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  Everyone’s fancying a larger-sized iPhone but here’s a guy who transformed his Mini 10 into Dell’s Mini 3i Android phone. The result is darn impressive, which I guess would take excellent soldering and software programming skills to make as cool as this one. Check out the video below of the “palm-friendly” touch phone! [Via [...]

  Apple’s tablet seems inevitable this January. Now Fox News has chimed in to say that one of their inside source from Apple has confirmed a “big” event scheduled for January. Although the source didn’t say what the event will be about but said it will concentrate “on the mobility space”, inclining us to relate [...]

  Flurry of USB 3.0 products are expected in 2010 and joining the expanding list of the new speedy USB interface is A-DATA’s N002 Combo Flash Drive. Scheduled to hit the market in January, N002 supports USB 3.0 and SATA II for non-USB 3.0 supported PCs. A-DATA claims the N002 can deliver sequential read/write speeds [...]

  Windows Mobile 7 is still months away but here’s some good news for folks using HD2. A tweet (now deleted) from HTC Russia confirms that HD2 will be the only device to receive a WinMo 7 upgrade. This is totally understandable as HD2 is the most advanced piece of hardware from HTC and has [...]

  Samsung has been churning out decent touchscreen phones for the Chinese market. Joining the ranks of high-end touchscreen devices, BCH-I899 Android phone will soon be available in stores. This device is equipped with CDMA2000 EVDO Rev. A and also adds Wi-Fi/WAPI to make mobile internet surfing easy and cost effective. In addition to its [...]

  Joining in the big list of external hard drives is the latest offering from LG labeled as XG1 Chic. The 3.5-inch HDD boasts a glossy exterior, which LG feels will appeal to many buyers. Additionally, the drive bundles backup and restore apps and features Air Holes and Fan to dissipate heat. It will be [...]

  Samsung is not good at keeping unannounced products under wraps. After two Pine Trail netbooks were leaked last week, a French e-tailer has listed a new, N220 netbook. The specs sheet claims another run-of-the-mill netbook but its Pine Trail processor, classy looks and excellent battery life that makes it special. The N220 runs Windows [...]

  Well, we’re just a week away from Google unveiling the Nexus One but here we’ve got the possible pricing, thanks to a leaked document. According to the doc, the unlocked phone will be sold by Google for $530. But if subsidized rates appeal you more, the Google phone will set you back by $180 [...]

  Google is holding an Android press conference on Jan 5 at its headquarters. Although the invite does not mention Nexus One it will be more or less related to Google’s much rumored phone. Meanwhile BGR has got a photo from a T-Mobile system that says that they’ll only support the device whereas the troubleshooting [...]

  After suing Apple in Delaware’s District Court, Nokia has knocked the doors of ITC alleging Apple to infringe “virtually all” of its patents related to mobile phones, PMPs and computers. Nokia has requested the US ITC to probe in the infringing patents, which Nokia believes are key to success for them in areas of [...]

  Samsung has launched another Corby device in India, a CDMA variant of S3650. Dubbed as Corby Speed, it carries the same features as S3650 but is powered by Open Market Handset (OMH) tech, which means the CDMA phone can work with any of existing CDMA operators who support OMH SIM cards. To reiterate, the [...]

  The great Indian 3G auction delay continues. After locking in the Jan 14 date, an anonymous source has confirmed to Dow Jones that the government will reschedule the auction to a later date. The reason for the delay is not known and neither the latest date. “It will obviously not be on Jan. 14. [...]

  A German encryption expert, Karsten Nohl has cracked and published the GSM code that is widely used to encrypt calls to prevent eavesdropping. Anything in the tech world is often given the vintage status after a decade or so but in the case of 21-year old GSM encryption technology, it is still in use [...]

  We heard a mention of Google preparing hardware for its Chrome OS but the rumor didn’t say anything its specs. Now an article from IBTimes claims the full specs, which, if it has an ounce of truth, could be the next powerful netbook (or smartbook). IBTimes confirms our loose speculation about ARM processor – [...]

  So you’ve been itching to get more information on Samsung’s upcoming cheapest touchscreen device? Well, here it is. A tipster sent us these specs and says the phone is expected to have a January launch. Amongst notable features, the CorbyPOP (C3510) has the same S3650-sized touchscreen display, social networks friendly, DNSe, music player and [...]