Samsung i8520 Beam Pictures – The Samsung Beam I8520 is an Android smartphone, packing a built-in projector. This handset is full of high-end features like a 3.7-inch Super AMOLED display, 8MP camera and HD video playback. Sounds like a great device for the tech buffs out there.

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Watch John B., Gabe H., Alex D., and Jeff M. on their creation: the KegMate, an iPad-powered beer monitor.

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Heres another hands-on video with the Nokia N8.  The Nokia N8 is a powerful combination of internet, video, photos, music, maps with Symbian^3 operating system. With a large capacitive touch screen supporting pinch to zoom, social networking integration, a Carl Zeiss 12 megapixel camera with wide-angle lens and Xenon flash, shooting 720p HD video, on demand Web TV, HDMI connectivity and USB OTG, you can create, discover and share a world of creativity. Additionally, for the software developers, the device includes Qt 4.6.2, Java MIDP 2.1 and Flash Lite 4.0.

The Nokia N8 brings also compatibility with popular Internet video formats and desktop Flash. With optimized video streaming and playback support, Nokia N8 provides a fantastic platform for bringing your favorite TV and other video services to a mobile computer. We’re in the midst of finalizing the Web TV developer framework and will release a customizable open source Web TV app template, created and used in a collaboration with dozens of globally acclaimed broadcasters.

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In this episode of the Android Application Weekly by PocketNow, they demonstrate some great apps from the Android Market. The first application is called aCar and it is a powerful record keeping program that will remind you when your service is due on your vehicles. The second program is Alchemy a puzzle game in which you have four elements and must combine them to create new objects. The third application is Carrom3D a billiards game with many styles of game play and levels. You may even play against other online players. The fourth program is Google Sky Map which will show you in relation to your position where planets, stars, and constellations are in the sky. Google Sky Map is great if you are outside gazing at that twinkling light and want to know what exactly it is called.

The fifth application is RockPlayer, a full video player that is capable of decoding Divx and many other video codecs. The video quality is superior and the interface is easy to use.

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Here’s a very quick look at the Nokia N8s multitasking interface in comparison to the Samsung Omnia HDs.

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In this video, Phil from Androdcentral does some benchmark tests with the Motorola Droid, Droid 2, Nexus One and Evo 4G, all running Android 2.2.

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Here’s a quick demo by MobileBurn of the new Chrome to Phone and Voice Search applications for Android 2.2 Froyo smartphones. Chrome to Phone pushes information from your browser to your phone, while Voice Search lets you send text messages, play music, and do all sorts of things with only voice commands.

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