As the holiday season slowly approaches, the war for budget tablet supremacy is heating up. While the Nexus 7 is hands down the king of budget at this time, market pioneers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble don’t plan on idly sitting by. Both companies are beginning to prepare for their upcoming models as they discount and discontinue current models.

The Ice Cream Sandwich numbers continue to rise as more devices begin rolling out the tasty update. One of the latest devices to receive Android 4.0, is none other than the Galaxy Tab 10.1 WiFi edition. Many U.S. owners have already pulled down the update and are once again enjoying their GTab as if it were brand new.

You’re an American, and you’ve just watched your athletes come away with a barrel full of gold medals in London. Maybe you’re feeling a little patriotic; maybe a little like you want to go out and train for Rio de Janiero. If so, then Monster has created the perfect earphones for you: A special edition “USA” version of their impressive, washable, iSport IEMs.

(In my best monster truck announcer voice) Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! That’s right, the day we give back and you get the chance to win some cool swag! Last week we were giving away a Pal Bot – the rechargeable and portable Android speaker system and today we’re going to announce the lucky winner, as well as give you a chance to win some new swag.

The Mini Boombox ($100) is Logitech’s entry into the hotly contested Bluetooth micro-speaker contest. Like its contemporaries (the Jawbone Jambox and Monster iClarityHD are two prime examples), the Boombox supplies big sound in a tiny, wireless, battery-powered package — only in this case with Logitech’s signature sleek, stylish approach and a futuristic control panel. Let’s take a look at how it stacks up.

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