iPad 2 Coming to 12 More Countries This Week

Apple’s iPad 2 arrived in Japan Thursday, and the company has announced that the tablet will be in 11 more countries by Friday.iPad 2 will be available at Apple retail stores and select Apple authorized resellers at 9 a.m. local time, as well as the Apple online store starting at 1 a.m. Apple’s suggested price for the Wi-Fi only iPad 2 is $499 for the 16 GB model, $599 for the 32 GB model and $699 for the 64 GB model. The recommended price for the 3G plus Wi-Fi version is $629 for the 16 GB model,...

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Samsung launches Nexus S and first CDMA Android phone in India

Samsung has launched its much awaited Nexus S smartphone in the Indian market. The phone has been developed in partnership with the Google.Nexus S is powered by Gingerbread, the Android 2.3 version. It is the first handset from Samsung Mobile with a 4 inch super clear curved LCD screen and Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.Samsung also has five new Galaxy Smart phones based on the Android 2.2 platform in its kitty (Galaxy Pro, Ace, Fit, Pop, and Galaxy Pop CDMA), making it the largest range...

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Samsung Announces the W200 Pocket Camcorder

If you’re still in shock and grief for the Flip Cam’s passing away, here’s something to make you feel a lot better. Samsung has announced a pocket camcorder for outdoor full high definition filming, called the W200. The camera is said to be shock, water and dust-proof, thanks to the rugged body that it boasts of. It’s specially devised for taking videos and pictures underwater, which means that the W200 is also capable of submerging underwater to a maximum level of three meters.The W200 has a built-in...

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Sony Ericsson W8: First Walkman Android Phone

Sony Ericsson W8: First Walkman Android PhonePacks Android 2.1 Eclair, 3-inch display, 600 MHz processor and 3.2 megapixel cameraSony Ericsson has announced its first ever Walkman brand smartphone running Google Android 2.1 Eclair update in Indonesia. Sporting 3-inch capacitive touchscreen display, the new Sony Ericsson W8 walkman smartphone looks very similar to Xperia X8. There's no word on the pricing and this phone will be available in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Malayasia, Phillipines,...

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World's Smallest 64Gb NAND Flash Memory

World's Smallest 64Gb NAND Flash MemorySanDisk and Tsohiba announced the world's smallest and the most advanced memory process technology node in the world.It is 64-gigabit (Gb), 2-bits-per-cell (X2) based monolithic chip made on 19-nanometer (nm) NAND flash memory chip.Sampling world's smallest NAND flash memory device begin this quarter and high-volume production will begin in the second half of 2011 by Toshiba. With increase in production, SanDisk is planing to add 3-bits-per-cell (X3) products...

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Latest Gadgets at the Gadget Show Live 2011‎

Latest Gadgets made its yearly pilgrimage to the Gadget Show Live in Birmingham to play with the latest and greatest tech that manufacturers had to offer. Fighting our way through the bear pit that is the coffee table in the press room, we emerged refreshed and ran around attempting to see as much as possible before the caffeine wore off.iPad stands were ubiquitous, but the only one that actually caught our eye was Cygnett’s that had copied Apple’s Smart Cover technology (well the wake from sleep...

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Low-End Nokia C2-06 Slider Handset with 2 megapixel camera & dual-SIM

Nokia seems to be adding a couple of more 'Touch and Type' mobile handset models for the emerging markets. Prototype of an upcoming dual-SIM handset, Nokia C2-06 Slider - Touch and Type smartphone was spotted by Indian website Hackintos. This entry level dual-SIM slider was running Symbian Series 40 6th Edition operating system.Upcoming Touch and Type series Nokia C2-XX handset will have a slider form factor with resistive touchscreen display. This Nokia C2-06 handset has 2 megapixel camera at the...

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HTC Sensation Expected To Be Launched In India Around Monsoons

HTC’s latest smartphone, HTC Sensation, unveiled last week in London, will hit the Indian shore in the second quarter of 2011.HTC Sensation incorporates a 4.3-inch S-LCD (gorilla glass encased) capacitive touchscreen with a 960 x 540 pixel resolution. It has 768MB of RAM and a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core processor with an Adreno 220 GPU making it the most powerful HTC smartphone till date.It works on the v.2.3 Android Gingerbread OS and has the latest HTC Sense 3.0 user interface. The...

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Microsoft Announces Office 365 Public Beta, Marketplace

Last October, Microsoft launched a private beta of Office 365, an evolution of its Web-based version of key business products like Office, SharePoint, and Lync Server. The offering is designed to take on competitors like Google Docs, Salesforce, and Zoho.While the beta badge is still scheduled to come off the service sometime in 2011, Microsoft has now expanded the Office 365 beta to the public, added 38 countries and 17 languages, and introduced a new Marketplace for third parties to offer...

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Samsung unleashes the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1

Step aside Apple; we have a new tablet that's caught our attention! Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1. The company hasn't announced a release date for the 8.9 version of the tablet but you can see the 10.1-inch Wi-Fi only on store shelves on June 8, 2011 in the US. Samsung also plans to launch the device in India very soon after its global launch. It could launch in India as soon as 30 days after its global launch.The 16GB version of the 10.1-inch device is priced at $499 (Rs. 22,379)...

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Cisco's Flip Camcorders Bite the Dust

Cisco announced that it will shut down the Flip video camera line as part of a restructuring of its consumer business. In addition to killing the Flip, Cisco will focus its umi video conferencing products on the enterprise, but will continue to sell home Internet routers in retail stores. For current FlipShare users, Cisco says it's working on a transition plan.In 2009, Cisco bought Pure Digital, creator of the Flip, for $590 million in stock. The acquisition was part of Cisco's plan to capture...

