This Is Android Honeycomb.

Yes/no? It’s definitely one of the…more colorful logos in Android’s history. But you know what? I like it. In fact, I like it a lot. If you want your very own bumblebee/honeycomb logo, you can always right click and “save as” on the image, or you can download the official Android SDK which includes the new logo. The choice is yours.

Motorola Going Red After January Split. #motorola

Coming this January, not only will we have two Motorola entities to deal with, but we’ll have a new logo as well. Unveiled at a Moto press conference in London, the new red logo above is what the upcoming Motorola Mobility will sport going forward in 2011. As far as logo redesigns go, it’s rather low key — a simple color change. But we here at Gadgetsteria like it quite a lot. The monochrome look is still quite stylish. But in Motorola’s case, it was time for some change.

What do you think: Yay or nay?

Google Unveils Slightly Revamped Logo and Gmail Login Page.

Eagle-eyed Gmail users may have noticed some slightly different paint over the last few days as Google rolled out an updated Gmail Login page and Logo. The updates aren’t anything highly noticeable. Heck, I even missed them at first glance. But once you comb over the page a bit more carefully, you can see subtle changes to things such as the “Glass-like” gradient in the Gmail logo as well as certain borders and boxes disappearing around text. Overall, it brings a slightly cleaner look to Gmail.

However, Gmail wasn’t the only Google service to get a face lift. The Gmail About Page and “What’s New” pages also received some minor TLC.

The California based company didn’t give any clear indications as to why they felt Gmail needed the updating. Though Google Product Marketing Manager Jason Toff had the following to say:

“Our goal was to keep a familiar look while freshening up the graphics and trimming down the text (we cut out over 250 words in the process). “

Fair enough. What do you guys think? Personally, I think the new logo looks a bit too PlaySkool. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder I ‘spose. (More images after the break…)

HP unveils new HP logo.

Well lookie there — a new Palm logo. Looks like HP finally got around to “claiming” them. Now if only they could release some interesting webOS hardware…

Update: New Microsoft logos leaked?

Some new logos of Microsoft’s have leaked out this afternoon. Well, “claimed” new logos. They’re a tad blurry. Though, any self respecting leaked image/object wouldn’t be caught dead in the clear, now would it? Nope. So we’ll make do with these fuzzy renderings for now. I have to say, they’re certainly better than past logos and icons of Microsoft products. Anyone excited to possibly be seeing these plastered all over upcoming Microsoft products?

I’ll throw in my two cents and note that the Xbox logo is a little chaotic. You? Hop inside for larger shots…

Update

No new logos. A bit late on this one — According to Microsoft, these were just used for keynote purposes to “showcase flexibility”. However, their tagline has changed to “Be What’s Next”. Shame, really. New logos are always fun to look at. Oh well, continue along…

Star Wars Soap: The ultimate call to bathe.

I’m not trying to knock the true geek’s basement living, rarely venture up for air lifestyle (I’ve done it plenty myself), but sometimes you just stink. Plain and simple. Not to mention, for someone who is constantly multi-tasking and taking in information from all over the place, standing in place, staring at a blank wall, and scrubbing just doesn’t seem very exciting. So, why bathe?

If you’re a geek who doesn’t see the need to bathe, take note. The Star Wars Logo Soap is your soap. Everywhere in society we see geeks being tied to some sort of Star Wars/Star Trek background as the science/space stuff gets our gears grinding. Well, now you can take that geeky, space loving obsession and turn it into a squeaky clean dermis.

The Star Wars Logo soaps retail for $6.50 each. To some, that’s a bit pricey for a single bar of soap. But these are a labor of love, created one at a time. Surely you can appreciate that.

[Product Page: Etsy -- SoapLane]

Geeky-Gadgets > Nowhere Else

Finally a date: Chrome beta for Mac coming mid-December!

Those who frequent not only Gadgetsteria but many other tech blogs, with a feed reader list in the triple digits, don’t sit back and wait for even official beta products. No sir/mam. As soon as a developer build, alpha, or some other unofficial “you-probably-shouldn’t-use-this-yet-but-you-will-anyway” build becomes available, we jump on it. What can I say, if you’re like me, you love living life on the edge. Digital edge that is. I’ve been keeping close to the Mac Chrome beta for many, many weeks and have watched it mature from an unusable proof of concept to a now nearly fully functioning browser. Mind you it’s still a decent ways away from release as performance isn’t nearly as fast the windows counter parts. And what’s the point of releasing a “light weight” browser if it isn’t very “lite” on it’s feet?

So how do we know that Chrome for Mac is set to launch (as a beta) in mid-December? It all has to do with browser actions. Currently the Windows and Linux versions are the only versions that support said feature. Wipe the building tears from your eyes and don’t turn around heading for home just yet. Nick Baum, Google Chrome’s Product Manager had this to say in regards to browser extensions and delaying the Mac version so that it wasn’t the lone duck, sitting between it’s two sister browsers lacking the aforementioned feature.

We realize this means dropping Mac support for a couple of weeks, but we already have people working on that,” Baum said. “If you prioritize the Windows and Linux versions, we’ll bring you cross-platform parity as soon as we can!

So could it be ready now? More than likely if you get a developer or nightly build now, you’re pretty close to the final beta product. But I’m a stickler for having the latest numbers and even a .0.0.1 change will somehow seem all that much better in my mind. December isn’t far at all. Excited yet?

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