Gigabyte S1081 is a Windows 7 tablet that was just announced. It’s a high performance model, with a display of 10.1 inches, which uses the latest Atom Cedar Trail platform from Intel, said to be both energy efficient and powerful. There will be two models offered of the Gigabyte S1081, one with an SSD and the other with a 500GB HDD. Besides the display which will be a multi-touch capacitive model, you also get an optical trackpad, which allows for extra precision. Other specs include Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, a webcam of 1.3MP, VGA port, HDMI and Ethernet.

The tablet will give you the possibility to dock it to a multimedia station which will have a DVD drive and a very nice audio system. [Source]

The Dospara Prime Slim Magnate GM is a desktop PC that was just released. Its processor is a Core i3 2120 at 3.3 GHz and it runs on a chipset from Intel, the H61 Express. The PC also has a hard drive of 1TB, 4GB of RAM, DVD drive and its OS is Windows 7 64 bit. The price of this desktop PC in Japan is 54,980 Yen (~$710). [Dospara]

It appears that rumors are saying that Lenovo and Acer are preparing to release tablets with Windows 8 on them in 2012. These rumors come from component suppliers based in Asia, according to DigiTimes. It appears that these manufacturers are working on new tablets with this ON on them and with Clover Trail chipsets from Intel.

This chipset is seen as PC vendors as a better option for mobile devices, thanks to its power consumption and performance. The launch date for the tablets from Acer and Lenovo seems to be during the third trimester, according to DigiTimes.

The body of this ultrabook has a thickness of just 0.7 inches and it weighs 3.15 pounds. Other specs include the Bluetooth, WiFi, one USB 3.0 port, two USB 2.0 ports, VGA, HDMI out, stereo speakers, webcam of 1.3MP and a card reader.

The price of the Samsung NP530 in Europe is 799 Euros (~$1,040) for the 530U3B-A01 model.

The first rumors of the Nokia Ace appeared in October 2011 and they speak of a phone with an AMOLED screen of 4.3 inches, a camera of 8MP, a single core CPU at 1.4 GHz and internal storage of 16GB.

It appears that every single day there is an average of 265 apps being added to the market. During the last month, over 8,000 apps were added to the market. During the first year, the market had 40,000 apps added to it, but the last 10,000 were added in just 40 days.

Some other interesting figures are the free vs paid apps available. 58% of all apps available on the marketplace are free, 14% come with a trial period and the other 29% are paid.

Citizenside has existed for sometime now as the social network for over 50,000 amateur and professional photographers, freelance reporters and citizen journalists. Now the news agency/social network wants to encourage more individuals to actively submit newsworthy content primed for publication. They’re doing this via an app for Android phones and the iPhone that will position Citizenside to act as more of a middleman for would-be citizen journalists to submit content to. Those working for the social network will then attempt to sell these videos and images to news organizations. In return, Citizenside tells you they will keep roughly 25% of the purchase price of the media and give you the majority. The act of submitting is free and seamless, which creates all the incentive in the world for smartphone users to snap and send off imagery and footage they think could be sold to a news organization.

But according to users, the promised three-quarters of the selling price is more like between one-half and three-quarters. Still, 65% of the price of a bought picture or video is pretty good considering you aren’t taking the time to submit it to various news organizations. It’s especially good when you think about how much more adept those working for Citizenside likely are when it comes to avoiding being ripped off by big news sites. You could be getting more through Citizenside despite their fee due to the fact that otherwise you’d be most likely forced to haggle in unfamiliar territory, which is certain to leave you the loser.

The true value of something like Citizenside is that it encourages individuals to be more news-minded, even if it’s through the power of the purse. The ease in which individuals can now snap photos or record video and subsequently send them off for possible publication is sure to result in a more updated form of real-time journalism. With that said, the efficiency of this middle man should be more specifically uncovered. Once thousands upon thousands of people are submitting photos and videos through a free app, how will those at Citizenside sort through the clutter? Will it work if it takes twice as long for relevant content to reach news sites?

There’s only one way to find out: download Citizenside for free via the Android Market or iTunes App Store to see if you’re a natural born citizen journalist.

Sprint HTC Arrive is the carrier’s version of the HTC 7 Pro, which is a Windows Phone 7 model that is CDMA enabled and also has a QWERTY keyboard, as well as a 3.6 inch touch screen with a 480×800 resolution. The processor on it is a Snapdragon 1Ghz, it has 16GB of internal storage and a 5MP camera which can film at 720p HD quality.

The regular price of the phone is $199.99 with a new contract, but Amazon has it for just $0.01, with the same two year new contract. If you’re looking for a new phone, this one offers the best of both worlds, a touch screen and a keyboard. [Learn more]

The problem that Netflix has right now is that it uses the Silverlight plugin from Microsoft to function, so it can’t work on Chrome, only on Mac and Windows. There is some evidence right now that Chrome OS might actually have an official plugin for Netflix, but there are no official announcements about it. [Source: Chrome Story]