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  Finding takers of this phone is a debate for another day but the Nokia’s design team really seemed inspired by the makeup box found in your gal’s purse. This square swiveling device is rumored to hit Verizon in July/August and will be powered by the S40 OS. Seriously?! If Nokia is targeting the fairer [...]

  Apple’s been bullish on its unibody construction style since it first integrated with the Macbooks last year and to see the unibody design in other Apple devices is not surprising at all. A new patent filed by Apple reveals that the iPod range will too get the advantages of unibody construction. Though we have [...]

  Things are going pretty interesting in the Zune labs. The promised Zune hardware has surfaced out of the marketing materials, calling itself as Zune HD and will mostly make a global presence. There are no other details as of now but the picture jibes with Neowin’s description of “sleek and with no D-pad”. It [...]

  It’s no secret that Apple’s App Store is a runaway success. Now less than a year since its inception, Apple is marching towards 1 billion app downloads, which at this rate, will reach within a week or so. As a part of the celebration, Apple’s also giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an [...]

  The Bluetooth SIG group is all set to make the ubiquitous short range communication faster, at par with Wi-Fi speeds. The official and full details will be out within two weeks from now but few things that makes Bluetooth 3.0 special are: – Increased bandwidth to allow users to transfer content within seconds – [...]

  It’s not the peppy Lauren or technical savvy Giampaolo but this time, Microsoft goes for a mother (Lisa) and an 11 year old son (Jackson) pair. With a budget of $1500, the duo checks out a series of laptops including the Mac but ditches it because they come small with that kind of money. [...]

  I am not buying the fact that Arrington posted the pictures of its Crunchpad tablet accidentally but what the heck, even if he did it deliberately (you know just to know the initial feedback), this thing’s looking really good. Not many details were revealed but the second Crunchpad prototype looks more polished and runs [...]

  Samsung has announced the availability of its dual SIM B5702 which was revealed at the MWC couple of months back. The phone’s USP is its dual SIM holding capability and thus Samsung has got a few good features related to the same. The phone supports Quadband GSM networks and has a dedicated key on [...]

  Apple has privately distributed a bulletin to all its authorized service centers to take note of the iPhone like cracks being developed on Macbooks. The bulletin now reverses Apple reluctance to replace the bottom case of the Macbook caused by normal usage. Service centers can now identify these cracks on areas like below the [...]

  Here is a proof that this kid pertinent handheld console did exceptionally well on its not so hyped launch. While the Australian numbers are not known, Europe and US saw 600,000 DSi consoles being sold during its first two days of sale. Impressive indeed. “These early launch results supplant the launch sales of the [...]

  The rumor is rife that LG’s Viewty II which made its appearance at a dealer’s show, will get its first retail release in UK in June. Though unconfirmed, Orange is expected to offer the phone at an undisclosed price. Viewty II or GC900 is a fully loaded phone with a 3-inch WVGA touchscreen, S-Class [...]

  Blackberry Storm was RIM’s first experiment with touchscreen phones. Though many liked the attempt, the exclusion of Wi-Fi and the hyped SurePress screen was a downer. Now according to a Dutch channel sales manager, RIM is looking to do the wrong things right. The Storm 2 will feature Wi-Fi and have a new touchscreen [...]

  The iPhone Dev team has released a beta version of redsn0w allowing iPod Touch 2G owners to jailbreak the device by running it from the command line. However, if you’re not comfortable running command lines, you should wait because the same redsn0w functionality will be integrated in the GUI tools which will be released [...]

  Asus has launched its eco friendly notebook that boasts a chassis made out of Bamboo. Being one of the natural resources that grows fast, needs no replanting and is sturdy as metal, Asus deemed it as the apt material to please the environmentalists. The notebook is also equipped with Asus’ Super Hybrid Engine making [...]

  Samsung has announced SPF-87H, an 8-inch digital photo frame. Destined to launch in Korea next week for 145,000 Won ($110) and followed by other regions, the frame has almost the same set of features when you compare it other digital frames in the market. Agreed, it has Samsung’s proprietary Touch of Color design and [...]