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  Microsoft has announced that they’ve entered into a patent licensing agreement with Compal Electronics that allows the Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) to use Microsoft’s patents in devices running Android or Chrome OS. Intrinsic details of the agreement are under wraps but Compal Electronics will pay royalties to Microsoft. With Wistron, Quanta and now Compal, [...]

  It’s no secret that Symantec has carved a nice target market for its protection suites for consumers. There’s Norton Antivirus for basic level of protection, Norton Internet Security to protect from any untowardness on the internet and Norton 360 that gives protection as well as backup options. This time we’re checking the middle version [...]

  Samsung and Google’s new Galaxy Nexus may win brownie points when it comes to integrating number of pixels in a small (admittedly big for a mobile phone!) display. However, the 1280×720 display is marred with the same limitation which made Galaxy S a bit irritating to use. The Super AMOLED display on the Galaxy [...]

  Better late than never. Acer’s Iconia Smart S300 that was announced way back in May will finally be available in India. Consumers interested in the tall and decently spec’d device will be able to pick from stores at a price of Rs. 28,990 plus taxes. Iconia Smart S300 is Acer’s top-end smartphone that runs [...]

  UPDATE: The 16GB TabTop will be available for approximately Rs 25,000 while the 32GB model would cost Rs 29,500. It’s raining tablets in India. The newest entrant to offer its device is Milagrow with its TabTop device. Milagrow touts its TabTop to be a perfect alternative to conventional computers but in reality, it is [...]

  Looks like we’ve got the first press images of Nokia’s upcoming Windows Phone. This leak comes via Pocket Now who claim the phone to be Nokia 800, expected to show its face (officially) next week at the Nokia World. Also known as Searay, the phone will be similar to N9 on the hardware front [...]

  Asus is gearing up to launch its next-generation Transformer soon. The Taiwanese company has put up a small video on its Facebook page that teases with copy saying “Next Transformation.” While the video is light on hard details, images in the video indicate an all metallic-body with a camera and a similar keyboard dock [...]

  Looks like Nvidia is making Tegra 3 ready for primetime. An official looking Tegra 3 promo has made it out on the web. Tegra 3 code-named Kal-El is Nvidia’s next-generation mobile SoC that boasts a powerful quad-core processor. The video basically highlights Kal-El’s abilities like better multi-tasking, improved graphics, improved handling of Adobe Flash [...]

  In addition to unveiling the sleek and sexy Moto RAZR, Motorola also announced a new lifestyle device that combines fitness tracking and music player in one. Dubbed as MOTOACTV, the device is reminiscent to Apple’s iPod nano but comes with a belt that allows wearing on a wrist. MOTOACTV is equipped with AccuSense and [...]

  The wait is over. Google in collaboration with Samsung has announced the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich running Galaxy Nexus smartphone, which could be termed as a worthy upgrade from the previous Nexus device, Nexus S. Galaxy Nexus boasts a pure Google experience that does not have any UI customizations from Samsung and [...]

  HP may have stopped sales of webOS-powered TouchPad but its good to see the computer company still working on the underlying software. HP has released a new over-the-air update for TouchPad that will add some new features to the webOS. The webOS 3.0.4 brings a new camera app, adds the ability to pair with [...]

  Panasonic has updated its Toughbook lineup in India with the new CF-53 notebook. Apt for users out in the field, the new Toughbook protects users from water spills, accidental bumps and extreme temperatures. Apart from the excellent rugged abilities, the 14-inch notebook is packed with decent hardware like 2nd generation Intel core processor, 2GB [...]

  Motorola has officially announced the new RAZR phone for the global market as well as United States. Just like previous RAZR devices that emphasized on the sleek form factor, the new Android-running RAZR too is thin, which measures just 7.1mm. The phone is sculpted using KEVLAR coupled with Corning Gorilla Glass that gives the [...]

  Motorola has inadvertently spilled an image of their upcoming Droid phone. Motorola was teasing the device on their site but disclosed the phone in all its glory. Dubbed as Droid RAZR, the phone looks to be one of the slimmest LTE Droids around. We’re still light on the full specs but it seems the [...]

  We did call out RIM to give some credit to users and it seems they’ve heard us. RIM “as an expression of appreciation for patience during the recent service disruptions,” has promised to give over $100 worth of apps for free to BlackBerry users. These apps will be downloadable via RIM’s BlackBerry App World [...]