HP is preparing another fire sale for its HP TouchPad tablets just in time for the holidays. The limited time sale will begin at 6PM Central time on Sunday, December 11, and is only available through HP eBay store. Both the 16GB and 32GB models will be available, but quantities are limited.

Also, this time around, the tablets offered will be refurbished models and there is a limit of two per customer. Sales are final and there is only a 90-day warranty. The 16GB model will be priced at $99 while the 32GB model will be priced at $149. An additional 3-piece accessory bundle will also be offered that includes a case, charging dock, and wireless keyboard for $79.

According to a Greek website an iPhone will be announced in early October and released to the major markets around the world on October 21. The site claims this will be the iPhone 4S with the same size display, 8 MP camera with 1080p video recording, a dual-core 1GHz A5 processor inside and a second antenna on the top.

The rest of the specs are pretty much identical to the current iPhone 4. The site claims to have a "100% reliable source", but we do advise you to take it with a pinch of salt.

We also received another tip, claiming that the next iPhone will feature BlackBerry Messenger service. According to the tipster, BlackBerry will be getting a lot of cash in return for their messaging service. Once again there is no confirmation of any kind to those rumors, so it might all end up to be science fiction.

The Sony Ericsson army of droids smartphones is about to welcome its most powerful soldier yet. Promo photos of the yet unofficial dual-core Sony Ericsson Xperia Duo just surfaced online so we are probably nearing a real announcement.

At this point there is not much we can tell you about the Xperia Duo specs sheet, but the source claims that the screen is larger than the one of the Arc and is probably measuring 4.5-inch in diagonal. There is no mention of the Bravia engine, but chances are that it will be on board.

The nature of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Duo dual-core CPU remains a mystery. Qualcomm is the most likely supplier as it has had a successful partnership with Sony Ericsson for quite some time now. Yet the Tegra 2 has been getting increasingly popular among smartphone manufacturers recently so there is an outside chance that Sony Ericsson will make a switch.

Now with promo materials already being printed its quite probable that the Swedish-Japanese joint venture will officially unveil the Xperia Duo smartphone in the very near future and then we will get all our questions answered.