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  Verizon Storm (9530) users have a reason to smile as they’re the first ones to receive the BB OS 5.0 update. The update promises to bring a lot of new features and of course, stability to RIM’s first touchscreen attempt. To be specific, the phone will give faster, accurate and natural text input experience, [...]

  Samsung has pulled off another world’s first by developing the slimmest LED LCD TV panel. The 40-inch Needle Slim LED TV panel is just 3.9mm thick, which is about 7mm slimmer than Samsung’s full production LED TV panel or 46mm thinner than conventional LCD panels. Samsung’s ultra slim panel uses new optical film manufacturing [...]

  Epson India has announced a powerful photo scanner for those who seek more than the mere scanning ability, often found in all-in-one printers and entry-level scanners. The Perfection V600 scanning solution is equipped with the highest optical resolution of 6400×9600 dpi giving users unmatched scanned output with 48-bit color depth. The scanner also boasts [...]

  Droid might be garnering all the attention but this phone from Motorola leaked somewhere in China is worthy of the attention too. Codenamed as Zeppelin, the phone will be launched on China Mobile and is supposedly one of the 8 Ophones to be launched. Unfortunately, there’s not even a single front side shot but [...]

  Well, to be realistic the vanilla Aura is also out of reach for common man so the same device blinged with gold and diamonds is certainly out of question. However, if you’re one of those types that price tag is the last thing that comes to your mind, you can pick this exquisitely looking [...]

  Sony has added another dimension to the generally bland digital photo frames. The DPP-F700 photo frame features a 7-inch WVGA (800×480) display to view pictures and additionally, an integrated printer, just in case you want a particular photo instantly. The printer can print up to 4×6-inch photo at 300dpi resolution in under 45 seconds. [...]

  Motorola has taken down the page but only after the damage was done. Eagle-eyed web surfers spotted Droid page live on Motorola’s site revealing everything barring the availability and price. The Droid, touted as one of the best Android phones features 3.7-inch WVGA (480×854) touchscreen display, slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard, Android 2.0 (Eclair) OS, [...]

  Dell has announced a CULV-powered notebook in Australia and Japan. The 13.3-inch Inspiron 13z is available in both the regions but bear slightly different specs. Starting from US$1,106, Australians will get a 1.3 or 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 320GB HDD, 4GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce G105M GPU and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS. [...]

  Samsung’s Galaxy Spica has entered into the crowded Android market. Technically, the fourth Android device from Samsung but it will be the second to be available in different regions. Galaxy Spica aka Galaxy Lite is the smaller sibling of I7500 Galaxy but the Spica scores on the processor front, boasting a speedy 800MHz CPU [...]

  This is not the first time Ballmer’s comments have created confusion so it’s not surprising Microsoft trying to retract what he said in the recent interview. Ballmer said Blu-ray accessory would be offered as an add on but Major Nelson from the Xbox team has jumped in to try clear things up. Apparently, Ballmer [...]

  Dell’s super slim Adamo XPS notebook was rumored to have a capacitive touch-sensing strip and well, here’s the confirmation. A user will first need to slide a finger and then only will Adamo XPS reveal its screen. Dell also slipped few more details like it won’t be carry Atom processor but an undisclosed Intel [...]

  Wow, this is going to be big. Nokia has filed a lawsuit against Apple in Delaware District Court because Apple’s iPhone infringes a number of Nokia patents. Nokia claims that almost 40 handset manufacturers have entered into an agreement with them but Apple is “attempting to get a free ride on Nokia’s innovation.” “The [...]

  Looking for an affordable solution to play movies and other multimedia content from your USB drive on the TV? Well, Amkette has heard you and have rolled out affordable Flash TV in the Indian market. Its priced at a modest Rs. 2,995 and allows users to play various audio, image and high-definition video files [...]

  TeliaSonera have struck a deal with Samsung that will mostly make the European operator, the first ones to sell 4G/LTE modems. The modem (GT-B3710) is USB-based and will be available commercially in Sweden and Norway in 2010 with a promise of up to 10 times higher speed than available today. The chip inside the [...]

  Even though Microsoft bluntly refuted the possibility of an Xbox 360 with Blu-ray, the hopes are again rejuvenated with a statement given by Microsoft’s honcho, Steve Ballmer to Gizmodo. In an interview, the site popped up a question of Blu-ray on Xbox and this is what Ballmer said. “Well I don’t know if we [...]