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We knew Android 2.1 was coming for the Droid , but we’ll confess — we didn’t expect it to come this soon. Motorola is now reporting via its official Facebook page that it’s “happy to relay the 2.1 upgrade to Droid will start to roll out this week,” going on to tease that it “will have more information to share on other device upgrades later.” There’s no detail on what the Droid update will entail or whether it’ll roll out to every user this week (we doubt it), but by all indications, this is a promising sign that Moto’s keeping the pedal to the metal, we’d say

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Motorola: Droid update to Android 2.1 ‘will start to roll out this week’

So the good news here is that Google appears to have heard the cries for help, having taken a chainsaw to its brutal $350 “equipment recovery fee” that had been lumped on top of T-Mobile’s $200 ETF for subsidized Nexus One contracts canceled in the first 120 days.

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Google’s Nexus One ‘equipment recovery fee’ slashed to $150, still a pain

There’s just no two ways about it: the integrated self-timer is easily one of the most amazing technologies to ever be invented.

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DIY photog creates laser trigger for remote DSLR snapping

Sorry if we’re the sort of folks to look a gift SD card reader in the mouth, but while we’re oh-so-happy that Apple finally opened up application-enabled hardware development in iPhone OS 3.0 , we really wish an accessory like this had been available for the iPhone right from the start. The new zoomIt SD card reader from zoomMediaPlus adds a bit of external, swappable memory to the iPhone and iPod touch at long last, giving you the ability to store your iPhone’s pictures on the card, or pull stuff off it onto your handset using the free zoomIt app.

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zoomMediaPlus’ zoomIt is the iPhone’s long overdue SD card reader

We don’t typically do a lot of coverage of music gear here at Engadget because, by and large, it’s an entire world unto itself — a universe of specialty products that require unique knowledge (and often, talent) to use, let alone review — and ultimately, we’re only writing for a limited subset of our readership. There are, of course, countless exceptions to the rule; mixing gear in particular has really come into its own, technologically, over the past several years as a whole new generation of would-be DJ superstars come into the fold.

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Native Instruments Kontrol X1 impressions

Apple’s $499 starting iPad price tag is already lower than many people — and a few competitors — expected, but apparently Steve and company have left themselves a little wiggle room: Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope says that Apple told him it’ll remain “nimble” when it comes to iPad pricing, suggesting that the price could drop if sales don’t meet targets.

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Analyst: Apple to be ‘nimble’ on iPad pricing, athletic on pommel horse

PC users have been able to take advantage of a range of Wisair -based wireless display adapters for quite a while now, and it looks like Mac users will soon be able to use them to cut a few cords as well. The first such device is a Mac-ready version of InFocus’ wireless display adapter, which is designed specifically for use with InFocus’ own DisplayLink-enabled projectors and should be available by the end of March. That looks to just be the beginning, however, as Wisair itself has also announced that no less than four other OEM vendors will be offering some Mac-ready, Wisair-based adapters of their own next month — all of which, coincidentally, will be making their official debut at MacWorld 2010 this week.

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Wisair-based wireless display adapters head to Macs

So, we already assume Amazon’s thinking touch for the Kindle, what with that recent Touchco aquisition and word of similar behind-the-screen touch tech being on PVI’s roadmap .

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Amazon job postings ask for display and wireless experts, hint at Kindle things to come?

Linux originator Linus Torvalds isn’t really big on these “phone” things, but he’s finally caved to his Nexus One lust. In a recent blog post he explains how the G1 never did it for him, despite his love of the “concept” of having a Linux-based phone. He finds phones in general irritating, and cellphones “an opportunity to be irritated wherever you are,” but the Nexus One’s offer of car-friendly GPS navigation got him thinking he’d have a good excuse to bring it with him places, and the recent announcement of pinch-to-zoom capabilities somehow put him over the edge.

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Linus Torvalds is now a happy Nexus One owner, pinch to zoom put him over the edge

Twenty four hours after exposing the 8.9-inch tablet’s internals to the world, the guys at ExoPC decided that the Intel Atom-powered slate was ready for its video debut. You can watch the Win 7 Premium tablet in action after the break, but we do have to say that the “low-pressure resistive” touchscreen seems responsive enough for making selections and scrolling through your favorite technology website.

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ExoPC shows its touchscreen stuff on video