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  Nokia has doled out a Gold Edition phone that surprisingly, won’t break your bank. Its the 6700 classic Gold Edition for those who seek classiness at a sane price tag of 370 euros. Things that this special edition will possess are a stainless steel body plated with real 18 carat gold, metallic keypad, “living” [...]

  Seagate has been producing hard drives for the past 30 years but their first SSD has seen the light of day yesterday. Dubbed as Pulsar, the SSDs are said to be apt for enterprise and server applications because of its unprecedented quality and durability. The 2.5-inch single-level cell (SLC) Pulsar SSDs support SATA interface, [...]

  LG may not be privileged as Samsung to celebrate its cheap touch phone’s success in six months but nonetheless, its Cookie phone has reached a milestone. The Cookie aka KP500 touch phone has passed the iconic 10m sales figure since its launch in November last year, making it the fastest selling touchscreen device for [...]

  Verizon has let loose DROID’s first firmware update bringing lots of improvements. Few notable changes include improved battery life, OS stability, improved camera auto focus and better audio quality. The update will be automatically executed over-the-air or users who can’t wait for Verizon to notify, can download the 10MB file and update it manually [...]

  Sony will release an optional firmware for the PS3 bringing additional enhancements. The v3.15 update is said to bring the integration of minis emulator. Users who have downloaded short mini games for PSP can now download and play the games on PS3 as well. Another feature added is the data transfer utility. If you [...]

  UPDATE: Pricing is as follows – ROI: 36,990, Maha/MP: 39,990, Guj: 37,100, Kerala: 37,300, UP: 36,990. Indian users waiting to buy the power packed HTC HD2 won’t have to wait more. By way of Tata DOCOMO’s twitter account, they’ve announced the device for Indian region. It will be previewed beginning from today till Dec [...]

  We just featured the X-Mini II Capsule Speaker but if you’re considering spending more and getting double the output, you should check out the X-Mini Max II. The Max II is also in its second generation, adopts a different design resembling an oversized capsule but pull it apart from its clinging magnetic force and [...]

  Portable speakers for your laptop and music players are available aplenty but to find something that possesses portability as well as decent audio output could be a daunting task. This speaker from Singapore-based X-Mini claims to fulfill both the criterions but does it deliver? We delve to check it out.

  UPDATE: Its available in India too. Pricing starts from Rs. 28,500. Dell already has few ultraportables for consumers in the Inspiron line and now they’ve extended their ultraportable range to its Vostro lineup, meant for businesses. The Vostro V13 is the newest entrant that is claimed to have inspired from original Adamo 13 and [...]

  Fusion Garage’s CEO, Chandra Rathakrishnan today offered his side of story and alongside launched the device, renamed as Joo Joo (it’s funny and weird!). Chandra claimed that TechCrunch was not involved in any of the Joo Joo’s (then CrunchPad) software or hardware development and will fight in the court if any lawsuit is filed. [...]

  In the past, Microsoft has been penalized heavily by the European Commission for thwarting browser competition by bundling IE along with Windows copies. Not to attract unwanted attention and further fine from the EU Commission, Microsoft decided to launch Windows 7 E Editions without the IE browser. However, just a month before the official [...]

  Nokia has announced 2710 Navigation Edition phone that brings navigation services on the cheap. Pegged at just 110 euros, the 2710 goes for the crowd who wants to enjoy navigation and location-based services without paying for other unwanted features. The GPS-equipped phone comes pre-loaded with Nokia Maps, relevant map data, digital compass and support [...]

  Nvidia is yet to detail its Ion 2 platform but the Taiwanese rumormonger is claiming they’ve already landed orders from Acer. Ion 2 supports Intel’s Atom N450, N470, D510 or D410 CPUs and seemingly Acer wants to gain on this by integrating the Ion solution to make the netbooks (or nettops) more powerful. Intel’s [...]

  Sony Ericsson recently pulled its Satio and Aino devices from the retail market citing software issues. Well, it seems they’ll start to appear again soon as soon as this update has been applied. But if you’re one of those who already own the aforementioned buggy devices, you can straight away head to the link [...]

Just like it happened early this year when someone spilled HTC’s 2009 roadmap, here we’ve someone from XDA-Developers forum doing the honors for the upcoming year. The roadmap, if true, confirms 8 new phones, including a power packed flagship Bravo and also that Android is the preferred OS for next year. HTC has segregated its [...]