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  Samsung has added four new Android devices to its Galaxy line of phones. The phones – Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830), Galaxy Fit (GT-S5670), Galaxy Gio (GT-S5660) and Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570) will be pushed to consumers who want the Android goodness at an affordable price. Ace is the high-end offering amongst all these phones that comes [...]

  Google has officially announced the availability of Number Porting to their Voice service. Users who want to use their long-time phone numbers as their Google Voice number can do so now by paying a porting charge of $20. Google says the porting is generally completed within 24 hours and although it will allow users [...]

  LG Electronics is sending out invites to MWC attendees about the launch of a new Optimus phone. Needless to say, LG is saving all the important things for the unveiling on February 14 but the copy “Into the New Dimension” tries to say something to us. Perhaps, a 3-Dimension phone? We’ll definitely know in [...]

  Well, Google has attempted a similar thing to promote its Nexus S device but scientists from Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) will do a more serious experiment that will send an Android phone into the orbit few hundred kilometers above the planet. The first objective for the device will be to withstand extreme temperatures [...]

  Motorola has gained an upper hand in the dual SIM phone market with the introduction of Milestone XT800. XT800 is India’s first Android-powered dual SIM device that supports one GSM and one CDMA SIM with a dual standby mode. Unlike other dual SIM devices we’ve seen in the past, this baby from Motorola is [...]

  We’ll definitely know if Sony is going to reveal PSP2 in couple of days but Nikkei, Japan’s business daily is throwing some more details on the PlayStation Portable successor. According to the daily, the new PSP will have an OLED display as well as 3G support from NTT DOCOMO. 3G data will allow users [...]

  Google has announced a new initiative dubbed as the Cloud Print. The service will allow users to print their important documents from anywhere without needing to install the printer drivers. It currently works on smartphones, Windows PC and Chrome OS and after the setup, user can go to their Gmail account from their iPhone [...]

  So Tegra 2 3D display is not the only thing Nvidia is preparing in the Tegra lineup. The leaked slide that shows the Tegra roadmap reveals Nvidia is developing Tegra 3. Tegra 3 will be a power horse that will bring smartphones and tablets close to PC performance with its quad-core Cortex A9 that [...]

Airtel today commenced its 3G operations in Karnataka. Karnataka is Airtel’s largest circle by revenue so it’s understandable why Airtel chose to launch their services in the southern state first. However, Airtel has confirmed to launch its 3G operations in rest of the 13 3G license circles by March 2011. Airtel has segregated its plans [...]

  Samsung has unraveled yet another Galaxy S device for its home market. The device is known as the Galaxy S Hoppin (SHW-M190S) due to its integration of Hoppin service provided by SKT. SKT’s Hoppin service will allow Galaxy S users to enjoy on-demand content on their phones, PCs and TVs. A user can even [...]

  The rumored Tegra 3 might not happen at this year’s MWC as Nvidia has been caught with some other plan. In a leaked slide acquired by TechEye, Nvidia will apparently announce Tegra processors supporting 3D display. The processor will be based on the same dual-core Cortex A9 but will be overclocked to 1.2GHz and [...]

  LG’s current Super Phone aka the Optimus 2X has gone on sale in South Korea. The phone will be available via SKT and has seen a good interest from consumers, claiming about 6,500 bookings on an average. The phone’s super tag comes from the fact that it boasts a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 chip [...]

  Google has released Android OS updates for both of its Nexus device. While Nexus One and Nexus S’ firmware has been bumped to Android 2.2.2 (build number FR83G) and Android 2.3.2 (build number GRH78C) respectively, one of the common fix both updates resolve is the SMS bug. Now the phone won’t inadvertently send SMS’ [...]

  It’s no small feat by any means and Apple is rightfully flaunting it. Their App Store that empowers millions of iPhones, iPod touches and iPads with variety of apps has surpassed total downloads of 10 billion, making it the most successful App Store in the market today. Apple has also confirmed that they’ll announce [...]

  Duke Nukem Forever that was under development for over a decade has finally got a release date. Its new publisher and developers – 2K Games and Gearbox Software have set May 3 as the release date for the game in US and May 6 internationally. Needless to say it has been a long wait [...]