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  We’ve heard a bit about Incredible before but it’s the first time we’ll have an in-depth look at the specifications of this mean machine. The document that was handed to BGR claims the phone will have Android 2.1 with Sense UI, 3.7-inch WVGA OLED capacitive display, 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, EVDO Rev. A, 512MB RAM/ROM, [...]

  Android offerings in South Korea are rising day by day. The latest Android phone to please the South Koreans is Pantech’s IM-A600S. The phone also known as Sirius will be available on SK Telecom under the SKY brand. Sirius boasts some impressive specs like Android 2.1 OS, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 3.7-inch AMOLED (800×480) display [...]

  Toshiba has launched a new notebook targeted at suit clad consumers. The all professional Tecra M11 boasts powerful specs as well as offers various security options. The notebook comes with Core i3/i5/i7 processor options, up to 8GB RAM, 320GB HDD or 128GB SSD, Windows 7 OS, optional webcam, eSATA/USB port that allows users to [...]

  Samsung who was teasing the AMOLED Beam at MWC in February has made the phone official for South Korea albeit with slightly different specs. The phone (SPH-W9600) takes the wheel from Haptic Beam (SPH-W7900) and will be available via KT. The phone integrates a pico projector that can project content from the phone to [...]

  Sony has expanded its Walkman phone range with the Zylo and Spiro slider phones. The phones offer Walkman sound quality and also come with social networking features to please the socially active consumers. The Zylo’s music prowess includes high definition FLAC support, TrackID, PlayNow and more. Completing the specs sheet are the 2.6-inch QVGA [...]

  HTC who’s been faithful to Windows Mobile all these years and off late, Android has hinted that they might have their own OS as well. “We continue to assess, but that requires a few conditions to justify”, said Chief Financial Officer Cheng Hui-ming. Hui-ming further said that they’re currently studying the situation and multiple [...]

  Microsoft may not launch its KIN handsets in Asia. Lena Goh, spokeswoman for Microsoft Singapore confirmed that they’re not in talks with any of the Asian operators. In fact, the Kin phones announced yesterday are bound by exclusive agreements with Verizon and Vodafone. However, PCWorld notes that if KIN were to come to Asia, [...]

  Apple has updated its Macbook Pro lineup by bringing choices of faster processors, Nvidia graphics and longer battery life. The 13-inch Macbook Pro now comes with Intel’s 2.4GHz or 2.66GHZ Core 2 Duo prcessors, integrated GeForce 320M GPU, 4GB RAM, 250GB or 320GB HDD and up to 10 hours of battery life. It will [...]

  In a bid to stop kids getting addicted to online gaming, the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism have announced an initiative to bar underage kids from online computer gaming at midnight. Gamers will be given three options — midnight-6 a.m.,1-7 a.m., and 2-8 a.m after which the player will be booted [...]

Nokia has unveiled the offerings at Everyone Connects event and it turns out be to neither of what we’d been expecting. They’ve announced three phones that bring along the QWERTY keyboard with social networking and messaging capabilities. Starting with the C3, it’s the first Series 40 phone to sport a physical QWERTY keyboard. For a [...]

  Sony has announced two new Walkman players, the W250 and B150 Series. The W250 series takes over from the previous similarly-styled player and adds water resisting capabilities. The W252 (2GB) and W253 (4GB) enables users to exercise without worrying about water and sweat getting into the player. Additionally, the wire-free W250 Walkman features ZAPPIN [...]

  Opera has a reason to celebrate as its first ever app made its way to Apple’s App Store. It took more than 20 days for Opera’s Mini browser for iPhone to be approved and can now be downloaded from the App Store for free. Opera claims Mini is six times faster than Safari, which [...]

  Adobe held a small event in Mumbai unveiling its latest Creative Suite 5 (CS5). The newest version concentrates on interactivity, performance and maximizing the created content to be deployed on a number of media and platforms. It includes a new app, Flash Catalyst that tends to allow designers to quickly transform their Photoshop and [...]

  If you thought Pure and Turtle were weird phone names, Microsoft’s official version goes weirder. They have named the first Pink phones as KIN ONE and KIN TWO. Keeping the names aside, the KIN ONE is a small slider phone that sports a full QWERTY keypad. The phone’s designed pretty much like the Pre [...]

  Although the event is scheduled to take place online, Nokia’s been sending snail mails to users inviting them to a virtual event. The invite doesn’t reveal anything nor does the URL except the heading which says ‘Everyone connect’. Will the rumored N8 phone officially stand up or we’ll see something else. If we go [...]