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  LG Electronics has excitedly announced that its affordable touchscreen Cookie phone has garnered over two million unit sales since it was first released in October last year. The price and the features of a premium touch phone found in Cookie are contributed as the reasons for its success. LG Cookie’s worldwide sales account consists [...]

  Brian Seitz from the Zune team did not reveal any info except the confirmation that the new Zune hardware is due this year. However, Neowin claims to see the new device and says that the updated Zune will finally hit the retail shelves globally. The exact list of countries is not known but few [...]

  LG Electronics has launched a music player for budget minded consumers. The LG UP3 Neon comes in 2/4GB variants and plays MP3, WMA and WAV formats. In addition to this, the player also integrates touch sensitive controls, small display, FM radio and voice recording. The 2GB player will retail for KRW 55,000 (USD 42) [...]

  Taiwan based Elan Microelectronics has sued the Cupertino giant for the alleged use of multitouch technology in Macbook, iPhone and iPod Touch. Elan and Apple were in talks for over two years but the non agreement of licensing terms led Elan to file a case against the iPod maker. Though Elan has not divulged [...]

  As expected, Acer announced the first Ion based nettop which is known as AspireRevo. The nettop promises 10x faster graphics performance when compared to other nettops and comes with an Intel Atom 230/330 processor, up to 250GB HDD or SSD, 4GB RAM, 1080p output, mini PCI Express slot, Wi-Fi and option to go with [...]

  Acer has took the veil off of the larger sized Aspire One netbook which we scooped in last month. The one inch thick device is powered by an Atom processor, up to 2GB RAM support, 160GB HDD and has a WXGA backlit LED screen. The connectivity options consist of LAN, Wi-Fi b/g, 3G and [...]

  After announcing a special PSP edition for Hannah Montana fans, Sony has announced a limited edition PSP entertainment pack to give something to Rock Band lovers. The Rock Band Unplugged Entertainment Pack includes a Piano Black PSP-3000 console, 4GB MS PRO Duo card, a movie voucher for School of Rock which can be downloaded [...]

  Sony Ericsson announced two new phones for those seeking a cheap yet quality music player or a handy video recorder with decent functions. First up is the W205 phone which will be available in Q3 and brings the goodness of Walkman features. On the music front, it also has a FM Radio, stereo Bluetooth [...]

  When Sony called DSi a kid compared to PSP, it became somewhat certain that they are not looking the DS family as its competition. In fact, according to the latest rumor they are eyeing Apple’s iPhone which has gained respect because of its gaming capabilities. Pocketgamer’s source tells them that the next PSP will [...]

  At the IDF conference in Beijing which also happens to be the first anniversary of Atom processors, Intel unwrapped Z550 and Z515 processors from the Z Atom series. The Z550 bumps the clock speed to a cool 2GHz with support of Hyperthreading and consuming just under 3 watts of power. On the other hand, [...]

  UPDATE: Xserve in India starts from Rs. 1,78,400 ($3574). Apple refreshed its Xserve workgroup server with the inclusion of Nehalem based Xeon processors. The updated Xserve starts from $2,999 and comes in Quad-core or 8-core Xeon configurations, 3GB RAM, HDD or SSD option, three HDD bays for up to 3TB storage, Mini DisplayPort, couple [...]

  Netbooksnews has leaked a few slides that appear to be the roadmap of Dell’s Inspiron Mini series. According to it, users will soon be able to customize Inspiron Mini 10 with up to 2GB RAM, Ubuntu Linux, XP or Vista, 250GB HDD, 6-cell battery, 1.86GHz processor, WWAN. Another Mini 10 model will be released [...]

  We have heard some snarky comments from Sony when asked about the rumored next gen PSP, but this statement titled “Statement from Sony PlayStation on PSP and Competitive Landscape” was totally uncalled for. Nintendo DSi hit the US retail market yesterday and instead of acknowledging the competition Sony comes out lashing the console by [...]

  Microsoft has released the second ad from its Laptop Hunters series. This time it’s Giampaolo who is more technically savvy and emphasizes on value for money rather than paying more for a brand. Needless to say he picks up a PC (HP again!) because he felt Macs are pricey because of its aesthetic appeal.

  Thanks to eXpansys, we first caught wind of Louvre back in January. Even though we knew few of its features, there were no images of the phone – at least till now. A Dutch site has listed the phone showing a thumbnail of it and is pegged to launch on July 1. The exact [...]