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  Palm Pre will go for $199.99 with a contract and a rebate but if you’re the guy who loves to be free, Sprint will sell it for $549. To make things more clear, this high price is without any contract commitment but you’ll still get the phone locked to Sprint. If you’re waiting for [...]

  Ready yourself to gorge on yet another iPhone rumor. This one comes from Apple iPhone Apps whose source happens to work on Apple’s hardware development team. There is nothing to validate the legitimacy of the rumor but the specs look worthy enough for the next gen iPhone. Here it goes: 32GB and 16GB to [...]

  If the hefty fine and an abusive monopolist tag was not enough for the chip maker, former friend turned foe have accused Intel of unfair pricing. Nvidia’s CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang told Reuters that Intel’s Atom chip pricing is unfair but won’t seek the legal way, at least for now. According to him, Intel uses [...]

  Apple has listed a topic in its support pages claiming that the iPod or iPhone earbuds can give a quick shock to one’s ears by discharging small amount of static electricity. Though Apple does not take the responsibility for such a shock, they do mention that any hardware or earbud is capable to produce [...]

  Yup, it’s official now. Sprint will be selling Palm Pre from June 6, that’s two days before Apple’s WWDC event starts. Besides trying to steal some thunder off WWDC, they have pegged the price same as the current iPhone 3G. It will go for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and a two year [...]

  LG today showed 42- and 47-inch LCD TV panels that are touted to be the world’s slimmest LCD panels. The panel’s thickness measures only 5.9mm which is achieved by the edge-lit LEDs and also by the use of in house developed Light Guide Sheet instead of the regular Light Guide Plate. These panels support [...]

  Nokia has announced 6600i Slide that will take over the reigns from the original 6600 Slide. The phone ups from 6600 Slide in many departments like the brushed steel cover, chrome center key and a 5 megapixel camera with dual LED flash. 6600i Slide also integrates an accelerometer which helps to the screen take [...]

  Dell’s trying to lure school/college going lads with its new Latitude 2100 netbook. The funky looking netbook comes in five color options and is said to be developed after taking important inputs from students, teachers, parents etc. Apart from the regular netbook features, Dell has added ruggedness for extra durability and also a Network [...]

  It looks like Sprint has spilled the beans on the Pre release date. Notebooks.com managed to take a screenshot of the countdown timer which reveals the day to June 6. The official confirmation is expected today but this date seems to be legit as the site has now taken down the post. [via notebook]

NTT DOCOMO unveiled 18 new handsets that will be a part of Docomo’s STYLE, PRIME, PRO and Evangelion series. All the phones are FOMA 3G enabled and brings in a lot of power packed features that will be released from this month till July.   The docomo STYLE series includes F-08A, L-04A, N-08A, P-08A, P-10A [...]

  Sony has officially introduced a trio of DSLRs targeted at first time DSLR adopters. The 10.2-megapixel A230, A330 and 14.2 megapixel A380 go head to head in features except that A330 and A380 boast a screen that can be tilted up or down. Common features include SteadyShot INSIDE, 2.7-inch display, Quick AF Live View, [...]

  If this picture is to be believed, we’re looking at the much rumored PS3 Slim alongside PS3 in a Chinese factory. Given its plasticky finish this could be a prototype or maybe some PS3 wannabe able to play 100,000 games off the cartridge. We’re not sure yet. Maybe the upcoming E3 will have some [...]

  Nokia has announced three budget phones that boasts internet connectivity at a very affordable price. The 2730 Classic is Nokia’s cheapest 3G phone and brings in a decent amount of features for its 80 Euros ($108) price tag. The phone features a 2-inch QVGA screen, 2MP camera, Bluetooth, FM Radio, Nokia Life Tools, Ovi [...]

  Acer’s working hard to match its Taiwanese competitor’s Eee PC line. They are looking to add one more to its expanding family of Aspire One. The Aspire One 571, which looks similar to D250 adds few new things that you wouldn’t find in a run-of-the-mill netbook. The screen size though remains the same at [...]

  B7300 which showed its face in March has added few more details to its name. Destined to come on China Mobile, this quad-band GSM phone does not support 3G or Wi-Fi. It operates on Windows Mobile 6.1 and has a touchscreen display (320×400) with TouchWiz UI. The phone is also expected to reach the [...]