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  Mac users waiting for the jailbreak solution can quickly head to the iPhone Dev blog to download the latest version of PwnageTool. The PwnageTool 3.1.4 for Mac OS X jailbreaks iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and iPod Touch 1G/2G running OS v3.1.2 which can also unlock by installing ultrasn0w via Cydia. iPhone Dev Blog

  HTC has launched India’s one of first Windows Mobile 6.5 phones, Touch2. HTC will sell it as an unlocked device but if you buy it from RCom (Reliance Mobile), they’ll bundle the phone with six months of free data usage limited to 200MB each month. On the hardware front, Touch2 boasts 2.8-inch touchscreen display [...]

  The more I see this, the more I want it. But Dell’s been teasing us with only pictures and no specs, supposedly hinting that the innards powering this 9.9mm notebook won’t be competitive enough. That’s obviously a speculation but you don’t expect powerful hardware to be crammed in such a thin shell. Nonetheless, Dell [...]

  Mac fanboys vouch for Mac OS’ security and bug-free environment but here is a case where the new OS reportedly wipes off the user data if the Guest Account option is enabled. This apparently happens when the Leopard user who had the Guest Account option enabled upgrades to Snow Leopard, causing Snow Leopard to [...]

  Uh-oh! Looks like few Acer notebooks have run into a problem that is causing them to overheat. The affected models are AS3410, AS3810T, AS3810TG, AS3810TZ and AS3810TZG with the microphone cable beneath the left palm rest acting up overheating the notebook. Acer has not confirmed if any incidents were reported but are now replacing [...]

  Seems FCC’s confidentiality agreement has been lifted off the Eee Keyboard, effectively revealing lots of meaty details including specs, innards and exterior pictures, user manual and more. The Eee Keyboard will feature a 5-inch touchscreen display (800×480), N270 Intel Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 16 or 32GB flash storage, Broadcom AV-VD905 video decoder, Bluetooth , [...]

  Nokia is working on an application that will make text translations for travelers easy. The app reportedly is an extension of Nokia’s Point and Find app where a user will point the phone’s camera on the foreign text and the said app will translate it to user’s language of choice on-the-fly. The magic will [...]

  Nokia has also entered in the fashion game by announcing the N97 Mini RAOUL Limited Edition device. Limited to 1000 phones and available only in Singapore, the phone comes in golden-brown hue with RAOUL’s signature stripes adorned on the battery cover and accessorized with a leather pouch and dangler. The box that most of [...]

  With plenty of e-book readers in the fray (or coming soon), it’s somewhat difficult for companies to differentiate its offering from others. But LG’s subsidiary, LG Display has prepared a prototype that will become the first e-book reader fitted with a solar charging panel. The intrinsic details regarding the reader are not known but [...]

  The Garmin-Asus phones have finally reached the Indian shores. The first two of the Garmin-Asus branded phones are Windows Mobile powered M20 and Linux equipped G60. M20 that will go for a heavy Rs. 31,900 price tag which runs Windows Mobile 6.5 OS and features a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, 3MP auto focus camera, Bluetooth, [...]

  Can’t wait for the iPhone Dev team’s jailbreak? Well, here’s blackra1n from Geohot that jailbreaks the latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 giving you the freedom to install 3rd party apps on the new firmware. Its available for Windows right now with Mac version slated to be released soon. One important thing to note here is [...]

  Remember the Giorgio Armani phone that was supposed to be announced way back in June? Yes, it got official today. Samsung and Giorgio Armani showed off the device in Milan, Italy in the presence of Steve Ballmer (wearing a tie signed by Armani!) and Giorgio Armani himself. The phone is strikingly similar to W820/W8200 [...]

  Epson India have announced an affordable Stylus Office T1100 inket printer targeted at small and medium business users. The printer is capable of printing up to A3+ size and is equipped with Epson Micro Piezo print head technology, Variable-Sized Droplet Technology (VSDT) that gives a maximum print resolution of 5760×1440 dpi as well as [...]

  Nokia showered some love to developers today by announcing the creation of an official Qt port to Maemo 5 platform. This means Qt devs can easily port apps to the Maemo 5 platform that runs Nokia’s N900 device from other Qt supported platforms like Symbian, Windows Mobile and Maemo 6. The port will make [...]

  So how big is big for you? Mitsubishi was seen showcasing this 155-inch monstrous OLED TV at the CEATEC, beating Panasonic’s 150-inch plasma screen. However, unlike Panasonic’s huge display created off a single sheet, Mitsubishi’s TV consists of small 4×4 720 blocks that come together to put out an enlarged image. In short, you [...]