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  Research in Motion has confirmed which older devices will get the new software bump. Blackberry Bold 9700, Bold 9650 and Pearl 3G have been confirmed to get an upgrade to Blackberry 6 in the coming months. Torch and all future Blackberry devices will obviously run the new OS. Blackberry 6 is RIM’s answer to [...]

  We’re expecting an official announcement from RIM in few minutes but AT&T has prematurely published the product page of the upcoming Blackberry device. Behold the Blackberry Torch (9800), a vertical Blackberry slider phone. The Torch will run on Blackberry OS 6 and feature a 3.2-inch (480×360) display, optical trackpad, 3G support, 5MP autofocus camera [...]

  Sony’s v3.41 update that was released last week proved to be a nightmare for users who replaced their PS3 hard drives. Now Sony has announced an update to its v3.41 update (version number remains the same) claiming to resolve the HDD issue. It’s a minor update and is meant specifically for those gamers who [...]

  UPDATE: Motorola contacted us today to clarify the phone prices. The price mentioned below is Maximum Retail Price (MRP) and have announced a Recommended Retail Price (RRP). The RRP of Milestone XT720 is Rs. 27,490 and Backflip’s RRP is Rs. 19,490. Motorola has tripled its Android phone tally for the Indian market with the [...]

  Samsung has announced a new 3.5-inch environment friendly hard drive. The EcoGreen F4 or F4EG is the world’s highest-density drive that stores up to 2TB of data on its platter of 667GB each. Samsung says F4EG is an apt solution for storage hungry consumers that is able to store heaps of data while consuming [...]

  HTC’s promised Froyo update for Evo 4G is now available to customers. The update is available over-the-air and is 84MB big. In addition to the OS bump, the update v3.26.651.6 will bring other improvements like voice dialing over Bluetooth, expanded application storage to allow more apps, 4-way camera rotation, improved browser performance with faster [...]

  Research in Motion will allow Indian security agencies to snoop in Blackberry users’ emails. RIM succumbed to the government’s pressure on account of national security and has offered to share decryption codes to pry in corporate emails whereas consumer emails will be shared within 15 days. However, email is not the only thing the [...]

  The video below apparently, shows off the MeeGo OS UI that we’ll find in an upcoming Nokia MeeGo device. The video shows few aspects of the OS like improved social networking support, Ovi Store and the music player. The UI looks promising and all we need to see it in a real device now.

  Kingston Technology is now offering its HyperX RAM modules that take advantage of water-cooling solution. The HyperX H2O is available in DDR3 dual and triple-channel memory kits with frequency going up to 2133MHz. Kingston says water-cooled modules are required for “quiet operation and long-term reliability” and “HyperX H2O is a natural extension for performance [...]

  We’ve seen Samsung’s YP-MB2 in a blurry leaked video before but check this picture out. It is by far the most clear picture of the device we’ve seen till date. As expected, the PMP is strikingly similar to Galaxy S but there’s no sight of a front facing camera or the proximity sensor. Another [...]

  LG has introduced an oddly named Wink series of touchscreen phones targeted at youth and first time touchscreen users. The range includes three devices, namely the Wink, Wink Style and Wink 3G. LG says the Wink series provides better texting functionality with the help of an onscreen QWERTY keyboard, enhanced music options, improved cartoon-styled [...]

  In addition to India, RIM will now also have to deal with two Gulf countries – UAE and Saudi Arabia. Both countries have announced to block Blackberry services if RIM does not comply with the regulations and give access to decrypt emails sent from Blackberry devices. If no resolution is reached, UAE will start [...]

  Sony’s PS3 console that got a software update last week has apparently causing issues to many PS3 owners. Sony’s Playstation forum is bombarded with users reporting about corrupting their hard drives after the update. However, Sony says the problem is not due to the software update but it’s because users updated their consoles without [...]

  iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users rejoice as Comex has released a browser solution to jailbreak your device running iOS 4. Just point the Safari browser from your iDevice to http://jailbreakme.com and slide to jailbreak. It will do the rest. iPhone 4 users can also jailibreak the device and unlock (coming soon) it by [...]

  HTC’s Wildfire, a superior replacement to HTC Tattoo has been announced for the Indian market. HTC has tied up with Reliance Mobile (GSM) to give an exclusive offer to all Wildfire users. All Reliance Mobile GSM subscribers upgrading to Wildfire will be eligible to 500MB worth of free data usage every month for the [...]