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  Lenovo has announced two new All-in-one (AIO) PCs – ThinkCentre Edge 71z and ThinkCentre Edge 91z for Indian SMBs. Lenovo says small businesses look for space saving designs and performance and their latest offerings suffice both requirements. Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 71z is a mainstream AIO that comes with a 20-inch widescreen display, Intel Core [...]

  PlayStation Vita releases on December 17 in Japan and to make sure the new handheld console if compatible with the other PlayStation, Sony will release a new firmware (v4.0) for PS3. The new firmware update will make PS3 act as a content management device that will allow users to copy their content between PS [...]

  Samsung has upped its Applications Processor (AP) game with the introduction of a new SoC (System-on-chip), Exynos 5250. The new Exynos chip clearly pips previous generation Exynos processors that boasts two Cortex-A15 clocked at speedy 2GHz. This dual-core configuration is developed by using Samsung’s 32nm-low power HKMG process that results in better performance while [...]

  Google yesterday released a new version of Google Maps for Android and it seems to be a worthy upgrade, if you seem to get lost in shopping malls quite often! Google Maps 6.0 now includes indoor maps of select shopping malls and airports that allows users to see where they’re, on what floor they’re [...]

  After launching the original Sensation and Sensation XE, HTC has launched the Sensation XL in India. HTC has made the new Sensation variant thinner and taller that comes with a larger 4.7-inch WVGA display and features Beats audio that enhances the music quality on the phone. Other than that, the phone features 1.5GHz dual-core [...]

  Lenovo has dropped three tablets for its home market. Hailing from LePad series, each tablet PC is sized differently to cater different set of crowds. The LePad S2007 and LePad S2010 are 7-inch and 10.1-inch tablets respectively and come with common specifications like Honeycomb OS, 1280×800 IPS display, dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm CPU, 1GB RAM, [...]

  AT&T consumers will be treated with a power packed phone this holiday season. Beginning December 4, America’s biggest GSM operator will start selling Nitro HD from LG that features faster LTE connectivity. To spruce things further, Nitro HD will come with a 4.5-inch True HD AH-IPS display (1280×720) with 500 nits of brightness, 1.5GHz [...]

  Three-dimension or in simpler words, 3D has been known to enthrall consumers for decades. Right from the days of the first 3D movie in India to now, 3D media consumption has seen an upward trend and it’s been rising spontaneously in the last couple of years. This rise is due to the fact that [...]

  Samsung has announced the launch rollout of their flagship bada 2.0 phone and the French consumers will be the first ones to get their hands on it considering France being the biggest bada market. First shown at the IFA early this year, Wave 3 runs bada 2.0 OS and boasts meatier specs compared to [...]

  A new image of HTC Ville has surfaced giving us a glimpse on how the phone would look like from every angle. Pocket Now published the image and says this upcoming phone will be the slimmest HTC’s ever produced which will measure about 8mm thick. HTC Ville will be packed with features and will [...]

  Samsung apparently reckons netbooks aren’t as profitable as they were before. According to a report on Blogeee, Samsung sent an email to its trading partners claiming that they’ll stop making 10.1-inch devices aka netbooks in first quarter of 2012. The exact reason is not known but the email did say that in lieu of [...]

  We seriously hope Microsoft does not name their next-generation Xbox console as Xbox 720 but its a debate for another day coz a new report claims Microsoft is working on two different variants of the new Xbox. One would be a cheaper “along the lines of a set-top box” with Kinect that will be [...]

  With an aim to expand its operations in India, Belkin yesterday announced their new series of mouse and keyboards for the Indian market. The new range includes both wired and wireless options that start from an affordable sub-Rs. 400 price tag and go up to Rs. 2,700. The wired keyboards support PS/2 as well [...]

  RIM continues its launch spree in India with the introduction of three new handsets. The first two belong to the affordable Curve range (9350, 9380) whereas one is from the top Bold series (9790). All BlackBerry devices run BlackBerry OS 7 and comes with usual set of features like the new BBM, Social Feeds, [...]

  HTC’s first device featuring Beats Audio technology is now available in India. The Sensation XE is priced at Rs. 33,990 and ensures top-notch audio quality with a combination of hardware and software optimization. The phone features a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 4.3-inch qHD display, 8MP camera with dual LED flash, full HD video recording support, [...]