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  One thing I like about Apple is that they’re not afraid to experiment with their product designs. Take the third generation iPod Shuffle, for instance. They took a bold step to take away the physical player controls in lieu of in-line music controls, which to be frank, was not accepted by all. Thankfully, Apple [...]

  Singapore-based Creative may be struggling to compete with the likes of iPod touch or Zune but they surely have created a name when it comes to the value for money priced music players that belong to the ZEN series. The first ZEN device came in 2007 and since then, Creative has rolled out many [...]

  Portable speakers for music devices and laptops are available aplenty, which is why companies try to lure consumers by offering a distinctive value to their products. We’ve checked out some uniquely-shaped but awesome sounding speakers in the past. Today we have a portable speaker from Proporta. The manufacturer claims that these speakers bring the [...]

  FIFA franchise might be one of the best-selling series for EA Sports but ask any football fan and he would prefer Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) over EA Sports’ FIFA, mainly due to better gameplay. However, things have started to change since the last year. FIFA 10 although not without its share of flaws [...]

  If you’re wondering whether to invest in Samsung’s cheapest touchscreen phone, Champ (GT-C3303) then quickly head to Samsung Hub. They managed to get their hands on the device and took the phone for a spin for a detailed review. The phone is lauded for its music prowess but fares satisfactorily when it comes to [...]

  The ways by which our computers can get affected have increased in recent years. The hackers have become smart but if you want to keep them at bay, you must have an antivirus suite that is smarter enough to thwart these attempts. The latest version of Symantec’s Norton Internet Security claims to do just [...]

  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 [...]

  Sony has segregated its headphone range targeting different consumers with different set of headphones. The EX series goes for the crowd seeking good sound quality with equal comfort, DJ Monitor for the audiophiles and XB series for those seeking the thumping bass effect at affordable prices. We recently tried out the XB300 from the [...]

  Our phones are not phones anymore. They’re our music player/video player/internet device/game console/camera, making a true convergence device. However, this piece of convergence has one source of power – the battery and it becomes difficult for us to keep our device charged all the time to suffice our needs.Thankfully, this issue is solved with [...]

  Our Samsung-centric site, Samsung Hub has reviewed the Korean giant’s latest power packed Android device. They’ve put the international version through the paces and came out pretty impressed except for the fact that there’s no camera flash. Sprint’s and Verizon’s variant have LED flash. Anyways, you can delve in the exhaustive review in the [...]

  Asus has enjoyed a good brand name when it came to motherboards, netbooks and other computer products. But ask about mobile phones, well, they’re completely out of the competition. They too realized it, which is why they tied up with Garmin, renowned maker of GPS device and services. Now Garmin-Asus have few number of [...]

Olive is one of the few mobile handset players that has positioned its devices according to user’s needs and that too at very affordable prices. They have their hybrid cell phone for those who’re always on the move or a triple SIM device for those who have more than a single number but don’t want [...]

  Portable Media Players (PMPs) these days have converged to do a lot of things. However, companies like Cowon still produce a “true PMP” that concentrates only on the multimedia prowess and nothing else. The product we try out this time is Cowon’s V5 HD PMP.

  FIFA World Cup fever will grip the whole world in a couple of days but if you’re in a mood to take the game in your own hands anytime and anywhere EA Sports’ 2010 FIFA World Cup game could come to your rescue. Although the latest football installment from EA Sports comes roughly 6-8 [...]

  It’s no surprise that Apple has been late in bringing its iPhone upgrades in India. They skipped the original iPhone, brought iPhone 3G and released iPhone 3GS almost when the fourth-gen iPhone was months away. And though the world will mostly see the next generation iPhone tomorrow, we checked out iPhone 3G’s snappier successor. [...]