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  The video is titled “Samsung B7610” but if you’re acquainted with OmniaPRO’s B7610 design, you’ll know the phone in the video is not the same. So which phone is it? The video claims it to be “Houdini” and if you remember correctly, the name first appeared in T-Mobile’s leaked Android roadmap in May. Surprisingly, [...]

  So it all started in July when FCC officially asked Apple, Google and AT&T the reasons for rejecting Google’s Google Voice app. And then came August where all the concerned parties submitted their justification to FCC with Apple claiming to neither accept or deny the app; AT&T claimed it had no role to play; [...]

  Dell Latitude Z was leaked in June and till date we maintain that it looks hot. Now the word comes from Forbes is that Latitude Z will get its official unveiling in the coming weeks along with an interesting feature. The Latitude Z will support wireless charging. How it works is still a mystery [...]

  Asus has unveiled a touchscreen enabled videophone for Skype users. Co-developed with the VoIP company, the Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T allows a user can carry out unlimited video and voice calls to its Skype contacts. The feature set includes a 7-inch touchscreen display with an easy to use iconized UI, integrated webcam, speaker, mic [...]

  If you’re looking to step up from a point-and-shoot to a decently spec’d DSLR, Pentax’s got something for you. The K-x brings in number of features for a sensible price tag. Equipped with a CMOS image sensor that can take pictures at 12.4 megapixel resolution, Pentax Prime II image processing engine and automatic mode, [...]

  Sony Ericsson has not even announced Android-powered Xperia X3 but we’re seeing rumormongers chirping its supposed street date. Apparently, Mobile Crunch has got someone on “good word” that SE will be launching Xperia X3 in January next year. This is somewhat surprising because SE’s Xperia X2 will go on shelves in Q4 this year [...]

  After bringing the limited edition 250GB Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 pack, Microsoft has announced Xbox 360 Forza Motorsport 3 Super Elite Bundle, again equipped with the 250GB HDD. In addition to the extra storage, a user will get two wireless controllers, an Xbox 360 Headset and a Standard Edition copy of Forza Motorsport [...]

  LG has introduced WIDEBOOK, which I assume comes from the fact that every notebook in this series sports a widescreen 16:9 display. There are five models in this range – R580/R560, R480/R460 and R380 that features the aforesaid WIDEBOOK capability but with different screen sizes of 15.6-inch (R580/R560), 14-inch (R480/R460) and 13.3-inch (R380) and [...]

  Sony introduced a trio of Walkman players yesterday in Japan. It’s the S640 and S740 from the S-Series and super thin A840 from the A-Series. The S640 and S740 are similar in features except for couple of facts like S740 comes in 8GB/16GB/32GB storage choices as compared to S640’s 8 and 16GB SKUs and [...]

  Samsung has officially stamped B7330 as the newest entrant in the Omnia series. The B7330 will join its siblings in the OmniaPRO series that is segregated for Omnia devices with QWERTY keyboard. Running Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, the OmniaPRO B7330 features a 2.63-inch display, 7.2Mbps HSDPA/2Mbps HSUPA, 3MP camera, FM Radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS [...]

  HP today unwrapped its newest offering dubbed as the DreamScreen. The core function of the DreamScreen is to display photos but thanks to HP, the screen can do more than that. Coming in a piano black design with flushed glass, the DreamScreen connects easily to a wired or wireless network to stream pictures, music [...]

  Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor? Check. Windows 6.5 OS? Check. A large 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen with multi-touch support? Check. Wait, what? Multi-touch? If the video from PocketPT is to be believed, the upcoming Leo will boast multi-touch, a first for any Windows Mobile device. As for other features, the phone is said to have 320MB/512MB [...]

  LG has unveiled XPION MINI X130, an ION-powered nettop in South Korea. The 1.1kg X30 is merely half the size of an A4 paper and brings the power of ION platform that will allow the user to watch HD content as well as play few graphics demanding games. The nettop runs Vista Home Basic [...]

  250GB PS3 Slim was first confirmed in an FCC listing and now we’ve got the first image, rather box shot of the console. As like the 250GB Xbox 360 bundle, this console will also be bundled with PS3’s upcoming Uncharted 2. The expected price and availability is not known but as per a rumor [...]

  ARM-based chips are mostly used in consumer electronic devices that demand less processing power but today’s introduction of a dual-core Cortex-A9 processor is set to change that. ARM has unveiled the new processor that clocks 2GHz of speed while consuming only 1.9 watts of power. According to tests done by ARM, the new processor [...]