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  After giving the world’s first iPhone 3G unlock, the iPhone Dev team has set their eyes on iPod Touch 2G. The jailbreak solution for the iPod Touch is called as Redsn0w and according to the team the jailbreak solution is ready…well almost. The process is currently in the ‘manual stage’ and they are working [...]

  Digitimes and its wealth of sources say that HP will be adding more netbooks in the Mini Note family by the end of the first half. They say the successor of Mini Note 2140 will be 2150 which will sport a 3G module. Apart from that, an 11.6-incher and a 13.3-inch model are also [...]

  Samsung is definitely not content with its Innov8 and Pixon battling in the 8 megapixel phone race. New pictures confirm the existence of a new 8MP phone that will jump in the fray. The details of the phone are next to none apart from the 8 megapixel sensor with awesome Xenon flash. The phone [...]

  Mouse Computer from Japan has announced LB-F1500W netbook to compete in the Japanese market. The specifications of the netbook are rather customary except for one thing. This baby packs an optical DVD drive. Other than that, the repetitive feature set includes a 10.2-inch screen, a N270 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, runs Windows XP, 1GB [...]

  Step aside all the celeb branded phones because this is something special. It is the first President branded phone better known as the Obama phone. You shouldn’t worry about the internal specs because whatever matters, is outside – like the “O” on the D-pad and an Obama logo at the back. Sadly, there aren’t [...]

  With Chinese OEM suppliers doing the hard work, there isn’t anything left for recognized companies to do other than market the products in their own name. Apparently, it seems Archos has also adopted the same route and will be flooding the netbook market with its Archos 10. DAPreview points out that the netbook is [...]

  We have seen the picture, we already know the specs and now we know the price (if we believe the report). A Chinese newspaper is claiming that Compal electronics from China has been given the mantle to produce the successor of world’s highest selling netbook and will be priced around $399. The price is [...]

  Nokia announced the availability of new firmware of three devices – E71, 5800 XpressMusic and N96. The E71 software now moves to v200.21.118 and includes lots of changes. Changelog from NokiaAddict: – Internet Radio application – My Nokia application – 3G power reduction for applications using keep-alive style messaging – User experience improvements: – [...]

  The camera mobile phone race is going to get hotter. Sharp has unveiled its creation that will allow mobile phone manufacturers to integrate 12 megapixel sensors in their phones. Sharp is the second company to develop a 12 megapixel CCD sensor after Sony. Samples will be distributed beginning from this month and is expected [...]

  Its raining Blackberrys this month. The third Blackberry phone to be launched in India is Curve 8900. Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Communications will be selling this little Bold sibling for Rs. 27,500. Internally, there are no surprises as such. There’s EDGE and Wi-Fi for wireless internet connectivity, a HVGA+ display, 512MHz processor, GPS, 3.2 [...]

  The Eee Phone rumors have been finally put to rest by the main man himself, Jonney Shih. In an interview with NYTimes, he confirmed about the ongoing development of a low cost Eee phone. The phone however, will not just be another product with an Eee sticker but it will revolve around the Eee [...]

  It looks like everything is scripted, isn’t it? First Apple announce their last Macworld without Steve Jobs, then just a day before Macworld Steve addresses to the Apple community regarding his health problems and now post-Macworld, Steve is back again with another letter. This time he announces his medical absence from the company until [...]

  Nokia has combined its Nseries N79 phone with Polar’s wireless Bluetooth WearLink heart rate belt to launch a new variant, N79 Active. There is no change in specs department as it still has a GPS, 5 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi etc. The Active part over here comes from the GPS and bundled Sports Tracker [...]

  Dell has launched an online store to cater to the software needs of the customers. The Download Store is touted to be the first online software superstore wherein individual user as well as SMEs can order software titles, download them and manage volume software licenses within the included Dell Locker. In a nutshell, this [...]

  Fujitsu in collaboration with NTT DOCOMO will soon sell their FOMA F905i model in Taiwan. It is the same phone which is currently being sold in Japan but will be localized to view and input traditional Chinese characters. The phone will be sold by Far EasTone Telecommunications which will also DOCOMO’s i-mode mobile internet [...]