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  As confirmed way back in February, Archos is holding a press event in France to reveal its Android powered Internet Media Tablet (IMT) in Q3 or Sep 15 to be precise. Before the official unveiling, Archos is looking to ready a handful of Android apps and for which they have launched AppsLib where developers [...]

  Couple of Maemo 5 UI screenshots have been posted online, thanks to Mobile-Review’s honcho Eldar Murtazin. While the Maemo running Nokia’s RX-51 device is expected to be unveiled at the Nokia World, Eldar does give his two cents by saying it as the most impressive device in 2009. Other screenshot shows the keyboard which [...]

  Do you know why eagle-eyed bloggers were unable to catch Sony’s latest and not-so-surprising PS3 Slim console? Because they submitted the PS3 Slim application under a different name – Sand Dollar Enterprise. Anyways, keeping the smart naming issue aside, the documents in the filing reveal another interesting tidbit. Apparently, in addition to the yesterday [...]

  Lenovo outs an HTPC, homeserver and a nettop in the US market. The IdeaCentre Q700 is Lenovo’s first home theatre PC allowing users to watch videos in full HD resolution and support for 7.1 digital surround sound. Computing prowess is handled by a Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB RAM, up to 1TB HDD and [...]

  The PS3 firmware v3.0 might not be as fancy as the rumored one but the new improvements do enhance user’s PS3 experience. Amongst the changes, the XMB has been given some cosmetic changes, PlayStation Store shortcuts have been added under Games and Videos categories, dynamic themes, avatars, revamped Friends list and What’s New section [...]

  UPDATE 2: Sony India has announced the price cut too. Indians can now pick up 80GB PS3 for Rs. 19,990 with two free games – Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and GT5 Prologue. Not a bad deal. UPDATE: Picture gallery added. At the Gamescom Cologne, Sony officially unveiled the PS3 Slim. The Slim will consume 34 [...]

  LG’s official UK Blog scored a unit of the new Chocolate phone, BL40 and clicked boatload of pictures for us to ogle at. But if pictures are not your thing, Mobiles.co.uk too has a 6min long hands-on video that allows you to see the phone in action. The phone as we know, has a [...]

  I don’t know what is more surprising – the price Samsung is quoting for its first ION powered netbook or the existence of ION LE chip? NetbookChoice unearthed the manual on Samsung’s website that shows ION LE will handle the graphics for N510. For starters, ION LE is designed mainly for Windows XP and [...]

  Acer’s ION-less nettop solution meant for business users has reached the American shores. For an affordable $399, the Veriton N260G comes with 1.66GHz N280 Intel Atom and GN40 chipset combo, up to 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Intel GMA 4500M integrated GPU, card reader, HDMI, six USB ports, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, PCIe slot and supports VESA [...]

  The official announcement is still a few hours away but it seems e-tailers are already jumping to cash in the imminent announcement. Kmart has an ad on its website telling “The rumors are reality” and Sears too has got its pre-order page up. Both the sites are listing the console for same $299.99 with [...]

  Whatever the reason is, UK people are in luck if they’re deciding to pick Microsoft’s Windows 7 OS. The Windows 7 Home Premium retail version will sell for around £65, which is almost 50 percent less than the same retail version being sold in US. Amazon UK and Play are already taking pre-orders ranging [...]

  Last week, Mediamemo hit the nail by suggesting an Apple event for September 7 week and now its affiliate site, Digital Daily has got the exact date. According to their source close to the company, the event will take place on September 9 (that’s 09-09-09) in San Francisco and will be music-centric. It means [...]

  The official announcement is expected later this week but Lenovo’s Twitter account is already teasing with the upcoming products. Check out the IdeaCentre Q100/Q110 that are claimed to be the thinnest nettops in the world and if we were to make a wild guess that design on the nettop signifies something. Maybe ION? On [...]

  So how do you distinguish your portable USB HDD when the consumers have a lot of options to choose from? Simple. Add a small always-on display that shows the disk’s name and free space. Verbatim’s newly announced InSight HDDs does that in addition to lure consumers with its premium looks. The drives come in [...]

  Nokia has let loose a new firmware update for its flagship phone, N97. Though the exact changes are unknown for now, the v12.0.024 is expected to bring some improvement in performance and new features. Since it’s a big update (around 150MB), the update is not available over the air but only via NSU.