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  Sony has launched a unique television set for the UK market, which comes embedded with Sony’s 10-year old PS2 console. It’s a smart move by Sony and though I would love to see a similar offering being brought to India, Sony currently has no plans to sell this 22-incher anywhere outside UK. The Sony [...]

  At the wireless speakers’ launch, Creative shed some light on its future roadmap for the Indian market. Creative has confirmed that its recently launched Android tablets and Android-based PMP will hit the retail shelves in early 2011. How early is what we’re not really aware of but if we were to take a guess [...]

  Samsung today confirmed that its first Android tablet has sold over a million units since its launch two months ago. The sales figure reflects the Galaxy Tab’s global reception and is phenomenal considering most consumers found the 7-inch device expensive. Samsung is bullish on the sales and has upped the sales forecast to 1.5 [...]

Creative launched its new range of wireless speakers for the Indian market. The speakers – D100, D200, Inspire S2 Wireless and ZiiSound D5 eliminate the need for docking the music player and since all these have the Bluetooth radio, any Bluetoooth-enabled device right from music player to a mobile phone can work. The D100 is [...]

  Epson has announced four new projectors for the Indian market which are touted to be the smallest and lightest in company’s history. The Epson EB-1750, EB-1760W, EB-1770W and EB-1775W go up to a weight of 1.7kg with a height of just 44mm, small enough to fit into a laptop bag. All the projectors are [...]

  Motorola’s next supposed high-end phone, Olympus has been leaked. The phone comes by way of a Gizmodo tipster who apparently bought the phone from some market. Although he could not confirm about the existence of a dual-core Tegra 2 processor, he did confirm that the phone will arrive on AT&T and will feature Android [...]

  Western Digital has expanded its WD TV lineup for the Indian market with the introduction of WD TV Live Hub. Unlike all the previous offerings, the new WD TV Live Hub comes with an integrated storage, eliminating the need for the users to hook up an additional USB drive to enjoy multimedia content. The [...]

  If you’re an avid Google Reader user like me, you’d be happy to hear that Google has finally released a native Google Reader app for Android users. The app gives most features you’d find in the web version but leaves out the Translation feature, which is kind of a deal breaker. However, you can [...]

  Dell is now selling its Venue Pro smartphone in the United States. The Windows Phone 7 device which will be locked to T-Mobile USA is available for customers to order via Dell.com, calling 1-800-308-DELL or by visiting one of Microsoft’s retail stores. Coming with a 2-year contract, the 8GB variant will go for $99.99 [...]

  Videocon and Ducati today announced one of the first phones in their all new Ducati series. The V6200 will be available soon in the Indian market and according to Videocon, the phone has been created to give a complete “Mo-Biking” experience. The phone features a rugged design and has a UI segregated into three [...]

  It seems LG is having a really hard time keeping its flagship mobile phone under wraps. The Star that was leaked yesterday has been leaked again but this time on video. GSM-Israel received the prototype and were of the opinion that it is one of the better devices they’ve examined and has a very [...]

  Sony Ericsson and Samsung have brought devices with transparent mobile display. Although, they’re touted to be innovative, one important thing it lacks is the commercial success. Apparently, Lenovo thinks otherwise which is why they’ll be launching S800 mobile phone with transparent color display. The phone was unveiled at a fashion show in Beijing and [...]