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  HP at an event yesterday unveiled new offerings powered by webOS. The two smartphones that made its way out are Pre3 and Veer. The HP Pre3 is similar in design like its predecessor but ups the ante with a 3.58-inch WVGA touchscreen display and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon (MSM8x55) 1.4GHz processor. Pre3’s feature set includes 3G [...]

  Hot on the heels of Elop’s leaked memo that said one MeeGo device for 2011, Reuters is citing couple of industry sources who claim that Nokia has ended development of its first MeeGo device even before its launch. However, the phone could still be shown at its investor day meeting on Friday. The move [...]

  At a press conference in New Delhi, Olive Telecom today unwrapped OliveSmart V-S300, the first HSPA+ band supporting phone in India. The phone also takes the crown to be India’s first Android smartphone running the Gingerbread OS (Android 2.3). Housed in a 9.9mm shell, it packs some meaty specs like Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon MSM8255 [...]

  Nokia’s new CEO, Stephen Elop had penned an astonishing letter to all its employees, which now has made out on the web for the whole world to see. Engadget claims the letter is the real deal and if it is, the letter boldly acknowledges Nokia failing due to “missed trends and lost time.” Elop [...]

  Apple iPad 2 rumors have kicked off in high gear as Wall Street Journal is reporting that the iPad successor has gone into production. After Reuters reported about the presence of a camera, WSJ too confirms the obvious that will be placed on the front for video conferencing. Journal’s sources also claim the new [...]

  Dell has made its largest ever introduction by unveiling 24 new products meant for businesses. These products range from laptops in the Latitude range to desktops in the OptiPlex as well as Precision family. The new unveilings include regular notebooks to rugged ones like the Latitude E6420 ATG and even an XT3 convertible tablet. [...]

  A new video of LG’s Optimus 3D has surfaced on the web. Pocket-lint has got hold off a video that reveals some more details about the device. Unlike the last video that teased us with a photoshopped image of the phone, the new vid clearly shows the dual cameras capable of recording 3D videos. [...]

  HTC today announced to acquire some stake in online gaming service provider, OnLive. The Taiwan-based mobile company will buy about 5.3 million shares for $7.5 each that will help them to leverage on the strengths of OnLive and help them to suffice consumer demand for games on smart phones. HTC has been spending a [...]

  Sprint’s event yesterday showed off an Android phone featuring two touchscreen displays. The phone known as Kyocera Echo features two 3.5-inch touchscreen displays (800×480 pixels) and the specialty of it is that both the displays can work independently or as one, according to user’s preference. In short, you can check your email on one [...]

  Google is working on a new version of Android OS for smart phones. Since Honeycomb is optimized for tablets, PocketLint’s source claims that the new update scheduled in April will try and bridge the gap between Gingerbread running smartphones and tablets powered by Honeycomb OS. The site claims that v2.4 will still be known [...]

  TI is looking to up the game in the System-on-Chip arena with the newly announced OMAP 5 platform. The new platform is touted to create “disruptive mobile experiences” in the next-generation mobile devices like smart phones, tablets etc by integrating two 28nm-based ARM Cortex-A15 processors that helps to increase computing performance by 3x and [...]

  Nokia has confirmed that its delayed E7 business phone is now shipping in select markets. Which select markets, you ask? Well, thats something for you to find from your local retailer as Nokia hasn’t spilled that out yet. Just like the N8, E7 also runs Symbian^3 but differentiates with a sliding QWERTY keyboard as [...]

  Vodafone today announced to bring Google’s second Nexus phone — the Nexus S. Although Nexus S is available in UK and US for almost two months now, Vodafone’s offering will bring exclusivity in the form of a new color. Vodafone will exclusively sell the white-colored variant of the phone. Another change confirmed by Vodafone [...]

  Nokia is preparing a new candybar QWERTY phone that should go official really soon. According to the info and images received by Engadget, the phone will try to up the game from the E5. As it is evident from the image, the phone will have a full four-row keyboard, 8MP camera with dual LED [...]

  Feb 13 will be a busy day for mobile enthusiasts. Samsung will unveil their new Galaxy S and now Sony Ericsson has confirmed to unveil its Xperia Play aka the PlayStation Phone on the same day. Xperia Play as many of you know, has been subjected to many leaks and even a full-fledged preview [...]