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Nvidia is a renowned brand when it comes to PC GPUs but for the past few years, the company started emphasizing on the burgeoning mobile devices market. Needless to say, they’ve tasted decent success there too with Tegra chips and it seems this year will be better with the launch of the world’s first quad-core [...]

  One of the best things to come out of LG’s press conference the other day was the OLED TV. It’s the world’s first 55-inch OLED TV and we managed to get a glimpse of the upcoming TV on the show floor at point blank range. Needless to say, the picture quality looks awesome with [...]

  Nokia at an event in Bengaluru gave an exclusive look to its upcoming E6 phone. Nokia E6 is one of the two devices that are running on Symbian Anna OS and boasts a high resolution 2.46-inch VGA display that also supports touch. The Nokia E6 is expected to hit Indian shores pretty soon but [...]

  Google announced the cloud-based Music Beta service today at the Google I/O and along with it the new Music app for Android devices. The app is available on the US Android Market right now and can be used to play music stored online or even the music on the phone. I managed to do [...]

  Nokia N8 was targeted purely at consumers looking for a better camera and entertainment purposes. Despite N8 boasting decent business-centric features, it lacked one major feature devoured by business users — physical QWERTY keyboard. This is where E7 comes into picture. E7 is Nokia’s answer to business users seeking build quality of N8 but [...]

  Our group site Samsung Hub has published their hands-on impressions of the Nexus S. Released only in the US and the UK, Nexus S is always sold as an unlocked phone, and however you get a rebate if you buy it with a contract from carrier. In the UK Nexus S can be purchased [...]

  If you’re unaware, Research in Motion (RIM) is also in the tablet game and was at hand at the CES to show their latest Blackberry Playbook. We got some hands-on time with the tablet and are certainly impressed by what RIM has managed to do. Despite being a prototype, the Playbook felt really good [...]

  Last week we were invited by Apple India to try our hands on the new Macbook Air that has been selling for over a month in the United States and has recently gone on sale in India. Apple’s smaller Macbook had been rumored for quite some time but after playing with, we can safely [...]

  At the EA Showcase we also managed to get our hands on the Sony’s latest motion controller, Move. It is a motion-sensing controller that functions with the help of PlayStation Eye Camera claims to give a 1:1 tracking. On the design front, PS3 Move is ergonomically designed. The curved shape of the controller sits [...]

Nvidia today unveiled its Tegra 250 or simply the Tegra 2 chip in India. Tegra 2 as we know is the next-generation Tegra mobile platform. The new chips are based on dual core ARM Cortex A9 and runs at a clock speed of 1GHz. The new Tegra boasts tremendous battery life which is possible with [...]

  Milestone Interactive, distributors of EA in India held a preview showing us few unreleased games like Dante’s Inferno, The Saboteur and Mass Effect 2. Needless to say, we got a brief hands-on on all the games to let you know what to expect from them. Dante’s Inferno Starting with Dante’s Inferno, the game is [...]

  Nokia also showcased its Maemo 5-powered N900 at the N97 mini unveiling. N900 looks and works much better compared to the Symbian counterparts. The 3.5-inch screen despite being resistive is responsive while its keyboard is nicely spaced out and comfortable to type on. Unfortunately, the chances of this being released in India looks very [...]

  N97 mini got announced for the Indian market recently and though it’s priced on the higher side, Nokia India is giving some respite in the form of free content. The Indian version gets four pre-loaded N-gage games, which includes Asphalt 4, Spore, Marble Maze, DJ Rock Tour and 3 full-length movies like Spidermand, Da [...]

  LG’s official UK Blog scored a unit of the new Chocolate phone, BL40 and clicked boatload of pictures for us to ogle at. But if pictures are not your thing, Mobiles.co.uk too has a 6min long hands-on video that allows you to see the phone in action. The phone as we know, has a [...]

  Latest press shots of Zune HD have been uncovered. The new images show Zune HD in black hue in addition to the already seen silver. The images were initially posted by a Zune HD MVP on twitter but were later pulled in order to comply with the NDA. Meanwhile, CNet has posted their hands-on [...]