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  A new report by Financial Times claims that a possible Apple Tablet announcement could be held in January. The report does not mention sources but says “Apple is preparing an announcement next month that many anticipate will be the official unveiling of its tablet”. Apple is in talks with digital content providers for subscription-based [...]

  There’s no doubt that iPod Touch 3rd Gen and iPhone 3GS are formidable handheld console competitors but if you needed another proof, here’s a demo powered by Unreal Engine 3 running on iPod Touch. It’s the same Unreal Engine that powers games like Gears of Wars 2, Mass Effect etc. The demo makes use [...]

  Acer has announced new ultraportables for business customers in US. The new TravelMate Timeline 8571, 8471 and 8371 offers decent looks as well as optimum battery life to suffice user’s on-the-go activities. Coming in sizes of 13.3-, 14.1- and 15.6-inches, the Timeline notebooks feature choices of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, Windows 7 OS, [...]

  International Kindle gave the liberty to use Kindle outside of United States but that came with a tradeoff – crippled web browsing experience. Although this breaks the deal for many, Wired has discovered a workaround that allows to surf the web without any restrictions. The little hack is to register your Kindle with an [...]

  Motorola Opus One’s specs has been leaked, thanks to one of BGR’s sources. Opus One will be the first iDen Android device for Nextel and though there is not much to boast about, it is rumored to sell at an attractive price point. Opus One will make use of “Zeus” processor that will run [...]

  Sony has never acknowledged the existence of PSP-4000 but when you have an accessory maker advertising their accessory supporting PSP-4000, it sure is bound to attract eyeballs. Nevertheless, the ad agency that placed the ad has decided to come clean by saying that the PSP-4000 mention was nothing but a “mistake on their part”. [...]

  After innumerable delays and hurdles, the Indian government will finally auction the 3G spectrum to private players. The auction is set to take place on January 14 and four slots will be allotted, in addition to already allotted to state-owned BSNL and MTNL. “Auction will be according to the schedule. Allotment of spectrum to [...]

  DROID users wanting Android 2.1 do not need to tinker with the system image file anymore. Greek35T from AllDroid has released a stable Android 2.1 ROM for DROID that can be installed by following few simple steps. It claims to run almost everything, including all Google services. However, we should not forget that this [...]

  HTC Espresso was unheard until Digitimes and its secret sources claimed about a QWERTY-based Android phone named Espresso. Fast forward it to today and we’ve got new images of the UI claiming to belong to Espresso. Going by the images, the Espresso UI is nothing but a modified Sense UI with glass-styled icons and [...]

  Cowon has released V5 HD PMP in its home market that comes with HD support. Scheduled to go on sale on first day of 2010, the PMP is capable decode H.264 and play on your HDTV via the integrated HDMI-out. The 197g player features a 4.8-inch touchscreen display with 16.7M color support (800×480), Cowon’s [...]

  Intel has officially introduced its next-gen line of Atom processors for netbooks, nettops and AIOs. The platform known as Pine Trail is Intel’s first to integrate graphics and memory controllers onto the CPU die. With graphics, memory controller and CPU integrated together, Intel claims the new processors are smaller – thanks to 45nm manufacturing [...]

  Back in May LG had created the world’s thinnest LCD TV panel measuring 5.9mm. Now, they’re back again reclaiming the title from Samsung by showing off a panel that is more than 50 percent thinner than LG’s previous one, measuring at just 2.6mm. LG claims the slimness is an achievement from use of “slimming” [...]

  Samsung has officially acknowledged M5650 Lindy as Corby’s (S3650) elder sibling. It will offer the same trendy looks of Corby to appeal to youngsters but with more connectivity options. M5650 feature set includes a 2.8-inch touchscreen display with Cartoon UI, social networking support, 3MP camera, FM Radio, one finger zoom, microSD card slot, music [...]

  Every year, CES follows a certain trend where we see same type of products being showcased in abundance. This upcoming CES looks no different with internet tablets expected to rule the roost. One of the promising tablets is anticipated from Hyderabad-based Notion Ink who will unveil its Tegra-powered “Smartpad” running Android OS. Specifications look [...]

  Just like Corby (S3650) did to Star to strip the tag for cheapest touchscreen phone, it seems a new cheaper-than-Corby touch phone is on the horizon. Cellpassion has heard from a reliable source that Samsung will launch Corby Pop in India soon. Although it will carry mediocre specs, its USP will be the touchscreen [...]