a bendable, dual-mode screen, while the nearer-term device will run Android and is described as a “First World” tablet.

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Timesys has expanded its LinuxLink development platform for embedded Linux devices to offer a subscription for higher-level multimedia and interface functions. The LinuxLink Rich Multimedia User Interfaces (Rich MUI) subscription incorporates the Qt framework, GStreamer, and many other components, initially targeting Texas Instruments' DaVinci, OMAP, and Sitara system-on-chips, as well as Freescale's i.MX51, says the company.

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Android is now the most popular operating system among U.S. smartphone buyers in the past six months, with 32 percent share, and has grown to represent 19 percent of smartphones used in the U.S., says The Nielsen Company. In other Android news, Google filed a counterclaim against Oracle, denying copyright infringement related to the search giant's use of Java in Android.

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[Updated, Oct. 7] — Logitech announced an Android- and Atom-powered STB (set-top box) that employs Google TV software. The Revue includes HDMI I/O and 802.11a/b/g/n wireless networking, may be controlled via smartphone apps or a choice of keyboards, and, with an optional camera, provides 720p videoconferencing, the company says.

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Virgin Mobile USA has started selling the Samsung Intercept Android slider at Target stores nationwide for $250 without a contract, available with a prepaid plan. The Samsung Intercept is equipped with a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and an optical joystick, says the company.

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Irish consumer electronics manufacture Disgo has begun selling a seven-inch, 1GHz Android 2.1 tablet, called the Disgo Tablet 6000, for 180 U.K. Pounds ($285). The release follows the announcement from British fashion retailer Next that it has begun selling a 10-inch, 1GHz ARM11-based “Next 10″ Tablet” running Android 2.1 for the same price — but an early review dubs it “dreadful.”

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Google announced some major content partners for its Google TV platform and revealed some more information on the Android-and Intel Atom-based IPTV platform. New Google TV content partners include Turner Broadcasting, NBC Universal, HBO, Twitter, and Amazon.com, says the company.

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