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  The Nokia N8 that was recently unveiled features 16GB internal memory but if the picture from SaudiMac is to be believed, we might have a 32GB variant soon after. The folks at the Mac-centric site happened to get their hands on the device that had the box claiming N8-00/32GB. While it may be easy [...]

  Yes, we’ve heard this before but Asustek CEO and president Jerry Shen seems more clear on this as compared to Jonney Shih. Shen has confirmed that Asus will unveil two EeePads this season, one running on Android OS whereas the other one running full-fledged PC OS, Windows 7. The Android OS tablet will be [...]

  Nintendo has finally brought the black colored Wii gaming console to the US market. Starting May 9, American consumers will be able to snag this black console for the same price of $199.99 along with some new bundled content. The bundled package includes a Wii Remote, Nunchuk, Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort game [...]

  More details have surfaced of Samsung’s upcoming tablet computer. Although Samsung executive confirmed to launch the tablet in the second half of 2010, Electronic Times is reporting an August release in addition to other details. According to the newspaper, Samsung began working on the ‘S-Project’ tablet early this year and is now rumored to [...]

  HTC and T-Mobile have come out with a slider version of the myTouch device. The phone now integrates a horizontal sliding QWERTY keyboard, in addition to the vivid 3.4-inch HVGA touchscreen display, Android 2.1 OS, 3G, 5MP camera, Swype onscreen keyboard, Wi-Fi and pre-installed 8GB microSD card. Furthermore, the phone comes with Faves Gallery [...]

  Apple’s new iPhone OS 4 has a distinct condition in their SDK agreement. The agreement only allows developers to develop on Apple’s approved programming tool. This apparently, hasn’t gone well with the government authorities, which is why according to an NYPost report, Apple might soon receive an antitrust inquiry over Apple’s new policy. The [...]

  LG has joined hands with Marvel Studios to cross promote the upcoming movie, Iron Man 2 along with its upcoming powerful Android phone, Ally. Of all the marketing initiatives adopted by LG, the most interesting will be the bundling of an Augmented Reality-enabled Iron Man 2 comic book. Additionally, LG will launch a microsite [...]

  Apple’s newest shiny gadget has reached its first major milestone within a span of just 28 days of its official release. Apple sold its one millionth iPad on Friday and unsurprisingly, they’re elated about it. “One million iPads in 28 days—that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone [...]

  We see a lot of earphones touting technologies like noise cancellation and with designs like in-ear to give excellent sound output but South Korea’s Ntech takes a bit different approach with their VIBE NVE-300 earphones. The VIBE NVE-300 (or its more marketable term VIBE BS) is not only differently designed as compared to conventional [...]

  Samsung has announces a new all-in-one PC in South Korea with kids as their target market. The MU200 Magic Kids 20-inch touchscreen-enabled all-in-one PC comes with a kid-friendly UI and provides lots of e-learning content for children without any additional cost. Furthermore, parents can control the access to sites or can even boot directly [...]

  Spirit jailbreak is now available for consumer consumption for various Apple devices. Its an untethered jailbreak and works with iPhone iPod touch and most importantly, iPad running on firmware 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or 3.2 However, there’s a caveat for iPad users. The iPad jailbreak is not fully touched up and some packages in Cydia might [...]

  After launching its high-end full HD LED TV, LG has announced to launch entry-level LED 3D TVs. The 29mm slim LX6500 TV series use LED backlit technology and 240Hz true-motion refresh rate to produce good 3D picture quality. Additionally, the TV boasts a dynamic ratio of 800,000:1, high power efficiency, record live TV with [...]