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  LG has announced a new digital photo frame for Indian consumers. The F8010N photo frame comes in an all-black glossy design and allows users to share pictures on its 8-inch display 800×600 resolution display. F8010N supports wide variety of picture formats like JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, JPEG RAW along with the option to play [...]

  We might have a larger sized Galaxy Tab by next year if Samsung Ireland’s country manager, Gary Twohig claims are spot on. Although Gary was pitching Samsung’s latest 7-inch Tab to Silicon Republic, he also spilled some beans on the successor, which will apparently be launched in the first half of next year. The [...]

  Creative today has announced two new portable media players – Zen X-Fi Style and Zen Style for Indian consumers. Carrying on Creative’s patented X-Fi audio technology is X-Fi Style that brings the same excellent audio quality at a cheaper price point. It comes in capacities of 8/16/32GB and features 2.4-inch TFT display, video-out supporting [...]

  Motorola has got a little treat for its smartphone users in India. Milestone, Milestone XT720 and Backflip users now get a free maps update, enabling them with updated maps, points of interests and directions. The maps are provided by MapsmyIndia and gives users free access to voice-guided navigation to over 620 cities and 576,000 [...]

  Marvell has created a new Applications Processor that makes dual-core 1.5GHz CPUs kind of old. They’ve created ARMADA 628 which is the world’s first System-on-Chip (SoC) tri-core processor running at 1.5GHz. The ARMADA 628 is targeted at high-end smartphones and tablets and touts impressive performance with low power consumption and longer battery life. Marvell [...]

  Microsoft, unlike Sony is not really keen on adopting Blu-ray for its gaming console. Now in an interview with a gaming site, Xbox UK’s head, Stephen McGill claims Blu-ray will be dead sooner or later. “Actually Blu-ray is going to be passed by as a format,” said McGill. McGill further says that consumers have [...]

  While we’re yet to see Tegra 2-equipped devices make an impact in the market, Nvidia’s CEO has spilled some meaty info on its successors. At the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang confirmed that they’re done with the development of Tegra 3 SoC and Tegra 4 is on the way. What’s more is [...]

  While Nintendo has been mum on the innards of its touted 3DS gaming console, IGN claims to have got their mitts on the hardware info that makes every techie excite about. If IGN’s source information is correct, Nintendo 3DS will feature two 266MHz ARM11 CPUs, which powers gadgets like Zune HD and even previous [...]

  After ceding Blackberry user’s data access to the Indian government, the government is reportedly in talks with RIM to allow tapping of corporate e-mails. The news is unconfirmed at the moment but Reuters has a government source who claims that negotiations between both the parties are underway. “Discussions are under way so that we [...]

  Motorola’s latest power packed phone has got the Froyo goodness. Droid X users can now upgrade their phones to the latest Android 2.2 build. The over-the-air update is about 70MB, so you might want to download it over Wi-Fi rather than 3G. Another good news is that users will be able to root the [...]

  PlayStation’s motion gaming controller has been launched in India. Unlike US, we don’t have a PS3 console bundled with the Move but Indian gamers can buy the controller separately at different price points. The Move Starter Pack comes with the Move controller, PlayStation Eye camera and Sports Champions game. It will sell for Rs.3,650. [...]

  Samsung has finally unveiled MetroPCS’ first LTE phone – the Craft (SCH-r900). It’s the world’s first commercially available phone supporting LTE, multi-mode, CDMA networks. Samsung Craft goes for $299 after $50 instant rebate and features a 3.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, 3.2MP autofocus camera with panorama, mosaic shots support, Wi-Fi, GPS, [...]

  Kingston has announced a new USB flash drive for the Indian market. They’ve launched DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 that supports the new SuperSpeed USB standard, giving up to 10 times faster data transfer than a USB 2.0 supporting pen drive. The DT Ultimate 3.0 claims to give a read/write speed of 80/60 MB per second, [...]

  UPDATE: Nokia Conversations also says that customers should expect their N8 in October. However, the post does not mention anything about improving user experience. Nokia’s flagship N8 device that was scheduled to go on sale by end of September will now sell in October. Reason for the delay? Well, Nokia wants to give users [...]

  As promised, Sony has released firmware v3.50 for PS3 users enabling 3D playback on Blu-ray discs. Users with a 3D TV will be able to play 3D games as well as watch 3D movies right on their console. Additionally, Sony has baked in couple of more features like Facebook Integration allowing developers to add [...]