Not a whole lot to see here — other than pixels, of course. Pentax is squeezing a few more megapixels out of their Optio A and M series with the new 10 megapixel A20 and 7 megapixel M20, bumped from 8 and 6 megapixels respectively. The A20 is also privy to Shake Reduction, High ISO and Movie Anti-shake technologies, while the M20 manages a High ISO mode, all targeted and sharpening up those action shots or shaky-cam moments. Most of the other specs remain rather mundane, such as 2.5-inch LCDs and 3x zoom lenses, though SDHC is a nice addition, and both cameras do seem to have slimmed down just a bit. Otherwise it doesn’t look like these consumer shooters have much more to offer than their predecessors, and the prices haven’t budged much either, with the M20 shipping in September for $200, and the A20 following in October for $350.

Spec from ubergizmo:

For a list of specifications, head on here.

• Calendar Display function allows image retrieval based on the capture date
• Easy image search and arrangement on a PC using a Date Folder function
• Green Mode enables the use of fixed, automatic settings when taking a photograph
• Digital zooming provides up to 4X magnification
• Approximately 22MB of built-in memory
• Pan-focus function for effortless snapshots
• ACDSee for Pentax image viewer/image management software
• USB 2.0 (hi-speed) compatible
• Supports PictBridge, DPOF functions, Exif Print, and PRINT Image Matching III

Check a pic of the M20 after the break.

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Hard to believe it’s been almost a year since Sony announced their first touchscreen digital camera, the DSC-N1, but if Chinese forums are to be believed, the successor to the 8 megapixel camera, the DSC-N2 will this time come packing a 10.1 megapixel sensor, 1000 ISO sensitivity setting, and the usual 3x optical zoom that’s all too common on most consumer shooters. Of course, we’ve no way of proving that what PConline’s got their hands on is the genuine article, but is it really so impossible?

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Looks like the cats over at iRiverFans scooped themselves some shots of iRiver’s forthcoming N20. You know, the latest DAP to battle for the title of the world’s smallest audio player with a screen. Here it is nuzzled up to its big bro, the 2.7 x 1.8 x 0.6-inch iRiver Clix for comparison. So yeah, it’s small, that much we know but we’ll have to sit tight for the rest of the details. But in a battle for eye-strain and impossibly small buttons, do we really care who wins? Damn straight we do.

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Speaking of the PlayStation 3s, it looks like we’ve got some simple, yet tasteful aesthetic differences to coincide with those happier specs on the 60GB / HDMI / WiFi / super-duper $600 unit. Ok, so besides the arrangement of ports on the rear, its mostly it’s just a dash of classy silver. We wish there was something more to show (ok, so there are a few more images after the break), but we all know what really counts is on the inside.

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The recent months have been dark days indeed for the Palm OS, especially for its spiritual successor, codenamed Access Linux Platform (ALP). Palm is letting its license to the oft-delayed OS expire this December, and we haven’t heard of too many device manufacturers stepping in its place. The good news is that Access-owned PalmSource hasn’t been just sitting around a doing nothing, and they recently hosted a one day mini-conference at LinuxWorld to show off their wares so far. Apparently the core OS is fairly completed, and PalmSource is mainly working on the bundled applications that will ship with the OS. Classic Palm OS emulation is said to work perfectly well, even with the requirement by the OS to scale those 320 x 320 native applications to ALP’s preferred QVGA touchscreen resolution. There were plenty of Haier N60 flip-phones on hand running the chosen res, along with a few prototypes with VGA screens and a keyboard — a good sign of things to come. Unfortunately, the only pics allowed were of the developer tools running a virtualized version of ALP in Ubuntu — a boon to developers, but no device-based eye candy for us. The biggest enhancement so far is multitasking afforded by the Linux base, though sexy features in the NetFront browser, new HotSync interoperability standards, and a newfound return to Palm OS looks of yore seem quite popular as well. In fact, with the OS’s ability to be skinned with SVG graphics, Palm could conceivably make a branded version of the OS that would be quite familiar to old users, and dub it the Palm OS 6 we’ve always wanted. PalmSource says they’re still on track to deliver the OS to licensees at the end of the year, with the first ALP products finally emerging next spring.

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