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  LG has launched LG-LX265 aka Rumor 2 exclusively on Sprint. Rumor 2 takes place of a 2-year old Rumor phone, bringing a horizontal QWERTY keyboard beneath the alphanumeric keys and QVGA screen. It also features a 1.3MP camera, GPS, microSD slot (up to 16GB) and a replaceable floriated battery cover. The phone will come [...]

  Samsung has quietly introduced a new PMP in the American market. The YP-Q2 looks to be an aesthetic upgrade over Q1. The media player will come in 8GB or 16GB storage options, a 2.4-inch display, touch sensitive navigation buttons, FM Radio and wide array of audio and video format support. It has an estimated [...]

  Copy-paste; Tethering; MMS; Background Apps – Just take your secret iPhone wishlist out because the chances are that Apple may soon make it true. US media outlets are receiving invitation for the iPhone OS 3.0 event, which will obviously highlight new features of the updated OS as well as the new software development kit [...]

  MIT’s team headed by Gerbrand Ceder has developed aninnovative technique that could immensely reduce the Lithium-ion battery charging times from hours to mere seconds. Their Eureka movement comes with the coating of lithium phosphate that is applied to an existing battery. The coating works in a way which attracts ions faster to the tunnels [...]

  Seagate and AMD have partnered to show the world, the next generation SATA interface that is capable of transferring data up to 6Gigabit/second. In the demonstration, Seagate showed off two SATA HDDs – a 3Gb/s Barracuda 7200.12 drive and the 6Gb/s prototype Barracuda drive, both powered on AMD’s prototype chipset. The benchmark tests displayed [...]

  Apple India has announced the Indian pricing as well as a tentative release period for the third gen iPod Shuffle that was unveiled yesterday. If the on-earbud controls are not much of a concern then you’ll be able to pick this one up for Rs. 4,900 within 4 weeks in silver or black. To [...]

  We would rather wait for the official word here but Spanish media is reporting that Telefonica has scored a deal with Palm to exclusively sell their upcoming Pre. Pegged to come in before summer, the Spaniards are expected to get it from Telefonica, Latin Americans from Movistar and O2 to do the honors for [...]

  According to fresh reports, the Eee PC makers are looking for a possible amalgamation between its netbook and notebook departments. Nothing is confirmed as yet, but it is rumored that the plan details are being scrutinized and are sent out to the department heads. From a managerial perspective, Asus could expect an increase in [...]

  MSI brings another notebook to the fray with the launch of VR430. This 14.-1-incher has nothing noteworthy except for its so-called “realistic ocean wave patterns”, which MSI somehow make it sound as its USP (amusing description below). The technical specs include an AMD Turion X2 processor, up to 4GB RAM, up to 320GB HDD, [...]

  UPDATE: Studio One 19 will be available from March 19 in retail outlets in Japan and online from March 23 via Dell Japan. US and other countries will get it from this spring with a starting price of $699. Dell has announced Studio 19, an all-in-one machine that will reach the Japanese market first. [...]

  Sony was happily flaunting off the 50 million PSP figure but its Japanese counterpart has doubled the total sales in excess of 100 million and making DS, the fastest console to reach such a milestone. On March 6, Nintendo shipped out the 100 millionth unit from the DS franchise which comprises of the original [...]

  What do we have here? It looks like Lenovo was pretty awed by Sony Vaio P’s design that they decided to churn out their own version. The picture is claimed to be taken at Lenovo’s office in Beijing, China but it is still uncertain if the pictured device is a working model, a prototype [...]

  Lenovo has announced couple of ThinkCentre desktops for small and medium businesses. The A58 and M58e tries to give these businesses a bang for their buck by lowering their cost of ownership. Desktops have an option to go with Intel Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad processor, up to 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD [...]

  Samsung has announced S5600 and S5230 touchscreen phones that will reach the European markets soon. Both the phones are equipped with TouchWiz UI with widgets support and has Gesture Lock feature. A user can assign different menu items to alphabets A-Z and unlocking to a particular alphabet takes the user to the corresponding menu [...]

  Apple’s cheapest iPod has got a makeover. The new iPod Shuffle sports a long, slim rectangular design and ditches most of the buttons found on the second gen Shuffle. The player integrates only ON/play in order/shuffle button while the volume and presumably play/pause will be controlled via the bundled earphone cord. Another interesting thing [...]