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  The 1.2GHz Galaxy S II phone is yet to arrive in many markets but that hasn’t stopped the rumor mill to churn out a new rumor about a faster Galaxy S II. Apparently, Samsung is looking to release a 1.4GHz Galaxy S II with 1GB RAM, Android 2.3.4 OS and TouchWiz UI. This piece [...]

  The Vodafone-exclusive Galaxy Tab 10.1v could not make it to UK but Samsung today announced that its TouchWiz-loaded and slimmer Galaxy Tab will be launched for UK consumers. Samsung is trying to keep the price under wraps but did say that consumers should expect the tablet to retail from August 4. To rehash, Galaxy [...]

  It’s no secret that Nokia has not been comfortable with Google’s Android OS which most mobile manufacturers have seemed to favour. However, it looks like Nokia did dabble with the OS along with Windows Phone. These pictures were captured in China and is said to run Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. Now I know it’s [...]

  Huawei started off as a phone manufacturer offering low-end affordable Android devices. Now although their motive is still the same – that is to provide affordable Android phones – they’ve upped the ante on the hardware front. Check out the Glory (M886) phone for instance. The phone is expected to reach US carriers like [...]

  Archos has unveiled a pair of new tablets that won’t make consumers compromise on features for its low asking price. The Archos 80 G9 and Archos 10 G9 start from modest $279 but runs Honeycomb 3.1 OS and boasts the industry’s fastest 1.5GHz dual-core OMAP4 CPU from TI. The strong features list of the [...]

  Samsung will launch its first ever Chromebook in Europe tomorrow. The Series 5 notebook runs on Google’s Chrome OS and will be available in UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Italy from tomorrow carrying a price tag of €399 for the Wi-Fi model (£349 in the UK) and €449 for the 3G-enabled model (£399 [...]

  We’ve got the first glimpse of Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 device. Now we’re not sure if this is just a ported version of WP7 onto Nokia N9 or a device that will eventually reach retail stores but the crux of the matter is that Nokia already has a working WP7 device, which is a [...]

  HTC generally announces a device first for United States or the European region but it seems the Taiwanese maker has opted its Asian neighbor, South Korea for the launch of EVO 4G+. The phone is identical to the EVO 3D but lacks 3D recording capabilities. Barring the 3D prowess, the phone features a 1.2GHz [...]

  UPDATE: Hands-on video below. RIM’s professional-grade tablet has finally come to India. Blackberry maker unveiled the PlayBook at an event in Mumbai and will hit retail channels soon. Coming in storage capacities of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, the PlayBook is RIM’s answer to various Android tablets and the iPad. The 7-inch tablet is based [...]

  HTC has sent out invites to journalists inviting them to a special event on June 27 in London. Details about the event are slim at the moment but since most of the lineup has been revealed by the Taiwanese company, speculation indicates the event could unveil Puccini, a 10-inch tablet with dual-core processor and [...]

  New details about the upcoming iPhone and iPad have emerged, thanks to Bloomberg’s sources who are familiar with the plans. According to them, Apple’s next-generation iPhone will have a faster Apple A5 processor that is used in the iPad 2. Additionally, the source also says that the iPhone camera will also get an upgrade, [...]

  LG Electronics has collaborated with Memjet to reveal Machjet LPP6010N printer in LG’s home market. The printer is touted to be the world’s fastest A4 color desktop printer that prints out 60 pages per minute with color outputs in 1600×800 dpi resolution. Such high speed and resolution is achieved with Memjet’s proprietary Page Straight [...]

  Apple has announced the release of its professional-grade video editing software Final Cut Pro X. Apple says the software has been created from scratch that brings in some interesting features as well as takes advantage of the latest Mac hardware by using multi-thread processing or the GPU for fast background rendering. Some of the [...]

  So it looks like a customer has filed a complaint before the Competition Commission of India under section 4 of the Competition Act 2002 alleging Apple abusing their dominant market position. The Competition Commission of India will review the complaint in a week but Apple will most likely get off the hook, thanks to [...]

  Nokia has unwrapped its newest touchscreen phone and boy, it looks amazing. The MeeGo 1.2 running phone is carved out of a single polycarbonate material that flushes seamlessly with its 3.9-inch curved glass AMOLED WVGA display. Unlike previous Nokia devices, the new N9 does not feature any button and relies on simple swipes and [...]