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  Sony will apparently be releasing their S1 or S2 tablet in Europe in about 3 months. In a “private note” sent from Sony’s marketing group shown to Engadget reveals the tablet will be up for pre-order in August followed by the shipping and retail sales in September. Sony Direct, John Lewis and another unconfirmed [...]

  It is no secret that Google is working on the next Nexus phone but BGR seems to have got their mitts on info believed to be of the new Nexus device. The phone will be dubbed as Nexus 4G, due to the integration of 4G LTE radio and will include a dual-core 1.2GHz or [...]

  UPDATE: HTC says to resolve the Desire memory issue, they’ll remove select apps from the Gingerbread release. Looks like consumers’ wrath was enough for the Taiwanese phone maker to change their no Gingerbread update for Desire decision. The Android 2.3 update that was initially turned down due to memory issues in Desire is now [...]

  Sony has pushed out yet another entry-level music player in the Indian market. The E363 Walkman may not offer you a choice of apps or allow you to surf the web like the high-end music players but is created to allow you to enjoy high-quality music. The compact music player comes with Sony’s clear [...]

  Nokia India has started taking pre-orders for the upcoming E6 phone. E6 is the only phone in India that runs on Symbian’s latest Anna OS (at least for now) and if you’re in the lookout to try out the new OS, you can order the phone for Rs.17,999. This is of course Nokia’s recommended [...]

  HTC on their Facebook account has confirmed not to release the Gingerbread update for their Desire phones. HTC claims their engineering teams were working to bring the Android 2.3 update with the new HTC Sense but couldn’t do so due to phone’s limited memory. The reasoning is surprising to say the least because Desire [...]

  Asus today announced the PA246Q ProArt Series LCD monitor in India. The 24-inch LCD monitor is targeted at professionals like graphic designers, animators. The monitor is equipped with a P-IPS panel that offers a wide color gamut, reproducing 98% of the Adobe RGB color space and sRGB support. Additionally, the monitor supports a whopping [...]

  Well, look at this. Apple’s home market has finally got an unlocked version of iPhone. Apple Store is now selling the iPhone 4 in black or white hues without tying a user to an operator. The 16GB iPhone 4 has been priced at $649 whereas the larger capacity 32GB goes for $749. This may [...]

  After months and months (almost 20 months) of suing and countersuing, Apple and Nokia have settled their legal disputes by entering into a patent license agreement. Under this agreement, both the companies will withdraw pending patent litigations as well as complaints to the US International Trade Commission. Apple will pay Nokia a one-time fee [...]

  One of HTC’s phones with dedicated Facebook button has made its way to the Indian shores. The HTC Salsa comes in a unibody design and boasts a Facebook button at the bottom of the phone, enabling quick access to the world’s most visited social networking site. Apart from this, the Gingerbread running phone comes [...]

  Nokia at an event in Bengaluru gave an exclusive look to its upcoming E6 phone. Nokia E6 is one of the two devices that are running on Symbian Anna OS and boasts a high resolution 2.46-inch VGA display that also supports touch. The Nokia E6 is expected to hit Indian shores pretty soon but [...]

  Looks like Samsung is having some display problems for its Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet. Apparently, ETNews claims that the release of the 8.9-inch tablet is being pushed due the low production of G1F touch-panel that uses one film layer less as compared to conventional GFF (Glass Fiber Filter). The G1F panel is currently used [...]

  HP has announced the pricing and availability of its first webOS powered tablet. The TouchPad will be released in the United States on July carrying a price tag of $499 and $599 for 16GB and 32GB respectively. As for the availability in other regions, HP has confirmed that consumers in UK, France, Germany and [...]

  Sprint’s prepaid arm, Virgin Mobile has also got an exclusive device from Motorola. Dubbed as Triumph, the phone comes with a 1GHz processor, a 4.1-inch WVGA touchscreen display, 5MP camera with 720p HD video recording support, HDMI-out, microSD card slot supporting up to 32GB and preloaded with Virgin Mobile Live 2.0. Triumph will also [...]

  Sprint just announced a fleet of Moto devices that will arrive on their network in 2011. The device that is on the forefront of this lineup is Photon 4G, Sprint’s first dual-core phone. The Photon 4G is packed with features like the integration of Nvidia Tegra 2 processor along with Android 2.3 OS, 4.3-inch [...]