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  Yet another Blackberry device has been found in the wild. This time its Onyx, which is said to be on the lines of Blackberry 8900 and will support GSM bands. On the other hand, a CDMA based variant will also make it to the market on T-Mobile, known as Driftwood and is slated for [...]

  Chinese companies have a knack to produce clones that are not out in the market so it is not really surprising when a new clone surfaced over the weekend claiming to be the successor of highly successful 5800 XpressMusic. However, despite its worldly claims I don’t think it’s original. Its alleged specifications: 5 megapixel [...]

  Dell may have held their Android netbook development closely to their chest but it’s an ancillary company that has leaked their intentions. Bsquare Corp. issued a press release about their recent order which involved them to port Adobe Flash Lite on Dell’s Android netbook. On the other hand, unconfirmed tip comes to Tmonews about [...]

  You’ve seen dual hinged phone from Samsung and now its time for a dual slider, similar to Pantech’s Matrix Pro. The seemingly press pictures of Exclaim M550 have made its way on the web and is rumored to take place of Rant on Sprint from next month (June 7 to be exact). The phone’s [...]

  Samsung’s Alias 2 (U750) has already made a public appearance but this time it gets in front of a video camera and shows off its dynamically changing E-Ink keypad and few other features. Jennifer or JenJen from Howardforums managed to get it 4 days before the release and here she is recording her initial [...]

  Were you pinning for a PS3 price cut at the upcoming E3? Well, so were we, but if THQ’s boss Brian Farell belief is correct, there are slim chances for the good news to happen. But he still believes that the price cut could be possibly done later in the year. “We’re not expecting [...]

  Boy Genius Report has got something to share about the optical trackball boasting Blackberry 8520 aka Gemini. Lauding the optical trackball like the guys over at Crackberry, they reveal the possible release for the phone. Q4 2009 is the expectant release period and will land in USA first via T-Mobile. The phone’s price is [...]

  The Typhoon team has released the ChickHEN app that enables homebrew on older PSPs as well as the unhackable PSP-3000 and PSPs with TA-088v3 mobos. So what does this app exactly do? Well, it allows users to play classic games as well as run apps stored on the memory card of the PSP. However, [...]

  Thank FCC because without them we wouldn’t know what handset manufacturers have in store for us. Nokia’s 6750 codenamed Mural has been leaked by them which is expected to arrive on AT&T soon. There is not much to tell right now but analyzing the picture, the glossy clamshell looks to be pocket friendly phone [...]

  Is yesterday’s announcement the reason Rogers is rushing to give its own piece of good news? Well, if they did, I am sure Canadians won’t mind. They have announced to bring HTC Dream and Magic next month to Canada. While we can expect Magic to sell later in the month, Roger’s

  Apple hates netbooks? No problem. Entangled in a legal battle with Apple? No problem. This is the attitude of gutsy Psystar who vaguely confirms about a Mac OS X netbook that won’t be pencil drawn. In an interview, Psystar’s CEO hinted that they will be launching a notebook “on the lines of a netbook” [...]

  PhoneArena has posted few live pictures of new devices headed for Verizon. First up is Motorola’s Rival a445. Rival, as you can see, has a horizontal QWERTY keypad and Verizon is said to target youths by offering a bunch of color options. No word on other details but the phone will mostly have a [...]

  Fujitsu has partnered with Willcom to develop a security solution that enables the user to remotely delete the data in case of a lost or stolen notebook. However, one caveat this security solution has is that the laptop needs to be in Willcom’s PHS coverage area. Fujitsu plans to integrate the custom made module [...]

  Whatever you say it – Apple’s sudden change of mind or to clear out the inventory in wake of a newer model, this is some good news for iPhone users. Apple is now offering a replacement to users who have damaged their devices because of some liquid. The program applies for out of warranty [...]

  Japan might soon get its first Android phone. A Japanese blog has caught HTC’s Magic in NTT DoCoMo’s garb. The known things for now – it will be called as HT-03A and will run on Android 1.5 Cupcake software. HTC Magic is the second Android phone in the market and features a 3.2-inch QVGA [...]