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  Toshiba Mobile Display has developed a unique 21-inch 3D Display that does not require any special glasses. The autostereoscopic display makes use of the integral imaging system that helps to reproduce 3D images that can be viewed without any glasses and also claims to reduce eye fatigue, which is said to be one of [...]

  Samsung has announced to ship industry’s first Multi-chip package (MCP) with PRAM from this quarter. The PRAM touted as the next successor of NOR flash is apt for use in mobile handsets and the new MCP-based 512Mbit PRAM is said to be backward compatible with 40nm-class NOR flash memory. PRAM uses phase change characteristics [...]

  Microsoft just announced that they have entered into a patent agreement with HTC. The patent agreement covers all HTC Android phones and under the agreement terms, HTC will pay an undisclosed sum of royalty to Microsoft. This doesn’t look to help HTC’s case with Apple but they can be rest assured about not facing [...]

  Unveiled early this month, Nokia India has confirmed to bring the C3, C6 and E5 devices soon. C3 and C6 will be launched sometime in this quarter while E5 is expected after June. The first S40 phone with QWERTY keyboard, the C3 will go for around Rs. 5,300 and features a 2.4-inch QVGA display, [...]

  After confirming Blackberry 6 to analysts, RIM has released an official video meant for consumers. You might have to pause and play the video a number of times but the video does highlight OS’ key features like the cover flow-like music player, multitouch, simplified UI and webkit-based browser. While the video demonstrates all the [...]

  Samsung Electronics is contemplating to develop Google TV based on Android operating system. An unnamed Samsung executive confirmed to Korean Herald that they’re indeed evaluating the feasibility of an Android-based TV. We are considering (developing) Google TVs. We are examining the business feasibility of Google TVs. While Samsung has their closed platform running on [...]

  Olive Telecom is one of the few Indian companies that have sprung up lately in order to tap in the huge Indian mobile handset market. They do not have a vast product lineup as compared to Nokia, Samsung or LG but with the products on offer, they sure are turning some heads. At least [...]

  Nokia’s has finally unwrapped its flagship N8 device. The full touchscreen phone is the first Symbian^3 and though its pre-release version might not have been pleasing, the phone with the specs it boasts looks quite promising. Nokia N8’s impressive spec sheet includes a 3.5-inch (640×360) capacitive touchscreen display, 3G support, 12MP Carl Zeiss optics [...]

  Opera users on Mac can grab the latest build of one of the fastest browsers in the world. Opera says the new version 10.52 is 10 times faster than the previous v10.10 and has been customized greatly to suit Macintosh PCs. v10.52 integrates improved UI, Cocoa support, multi-touch trackpad gestures and Growl support. Additionally, [...]

  RIM has put an end to speculation about its new Blackberry OS and confirmed that it is indeed coming out this year. At an analyst call yesterday, co-CEO Mike Lazaridis announced that the new OS dubbed as Blackberry 6 can be expected in next calendar quarter or put it simply, in third quarter of [...]

  LG has unveiled two new Android phones for its domestic market. It’s the LG-LU2300 and LG-SU950/KU9500 that will be sold on LG Telecom and SK Telecom/KT respectively. Both the phones boast similar specs except for few changes in LU2300 in the form of a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a trackball and 3GB internal memory with [...]

  Samsung has pulled out an affordable business phone for subscribers on U.S. Cellular. The aptly named Samsung Exec (SCH-i225) enables all the functionality of a smartphone in a slim form factor. The phone is loaded with Windows Mobile 6.5, which effectively gives access to Outlook ActiveSync support, Office documents, Internet Explorer and more. The [...]

  RIM has made today’s leaked Blackberry devices official. As said before, there are no big surprises except for the fact that Pearl 3G – which in fact is the smallest Blackberry smartphone yet – has Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) and will come in two variants – one with a 20-key condensed QWERTY keyboard (9100) and another [...]

  It’s no surprise that Dell’s recent leaks show Android playing a pivotal role. However, their association with the OS might expand to smartbooks too. A roadmap slide uncovered by guys at Androidcentral shows that couple of ARM powered smartbooks are destined for some time later this year or early 2011. The smartbooks are named [...]

  Google’s Nexus One that was restricted to US boundaries has finally stepped out and will be available in UK first. Vodafone UK is currently taking pre-orders of the device or you could wait till April 30 to order it from Vodafone stores, online or over the phone (Vodafone slates May 5 as the earliest [...]