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  Without much fanfare, Verizon has announced the sales of Google’s first Android 4.0 phone – Galaxy Nexus. Interested consumers can pick the device from the online or a retail Verizon store for $299.99 on a two-year contract. The Galaxy Nexus on Verizon is the same as the international version except for a few changes [...]

  Seagate has announced the latest generation of its unique Momentus XT Hybrid drives that combines the speed of a SSD and storage of a regular HDD. The Momentus XT features an 8GB NAND Flash memory along with 750GB of HDD and with the help of Seagate’s Adaptive Memory and FAST Factor technologies, the drive [...]

  Sony has announced its entry in the Indian tablet market with two new introductions. Tablet S and Tablet P run Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS and will be available nationwide starting mid-Jan 2012. Featuring a unique wedge-shaped design that resembles a folded magazine, Tablet S comes with a 9.4-inch TruBlack display, Tegra 2 dual-core processor, [...]

  LG has announced its LTE-equipped Optimus device for the Japanese market. The Optimus LTE (L-01D) will be available on NTT Docomo and boast a Docomo exclusive Red color along with features like 1Seg digital TV and NFC. LG’s Optimus LTE is the first device from the Korean manufacturer to sport a 4.5-inch HD IPS [...]

  Epson has announced a new printer for the Indian market that prides itself as the world’s smallest. The ME Office 535 is the world’s smallest all-in-one (AIO) inkjet printer that has a smaller footprint and gives a low cost per page. Apt for SOHO users, the printer is equipped with DURABrite Ultra pigment ink [...]

  New images of Sony Ericsson Arc HD aka Nozomi has been published by GSMArena. The phone adopts a clean rectangular look but does not go for a slender design opposed to the recent handset trend. Arc HD will apparently be the first device from Sony Ericsson to sport an HD resolution (1280×720 pixels) and [...]

  It’s not a common occurrence in the mobile world where manufacturers gleefully hand over the code for their devices so it’s a bit surprising when Chinese phone maker, Huawei released the “Demo” code for their phone. Huawei released the demo code for their Honor phone which the developers can download the odd 150MB code [...]

  Apple today announced that their Mac App Store has clocked over 100 million app downloads since its launch less than a year ago. Apple is touting the store to give consumers a one-stop experience for all their apps and the only thing a consumer needs to have is an iTunes account (and credit card [...]

  After launching the Vodafone Blue for avid Facebook users, Vodafone has announced Smart Android phone in India. Targeted at first time smartphone users, the phone is decently spec’d and bears an affordable price tag. Priced at just Rs. 4,995, Smart is equipped with 3G support, Android 2.2.1 OS, Snapdragon S1 processor, 2.8-inch capacitive display, [...]

  Samsung today unveiled its new range of Ultrabooks for its domestic market – South Korea. The Series 5 Ultrabooks will come in sizes of 14-inch and 13-inch and will feature Intel’s Core i5 processor, choices of going with 128GB SSD or HDD storage and up to 8GB RAM. The 14-inch Ultrabook is just 20.9mm [...]

  HP at the scheduled time kicked off the refurbished TouchPad sale on eBay and within minutes the 16GB SKUs were snagged up by greedy wanting consumers. The 32GB variant was up for sale for couple of hours but as of now, it too has been removed due to unavailability. However, all was not hunky [...]

  Nokia has announced that its second Windows Phone-powered phone, Lumia 710 is now shipping. The phone is now retailing in Taiwan and is expected in Singapore, India, Hong Kong and Russia by next week for an estimated price of 270 euros before tax and subsidies. Nokia Lumia 710 is a mid-range device with 1.4GHz [...]

  Sensing a rapid rise of smartphone usage worldwide, Panasonic has announced to expand its smartphone operations from Japan to other regions. Europe will be the first region to receive their “ultra-slim D-shaped” phone in March 2012. The unnamed phone will boast a 4.3-inch OLED display with QHD resolution support, will be waterproof and dustproof [...]

  Google has introduced a new app that makes reading on the smartphone and tablet very intuitive and slick. Google Currents allows users to add new sources, read full articles and intuitively navigate between words, pictures and video. Google Currents currently works in United States for both Android and iOS on the Android Market but [...]

  Evernote this week launched two apps that enhances functionality of its primary To-do Evernote. The Evernote Food and Evernote Hello are two distinct apps that allow users to remember Food and People’s Faces along with other details. So why would one want to do this? According to Evernote, the Food app can be used [...]