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  Some people like touchscreen phones while some crave for QWERTY keypad or some want both. The good news is that LG has made something to suffice the needs of all of them. Howardforum member recently leaked the pictures of VX9600 Versa which features a detachable keyboard. Dock the phone on the QWERTY panel and [...]

  We won’t comment on CompuLab’s attempt to get some mileage for its exeda phone because the crux of the matter is – they have leaked couple of screenshots of WinMo 6.5 Alpha. The honeycomb menu is true and even though it does look finger friendly, the interface needs something more to look aesthetically beautiful. [...]

  Multi-touch on G1 is very much possible but the end product was never shipped with the feature depriving many craving the multi-touch. Now a developer Luke Hutchison has posted a nifty tutorial that can make multi-touch on G1, a reality. He patched the kernel and re-flashed the firmware. If these terminologies seem alien to [...]

  If you’ve been tracking Obama’s Blackberry saga then you must be aware that he has been permitted to keep the device albeit with some compromises. However, this decision has made someone unhappy – the Redmond giant, Microsoft. Their point of concern is that all the data sent from his Blackberry could be spied on [...]

  Cupcake is the codename of in-the-works firmware for Android OS. The official availability is still a mystery but the screenshots emerged recently looks Google is putting their best effort to make platform more edible. Few notable functions are the transitions while opening and closing apps, application manager and a virtual keyboard. This build may [...]

  A rumor emerged on a Japanese forum claiming the existence of Sony’s Alpha A800 DSLR. The camera is expected to be unveiled at the PMA 2009 in March. The feature set is good and inclusion of Wi-Fi only makes it better. Features: – 15.2 megapixel sensor – ISO 200 to 12,800 support – New [...]

  Sony has just refreshed its PSP-3000 by giving more color options to the users. With the addition of Carnival Colors which comprises of Vibrant Blue, Radiant Red, Bright Yellow and Spirited Green, a user now has the choice of selecting from seven different hues. PSP in the first two carnival colors will hit the [...]

  Dell India has expanded its Inspiron Mini line. The Inspiron Mini 12 aims to give the user, portability of netbooks and also functionality of notebooks. The specs are still the same with a 12.1-inch display, Windows XP Home OS, choices of Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, webcam, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It will sell [...]

  eXpansys’ loose lips has done it again, revealing three of the many upcoming phones from Samsung. The three phones are B2100, Louve and Pivot. The B2100 is a stripped down version of its rugged B2700 offering. It will adhere to the IP54 standards but will lose 3G, pedometer and flash functionalities. The Louve is [...]

  As many of you’ll know that Google has finally integrated all the Feedburner accounts to the respective Google accounts. The integration was smooth but the after effect wasn’t. The migration has caused subsequent delay of news, feed subscriber counts going haywire and so on. Our previous RSS URL was http://feeds.feedburner.com/techtickerblog. Now if you’ve been [...]

  It’s the same corporate politics that we see in most of the companies. The tale or rather an article in the Taiwanese edition of Business Today discusses about what’s going wrong with Asus. The article says that last quarter loss cannot alone be blamed to the low consumer demand. Another contributor to the loss [...]

  Nokia has announced that they have shipped more than 1 million units of its touchscreen enabled 5800 XpressMusic phone. Now there’s every reason for Nokia to be excited since 5800 is a serious touchscreen attempt from them. Right price, decent looks, powerpacked features and of course, proper marketing contributed to garner consumer interest. Press [...]

  Here’s the story so far – In a results call a few days back, interim CEO Tim Cook was asked if Pre infringes any of the Apple’s patents and if it does, will Apple taken any legal question. Cook’s answer was pretty clear – “Apple takes Intellectual Property Rights very seriously and would aggressively [...]

  A three-and-a-half year legal battle between the Apple and iPod Nano users has finally come to an end. As a part of the settlement, Apple will shell out $22.5 million to the 1G iPod Nano users including $4.5M as attorney fees. The customer needs to duly fill out the claim form to receive $25 [...]

  Today marks an important day in the history of Apple. At this day in 1984, the world saw the birth of the very first desktop PCs from the Macintosh family. Apple even made an expensive that was aired during Superbowl two days prior to the official launch. The Macintosh included a 9-inch display, 8MHz [...]