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  While Peek is still fighting to become a permanent secondary device in US and Europe, Aircel has introduced this e-mail only device in India. To give you a gist, Peek is a QWERTY device that only does e-mail and supports push e-mail, view and download attachments, office docs support, security lock and enhanced battery [...]

  If you’re sleuthing your friend’s PC for some porn or keeping a tab on your child’s pornographic activities, this Porn Detection Stick from Paraben can come to your rescue. Plug the Stick in the USB port and it will automatically scan for explicit pictures and show it to you. PDS touts itself as a [...]

  Sony’s Xplod entertainment systems are quite popular in India and here they are with new devices suited to suffice user’s everyday entertainment needs. They’ve introduced couple of CD receivers as well as a multi-disc player supporting CD, VCD and DVDs. The CDX –GT595 UI & CDX-GT696 UI In-car CD receivers comes with a feature [...]

  Peek Inc.’s Peek Email-only device might not justify its worth in US but Peek’s entry to the European market makes some sense. Peek Email device will be launched in partnership with European Wi-Fi operator, Fon as PeekFon. Now according to Fon’s CEO, a device like Peek can be more practical in EU because of [...]

  Frankly, I’m not a big fan of having dedicated devices but if you like them doing a single thing best, you can soon add Qualcomm’s FLO TV device to the list. It incorporates a large 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display and is only able to show live or time-shifted content, for a monthly rent. Although [...]

  No matter if am addicted to Twitter or not, buying a device dedicated to a single service seems a bit absurd to me. I mean you can tweet from your PC or your mobile phone, so why is there a need for another device for you to lug around? But if your thinking differs [...]

  Indian consumers wanting to enjoy multi-touch functionality on their PCs can do so now as Wacom has introduced the second generation of its Bamboo multi-touch devices with pen functionality support. The Bamboo range comprises of four different products – Bamboo, Bamboo Fun, Bamboo Pen, Bamboo Touch and allows users to operate their PCs using [...]

  Qualcomm has decided to put an end to those leaks by officially announcing the portable FLO TV handheld. FLO TV Personal Television will allow users to watch TV shows, live sports and other multimedia content on the go. For a minimum subscription of about $8.99/month a user can instantly watch the content without any [...]

  Last year, NTT DoCoMo showed a prototype gadget that controlled music with the user’s eyes. This year at the CEATEC although the concept remains the same, the massive headphone-like tracker has been transformed into a small earbud. The earbuds integrate sensors that track the movement of the eyeballs and execute commands like increasing/decreasing volume, [...]

Microsoft’s new pet project known as Courier has been uncovered. It’s a tablet-cum-booklet device that is said to be in the late prototype stages where Microsoft is busy etching out the UI. Courier features two touchscreen displays about 7-inches each with multi-touch support, an iPhone like home button, a camera, wireless inductive charging and LED [...]

  HP today unwrapped its newest offering dubbed as the DreamScreen. The core function of the DreamScreen is to display photos but thanks to HP, the screen can do more than that. Coming in a piano black design with flushed glass, the DreamScreen connects easily to a wired or wireless network to stream pictures, music [...]

  Hi-Den Vision from Hong Kong are selling a nifty gadget that is definitely worth noting. Not bigger than a cell phone, the Tiny Hi-Def Player (HD-0311) allows users to watch HD content on their HDTVs. Just plug the player with the TV with HDMI cable, insert a USB drive or USB card reader on [...]

  UPDATE: TechOn English have translated the article. Apart from detecting the angle, it also determines the position of the brush in the mouth and controls the vibration speed accordingly. I don’t know if there is any need but here it is. Omron Healthcare from Japan will sell HT-B551 toothbrush with an acceleration sensor that [...]

  A forecaster ringed us today to tell that most of the future gadgets will run on Android. And heck, his prophecy is already turning true! After being ported to netbooks, Android is now integrated on a digital photo frame. Fujitsu and Macnica jointly developed this frame and are currently exhibiting at 12th Embedded Systems [...]

  Not exactly Kindle 3 but Amazon has unwrapped its newest Kindle offering, the DX. As expected it brings in an extra few inches, which now measures at 9.7-inches (e-ink display) and tie ups with newspaper and academic textbook publishers. On the features front, it includes auto-rotating screen, built-in PDF reader, larger user storage of [...]