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  Sony has introduced the world’s lightest e-book reader at IFA 2011 expo. The Reader Wi-Fi or PRS-T1 weighs just 168g and includes the ubiquitous Wi-Fi technology and 6-inch e-ink touchscreen display. With the integration of Wi-Fi, Reader allows users to buy or borrow ebooks for free from Sony’s Reader Store or borrow books wireless [...]

  Sony’s Kazuo Hirai just announced a new Sony Ericsson device at the IFA press conference. The Xperia Arc S takes over the original Xperia Arc and is more slimmer and faster than the predecessor. We’re awaiting the full specs but the Xperia Arc S will be powered by a 1.4GHz processor, Reality Display supporting [...]

  AT&T today expanded its tablet lineup with a new offering from HTC. Dubbed as Jetstream, the new tablet is HTC’s first 10.1-inch tablet running Honeycomb 3.1 OS. Jetstream is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor and features a WXGA resolution display (1280×768), HTC’s Sense user interface for tablet, rear-facing 8MP dual LED flash, [...]

  If you fancy watching 3D content anywhere and anyplace you want, Sony has created a Personal 3D Viewer, the HMZ-T1. The device is basically a head mounted display, which when mounted can display 2D or 3D in front of your eyes, as big as a movie theater-like virtual screen (equivalent to 750-inch display). The [...]

  Samsung has made a big splash in the world of bada phones. Promising to showcase at the IFA this week, Samsung unveiled Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y, all running the latest bada 2.0 OS. The flagship — Wave 3 has got some upgrades on the hardware front like a faster 1.4GHz CPU [...]

  HTC has announced their first ever 3D phone for the Indian market. At the India On event in New Delhi, HTC officially unwrapped the EVO 3D running on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S3 processor that enables 3D viewing and recording experience. The phone features a 4.3-inch qHD glasses-free display that allows users to view 3D content [...]

  D-Link has finally launched its Boxee Box device in the Indian market. For starters, Boxee is a service that allows consumers to watch streaming content like TV shows, video clips directly onto their PC, iPhone or an iPad. But with the uniquely designed Boxee Box, a user can now watch the same streaming content [...]

  Dell has announced a new notebook for business-centric consumers in India. The V131 is Dell’s latest offering which is one of the lightest and thinnest notebooks in the Vostro line and boasts decent specs for enhanced productivity. The 13.3-inch laptop comes with choices of Intel’s 2nd generation Core i3 or i5 processors, up to [...]

  Samsung has announced a new messaging platform of their own dubbed as ChatOn. Unlike BlackBerry Messenger or iMessages, Samsung’s ChatOn works on multiple platforms, thus allowing communication with a user using any device. ChatOn will be launched in September in over 120 countries and will support sending data like texts, images, video, contacts etc. [...]

  Galaxy S II is barely few months old and Samsung has already come out with a variant that pips the original one. The Galaxy S II LTE now comes with the support of LTE band, which means a user can surf internet at speeds up to 100Mb/s in LTE supported areas or regular 3G [...]

  The tablet market has been inundated with lots of new offerings that tend to compromise on the hardware for an affordable price tag. However, this little 7-inch device from Mercury Kobian is different. Dubbed as mTab, the highlight of the tablet is its 1.2GHz Cortex-A8 processor (no tri-core as the spec sheet states). The [...]

  In the market for a rugged yet portable notebook? Lenovo has announced ThinkPad X220 that will suffice your needs perfectly. The MIL-SPEC tested portable notebook gives consumers the much needed durability when they’re on the road and is able to give almost a day of battery life (up to 23 hours) with a slim [...]

  Nvidia has launched their Tegra Zone website to complement its Tegra Zone Android app. The website now makes it easier for consumers to learn about the platform, Tegra-optimized games and enable Tegra device owners to purchase content. The site in short, brings all the Tegra Zone app goodness on the computer, plus allowing to [...]

  SanDisk may have exited the Indian music player market but is very much alive in United States. The American company has announced their affordable audio player called Sansa Clip Zip. The new workout-friendly music player features a color screen, support for variety of music formats, FM Radio and even stopwatch and voice recording. SanDisk [...]

  Sony Ericsson has announced a new Xperia phone. Building on the success of Xperia neo, the Xperia neo V takes advantage of latest Android 2.3.4 OS and Sony technologies. The phone is powered by 1GHz Qualcomm processor and features 3.7-inch FWVGA (480×854) Reality Display with Mobile Bravia Engine, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 5MP camera with 720p [...]