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  The Indian subsidiary of Asustek today announced the availability of its luxury netbook, S101. It’s a 10.2-inch netbook with all the customary netbook features but with a classy looking exterior. S101 will be selling for Rs. 27,990 (excluding taxes) with a storage selection of either a 16GB SSD or a 160GB HDD. Full Specifications: [...]

  We have been getting timely details on Sony’s Vaio P portable device but never managed to get the picture in full glory. Well, here it is. Engadget, taking advantage of the official partner status managed to sneak in some photos from the large display monitors placed at the Sony booth. It looks good but [...]

  The rumor turned out to be true. Phil Schiller in his keynote at the Macworld 2009 announced the slimmest and the lightest 17-inch notebook. The 17-inch LED backlit screen will be a glossy one ($50 more for matte) having a 1920X1200 resolution and 60% greater color gamut than the previous 17-inch MBP. The same [...]

  HP has announced a new netbook to cater to ‘on-the-go’ professionals. The Mini 2140 which is in fact a bumped up Mini 2133 will be showcased at the CES. It features a 10.1-inch LED backlit screen which will be available in resolutions of 1366X768 and 1024X576 pixels, 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, storage options of [...]

  Apart from the W700ds announcement, Lenovo revealed a few more products from its IdeaPad range. Slimness is the main USP of these devices which includes an IdeaCentre A600 All-in-One desktop PC and three IdeaPad notebooks – Y650, Y550 and Y450. IdeaCentre A600 is the first ever AIO to come out of Lenovo’s stable. The [...]

  You know the road ahead is rough when there’s no one around you to support. The entity on this road is UIQ whose crutches, Sony Ericsson and Motorola started showing disinterest in the abilities of the platform. This resulted in both the companies announcing their decision to move away from UIQ in search of [...]

  Lenovo’s first dual screen laptop, ThinkPad W700ds is on sale now. Its pricing starts from $3,663, keeping most of the wannabes away from this expensive offering. A quick run through the specs say that W700ds’s 17-inch screen is the brightest of the lot at 400-nits and also features 72% color gamut for greater color [...]

  Update: Even Vodafone has announced it. India’s leading GSM operator, Airtel today launched Blackberry’s first clamshell phone, Pearl Flip 8220. The phone will sell for Rs. 21,990 ($452) and will be available at all Airtel authorized outlets. If you’re forgetful about what Pearl Flip is, then here it is. It has a SureType keypad, [...]

  MSI has announced that their new 13.4-inch sleek and shiny portable notebook will be showcased on the CES floor. The X320 from the X-Slim Series has a thickness of 6mm – 19.8mm and weighs just 1.3kg. The specs run include a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, up to 2GB RAM, three USB ports, VGA [...]

  Creative’s been teasing Zii as a silicon chip that will ‘change’ everything. While the full details will be unveiled at the CES, Epizenter brings up some screenshots that is alleged to be the UI of ZEN Zii. The images still bear resemblance with the old Creative user interface which makes us to believe that [...]

  Looks like this is just the beginning. After being ported on Asus Eee PC a few days back, some guy has taken the task in his hands to make the Android work with HP’s 2133 Mini Note. The Mini Note is based on the X86 platform but this time on a VIA processor. Expect [...]

  JVC missed by a whisker to beat Samsung, but its LCD promises a lot more than slimness. In fact, the Super-Thin LCD for 32-inch displays is one of the slimmest, lightest and the greenest of the lot. The prototype will be exhibited at the CES which measures 7mm in thickness and weighs just 5kgs. [...]

  So who all were wagering about Jobs being on deathbed? Well, if you were then you’re about to lose your money. Steve Jobs has issued a letter addressing the whole ‘Apple Community’. Instead of speculating about why the letter was issued on the inaugural day of Macworld we would rather concentrate on the statement. [...]

  LG was touting its 24.8mm thick LCD TV to be the world’s slimmest until Samsung came in to spoil the party. But despite being thrown out of the slimmest race, this baby from LG packs decent features. The LH9500 LCD TV has a 55-inch screen size and boasts a contrast ratio of 2,000,000:1, high [...]

  This rumor is about to get squashed as Macworld kicks off. Images of red iPhone 3G are floating on the web and is believed that Apple might launch iPhone in different hues. However, any red affiliation with Apple in the past were marked with the Product RED branding, and in this case is not. [...]