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  CSR Inc. the parent company of SiRF Technology Holdings today revealed the GSD4t GPS receiver that uses the new SiRFstarIV architecture. The SiRFstarIV coupled with SiRFaware allows the GPS receiver to locate the place quickly without having to compromise on mobile device’s battery life. SiRFstarIV edge over others is its capability to maintain “better-than-hot-start” [...]

  Ok, so Digitimes is back again with some solid details on Asus and Acer’s netbook plans for the rest of the year. Apparently, the industry sources tell them that both the vendors are holding off new netbooks in 2009 and will try to concentrate on ultra-thin notebooks. This decision comes because Intel is also [...]

  More pictures of LG’s BL40 phone have surfaced and needless to say, it does look like a big Chocolate bar. The Sina reporter does not give a full hands-on impression but regurgitates the same specs we have known before. The phone boasts a 4-inch 21:9 touchscreen display, S-Class UI, 5MP Schneider-Kreuznach lens, FM transmitter, [...]

  UPDATE: China Unicom says the deal is not finalized yet and is under discussion. An interesting battle is expected to arise when the original iPhone will soon sell in a land of so many iPhone wannabes. Shanghai Securities News is reporting that Apple has reached an agreement with China Unicom to sell iPhones in [...]

  Philips makes decent phones but unfortunately the phones are hard to find in countries except if you live in the Far East. Now, a new phone has come out of its stable that claims to run the Android OS. The V808 phone has a 3.2-inch touchscreen with HVGA resolution, 3.2MP camera and other features [...]

  Apple has released yet another beta of the iPhone OS 3.1 along with a new SDK. Developers can download the latest build from the Apple Dev page. While the changes or improvements are not clear, it is said to bring video APIs for the development of augmented reality apps. The earlier OS 3.1 builds [...]

  Well, not much to tell about it right now but here’s a confirmation straight from the horse’s mouth. Sprint CEO, Dan Hesse at the Fortune’s Brainstorm: Tech said he is happy how Android is evolving and will bring at least one device for sale. “The reviews say now it’s ready for prime time,” Hesse [...]

  Xperia X2 has made quite a few appearances in pictures before but this is the first time we’re seeing it on a video. Well, it may not be the best of videos but at least it drops a few hints on what to expect from the device. The device runs Windows Mobile 6.5 without [...]

  Western Digital’s newly announced 1TB HDD has taken the crown to be the industry’s highest capacity 2.5-inch drive. Measuring just 12.5mm thick, WD is pitching this capacious drive apt for external USB HDDs, in addition to the notebooks. Few features it boasts are silent operation with WhisperDrive, shock resistance with the help of ShockGuard [...]

  Samsung and Intrinsity have jointly developed a fast CPU based on ARM’s Cortex A8 architecture meant for mobile products. Code-named as Hummingbird, the processor is based on Samsung’s 45nm, Low Power (LP) process that helps it to achieve a clock speed of 1GHz while consuming less power. Hummingbird’s high performance, low power consumption is [...]

  UPDATE: T-Mobile USA users will get the phone from Aug 5 for $130. Research in Motion has lifted the veil off another phone from the Curve family targeted mainly at entry-level smartphone users. Despite being on the lower end, the Curve 8520 brings in nifty features like multimedia playback buttons on the top of [...]

  The first Ion powered nettop will soon get stronger. Acer will be upgrading its Aspire Revo offering to integrate hardware that will significantly improve nettop’s performance. The new configuration will include a dual-core Atom 330 CPU, 4GB RAM and storage now up to 500GB. The OS remains unchanged to Vista Home Premium and is [...]

  Take your pick on whom you’re gonna believe because two contradictory reports have emerged claiming the launch of Apple’s rumored Tablet PC. First report comes from AppleInsider whose source says a 3G enabled 10-incher Tablet PC from Apple will be on its way after being continuously modified for the past 2 years. Their source, [...]

  Pardon our limited capacity to understand Korean but it looks like Samsung is out with an e-book reader of its own in their home market. The SNE-50K reader has been created in association with Kyobo, South Korea’s largest bookstore. The 200g and 9mm slim device features a 5-inch display, ability to take notes with [...]

  There were murmurs of a Tegra phone being worked on and it looks Samsung will be the first company to pull it out. A Samsung rep confirmed to Laptopmag that they are developing a Tegra powered phone which will allow users to play graphic intensive games and play HD content effortlessly when attached to [...]