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  HTC is preparing a fleet of devices that will cater to almost every market segment. Thanks to a leak over at Pocket Now we’ve got a glimpse of what the Taiwanese phone maker has planned for us. According to the leaks, HTC has developed five Android devices and one Brew-MP-powered phone, expected to take [...]

  Looks like LG’s Facebook account has inadvertently leaked pictures of its upcoming mid-range Android device. The phone known as Optimus Me (P350) will run an unspecified version of Android OS (we assume 2.2) and will be available in five colors – Silver, Black, Blue, Pink and Red. We’re short on details right now but [...]

  Samsung has officially announced a 4G version of its Galaxy S phone. The phone will be available exclusively through T-Mobile USA and will support T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network that will give users liberty to surf the internet at 21Mbps+ speeds. Additionally, the phone is confirmed to run on Android 2.2 OS and have Super AMOLED [...]

  Google announced its Q4 2010 results yesterday and although it turned out to be pretty well, the search giant dropped a bomb by announcing executive management changes. Google’s decision to shuffle positions is to “streamline decision making and create clearer lines of responsibility and accountability at the top of the company.” Eric Schmidt, current [...]

  Eldar Murtazin from Mobile-review has managed to scoop in another handset that will be launched in couple of months. This time it’s Sony Ericsson’s MT15i that will apparently be the successor of SE’s Vivaz. Although the unit, which Eldar managed to lay his hands on was pre-production one, he seemed positive about the device [...]

  Our group site Samsung Hub has published their hands-on impressions of the Nexus S. Released only in the US and the UK, Nexus S is always sold as an unlocked phone, and however you get a rebate if you buy it with a contract from carrier. In the UK Nexus S can be purchased [...]

  Let’s be honest here – we’ve given our fair share of cusses to our operators who’ve taken its subscribers for granted. The only thing that kept consumers tolerating was the fear of losing their number, until now that is. Mobile Number Portability aka MNP that was available in Haryana is now available nationwide, which [...]

  HTC is planning to enter the tablet PC market soon. Digitimes has apparently received a confirmation from component suppliers that these tablets will make their way out before the end of first half of this year and one of them will be known as the Flyer. The Flyer is said to be an “enlarged [...]

  Here’s some bad news for our Japanese readers if you’re planning to use Nikon’s Picturetown 3D service. Nikon has announced that its service which was due in late January has been rescheduled to launch by end of March. Nikon says the reason for the delay is due to some “circumstance” related to production of [...]

  Nintendo has announced the release date of its 3DS handheld gaming console for the European and American market. Gamers in Europe will be able to delve into the 3D goodness from March 25 whereas consumers in United States will get it from March 27 for $249.99. For the uninitiated, Nintendo’s 3DS is a 3D [...]

  The VAIO YB series that got official at the CES will be available in India from early next month. Indian consumers seeking an affordable ultraportable can definitely take a look at this new VAIO notebook as it packs the necessary power as well as looks. Equipped with AMD’s Fusion chip and Vision Technology, the [...]

  Sony’s plan to unveil the PSP2 at an event in Japan on January 27 could turn out to be true. Bloomberg has published a report that cites their two sources claiming to reveal the updated gaming console on January 27 in Japan whereas the oft-leaked PlayStation Phone in February at the Mobile World Congress. [...]

  Samsung has launched a website claiming to launch “something big” with a Galaxy S pictured besides it, clearly indicating the Galaxy S successor. Samsung will reveal the phone on February 13 but will start the preview teasers beginning from next month. Hardware specs of the phone are a mystery but if we take the [...]

  We know now what to expect at HP Palm’s event scheduled next month. Engadget has got their mitts on info and pics of HP Palm’s very first tablets – namely, Topaz and Opal. Topaz and Opal sport 9-inch and 7-inch screen respectively but are powered by Palm’s powerful webOS. The Opal will apparently be [...]

Samsung is looking to unveil fleet of Galaxy devices soon, probably at Mobile World Congress next month. Although we’ve seen quite a few images of all these phones in the past few days, one of our readers sent us these non-hi-res official pictures of Samsung Mini, Ace and Suit. All these phones will run Froyo [...]