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LG Incite touchscreen phone coming to AT&T

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  AT&T announced LG Incite, a feature packed touchscreen phone running on Windows Mobile. The smartphone runs Windows Mobile 6.1 OS and sports a big 3-inch screen with 400×240 pixels of resolution, haptic vibration feedback, Wi-Fi and 3-megapixel camera. Other features Incite includes is Bluetooth, 3 megapixel camera, aGPS with AT&T’s Navigator software loaded, microSDHC […]

Idea Cellular brings HTC Touch Pro, Touch Viva to India

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  Idea Cellular today announced HTC Touch Pro (T7276) and Touch Viva (T2223) for the Indian market. Touch Pro is the same as Touch Diamond but it sports a physical sliding QWERTY keyboard. On the other hand, Touch Viva is an alternative to the original Touch running WinMo 6.1 Professional and integrates GPS . Giving […]

Nintendo updates Wii firmware to 3.4

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  Nintendo has announced a firmware update to its Wii console. The new update moves to version 3.4 that promises to give USB keyboard support in Mii channel, Enhanced parental controls, improved disc read speed and better read/write speed for SD cards. However, Nintendo’s cunning mind has also decided to pull the plug off the […]

Samsung Gravity exclusively for T-Mobile users

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  Samsung will fulfill the dream of users looking for a QWERTY phone at a cheap price. The Gravity or in T-Mobile’s parlance, t459 offers a full QWERTY keyboard hidden beneath the screen and alphanumeric keyboard. As you would expect, there is nothing extraordinary over here except the goodness of QWERTY. T-Mobile will preload e-mail […]

Jerry Yang steps down as CEO, search ensues

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  Will Yahoo be able to turn the tables now? Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo and CEO since June 2007 has decided to step down from his duty of CEO-manship. However, he revealed that he will retain the former role of Chief Yahoo! and will also sit on the Board of Directors. Yang had been […]

LiteOn IT digital frame scans images too

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  Taiwanese company LiteOn IT has decided to shed its OEM route for digital frames and come out with its own brand. Under the brand name Skyla, LiteOn will now be selling Memoir, a digital frame with a built-in scanner. The scanner helps to digitize old hard copy photos (no larger than 4 by 6 […]

Fujitsu reveals 15,000 RPM 2.5-inch HDD

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  Fujitsu Japan today announced a new line of 2.5-inch drives. The new MBD2 RC and MBE2 RC series boast a speed of 10,025 and 15,000 RPM and Fujitsu claims that these drives are 60% faster than the current set of 2.5-inch drives. The drives use perpendicular magnetic recording, support 6GB/s SAS (Serial-attached SCSI) that […]

Nimbuzz: IM, VoIP application for mobile phones

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  For the past week, I have been trying out Nimbuzz – a IM, VoIP client for mobile phones. The application is the creation of a Netherlands based company that also operates under the same brand name. The client works on many phones with its IM support ranging from Yahoo, MSN, Google, AIM, Skype, Jabber […]

Motorola announces MOTO VE240 candybar phone

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  Hey users on Cricket Communications, Motorola has got something interesting for you – however, interesting only for someone looking for a cheap phone. The VE240 in its candybar form factor has got a few features to boast for, that includes, a music player, Bluetooth with A2DP and an expandable memory slot that supports up […]