Swisscom Leaks Upcoming iPhone Details

Apple’s iPhone partner for Switzerland, Swisscom has revealed its iPhone plans and also leaked details about the upcoming iPhone. According to the information released by Swisscom the iPhone will be available in three colors silver, black and white.Read More

Apple Adds HBO Shows to iTunes, Adopts Variable Pricing

Apple has added HBO TV shows to iTunes store with variable pricing. The episodes of Rome, The Sopranos and Deadwood are available for $2.99, where as The Wire, Sex and the City and Flight of the Conchords are available for $1.99. Read More

Apple Adds HBO Shows to iTunes, Adopts Variable Pricing

Apple has added HBO TV shows to iTunes store with variable pricing. The episodes of Rome, The Sopranos and Deadwood are available for $2.99, where as The Wire, Sex and the City and Flight of the Conchords are available for $1.99. Read More

Eurocom D901C PHANTOM-X: The Most Powerful Laptop Ever

The European laptop maker Eurocom announced their new laptop that uses Quad Core Xeon processor basically making it a mobile server. The other specifications on the laptop are also very impressive. Read More

Microsoft Zune Hits 2 Million Mark, