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  Western Digital has added another Mac friendly hard drive to its portfolio. The My Passport SE comes in capacities of 750GB and 1TB and is pre-formatted in HFS+ to support Macs out-of-the-box. The drives are USB 2.0 powered and WD says they draw power from the computer instead of the external power supply. Additionally, [...]

  A picture of an upcoming Nokia phone has been leaked. The phone will be known as C6 and as the picture suggests, it will have a touchscreen display with horizontal sliding QWERTY keyboard. The device seems to be inspired from N97 but has some noticeable keyboard differences. For starters, the navigation pad is included [...]

  Aircel seems to be on a roll these days. After bringing Peek to India, they’ll be selling INQ’s Mini 3G and Chat 3G phones. The phones are manufactured by UK’s INQ Mobiles and cater to users seeking social networking features in phones at an affordable price. Samsung’s Corby and LG’s Cookie range cater to [...]

  After a series of betas, Opera Software has released the final builds of their popular mobile browsers – Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10. These browsers tout compatibility with almost any phone in the market and bring a lot of enhancements to user’s web browsing experience. In addition to faster browsing speeds, the [...]

  As expected, Sony has announced the leaked VAIO M netbook series. Sony wants to give users a chance to experience the VAIO brand and VAIO M is deemed to be a perfect and affordable way. It comes pre-loaded with lots of VAIO software and features a 10.1-inch LED backlit screen, Intel 1.66GHz N450 Atom [...]

  SSDs and netbooks aren’t the best of friends but Intel’s trying to change it with the introduction of X25-V Value SSDs. Intel reckons this 40GB X25-V SSD could help netbook users in terms of performance or work as a dual-drive setup for desktop users for an affordable price. The new SSDs are based on [...]

  Nvidia today announced a nice software solution that will enable 3D gaming and movies on the new 3D TVs. 3DTV Play harnesses power from any GeForce GPU supporting HDMI or DVI and outputs 3D content on all HDMI 1.4 compatible 3D TVs. The software helps to convert over 400 gaming titles to stereoscopic 3D [...]

  While console gaming users were on their quest of the nine circles of hell since February, the PSP variant made its way out in March. I wanted to get my hands on the game mainly for two reasons – it looked appealing and had a gameplay similar to Sony’s successful franchise – God of [...]

  Vodafone UK has now announced the release date of HTC’s recently unveiled Legend and Desire phones. The phones will be retailing in April but interested users can register with Vodafone for updates. HTC Legend will be exclusive to Vodafone UK and will integrate bunch of Vodafone’s 360 services like Vodafone Music and MyWeb. These [...]

  Off all the Nintendo DS rumors we’ve heard so far, this one looks more plausible provided the developers Rpad talked to weren’t fooling around. Rpad.tv was on a quest at the GDC show for details on upcoming DS successor and here is what they found. Expectedly, the new DS will sport a bigger screen [...]

  Just like we had someone from XDA Developers forum claiming HD3, we’ve got another forum user claiming the existence of Touch Pro3. The forum user says he got the info from HTC’s main European distributor and the phone will be out in summer. The phone’s specs are still a mystery but is tipped to [...]

  We didn’t have any doubts about Mickey Mouse insipiration for Sony’s S-Series Walkman players but I guess that was not enough as Sony has strengthened its affiliation further by offering engraving of Mickey and Minnie Mouse to Japanese S-Series (S640/S640K/S740/S740K) buyers. The cartoon engraving can be coupled with a personalized message imprinted on the [...]

  Samsung just announced two new phones for AT&T. The full touchscreen Sunburst (SGH-A697) and vertical QWERTY slider Strive (SGH-A687) will start selling in AT&T stores from March 21. Sunburst sports a very interesting design, which kind of breaks the mold from the Samsung touchscreen phones we’re used to see offlate. The “sleek, futuristic black [...]

  Sony’s recently unveiled PlayStation Move can be hooked up to 4 controllers at once but connecting 4 Move controllers with their sub-controllers is impossible. Sony has confirmed that all 4 PlayStation Move controllers along with their sub-controllers can’t be connected at once. The reason for this limitation is PS3’s Bluetooth support that can handle [...]

  A quick heads up to those waiting for the iPad. As expected, Apple has started taking pre-orders of their tablet device and will deliver on April 3. The Wi-Fi+3G model too can be pre-ordered but will be delivered in late April. Alternatively, consumers can also reserve their iPad to be picked up from their [...]