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  Samsung today announced that they’ve filed a lawsuit against Apple in US District Court for the Northern District of California. Samsung says 10 of its patents related to communications and user interface are infringed by Apple products like iPhone, iPad and even iPod touch. On April 19, Apple sued Samsung for blatantly copying iPad [...]

  Google has announced a new update to its Android 2.3 OS. The Android 2.3.4 update released for Google Nexus devices bring in some bug fixes for Nexus One but more importantly, brings the ability to make video calls to Gmail contacts over 3G, 4G and even Wi-Fi for Nexus S. Needless to say, other [...]

  Today is a good day for mobile enthusiasts in Korea. In addition to getting Samsung’s dual-core Galaxy S II, its archrival LG also announced Optimus Black device that will be available on KT by this weekend. The Optimus Black (LG-KU5900) is just 9.2mm thick and the 112g phone’s claim to fame is the inclusion [...]

  Netbooks were a rage couple of years back. Compact, portable, similar to a full-fledged notebook and most of all cheap. Now fast forward to this year, although the growth of netbooks has slowed down, there is still a market for the form factor for those who wants a decent computer experience on-the-go without spending [...]

  Samsung announced their latest installment in the Galaxy S series in South Korea today. The Galaxy S II will be available on all three operators in Korea – SKT, KT and LG U+, making Korea one of the first markets to get the power packed device. Samsung says Galaxy S II is built on [...]

  The only thing Google Docs was lacking was a mobile app and here it is, the first native app by Google for the Android OS. The Docs app, which is now available on the Android Market, allows users to edit or create documents right on the phone that can be shared with anyone, just [...]

  Apple has published a lengthy Q&A regarding the location data issue that has gained some traction in the past few days. Apple says they never meant to track the location of the iPhone and never will. Instead the data cache that was uncovered by researchers is a crowd-sourced database of Wi-Fi hotspots that is [...]

  After months and months of waiting, Apple has finally announced the white iPhone 4. Interested consumers can grab the newly polished phone from tomorrow in over 25 countries. The price expectedly, remains the same, which is $199 and $299 for 16GB and 32GB respectively in the United States. Press Release

  Apple just announced that they’ll launch their iPad 2 in 12 countries by Friday, including India. Japan will get the new-generation iPad from tomorrow but it will be released on April 29 in Hong Kong, India, Israel, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey and UAE. Apple also confirmed iPad 2 (Wi-Fi only) [...]

  In what could be one of the biggest decisions for Nokia after the Microsoft partnership, Nokia will cut loose about 4,000 employees worldwide. The personnel reduction will be completed by end of 2012 and will also reduce the workforce in Nokia’s home country by 1,400 employees. Another astonishing move is to transfer about 3,000 [...]

  LG had expressed its intention to develop processor for mobile devices in the past and they’ve taken the first step towards it by licensing processor technology from ARM. LG seems to have taken inspiration from its Korean counterpart, Samsung who also develops processors for their high-end devices. Anyways, under the agreement, LG Electronics will [...]

  Toshiba’s Mobile Display arm has created a new 7-inch low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) TFT LCD display that enables multi-touch input without the need to install an additional touch panel. The screen is developed for vehicle-mounted and industrial devices and integrates touch panel function by forming display pixel electrodes, thus reducing thickness by 57 percent and [...]

  Verizon has announced the Droid Incredible successor developed by HTC. The Droid Incredible 2 builds on the success of the original Droid Incredible and features Android 2.2 OS, 1GHz Qualcomm CPU, 4-inch LCD and HTC Sense UI. The all-black phone also comes with an 8MP camera at the back supporting 720p HD video recording, [...]

  LG today unveiled its new line of 3D monitors that promises to give a flicker-free experience. LG reckons flickering and the resulting sickness has restricted consumers to opt for 3D products but the new Cinema 3D Monitors – D41P and D42P help to solve that. Certified “flicker-free” by two European safety certification agencies, users [...]

  The previous leaks were right on the money. Sony has introduced two new tablets in Japan – S1 and S2. The S1 is meant for the home use and features a small curve at the top (just like in the leak) to resemble like a folded magazine. The 9.4-inch S1 is powered by Nvidia’s [...]