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  Dell is now selling Inspiron Mini 10’s cheaper sibling, the Mini 10v. The base model is priced at $299 and comes with N270 processor, 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD, integrated webcam, different I/O ports, Wi-Fi and a 3-cell battery. The screen size measures the same at 10.1-inches with the resolution is stuck at 1024×576 pixels, [...]

  First things first, it does not resemble like one nor it can be used for one’s fantasies. In fact, it’s a normal looking cheap phone which goes by the name of Vergatorio, a Venezuelan slang for penis. We don’t know why such a name but President Hugo Chavez is optimistic about the phone who [...]

  Even though Palm had promised to launch Pre before the first half of this year, there were no sights on the release date. Now according a tipster, Palm and Sprint will make a big announcement in the Wall Street Journal on May 19, which easily concludes that nothing is bigger than Pre for Palm [...]

  Microsoft continues its price assault on Apple and its not the laptops they are targeting now. The new ad shows Wes Moss, a Certified Financial Planner comparing the price of songs bought on iTunes and Zune Pass, Microsoft’s subscription based service. He claims a 120GB iPod takes $30,000 to fill up to its capicity [...]

  This year hasn’t been so good for Samsung as far as keeping products under wraps is concerned. Unfortunately for them, here’s another one showing couple of more Android devices, dubbed as BigFoot and Spica. While Spica looks to be the newest entrant in the leakomania, we have seen BigFoot before in the leaked T-Mobile [...]

  UPDATE: Sadly, its a fake account with fake news. I know, Microsoft has denied the Zune phone rumors in the past but what should we imply from this twitter message posted by the Office 2010 team? “New product launch, that’s all I’m allowed to say. Hold off from buying an iPhone/Pre. ” Both the [...]

  Lenovo will be officially introducing the S10-2 netbook today. The S10-2 is an upgrade over the original S10 which is thinner by 4mm and 0.2kg lighter than S10. It also brings in 3G in some models, larger touchpad and 89% keyboard with ‘enlarged right-shift key’. Other hardware specs are rather usual with 1.6GHz N270 [...]

  If this thing turns out to be true, I am sure my next phone will be from Apple. Apparently, a poster at a Chinese forum uploaded an image and revealed some info about the next-gen iPhone. The iPhone’s model number is MB717LL and as it is evident, the iPhone boasts a 32GB storage. Other [...]

  Samsung has announced the shipment of its 32GB moviNAND embedded memory card that uses the 30nm process technology. Each 32GB moviNAND card integrates eight 32Gb NAND chips, MMC controller and a firmware which helps to improve the performance of devices while processing and storing large amounts of data. The 30nm-based moviNAND will also come [...]

  You seldom see a company leaking its own product but apparently this happened with Sony recently on its Russian site. The site leaked three new DSLRs briefly – Alpha 230, 330 and 380 before taking it down. Those few minutes were actually enough for some as they managed to note the intrinsic details of [...]

  The Department of Telecom (DoT) has finally put all the rumors to rest regarding Mobile Number Portability (MNP). The MNP service is slated to start on September 20 in Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Kolkata, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Rest of the country will get it by March 20, 2010. Another piece [...]

  Motorola has unwrapped a new phone that for a change, is not inspired with its totally outdated RAZRs. It’s a slider phone dubbed as W7 Active and comes with an app to make fitness enthusiasts happy. It has a Personal Trainer that creates personalized workout profiles and review summary reports. However, the integrated accelerometer [...]

  As we all knew, Verizon is now selling Samsung’s Alias 2 (U750) phone. If Magic keypad powered by E-Ink technology excites you, the phone goes for $80 with a 2 year contract and an online discount. Amongst other things, it has a 2 megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth with A2DP, V Cast Music and [...]

  The actual decision will not be revealed until Wednesday but Reuters’ sources confirm that Intel will have to face a fine for being anti-competitive by paying computer makers to postpone or cancel the launch of products coming with an AMD chip. According to the report, Intel is said to commit two violations – first, [...]

  Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has developed a new spatial audio transmission technology that allows a mobile phone user to assign different spatial positions to each sound source, i.e. different callers in a conference call. The technology for instance, enables a user listening with headphones to hear different speaker voices coming from different directions thus, making [...]