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  Apple is looking to unveil the next-generation iPad early next month. According to a report by All Things D – who by the way have an impeccable record when it comes to Apple news – say the iPad 3 (or whatever it’s called) will be announced in the first week of March in San [...]

  Out in the market for a decently-priced tablet? Well, you can take a look at RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook. The entry-level BlackBerry tablet now goes for just Rs. 13,490. A steal, if you ask me. Other SKUs like the 32GB and 64GB also got a price drop, which is now Rs. 15,990 and Rs. 24,490 [...]

  Samsung and Sony today dissolved their partnership to manufacture LCD panels. The joint venture known as S-LCD will be taken over by Samsung Electronics after a payment of about $940 million for the share transfer. Meanwhile, Sony and Samsung also entered into a new agreement where Sony will have a regular supply of LCD [...]

  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 [...]

Although the Nexus Prime with the new Ice cream sandwich Android version is yet to be launched, the guys at Android Police got hold of the upcoming version of Google Music that has been extracted from the ICS. The new version looks clean and subtle and also features a new search button at the top. [...]

  LG Electronics has collaborated with Memjet to reveal Machjet LPP6010N printer in LG’s home market. The printer is touted to be the world’s fastest A4 color desktop printer that prints out 60 pages per minute with color outputs in 1600×800 dpi resolution. Such high speed and resolution is achieved with Memjet’s proprietary Page Straight [...]

  Google just announced the next version of Android OS dubbed as Ice cream Sandwich. Slated to release on Q4 of this year, Ice Cream Sandwich will be available on smartphones and tablets. Google touts Ice Cream Sandwich as “One OS everywhere” that will have state of the art UI, advanced app framework and expectedly, [...]

  Apple has dropped the iOS 4.3 update couple of days early and is now available for download from iTunes. The software update is free and will update the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to the latest OS that brings in lots of features like improved AirPlay, faster Safari performance, iTunes Home Sharing that allows [...]

  Continuing with its developer releases, Apple has seeded the third beta of iOS 4.3 to developers. We’re yet to see the full change log but the new build — 8F5166B now allows users to cancel and delete downloading apps. Although a small feature, this will prove handy to many as the only way to [...]

  Google has announced a new initiative dubbed as the Cloud Print. The service will allow users to print their important documents from anywhere without needing to install the printer drivers. It currently works on smartphones, Windows PC and Chrome OS and after the setup, user can go to their Gmail account from their iPhone [...]

  Amazon has a reason to be proud as its third-generation Kindle e-reader has become the highest selling product for Amazon of all time. The Kindle sales have pipped its previous bestselling product – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) and were also the bestselling product for this holiday season. Jeff Bezos, Amazon [...]

  HTC took some time but now they’re releasing the Froyo update for its devices one after another. After Legend, Aria (and even Magic) being blessed with the Android 2.2 update, the much needed Froyo is now available for Wildfire as well. Wildfire users in India should receive a notification or can check manually to [...]

  Sony Ericsson is looking to launch its PlayStation Phone in April, reports Pocket-lint. According to their source who is aware of the development, Sony Ericsson is “going big on this one” and is looking to unveil the device at Mobile World Congress and start selling in April. Sony Ericsson’s PlayStation Phone has been leaked [...]

  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 [...]

  E Ink Holdings has confirmed that they’ll showcase a number of display technologies meant for e-book readers, including the new color Triton Imaging Film at the FPD International 2010. The show that begins from tomorrow will see E Ink’s first color display that will boast the same speed and low power consumption of monochrome [...]