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  Hype sells products and this is what Sony Ericsson is trying to do. They’ve released a teaser video of their first Android-based device to build anticipation amongst consumers. Rachael aka Xperia X10/X3 is shown in pristine white from different angles with the clip ending to reveal its November 3 unveiling date. PS: If you [...]

  So what do you do when you know the first ever Android device’s chances to get an official Android 2.0 are slim (actually, non-existent). But of course, port it yourself. Modder Akira Harada took the task in his own hands to port the Android 2.0 Eclair SDK on his rooted G1. The build as [...]

  Apple’s cat and mouse game with Palm continues. iTunes has been updated, taking it to v9.0.2 and expectedly breaking Pre sync yet again. As for other improvements related to Apple products, you get support for Apple TV’s latest firmware, improved look, improved iTunes store looks, support to organize iPhone and iPod Touch home screens, [...]

  Nintendo announced the half yearly earnings ending September and it’s not what the Kyoto-based company is used to see. They reported a 69.49 billion yen ($772 million), 52 percent down from what they’d reported a year earlier. Nintendo also for the first time in six years, lowered its forecast annual earnings from 1.8 trillion [...]

  Apple has released a new software update for its Apple TV device. The Apple TV 3.0 software features a totally redesigned main menu that allows for easier navigation and faster purchase of content from iTunes. Also, the new software brings in compatibility with iTunes Extras, iTunes LP and Genius Mixes. iTunes Extras gives the [...]

  Western Digital’s Indian unit has launched WD TV Live HD Media Player with streaming capability and full HD resolution support. The WD TV series is similar to Amkette’s recently unveiled Flash TV but think it as far more superior. Watching multimedia content on the new WD TV Live is easy. Attach a USB HDD [...]

  Sony has issued a recall of about 69,000 AC adapters sold with VAIO computers. The adapters were sold from September 2005 to October 2009 with VGC-LT and VGC-JS2 series computers and also with VGP-PRBX1 and VGP-PRFE1 docking stations. Though no one has been injured till now, Sony says they’ve received four incidents of adapters [...]

  For the uninitiated, Droid will be a full-fledged series and the next phone in line will be HTC made Droid Eris. Peter Rojas from gdgt has got a word from a “trustworthy source” that the Droid Eris will be priced at $99 on contract and Phonearena’s source was kind enough to share pictures and [...]

  CDMA-based Motorola Droid got official yesterday but Motorola is already preparing its GSM counterpart. The folks at Vietnamese site, Tinhte managed to get their hands on the device and shot a preview video exposing its GSM SIM slot along with a brief walkthrough of the phone. The specs are mostly unchanged but the software [...]

  UPDATE: Nintendo will launch the DSi LL as DSi XL in Europe in Q1 2010. Wow, Nikkei hit a homerun with the DSi report. Nintendo has officially announced DSi LL with a larger screen. The DSi LL measures 161×91.4×21.2mm and sports a 4.2-inch display from 3.25-inch of DSi along with the same innards. The [...]

  You spend about $20-50 on a Blu-ray movie and watch it, say, once, twice or maybe thrice, after which it sits in your drawer waiting for another tryst with the BD laser. Now Sony has devised an industry first hybrid BD disc that will entice users to use their discs often, provided they own [...]

  Previous rumors have hinted 2011 as the tentative release of the next-gen Wii but the latest report has something different to say. The report comes by way of Maxconsole who got it from an internal source working at Nintendo France. According to the source, the Wii 2 will be released Q3 2010 and interestingly [...]

  Google has dropped a big bomb on PND manufacturers and service providers today by announcing Google Maps Navigation. Although it’s restricted to Android 2.0 for now, the software is a clear indication that dedicated GPS devices are in danger. Created from ground up, Google Maps Navigation works just like your PND on the phone [...]

  After series of leaks, brief hands-on and a preview, Motorola and Verizon have officially unwrapped DROID. The phone is believed to be one of the best Android devices and looks like it will abide by the claim. DROID runs on Android 2.0 (Eclair) and comes with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, high-speed 3G, 3.7-inch LCD [...]

  Sony Ericsson dropped three phones for the Indian consumers – Satio, Aino and Yari. All these phones were unveiled earlier this year but the commercial availability is in Q4 2009, which fortunately, India is also a part of. However, the unfortunate thing to happen with the announcement is the price, at least for Satio. [...]