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  Samsung has been banned to sell its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany but it seems they’ve figured a workaround that will allow them to sell the tablet. Samsung has developed a slightly different version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and christened it as Galaxy Tab 10.1N (P7501). The difference between both the tablets in [...]

  The lawsuit drama between Apple and Samsung reached a new level as the Dusseldorf court has banned Samsung tablet in Germany. The court upheld their previous injunction stating the Galaxy Tab 10.1 did infringe on Apple patents and copied iPad’s minimalist design. Interestingly, other manufacturers like Acer, Asus and Toshiba won’t have the same [...]

  Vodafone today announced to bring Google’s second Nexus phone — the Nexus S. Although Nexus S is available in UK and US for almost two months now, Vodafone’s offering will bring exclusivity in the form of a new color. Vodafone will exclusively sell the white-colored variant of the phone. Another change confirmed by Vodafone [...]

  Longing for the new slimmer and smaller Xbox 360 but don’t want the extra storage? Looks like Microsoft has got you covered as a listing at Amazon Germany reveals the new Xbox 360′s Arcade SKU. The older Xbox 360 Arcade unit came with 512MB memory but this unit apparently has 4GB of memory and [...]

  Today is May 10 and as promised, Apple has started taking pre-orders of the both the variants of the iPad. The iPad can be ordered in Australia, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Japan and will be shipped on May 28. Here’s a list of the prices being sold in all the [...]

  UPDATE: Its official. A new leak and a bit of sleuthing by BGR have confirmed that Motorola DROID’s GSM version will be known as MILESTONE. A German blog leaked an O2 doc showing off the MILESTONE’s price while BGR unearthed an official picture lurking on the O2 website. The features except the swapping of [...]

  As expected, the first Palm Pre carrying GSM bands have hit the retail shelves in Germany. Germans can buy the device right now SIM-free for 481 euros or chalk out just a euro to enter into an agreement with O2 for two years with 20 euros as the monthly fee. Palm also announced the [...]

  The wait for Europeans to get their hands on Palm’s webOS device will soon be over. O2 who is the exclusive carrier of GSM-band equipped Palm Pre in Europe has announced the availability dates. Germans will be able to pick up their Pres from October 13 while UK and Irish consumers will get from [...]

  Need more proof of PS3 Slim? Check this listing unearthed at Amazon Germany. Sure, there are not many details but you don’t expect a major e-tailer to list it inadvertently. It has also got Amazon’s ASIN number which suggests that this might be the real deal. The only question is when. [Via Joystiq]

  Palm has announced their GSM band equipped Pre is Europe bound. UK, Ireland, Germany and Spain will be the first European countries to get the device and will hit retail shelves just in time to make the most from the upcoming holiday season. The phone will arrive on O2 and Movistar networks. Pre is [...]

It seems Nokia might have to bite their own words. Contrary to what they said the last time, Ultra-Scan, has managed to replicate the hack on their 1100 device produced in Bochum, Germany. They managed to reprogram the phone by installing a ‘special firmware’ by hackers and intercepted the mTAN. However, this was successful only [...]

  You would’nt expect such high demand for an outdated entry level phone but Nokia’s 1100 phone is enjoying all the attention albeit in the wrong circles. Apparently, hackers in Germany are offering around 25,000 Euros for a second hand 1100 manufactured in Bochum factory in Germany. So why is the resale price so high [...]

  It was just yesterday when G2 slipped into Vodafone’s hat to become Magic and today they have officially acknowledged it. Vodafone will bring the device in the European region with exclusive interests in UK, Spain, Germany, France and on a non-exclusive basis in Italy. HTC Magic as we all know is an Android based [...]

  RIM along with T-Mobile quietly launched Curve 8900 in Germany. It is a step ahead in the Curve family and takes some inspiration from its big brother, Bold. The Curve 8900 has got a new trackball, 2.4-inch display screen with a resolution of 480X360 pixels, fast 512MHz processor, Wi-Fi and GPS and a 3.2-megapixel [...]