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Google Brags About Android Market Stats

Google said during the company's earnings call on Thursday that more than 3 billion apps have been installed from the Android Market so far, and around 350,000 smartphones are activated every day. The new figures highlight the exceptional growth of Android, but when it comes to app stores, Apple's is still king. It didn't take Google long to reach the 3 billion downloaded apps milestone for the Android Market. It took 20 months to reach 1 billion apps installed; the second billion took another five...

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Acer announces two new 3D LCD monitors

Acer announces two new 3D LCD monitors called Acer HN274H and Acer HS244QAcer is undoubtedly one of the world’s best brands when it comes to producing computer products. It has just added two new members to its range of monitors and these two models are known as Acer HN274H and Acer HS244Q.Both of these monitors come with 3D LCD display screens.The first member Acer HN274H sports a 72 inch display which is equipped with the 3D technology and promises to bring about a whole new viewing experience...

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Gmail gets Background Customization Feature

Google has added yet another eye-candy feature to its web-based email service - Gmail. Over two years ago, Google had added themes in Gmail which certainly impressed several users, geeks and Gmail loyalists. Today onwards, Google will let you customize your Gmail with any image or your own custom image for the background. Yes, you can customize your Gmail with Kelly Clarkson's wallpaper, Dark Knight Rises Poster, or even a photo of your own. Wonder why took Gmail so long to introduce this feature.Do...

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Skype for Android Suffers from Security Issues

Almost six months ago, popular Voice over Internet Protocol company Skype unveiled the Skype for Android App. Recently, Android enthusiast blog Android Police discovered a security issue with Skype for Android App that may lead to an open invite for hackers to access user data on the device. According to Android Police, the latest version of Skype for Android stores chats logs and other information on the microSD card un-encrypted.Until the Android 2.2 Froyo update, all smartphone users had to install...

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Nokia X3 Touch and Type Debuts

Nokia has just announced the launch of its latest mid-range multimedia handset, the X3 Touch and Type. The phone features a 2.4-inch touchscreen as well as a normal, traditional keyboard.The X3 Touch and Type is Nokia's first attempt at making a phone with a touchscreen display coupled with a normal keypad.Let's see what other features the X3 Touch and Type comes loaded with. The phone is quite thin and lightweight - it is just 9.6mm thick and tips the scales at just 78g. It is a quad band device...

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Android Handsets Specification Comparison

The Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 30,000 price range has suddenly become very exciting because of all the new Android phones that are pouring in thick and fast. For a prospective buyer, this is both good news as well as bad news. Good news because he now has a choice; bad news because there are too many options to choose from. Each of these phones differs from one another by one or two features. It becomes difficult to keep track of these things and even if you use a compare engine the task becomes tedious...

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Nokia Launches E6 Touchscreen Smartphone

The Nokia E6 that we have been seeing in leaked pictures so far has become official. The E6 is a business phone based on the successful E71 smartphone but with some new tricks up its sleeve. For starters, there is a 2.46-inch touchscreen display with VGA resolution, which gives it incredible pixel density of 325 ppi, the same as the iPhone 4's Retina display. The phone boasts of a long battery life and Microsoft's messaging experience out-of-the-box. The phone comes loaded with productivity and...

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Nokia X7 announced with 8 Megapixel Camera

Nokia, at a UK-based event, formally launched the much anticipated X7 smartphone. The new Nokia X7-00 features a large 4-inch AMOLED display made with Corning Gorilla Glass technology. Apparently, it looks like a cross between the N8 and E7. Yesterday we spotted a video of Nokia X7 being demoed for Three, British Mobile Operator. The X7-00 will remain Three exclusive in UK. Nokia will offer X7-00 in Dark Steel and Silver Steel colors.The New Nokia X7 has a 4-inch AMOLED display that supports 16:9...

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New Opera 11.10 released; Improves Opera Turbo & the Speed Dial

The latest release of Opera is out, and it brings some great improvements to two of the browsers beloved features, Opera Turbo, and the Speed Dial.The updated Opera Turbo now promises of offer greater compression than ever while simultaneously improving on quality. Opera Turbo now uses Google's new open WebP image format rather than JPEG making such improvements possible.Of course since Opera is using WebP in turbo, they have also added support for the format in the browser. While the format is...

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HTC Incredible 2 - Android smartphone

HTC Incredible 2 - Android smartphoneThis time last year, HTC had two Android smartphones for the mainstream: the 3.7-inch Desire, outfitted with the latest and greatest, and the 3.2-inch Legend, which was humbler in specs but offered the novelty of an aluminum unibody construction. After seeing that strategy pay off handsomely, the company's come back in 2011 with a similar proposition. The 4-inch Incredible S is now the higher-end device, while the 3.7-inch Desire S is the smaller, aluminum-shelled...

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LG launched Optimus 2X, Optimus Black in India

LG has priced the two devices the Optimus 2x and the Optimus Black at Rs 30,000 and Rs 27,000 respectively.LG has launched its flagship smartphones, the Optimus 2X and Optimus Black, in India. LG is also planning to launch several more mobile phones across category for the Indian market during the year ahead.The LG Optimus 2X is now officially the first ever dual core processor based smartphone available in the Indian market. It features the slightly older version of Android, the Android 2.2, but...

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