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The Motorola Xoom is a huge product this year for two reasons: it’s a major first tablet from a major Android manufacturer, and it’s the flagship device for Honeycomb, an OS that’s been announced for dozens of other tablets here at the show, but not actually shown running on any of them. The only problem is that Motorola isn’t really showing Honeycomb on the Xoom, either. Instead they’re showing a demo video of the UI, which is actually running on top of real Honeycomb. For a glimpse under the covers, Jacob snagged a quick illicit peek at a totally unpopulated home screen, the gallery app, and even the task switcher the other day. We’ll just keep that between us, however, and until we get a full-on official look at the UI, we thought we’d walk you through that demo UI video Moto is running on the actual tablet and pretend like we’re actually using the thing, which should clear up some of the confusion on this brand new tablet OS while simultaneously stoking our egos. Check it out after the break.

Update: Here’s the gallery of the non-pretend and very real UI shots we peeked in the first hands-on post (including a shot of the task switcher in its current form).

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LG introduces the E70V. An IPS monitor targeted at gamers. Monitors for gamers are usually TN-based, so this should make for an interesting hybrid.

Originally posted at CES 2011

LG shows off its IPS6 series of monitors, which include both LED backlighting and IPS panels.

Originally posted at CES 2011

LG has chosen the passive route as opposed to the active one taken by vendors such as Samsung and Nvidia. LG introduces the D42P monitor as its first passive 3D monitor.

Originally posted at CES 2011

You’ve surely checked out our BlackBerry PlayBook preview by now, so you know that we’re very impressed with the state of the tablet at this point in time. Still, we’re somewhat dumbfounded by the lack of native messaging and calendar clients, and until now we’ve been in the dark on exactly how RIM planned to execute this. Enter BlackBerry Bridge — the app suite that allows your Bluetooth-tethered BlackBerry device to manage your Messages, Calendar, and — yes — BBM. Head past the break for a video of these in action (sorry it’s a little shaky and loud, we were on the floor), as well as a quick rundown of some of the basics — and we’ve got a bonus gallery of some first-party PlayBook accessories thrown in for good measure.

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BlackBerry Bridge for PlayBook tablet preview (video) (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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