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  Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo is planning to launch Wii Fit’s successor in an attempt to push the Wii sales in Japan. The launch will be in autumn but we can expect a related announcement to be done at the E3 on June 2. Wii Fit Plus will monitor more accurately and will enable [...]

  Here it is finally. The much rumored UMD-less PSP Go has been leaked with the official press shots following it to spoil the E3 fun. Anyways, the Mylo-esque PSP Go features some meaty specs like a 3.8-inch screen (no details on the touchscreen and resolution), 16GB flash storage, integrated Bluetooth with support for handset [...]

  Matte finished iPhone. We have heard about it in the past. Now, the purported next iPhone has been pictured alongside the shiny iPhone 3G that we get currently. Nothing much to comment on the image but if the matte finish iPhone is the reality, it will give you a better grip amongst other good [...]

  Alienware famous for their powerful not so portable gaming rigs have added one more laptop to their arsenal. The 2.11-inches thick and 5+ kg M17x laptop comes with all the features you crave for. The specs start with 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo 8600 processor, 4GB RAM, 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M GPU, 250GB HDD, [...]

  Perfect RAM or Phase-change RAM may have missed the commercial launch of 2008 but Samsung is finally gearing up to release it for mass consumption in June after exhibiting it in the Ninth Next-Generation Semiconductor Forum in South Korea. Samsung will showcase a 512Mb (64MB) PRAM prototype at the forum. For those who have [...]

  Bad news: The original leaked video has been taken off from YouTube. Good news: Androidcommunity.com captured it for us to enjoy. The video shows off a red Hero with the purported Rosie GUI and displaying some nifty features and multitude of color options. Things from the video point out to its different homescreen pages, [...]

Apart from announcing Satio, Sony Ericsson also made the Aino and Yari slider phones official. The Aino is touchscreen slider that emphasizes on streaming multimedia content whereas Yari concentrates on gesture and motion gaming. Aino can be hooked up with the PS3 and can stream content from the console to the phone with the help [...]

  Vodafone has scored an exclusive Nokia handset that will be released across Vodafone operated countries from June. The mid-range 6730 Classic is deemed to be a perfect upgrade to 6500c or 6300 and features quad-band GSM and dual-band UMTS support, S60 v3 OS, 3.2MP camera, A-GPS, FM Radio, Bluetooth and microSD expansion slot. No [...]

  Sony Ericsson has set the date for its 12.1-megapixel camera phone. Launched at the MWC as Idou, the phone will now be known as Satio. It is expected to arrive early in Q4 2009 which means it can land up in our hands well in the first two weeks of October. Satio is powerpacked [...]

  Xbox 360 sales have surpassed more than 30 million units globally, said Microsoft yesterday. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 numbers are still way behind Wii but is ahead of PS3, who saw a sale of around 23 million units until the end of March. MS is also elated about the fact that their thriving Xbox LIVE [...]

  HDMI Licensing LLC, who handles the licensing of HDMI have released the specification of HDMI 1.4. Notable enhancements in the new standard will be the inclusion of Ethernet and Audio Return. The HDMI 1.4 cables will integrate a data channel that will allow the HDMI capable device to send and receive data up to [...]

  Looks like Sprint’s exclusive Pre joy will be short-lived. Verizon’s Lowell McAdam confirmed that they are planning to launch Palm Pre within the next six months, which means Sprint’s exclusive Pre contract will mostly hold valid only till the end of this year. He also confirmed few other phones that could excite existing Verizon [...]

  Being one of the best technology blogs in the world, do have some perks. At the D7 conference, Engadget managed to convince Ballmer to show them the recently announced Zune HD and even pose with it. For now, there’s nothing much to tell except to ogle its lovely OLED screen. Maybe there is, it’s [...]

  Under a week left for the E3 and Ars Technica have got some meaty details from one of their sources regarding the most sought rumors – new PSP and PS3. Apparently, their source who has never gone wrong before claims that the upcoming PSP, dubbed as PSP Go! will be announced at E3 while [...]

  Stem cells have often been associated to cure and combat diseases and with the latest breakthrough in the labs of an Australian university, it will help to regain partial eyesight too. The researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia use stem cells to coat contact lens, which then repairs a [...]