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  So after whispers of Microsoft’s fabled Pink Project, we’ve got the first live pictures of phone from the Pink range. According to Gizmodo, the pictures are of Pink’s Pure phone. Pure – as we can see from the image – is a horizontal QWERTY slider phone that is said to be more intuitive than [...]

  HP has announced a designer edition of its Mini 210 netbook to lure the fashionistas. Designed by renowned designer, Vivienne Tam, the Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition adopts a beautiful design which is inspired by a classic Chinese love story named Butterfly Lovers and is imprinted directly on the netbook’s lid so as to [...]

  LG has announced Cooke Pep (GD510) to take on the Corbys and other cheap touchscreen phones in India. Priced at a modest Rs. 7,500, the phone goes for the young crowd with its social networking prowess and easy-to-use interface. Cookie Pep will feature a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, 3MP camera, 8GB internal memory, Bluetooth [...]

  If you’re looking for a high capacity and very pocketable storage solution, Kingston has released a mammoth 256GB flash drive. The DataTraveler 310 USB flash drive takes the helm of previous year’s DataTraveler 300 and gains some speed as well as bundles Password Traveler software. The software allows a user to keep their data [...]

  Google’s Nexus One is one the best Android devices money can buy but it seems Indians won’t be able to get hold of it. Instead, India may get a lowered down Nexus One at a reduced price. CNBC-TV18’s host who spoke with Shailesh Rao, Managing Director, Google India and Media & Platforms tweeted that [...]

  Norway-based Opera has released a native version of its most used Opera Mini browser. Native version means the new Opera Mini won’t require Java, which was a prerequisite for the browser to function properly. Opera Mini 5 is compatible with WinMo 5 and 6-based handsets and brings the same advantages of the Java version [...]

  We don’t really cover refrigerators here but it’s too hard to ignore this latest offering from Samsung. This refrigerator from the multinational has been unveiled in its home market and it sports a 10-inch touchscreen LCD display (we’re surprised Samsung didn’t go with AMOLED!) and interestingly, Wi-Fi. The Zipel e-Diary uses the Wi-Fi to [...]

  After giving a brief appearance before the camera yesterday, Blackberry’s upcoming slider phone has once again graced the still camera but at a higher-resolution. BBleaks, the original leaker claims although the battery was dead, it was FX-1 an orange colored one with rounded edges and more thinner than the usual DX-1. The internal specs [...]

  When everything was going smoothly and it seemed that Indians might finally have 3G service, Central Vigilance Commission’s (CVC) has come in the way by demanding a change in the 3G policy. The CVC is demanding for a change because they claim the current 3G policy is biased towards Indian private players and foreign [...]

  Samsung has launched Anycall Clutch (SPH-W9500) in its homeland that looks to be a variant of globally available S7070 Diva phone. The phone has the same quilted back but goes for a different diamond shaped home button and just in case if you’re wondering about the name, the phone’s called Clutch because of its [...]

  Apple had confirmed late-March as the iPad release date but it seems Mar 26 will likely be the day. Examiner claims to have confirmed with an Apple Store Manager who said that the sales will begin on March 26 at 6PM. Furthermore, the post says Apple will start airing advertisements from March 15 and [...]

  If you’re sleuthing your friend’s PC for some porn or keeping a tab on your child’s pornographic activities, this Porn Detection Stick from Paraben can come to your rescue. Plug the Stick in the USB port and it will automatically scan for explicit pictures and show it to you. PDS touts itself as a [...]

  WD has announced that they’re now shipping their high performance SiliconDrive N1x SSDs. The 2.5-inch SSD is apt for OEM applications and feature fast read/write speeds. The single-level cell (SLC) based SSDs support native 3Gb/s SATA interface and gives read/write speeds of up to 240/140MB per second. It also boasts WD’s Speed Assurance tech [...]

  HTC today responded to claims put forth by Apple in its lawsuit yesterday. In a statement filed Taiwan Stock Exchange, HTC has denied all infringements. The statement says “HTC is not only an innovator in mobile technology but also an owner of many patents. We take American and international patent rights protection seriously. We [...]

  Nokia and T-Mobile have teamed up to bring Nokia’s cheap touchscreen S60 device. While its known as just 5230 everywhere, T-Mobile users will know it as 5230 Nuron. The phone as you’d expect is still the same as original 5230 but this time it comes pre-loaded with Ovi Maps with free turn-by-turn navigation and [...]