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  Here’s an interesting tidbit to get you, Microsoft fanboys, excited. Zune.net scheduled maintenance came out with an update to the Zune software (v4.2.202.0) and it’s got references of Zune Phone. The reference was found in software’s .inf file that lists all the compatible devices with their hardware IDs. Istartedsomething, who brought this to everyone’s [...]

  Nokia today launched another variant of its capacitive touchscreen equipped X6 phone. The phone is still the same on most fronts but now it comes with a reduced storage of 16GB and does away with Comes with Music service. The phone will also support the latest version of Ovi Maps that supports free navigation. [...]

  UPDATE: Expectedly, it’s fake. Just a day to go for the Apple’s event but if you can’t resist what and how Apple’s new revolutionary product will look like, here are couple of pictures of the tablet. Alleged, that is. The pictures are leaked by UI designer, Dustin Curtis and though we’ve no idea about [...]

  Asus may’ve been playing coy by not bringing the uniquely designed Eee Keyboard to the market but the Chinese cloners realize its potential, which is why they’ve got the Cross PC U510 to please the consumers. The U510 may not be as attractive as Eee Keyboard but it sure is more powerful than the [...]

  International version of HTC HD2 is fast enough, thanks to the presence of 1GHz Snapdragon processor but Americans are in for a special treat as they’ll get bumped up RAM and ROM. Scheduled to be launched at T-Mobile, HD2’s US-variant will possess 1GB ROM and 576MB RAM, a meaty upgrade from 512MB ROM and [...]

  Nvidia had a decent display of Tegra 2 devices at CES early this month but most devices shown were internet tablets. Now Fudzilla has gathered some information that says that Nvidia will be showing couple of new tablets and “other” devices at MWC next month. There are no prizes for guessing that those “other” [...]

  Samsung India has launched the WinMo powered Giorgio Armani phone to please the classy business users. Coming in the same gold and black accent, the phone runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 and offers rich connectivity options like high-speed HSDPA and HSUPA, Wi-Fi and quadband GSM support. Amongst other features, the phone boasts a big [...]

  I have my apprehensions of using a split keyboard phone but apparently, Motorola deems there are many wanting a split keyboard-styled phone. Nonetheless, Engadget has scored a blurry picture of an upcoming Motorola phone, dubbed as MOTOSPLIT that features – yes – a split keyboard. Other spec details are unknown for now but it’s [...]

  Two things that almost every consumer electronics manufacturer is doing these days is to develop their iteration of an App Store and an e-book reader. Acer’s not different too as Jim Wong President of IT Products division has confirmed that they’re indeed planning to launch it in middle of this year. Acer’s App Store [...]

  George Hotz aka Geohot is a famous guy in the Apple fraternity, thanks to his iPod/iPhone jailbreak and unlocking solutions but it looks like his popularity will expand amongst the PS3 users too. In a post on his PS3 dedicated blog, he claims to have fully hacked PS3 that gives him read/write access to [...]

  Asus has been spilling timely details regarding its e-book reader plans but today their UK office dropped some ogle worthy pictures of its 9-inch DR-950 reader. The design looks slick and with the specs it carries, it surely can give International Kindle DX some hard time. The last we heard the 9-inch model will [...]

  We told you about Garmin-Asus’ M10 yesterday and now it’s got the official acknowledgement by way of a pre-order page. The pre-order link has gone live in Asus’ home market where consumers will be able to pick it up from February 6 for 13,900 TWD ($435). In addition to running the latest build of [...]

  At the Ovi Maps event yesterday, Nokia UK’s head Mark Loughran confirmed that they’ll be launching a new phone on January 26. While he did not divulge much details on the phone, Mobile-review’s Eldar Murtazin’s tweet points out that there will be not one but two phones. The phones will be C3 and C5 [...]

  HTC has a fleet of Android phones and if these UA Profile leaks are any indication, it will be the same or more this year. These profiles unearthed by Cellpassion shows about eight phones running Android OS. Important details of the phones are still unknown but looks like HTC is emphasizing on devices having [...]

  Despite the ongoing tension between China and Google that delayed couple of Android phones this week, Lenovo’s Android powered LePhone will be unaffected. This revelation came from China Unicom’s CEO Yang Yuanqing at a shareholders’ meeting where he confirmed that Lenovo’s LePhone will be launched on their network. Being an open-source OS, Android shouldn’t [...]