Android in washing machines! Android in tablets! Android in... a desk phone? If you're still plugged into a landline all day at work, you next phone might just run Google's smartphone OS.

To say that the Touch Revolution Nimble just runs Android is a bit of an understatement, because it actually runs on an extremely thorough custom interface designed by The Astonishing Tribe, the firm that conceived the original Android UI. The result makes me very, very jealous. Or at least it would, if I ever used a traditional phone for anything, which I don't, because I'm under the age of 35, and I have a strange job on the internet. Anyway! Here's how it works:

You'll probably never see the Nimble as the Nimble again, since this is a reference design to be sold to phone manufacturers and resold under a different brand. And you'll probably never get to buy one, because they'll be marketed as enterprise devices, not consumer phones. But who cares! CES is all about gawking at stuff you'll never buy, in case you haven't noticed.

MSI took the humble projector and added the guts of a PC, making—are you ready for this?—THE PROJECTOR PC. Connect it to a keyboard, chuck in a mouse, and beam your Excel on your dog. Or whatever.

In terms of ports, it has a HDMI out, LAN, 4x USB, 3.5mm headphone jack, mic-in, and even a DVD slot on the front. Internally, it's rocking an NVIDIA ION graphics chip, along with an Intel Atom processor, and in terms of video, it projects 1080p onto a 60-inch diagonal. The contrast ratio is 1000:1, and the lamp brightness is 100 lumens. It's not as bright as a SIM2 special obviously, but MSI explained it's somewhere between a pico projector and a home projector.

It's just a concept for now, but MSI was pretty confident they'll be able to get it to market in the third quarter of 2010. Look out for it then, if projecting Word documents is your usual style. [MSI]

I normally bristle at personality quizzes for their asinine generalizations and overall lameness. But I have to respect the creativity of this video test that Fast Company discovered. Helvetica nerds, this is for you.

After entering your name and the password (character), the video proctor asks you a series of four questions that you click to answer on the left. Afterwards, it diagnoses your personality type, likens you to a typeface, and gives you a brief history of your kindred font. Neat. [Pentagram via Fast Company]

Housed in a wooden, painted prototype case, the Notion Ink Adam tablet is rough. But with Pixel Qi dual-mode screen tech on one arm and Nvidia's Tegra 2 on the other, it's one of the most exciting devices at CES.

We've seen a fair share of Android 2.0 tablets at CES, some of which share not only Android 2.0 with the Adam, but the Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, too. But what they don't have is a Pixel QI transflective screen, a 10.1-inch panel that can switch between backlit LCD mode and low-power electrophoretic reflective mode, which looks more less like E Ink, and which actually gets easier to see in direct sunlight.

We got our first good look at this screen tech this morning, and we covered its weaknesses: the LCD colors aren't as vivid as a plain LCD's and suffers at some viewing angles, and the reflective mode suffers from the glossy screen's glare, but in both modes, it's good enough. (And Notion honcho Rohan Shravan says he's working on a fix for the latter issue.) What this means is that no matter what you're using the device for—browsing the web over 3G, reading an ebook, watching a video—you can switch between screen modes depending on your environment or preference.

As I said before, the device is still in development, so you're seeing protoype hardware (there's prospective second model with a curvier exterior, too), untouched software (Rohan promises a custom interface, with a solution for text input other than the awkwardly sized standard keyboard), and unoptimized performance (Android 2.1 should help the interface move a little more quickly). We'll get a fuller picture of the device come Mobile World Congress in February, as well as pricing info—though we're assured we'll be "very happy" about it.

Anyway, you can stack these caveats as high as you want, and the Notion Ink Adam is still taller, if just for this reason:

We repeat: The bullet's in the chamber. E Ink is going to die.

Some people like to use those armband gadget holders that hit about bicep level. But what if you love your iPhone so much, you want it to feel your heart beating? You need a wristband holder. Thanks, Phubby.

Phubby (a combination of phone and cubby) doesn't necessarily have to be used with an iPhone, but it's exactly the right size and shape for one, and all of their press photos feature the iPhone, so, you know.

How does it work? Pretty awkward, which is exactly what you'd expect. It's odd to have a weighted object on your wrist, and running a headphone cable from your wrist to your ears is just asking for a trip to Tangle City, with a stop off at Earbuds Popping Out of Your Ears When You Reach for the Doorknobville. On the plus side, you totally can use the iPhone while it's in the Phubby (phub phub phub), since its cover is mesh, and it's super cheap at $13. Verdict? It works, but I can't think of why you'd go for a wristband over an armband. [Phubby]

Interesting factoid from a former Apple designer, buried in a NYT piece about the tablet deluge at CES: Apple's "spent the past couple of years working on a multitouch version of iWork." Man, would that make the Apple tablet unfun. [NYT]

Cable! $75 Cassette Movies! (Porno cost more)! Movie Discs! TV Printers! This video segment will answer all the questions you we're dying to find out, PLUS MORE! (BONUS: Witness the birth of TBS and WGN!) [Yahoo via Josh Fruhlinger]