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  UPDATED: Specs below. My nephew plays happily on his Vtech notebook but as he grows up, he’ll demand for something real, which is why Disney and Asus have announced Netpal, a real netbook for such kids. Apart from the Disney logo on the display lid, there are few other features that makes it apt [...]

  Users who were vying to give their first unboxing experience of iPhone 3G S might have to wait a bit longer. According to the tracking info, many users were destined to get their device today but the shipments have been put on hold without any explanation. Though it could be Apple asking UPS to [...]

  Hey, WD you are quick in bringing the 4TB dual-drive My Book Studio Edition II to India but what’s the deal with the ownership cost? Sure, you give full support for Mac, automatic Time Machine backup and also options to hook it up via FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0 or eSATA interface but Rs. 39,000 [...]

  The iPhone Dev team has yet again proved their unlimited talent to pwn Apple. They have managed to unlock the iPhone 3G running on OS 3.0 and to Apple’s dismay, record it on video. The new tool is known as ultrasn0w, due for a release on Friday and works on the new baseband which [...]

  BenQ has brought a new ultraportable notebook to the fray, dubbed as Joybook Lite T131. The 13.3-incher is just over an inch thick and weighs 1.8kg which is actually a bit heavy by ultraportable standards. AMD’s Yukon platform is the main attraction here which is complemented by the remaining feature set like an anti-glare [...]

  Olympus has made its Micro Four Thirds camera official. The E-P1, also known as Digital PEN is named after Olympus’ vintage PEN series and packs decent features. The convenience of point-and-shoot and DSLR-like features makes this camera worth talking about. It can shoot at a 12.3 resolution along with a high sensitivity exposure going [...]

  Dell’s Z600 from the Latitude-Z Series has been leaked, thanks to a member from Notebookreview forums. The official specs are still hard to come by but few forum members have chimed in to give us some insight. The ultra-thin 15-inch notebook sports a two-tone finish, powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processors and will [...]

  If you thought Samsung’s leakomania was only limited to phones, then think again. Samsung’s YP-R1 PMP was spotted at a UK e-tailer vying for some pre-orders. Its integrated 8GB storage seems to be crippling the variety of codecs but it could happily cater to some less demanding users. It also has a 2.7-inch WQVGA [...]

  At the CommunicAsia 2009, Huawei showed couple of touch enabled phones powered with two different OSes – Android and Windows Mobile. Huawei hasn’t spilled all the details but the things we’ve got are here. Android powered U8230 features a nice 3.5-inch touchscreen, 3.2MP autofocus camera and a humongous 1500mAh battery that is the largest [...]

  Are PS4, Xbox 720 and Wii HD in the horizon? Well, if you believe Yves Guillemot, Chairman and CEO of Ubisoft, then yes. Yves says the online rendered gaming service (like OnLive) could turn out to be a major reason for these biggies to push out their consoles before the consumer’s expectation. “If somebody [...]

  Acer is holding a media event on Thursday in New Delhi to launch its line of smartphones for the Indian market. There are no prizes for guessing that the phones will be from the Tempo Series but the question is how many will be launched. If you’re interested in attending the event and maybe [...]

  Opera had been hyping about reinventing the web and it seems they have partially succeeded, with the introduction of its new Unite service. Unite is nothing but a gateway to multitude of services that sits nicely in the browser. With Unite enabled, a user can instantaneously share pictures, files, run a web server, stream [...]

  LG and Microsoft partnership’s first fruit is gearing up for its launch. The GM730, unveiled at the MWC is the first WinMo device to run LG’s proprietary 3D S-Class UI. Though LG is coy to share the full details, they have confirmed few features like 5MP camera, music player, games, easy email syncing with [...]

  RIM has officially announced the Blackberry Tour 9630, a crossover of Bold 9000 and Curve 8900. Despite the similar resemblance to other Blackberry phones, this one is a World Phone that supports global GSM and CDMA 3G networks, a nifty feature for business users. Amongst other things, it has full QWERTY keyboard, GPS, 3.2MP [...]

  Nvidia has expanded its GeForce 200M series for laptops with the addition of five new GPUs – G210M, GT 230M, GT 240M, GTS 250M and GTS 260M based on 40nm fabrication technology. The cards bring DirectX 10.1 support, GDDR5 memory support, revamped micro-architecture that improves battery life and graphics over the previous generation. The [...]