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  USB Hubs have little innovation on offer except that it comes in various shapes and sizes but this Turbo USB Hub by Amkette has something different. Launched in India, the Turbo USB Hub is equipped with 4 USB ports and Multiple Transaction Translator (MTT) technology that ensures a minimum transfer speed for all the [...]

  Nokia had a N900 meetup in London and some executive from the marketing team blurted out that Nokia will drop Symbian from Nseries devices by 2012, which was later debunked by the Finnish company as “completely premature”. “While it is our policy not to disclose details of our product roadmap, we’d like to explicitly [...]

  Asus has launched the UX30 notebook to cater to the style as well as performance craving Indian consumers. Measuring just 23mm thick, the UX30 gives the best of both worlds by adopting a distinct style, which is said to be inspired by butterfly and also decent hardware to carry out the work efficiently. UX30 [...]

  HTC has brought the cheapest and a decent Android phone to India, in the form of Tattoo. Tattoo is the second HTC device (after Hero) to boast Sense UI that promises a refreshing interface along with support of widgets. As like most of the recent smartphones launched in India, this one too will be [...]

  The great Apple tablet rumor has sprung back again. This time it comes from Taiwan where Digitimes cites sources from component makers. Apparently, according to them the rumored tablet PC will be launched in the second half of next year because Cupertino giant planning to integrate an OLED display. The 9.7-inch OLED panel will [...]

  First the non-interesting bit. The release of the v6.20 firmware will be exactly double to that of PS3. And now for the interesting one. The new PSP firmware, set to go live soon will bring Digital Comics along with few other features. PlayStation Network Digital Comics service will launch in December and allow users [...]

  Samsung has confirmed to launch the first LiMo compliant handset in their home market by the end of this year. The SCH-M510 will be released by SK Telecom making it the first LiMo handset for Korea and 45th globally. Samsung’s announcement comes on the same day as the announcement by South Korean Ministry of [...]

  Office 2010 Technical Preview was limited to bunch of people but Microsoft today has opened the gates for all who want to try the next version of its popular Office suite. At the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2009, Microsoft announced the beta version of Office 2010, allowing everyone to use and try the software [...]

  Google’s Chrome OS was rumored to launch this week and now the word comes that it won’t be released but will be given just a sneak peek.Techcrunch claims Google will put all speculation and concerns to rest by showing the OS at a planned event at the Google HQ. The official announcement few months [...]

  PS3’s latest firmware may not be as social friendly as Xbox 360 but it’s better to have something than nothing. The v3.10 can be downloaded now that brings Facebook integration along with few other features. The new firmware will allow a user to post trophy, PSN and game specific details (game specific details will [...]

  Samsung is suddenly bombarding the Indian market with low-end phones. The newest entrants are CorbyTXT and Corby Mate both targeted at those looking for cheap messaging devices. While the unusual looking Corby Mate was found lurking the Indian Samsung Mobile site for quite some time, TXT adopts a familiar candybar design. The CorbyTXT (B3210) [...]

  Nokia also showcased its Maemo 5-powered N900 at the N97 mini unveiling. N900 looks and works much better compared to the Symbian counterparts. The 3.5-inch screen despite being resistive is responsive while its keyboard is nicely spaced out and comfortable to type on. Unfortunately, the chances of this being released in India looks very [...]

  N97 mini got announced for the Indian market recently and though it’s priced on the higher side, Nokia India is giving some respite in the form of free content. The Indian version gets four pre-loaded N-gage games, which includes Asphalt 4, Spore, Marble Maze, DJ Rock Tour and 3 full-length movies like Spidermand, Da [...]

  What started as an attempt to give music aficionados and iPod lovers a way to enjoy music and video on a large touchscreen-enabled device has now transformed into multi-functional one. iPod touch in its third year, now efficiently works as a PMP, a gaming console and supposedly for many, a small tablet computer. The [...]

  Samsung has launched the YP-R0 PMP in South Korea. The YP-R0 is similar to YP-R1 but integrates a set of physical buttons instead of the only touchscreen interface found on the R1. It comes in capacities of 4 or 8GB options and also integrates a microSD card slot to increase the total storage by [...]