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  NEC from Japan is showing off a unique tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show. It’s a book-style dual screen LT-W tablet that sports dual 7-inch LCDs. NEC says two screens on a tablet serves many purposes like it can be used for reading e-books, using it as laptop with virtual QWERTY or use two [...]

  Samsung’s CES showcase was missing two of this year’s CES buzz – dual-core smartphones and tablets. However, it seems they’re ready with the products and will unveil at the Mobile World Congress next month. JK Shin confirmed that an event shceduled at MWC will see “dual-core applications,” which suggests it could be a successor [...]

  Wall Street Journal has an impeccable record when it comes to predicting Apple rumors and now they’re claiming that Verizon is really close to launch the iPhone in the US. According to their sources, Verizon will unveil the iPhone on Tuesday, ending AT&T’s exclusivity since iPhone’s launch. However, it is unclear when the phone [...]

  HTC has announced three new 4G-enabled phones for three different operators in the US market. The HTC EVO Shift 4G expected on Sprint is an extension of the original HTC EVO 4G with a full QWERTY keyboard. Running on Android 2.2 OS, the phone features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 4G speeds, HTC Sense UI [...]

  Razer is best known for its portfolio of gaming accessories so anything else coming out from their side is surprising. At the ongoing CES, they’re showing off their Switchblade PC concept design, which is a small PC but concentrates on gaming. The concept is based on Intel’s Atom processor running Windows 7. The Switchblade [...]

  Dell today announced new larger-sized Streak tablet at the CES. The Streak 7 is scheduled to arrive on T-Mobile’s 4G network and packs in state-of-the-art features along with Dell’s Stage user interface. The tablet is powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 2 chip and features a 7-inch display with Corning Gorilla Glass covering, Android 2.2 OS, [...]

  Sony Ericsson has kick started the new year by announcing a power packed Android smartphone at the CES. The Xperia arc will be the latest device to join the Xperia family and will run on Android’s 2.3 Gingerbread OS. The arc is just 8.7mm at its thinnest part and is crafted of high-quality materials [...]

  Samsung has announced a new smartphone for the US market that will be sold exclusively by AT&T. Called as the Infuse 4G, the phone is just 8.99mm thick, beating Galaxy S by a whole millimeter. Thickness is not the only criteria where Infuse 4G manages to beat Galaxy S but on the specs-front, the [...]

  Samsung’s oft-rumored Wi-Fi-only Galaxy Tab has been made official at the CES expo. The device will be showcased at their booth and though we’re still waiting for Samsung to price it officially, the non-3G variant will understandably be cheaper. Samsung however, was kind enough to slip off the release timeframe, which according to them [...]

Motorola Mobility which is on its second day of operations after the spin-off from Motorola announced one new tablet and three phones at the CES this week. All devices run Android OS, with the tablet running the Honeycomb OS whereas the phones run Froyo. The tablet dubbed as Xoom is Motorola’s first creation for the [...]

  Well Microsoft didn’t really show any devices as speculated but Steve Ballmer in his pre-CES keynote confirmed that the next version of Windows will support the ARM architecture. This will make the world’s widely used operating system compatible with the world’s widely used architecture, which is used in mobile phones, tablets etc. Microsoft also [...]

Asus was the first major company to keep a press conference before the scheduled CES Press Day and it seems they’ve managed to pull it off successfully. They’ve announced four new tablets targeting different set of users. First up is the Eee Pad MeMO. The never heard before tablet will be the smallest offering in [...]

  Nvidia’s small partnership to bring GPU to the cars last year has taken a giant leap in 2011 as BMW and Tesla Motors have announced their association with Nvidia to integrate the Nvidia technology. Termed as the Ultimate Driving Machine the integration of Nvidia’s GPU will allow BMW’s iDrive to bring topnotch in-car navigation [...]

  Rumors in the past few months clearly indicates that this CES will be more of a tablet show. Toshiba too, will jump in with their 10.1-inch Tegra 2-powered Android tablet. Unfortunately, Toshiba hasn’t named the device nor have they loaded any OS, which suggests Honeycomb will be the ideal choice for it. In addition [...]

  HTC has announced its second Windows Phone 7 device for the Indian market. The Taiwanese maker has teamed up with Tata DOCOMO to sell HTC 7 Mozart that brings the same Hub and Tile interface found in its other WP7 device. HTC 7 Mozart boasts a unibody chassis, crafted out of a single piece [...]