Gadgets & Gizmos

Nintendo on Tuesday said that it would be launching its 3DS gaming console in February. The company announced the 3D-enabled gaming console would be launched in Japan in February and in the US in March.
 
The news disappoints many Nintendo fans, who were waiting for the device for this ...

It is a holiday shopping season for the customers in the US as an array of devices including Apple’s iPad will hit the stores in the next few days. According to sources, mega retail stores such as Target and Best Buy will begin selling the Apple iPad in all the outlets on Oct. 3.
 
The ...

Home Surf Touch tablet, a new tablet from a Britain-based telecom firm, Binatone launched in India at Rs. 9,000.
 
The company with the aim of bringing low cost tech gadgets to masses has introduced the low-priced tablet.
 
“We are committed to breaking the barriers of ...

The tablet industry may be heading for a full fledged competition as Samsung is gearing up to launch its Galaxy Tab in November. The gadget is expected to be a strong competitor to the Apple iPad.
 
Meanwhile, a report appeared on a leading newspaper says that BlackBerry maker RIM has also ...

TerreStar Genus, a new satellite phone from AT&T will be finally available for buying as the company launches the phone for sale from Tuesday.
 
The phone would come with AT&T’s network in addition to the satellite connectivity. The TerreStar Genus phone would be of immense use ...

Apple’s iPad went on for sales in Chinese markets officially on Friday. The technology-obsessed Chinese were standing in a long queue for almost sixty hours to grab this classy gizmo.
 
The iPad was set for launch on Friday 8 a.m. in the world’s largest Internet hub, China, which ...

Samsung Galaxy tablet was launched by the electronics major for the US market on Thursday. The Galaxy tablet comes as a straight threat to Apple’s iPad tablet computer.
 
Samsung Galaxy tablet PC will be arriving for sale starting this holiday season. The company is in deals with major ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet is a hot topic now-a-days because of the absence of a super AMOLED screen.
 
The seven inch tablet is rumoured to cost between $200 and $400 and sports the following features.
 

380g
Super TFT Screen
Drag-over-the-letters Text Input Method
...

Samsung on Thursday unveiled its new PC tablet ‘Galaxy Tab’ at Berlin's IFA consumer electronics fair. The device would compete directly with the Apple’s iPad tablet.
 
"The Samsung Galaxy Tab has been designed to enable consumers to maximize their online experience ...

Apple has come up with a range of new products and services on Wednesday and unveiled iPod and Apple TV gadgets and an exclusive service named ‘Ping’, built on iTunes 10.
 
Ping is a music-based social network from Apple. The software is available for free download. According to ...

Sony is planning to release a range of faster E-readers such as the PRS-350 Pocket Edition, PRS-650 Touch Edition and PRS-950 Daily Edition in the coming days.  
 
The new ranges of products are laden with E Ink’s latest Pearl display technology for faster touchscreen, 2GB of ...

China Unicom likely to bring Apple’s iPad tablet computer in September, reports said on Friday.
 
However, the company has not revealed details about the launch of iPad. Unicom was quoted as saying that it would bring the device as soon as possible. Yet, the launch of iPhone 4 is ...

Sony introduced its new Walkman A840, a walkman kind of gizmo with Organic L.E.D screen. The device comes with a sleek stylish body in black, white and bronze shades.
 
The Walkman A840 model comes in two different models. The NWZ-A845 model comes only in Black colour with the memory ...

Apple Inc is likely to launch its mini version of iPad in this year, media reports carried the news on Wednesday.
 
According to sources, a Taiwan firm will be making components for the mini iPads. However, so far there is no official word from Apple.
 
The mini iPad is expected to ...

Dell is all set to launch its Android Tablet, the Streak in the US on August 13. This is better to say a tablet phone that boasts of the biggest ever screen with a phone.
 
The Streak will be known as a tablet cum phone due to a number of features integrated with it. It sports a huge 5-inch ...

Amazon Kindle ebook reader has been released with a pair of games, both of which are based on letters and numbers.
 
It is said that the games such as Shuffled Row and Every Word are easy to grasp and easy to play.
 
However, the international customers of the Kindle have ...

Apple iPad’s second Asia-Pacific launch has been started on Friday. This has also marked long queues from the fans in Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand for this popular device.
 
Previously, Apple had launched the iPad in Japan and Australia as the first leg of its ...

Olive Telecom has launched India’s first 3G tablet called OlivePad, VT100 on Thursday.
 
The device was unveiled in New Delhi by Arun Khanna, chairman, Olive Telecom in the presence of top officials.
 
The so called OlivePad runs with an Android Operating System and supports ...

With the success of Apple’s iPad, the Chinese company Lenovo is gearing up to release its own iPad tablet by the end of 2010.
 
The so called LePad features both an independent touchpad screen and a keyboard. It is powered by a Snapdragon processor and incorporates many essential ...

Getac has upgraded its rugged tablet PC, the V100 that can be used in rugged conditions such as public utilities, waste management and field-based environments. More to it, the device has come up with more memory and processing power.
 
Speaking about the new device, Peter Molyneux, the ...

Apple may be planning for the launch of a smaller iPad in the fourth quarter this year. It was reported in a Taiwanese website recently.
 
As per the website, the second generation iPad would come with 5.6-inch and 7-inch OLED panels as early as the fourth quarter of 2010. And, the possible ...

Samsung has launched its latest e-book reader called the SNE-60 for the customers.
 
This is a nice product that can store up to 1,200 books and there is also facility to store more books through SD cards.
 
The SNE-60 has a 6-inch screen and supports features like ePub, PDF and TXT ...

Fusion Garage is expected to release its Joojoo 3G tablet PC within the next few months under a subsidized scheme by cellphone operators.
 
Joojoo 3G tablet PC is a netbook without a keyboard but with a touchscreen. It offers various data tariffs to suit the customer.
 
Guerilla MVNO ...

Apple iPad 3G will hit the stores on April 30. This was announced by a company official on Tuesday. Apart from that, the company will disclose the international pricing details for the tablet on May 10, it said.
 
The tablet has become instant hit since its inception few months before. ...

BlackBerry 9670 clamshell phone has been spotted by the mobile folks. This variant is loaded with many features.
 
BlackBerry 9670 comes with a QWERTY keyboard and runs with OS 6.0.  It is laden with many features like multitouch, pinch-to-zoom, Wi-Fi, a 360×480 internal display ...

German company Neofonie has launched Wepad Tablet PC to counter the Apple iPad tablet. It also claims to be a true tablet by offering Adobe’s Flash and AIR support.   
 
The WePad has a 11.6-inch screen that is based on open Linux platform and is expected to provide enough ...

According to a leading technology research company, the new Apple iPad will be hot among the schools and school children.
 
According to the report, it is estimated that more than half of all computers destined for children will use a touchscreen by 2015. The rapid shift is attributed to the ...

Here is the leaked specs for the HP Slate tablet device that offers a nice comparison with the latest Apple iPad.
 

8.9-inch 1024x600 capacitive multitouch display
Windows 7 Home Premium S/W
1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 Processor
Intel UMA graphics with 1080p playback ...

Now technophiles will be happy to have a new tablet from Nokia as the telecom major has also jumped into the bandwagon of tablet market with its planned release of an iPad device in some time soon.
 
It is now the iPad that is a lucrative segment in doing business for the major players. ...

Since the launch of the iPad on Saturday, there is an explosion of apps that want to run on it. As per the initial reports, as many as 3000 free apps are there that can incorporate the Apple’s large touchscreen device.  
 
It is seen that most of the apps that come on the way for ...