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  Don’t expect much from this couple because it tries to fill in the lower and the middle end of mobile handsets segment. The GD330 is a slider phone and has borrowed some beauty tips from LG’s Secret. The phone has a 2.2-inch screen, 2 megapixel camera, FM Radio and couple of touch keys (which [...]

  Back in January we saw what HTC was planning for the year ahead and now we have got specs of the unreleased devices. Out of the lot, devices that seem to be interesting are Firestone that will be HTC’s first 8MP phone and Thoth will sport a 1000MHz processor. Firestone: GSM/3G network support 3.6-inch [...]

  Asus is keeping the specs of UX Series (pictured above) tightly under wraps but they have let loose a few details of the U Series. Two notebooks expected under the U Series are U20 and U50. The distinguishing points between the two is still unclear but the U Series notebooks will sport a 15.6-inch [...]

  Sprint will be selling Palm’s Windows Mobile based Treo Pro phone from the 15th of this month. Treo Pro is the first Palm offering to have Microsoft’s IE Mobile 6 browser. It runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 and features Wi-Fi, QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen display, GPS and 3G. The phone will sell for $199 along [...]

  Asus looks to be the biggest draw at this year’s CeBIT. After wooing the attendees with Eee range, notebooks and few other products, they are now showing specially designed F1 styled cards that makes the card to run cool. The cards have something called as Micro Surface Treatment technology, one of the reasons for [...]

  JVC revealed the Everio GZ-X900 or Everio X camcorder that can record videos at full HD resolution on its 10.3MP CMOS sensor as well as take still pictures at 9MP. Apart from combining the main functions of mechanical still digital cameras and video recorders, Everio X also features image stabilizer, face detection, HDMI out, [...]

  MSI unwrapped two new laptops from the X-Slim series. The X340 is the same X320 which was announced at CES in December but it goes users yearning for performance as well as power saving features. Thus, it is powered by an Intel Centrino based ULV processor, 13-inch screen with 16:9 aspect ratio, full range [...]

  What was a prototype at CES a few months back, is now a product waiting to be mass produced and hit the retail shelves. According to Asus’ chairman Jonney Shih, they are planning to release the Eee Keyboard by Q2 of this year. It will come in two flavors, a wired HDMI version and [...]

  Apple’s refresh was not limited to Mac Pros, Mini or iMacs alone; even AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule got some feature bumps. Both the devices can now operate on 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands simultaneously to provide wide compatibility and network performance. Another nifty feature added to these devices is the Guest Network mode. A [...]

  Steve Ballmer or Steve Jobs – that depends on which company you camp for but the ad from T-Mobile for G1 hits a homerun with this one. The ad will not only get some attention from Google enthusiasts but as well as from Apple and Microsoft fanboys. You know, after watching this ad, we [...]

  Asus showed its Eee PC Shell netbook (1008HA) at the press conference yesterday. The 10-inch netbook is just 2.5cm thin and weighs 1.1kg. The model has been made to look a bit different from the rest of Eee PC range with its shiny pearl colored chassis. On the software front, it features an application [...]

  AMD announced the world’s first 40nm based GPUs for notebooks. Based on 40nm fabrication means good graphics power on a smaller die and allows laptop companies to integrate discrete GPUs in a small notebook. The Radeon HD 4830 and Radeon HD 4860 are the first pair offering full 1080p playback, HDMI-out, DirectX 10.1 support, [...]

  Just to keep the excitement of PSP-4000 going, we have gathered a few more details of the next PSP iteration. Developer source of Eurogamer tells us that the screen is the same as 3000 except it slides. With the slider closed, it hides almost all the controls but Sony is exploring into making effective [...]

  With the multitouch patent very much in Apple’s hands, most of the companies have stayed away to integrate multitouch in their phones. This has led developers to take the task in their own hands. Jamie Fuller, an S60 developer has announced his new project of bringing multitouch to Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic phone. His proof [...]

  Asus is showing few other notebooks in addition to what we already know. The Asus U and UX series notebooks which Asus claims to have set new standards in mobile computing. The exact specs are not known (you can guess a few from the image) but the notebooks’ chassis is made to resemble a [...]