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UPDATE: Product Page added below. The small FAQ on the page says “the handset will be available at Airtel Authorised Stores very soon” and will mostly be bundled with a 3G plan.
While most countries are waiting for the updated version of iPhone, Indians will officially be getting the iPhone 3GS soon. Airtel, India’s biggest [...]

 
Microsoft is on its way to add one of the most requested features in Xbox 360. The 2010 software update will give Xbox 360 USB storage support, which means users will then be able to download and run Arcade games, DLC, save games directly off the USB storage device.
Although a good news for [...]

 
UPDATE: BGR says these are just mock ups.
If we believe BBleaks’ best source then we’re looking at the first images of upcoming Blackberry OS 6.0. The screenshots do not reveal much except for the alarm menu that looks nice and touch-friendly. BBleaks reckons the screen captures were taken from a device with a display [...]

 
NYTimes is reporting that Google, Intel and Sony have joined hands to develop Google TV, a set-top box with web browsing functionality. The venture will see Google taking advantage of its advertising experience, Intel trying to head on to television space from computing whereas Sony trying to gain foothold in the competitive TV market.
Google’s [...]

Nvidia today unveiled its Tegra 250 or simply the Tegra 2 chip in India. Tegra 2 as we know is the next-generation Tegra mobile platform. The new chips are based on dual core ARM Cortex A9 and runs at a clock speed of 1GHz.
The new Tegra boasts tremendous battery life which is possible with [...]

 
Few days back, Dell pulled out Adamo XPS from its online store so that they could decrease the lead times for orders placed online. However, this surprised decision and availability only through select Best Buy stores led many to believe that Adamo XPS was being discontinued. Now, Dell has managed to shorten the lead time [...]

 
It’s taken couple of weeks but HTC has responded to Apple’s iPhone patent-infringing claims. In a press release issued today, HTC disapproved Apple’s allegations and confirmed that they’ll “fully defend” themselves in the court room. HTC further said that they try to tackle competition through innovation and emphasized on their ‘technology firsts’ which are as [...]

 
Asus has added EB1501U and EB1012U to its portfolio. Now if you remember, these Eee Box PCs are spec-wise and aesthetically similar to their predecessors except for one thing – the USB 3.0 connectivity. But if we’re considering everything else, we’re looking at the same ION-powered EB1501 and EB1012.
To rehash rest of the specs, the [...]

 
We’ve got a new photo of an LG W7PS phone doing the rounds. The image was initially published at Neowin but has magically disappeared which hints that the phone could be legit which LG didn’t want us to see.
Anyways, not much details have been gathered here but it’s expected to have a QWERTY keyboard [...]

 
Slowly and steadily Google’s Nexus One is spreading its wings. Just yesterday, Google announced Nexus One with support of AT&T and now we’ve got a confirmation from Sprint that Google’s baby is reaching their network too. The pricing and availability is not yet decided but Sprint has confirmed that it be sold only through
Google’s online [...]

 
HTC Desire packs every feature to be desirable but if that brown color has kept you away from it, how about a silver colored variant? A silver Desire has been snapped alongside the less beautiful brown version and though it is claimed to be an exclusive to Dutch’s BelCompany, we think the silver version will [...]

 
Macles has published pictures and info of an upcoming ultraportable notebook from Acer. The Aspire TimelineX 1830T will be yet another 11.6-inch notebook supporting 1366×768 resolution but its major differentiation will be the integration of Core i5 CPUs. This offering sports a Core i5-520UM processor clocking at 1.06GHz and can go up to 1.86GHz with [...]

 
The image you’re looking above is supposedly of a motherboard belonging to an updated version of Xbox 360. The updated part is apparently Xbox 360’s smaller and slimmer form factor and a single chip housing both the CPU and the GPU.
This image surfaced from a Chinese source so we can’t reckon the legitimacy but [...]

 
Qualcomm has filed an application with the Indian Government that will allow them to bid in the upcoming BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) auction for the 2.3GHz band spectrum. The bidding is to facilitate and accelerate the deployment of TD-LTE that will enable Indian consumers to experience broadband speeds here as well as on international roaming. [...]

 
Eager I5700 Galaxy Spica might have jumped into the Android 2.1 pool early but for those who were waiting; Samsung has officially released the Android 2.1 update for Galaxy Spica. The update has been initially rolled out in Germany and will be released gradually in the rest of the regions.
The update will be available [...]