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  Spotted at the Vodafone booth in IFA last week, LG has gone official with its first Android device, the GW620. Though the full phone details are still awaited, they’ve confirmed that the phone has been created from ground up to take advantage of the Android OS and features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, 3-inch touchscreen, [...]

  With Microsoft’s decent effort to pull some off iPod market share, it was certain that Microsoft would launch its Tegra rocking Zune HD outside their homeland. Well, guess what? They confirmed to Ars Technica yesterday that Zune HD will be sold only in US. Ok, it’s initially but still. “For the time being the [...]

  Toshiba has once again pulled an industry’s first by introducing a single-platter based 1.8-inch 160GB HDD. Toshiba claims due to a single-platter design, the drive take less space, power that is apt for today’s PMPs, camcorders and other consumer electronic products. The 160GB drive hails from the MKxx34GAL family and features PATA interface support, [...]

  We’ve already seen some convincing evidence of a 250GB PS3 Slim before and now the word from Eurogamer’s reliable source comes that the 250GB PS3 Slim could start retailing as early as next month. The console is expected to arrive in Spain for €350, about €50 more than the 120GB Slim. The capacious PS3 [...]

  The details are thin right now but it looks Sony’s Mickey Mouse-esque range will get a new addition soon. The S740 was spotted at Sony Dealer Convention in Japan that will come in multitude of colors with some changes in design, 2 plus inch screen and storage capacity of 8 or 16GB. [Via Engadget]

  As expected, at the Mobilize conference Motorola unveiled its Android strategy that will be help them gain foothold in the mobile handset market. To start with, they’ve developed a new Android UI dubbed as the MOTOBLUR that basically syncs contacts, e-mails, SMS, social statuses etc. to show it on the user’s home screen. MOTOBLUR [...]

  Samsung Star (S5230/S5233) is doing well but to propel its sales further, they’ve released the phone with Wi-Fi connectivity. Star WiFi has been officially outed in Middle East and there’s a fair chance this baby will roll out in other regions soon. Rest of the specs remain the same – quad-band GSM/EDGE support, 3-inch [...]

  Nokia and Verizon have officially introduced the swiveling 7705 Twist that brings the power of full QWERTY keyboard in a compact form factor. Reminiscent to your girlfriend’s compact powder box, the phone packs a 2.4-inch QVGA screen, EVDO Rev. A, 2.5mm headset jack, 3MP auto focus camera with flash, Bluetooth, built-in mirror, HTML browser [...]

  LG has introduced XD3 Slim external USB drives in South Korea. The 13mm 2.5-inch drives support SATA II interface and comes in brushed aluminum casing for better heat dissipation and sides with rubber to give the drives some protection from external shocks. 320GB and 500GB XD3 Slim drives are selling right now for 110,000 [...]

  Dell will soon be launching a new notebook under its Adamo range. They’ve put a teaser on their site that only shows the slimness of the new Adamo XPS notebook and is claimed to be just 9.9mm or about 0.39-inches. To put it in perspective, the original Adamo has a 0.65-inch profile while its [...]

  There’s not much to tell right now but if you like keeping your PSP firmware up to date, Sony has released v6.00 firmware. With such version number you’d expect a major update but surprisingly, it’s a minor one. Amongst the improvements few colors have been added under Theme settings for some more XMB customization, [...]

UPDATE: Indian pricing and availability below. Apple’s much anticipated rock and roll event is over and have updated its iPod line, in addition to revealing iTunes 9 and iPhone OS 3.1. Starting with the oldest, the iPod Classic’s storage has now been bumped to 160GB for the same price of $249. Moving onto the smallest [...]

  UPDATE: iPhone OS 3.1 is available for download. Apple today announced OS 3.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch users. In addition to bug fixes, the OS now includes Genius recommendations for the App Store and ringtones that could be bought from the store for $1.29 each. The OS will be available for free to [...]

  Samsung will be bringing 640GB notebook drives in mid-September but WD today has commenced shipping its 9.5mm 2.5-inch 640GB hard drives. The WD Scorpio Blue 640GB is a dual platter drive that claims to consume 30 percent less power than previous Scorpio Blue drives and enhance performance to achieve extended battery life and quiet [...]

  Apple product price cuts generally happen after an official announcement but it’s surprising that US Apple Store has quietly reduced the price of iPod Nano, Classic and Touch range. The Nano now starts at $129 from the earlier $149, Classic now going for $229 (original was $249) and Touch starts with $189 which was [...]