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  Nintendo may’ve launched the world’s first 3D portable gaming console but Cowon could be the first one to unveil a 3D portable media player. While the details are hard to come by, one Cowon player aka Cowon 3D was recently certified by South Korea’s Radio Research Agency. The listing does not say anything else [...]

  Sony India has expanded its E-Series line of portable media players with the addition of E353 and E454. Both the PMPs are priced below the 7k price range and will come in choices of multitude colors. Promising a playback of about 50 hours of audio or 10 hours of video, the players boast number [...]

  More pictures of Samsung’s Nexus S device have surfaced on the web. Images were first published by XDA-developers who got it from an anonymous source. Although the pictures are blurry, we do get a look at Nexus S’ curved front as well as a confirmation about Google’s upcoming Gingerbread OS aka the Android 2.3. [...]

  Although there are few phones with projector in the international market, Intex’s V.Show will be the first device to grace the Indian stores. The V.Show’s projector has a brightness of 10 lumens and can project content to up to 61-inches in size with QWVGA resolution. Intex says the phone has been built keeping the [...]

  Research in Motion has unveiled the newest Bold device in the Indian market. The Blackberry Bold 9780 is the first Bold device to run Blackberry OS 6 and comes with the same premium design the Bold range boasts. The Bold 9780 features worldwide 3G support, 480×360 resolution display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 5MP camera with autofocus, [...]

  Tablets were not the only thing Acer unveiled yesterday. Amidst the larger-sized devices, they also unwrapped their yet-to-be-named Android smartphone. Interesting thing about the phone is that it will have a 4.8-inch screen supporting a resolution of 1024×480 pixels and an aspect ratio of 21:9. Additionally, the phone will mostly run on Android 2.3, [...]

  The last tablet to be unveiled at the event yesterday was this AMD-powered Windows 7 tablet. While Acer is keeping mum on its full specs, it will be interesting to see how this tablet will perform considering the Windows tablets we’ve seen so far are powered by an Intel CPU. The tablet will have [...]

  Sony has announced that they’ll release a new firmware update for their PSP console. The update is a minor one to prepare the console for the launch of Music Unlimited service by Qriocity. The service is a cloud-based music service that will give consumers access to millions of songs and synced on the cloud. [...]

  Acer’s second unveiling in addition to the Iconia tablet are Android tablets that will be available in 7-inch and 10.1-inch sizes. The larger sized tablet features a dual-core 1GHz CPU, 1200×800 display resolution, HDMI-out, 5MP rear-facing camera with front HD (no word on the megapixel count) camera and a ten-point multitouch system. On the [...]

  Acer has announced their entry in the tablet market with few interesting tablet devices. The first and the most attractive from the series is the Iconia tablet featuring dual display. Although we’ve seen such a concept before, Acer will be one of the first ones to put out a dual-screen tablet out in the [...]

  Flaunting your latest DSLR could land you in trouble if you happen to live or visit Kuwait soon. Kuwait’s Ministry of Information, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Finance have banned the use of DSLR cameras in public unless you’re a member of the press. The apparent reason is due to citizen’s invasion [...]

  Opera has released the first public beta of Opera 11 desktop browser. The Opera 11 adds some nifty features like the new Tab Stacking that allows users to stack multiple tabs, grouping them into one. Opera has also added Visual Mouse Gestures that gives you a visual feedback of a particular mouse gesture and [...]

  BenQ has announced a new expensive projector for consumers wanting “big screen” video projection. The SP890 is apt for larger venues that brings boatload of features like full HD playback with HQV picture quality, automatic enhancement of lower resolutions, 4000 ANSI lumens of brightness, 1.5X optical zoom and a contrast ratio of 50,000:1. Additionally, [...]

  Nokia India has launched X5 phone sporting a unique square-slider design. The X5 is targeted at avid texters due to the integration of a QWERTY keyboard and music aficionadas with few music-centric features like high-quality speakers, dedicated music keys, FM Radio and few music apps like Surprise Me, Playlist DJ and Shazam. As for [...]

  Nothing sells an aging product than some splash of new hues. Nintendo has announced that starting this Black Friday on Nov 26, consumers in United States will be able to buy the DSi handheld console in Orange and Green colors. Both the color variants will go for $149.99 and will be bundled with Mario [...]