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  Keeping the debatable “How many fart or useless apps App Store has?” aside, the App Store boasts something commendable the other App Stores can’t. Apple has announced that the App Store now houses a whopping 100,000 apps, clearly showing its popularity amongst developers and consumers. If this small stat was not enough, Apple also [...]

  Really HTC, it was not necessary for you to iterate what you had said before but nonetheless, here it is. HTC today confirmed the tentative release dates of one of the hottest WinMo phones for different markets except Europe, where it is already selling. HTC’s home market will get it in the middle of [...]

  Xperia X10 is one of the few good looking phones SE has churned out in recent times and now Kurara seems to up the ante aesthetically as well as technically. Although the device’s design is somewhat influenced by X10, its internal features is what it differentiates from the rest of the SE clan. Ostensibly, [...]

  Lenovo had confirmed their interest in churning out ThinkPad netbooks for business users and it seems the first netbook has come to life, courtesy a leak at a Chinese website. Though new details are still hard to come by, the netbook is supposedly known as X200e and will feature few cosmetic changes. With the [...]

  Samsung has developed the world’s thinnest multi-die memory package that is just 0.6mm thick and packs a whopping 32GB of storage. The new memory package is 40 percent thinner and lighter compared to the conventional memory packages stacked with eight chips. The ultra-thin package consists of eight dies (chips) of 4GB NAND flash that [...]

  Unlock for iPhone 3G/3GS users on baseband 05.11.07 was impossible until now but as promised, Geohot has released Blacksn0w that unlocks iPhones running on OS v3.1.2 with the new baseband. The new unlock comes with hacktivation support, 15 second faster than previous solutions, tethering and easier than ever. For new users: – Go to [...]

  Hackintoshing or installing the Mac OS X is the best you can do on your otherwise bland netbook. However, this will come to an end once Apple releases 10.6.2 update for its Mac OS. The latest update apparently removes support for Atom processors, which is instrumental for the OS to detect and then install. [...]

  UPDATED: Full specs below. We can talk about the product after you’ve finished ogling her legs. Done? Great. So, Sony India has announced its latest thin and light laptop from the VAIO X Series and as you can see, they’ve roped in Kareena Kapoor (a perfect match!) as the brand ambassador of the X [...]

  No matter if am addicted to Twitter or not, buying a device dedicated to a single service seems a bit absurd to me. I mean you can tweet from your PC or your mobile phone, so why is there a need for another device for you to lug around? But if your thinking differs [...]

  Someone attempted a brave move by capturing supposedly secret UI presentation of the Zii Mediabook, which we told you yesterday. Though it’s difficult to tell if the Mediabook is powered by Android, the UI does emphasize on three areas – Explore, Experience and Engage, hinting a user will get a lot of interactivity options [...]

  Sony Ericsson’s Rachael has finally made its way out, by the name of Xperia X10. Sony Ericsson has made a very good effort in its first ever Android attempt that could give Motorola’s DROID a run for its money. Of course, it does not have a physical QWERTY keyboard or Android 2.0, the DROID/MILESTONE [...]

  Lenovo has entered the all-in-one PC fray by announcing the ThinkCentre A70z AIO PC. The 19-inch AIO is targeted at businesses that not only promise to save a lot of desk space but also give bang for the buck. It starts from an affordable $499 and gives choices of Core 2 Duo or Dual [...]

  The e-book reader market is about to get hotter as Creative has announced their entry by showing a working prototype at an AGM held in Singapore. Unlike most of the e-book readers in the market, Creative’s attempt will be very different as its e-book reader will do more than books. Tentatively named as MediaBook, [...]

  If you love to see how far you are from the hole while playing golf, LG has got something special for you, provided you live in South Korea. They’ve launched SB210 phone for SKT that is equipped with GPS and maps of 280 domestic golf courses. However, if the golf part is irrelevant to [...]

  In a recent interview with Financial Times, Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata confirms that they’re looking into a service like Amazon Kindle, giving an always-on connectivity to the DS users. Iwata states this kind of business model is appealing because the end consumer doesn’t have to bear the communications cost but only pay for the [...]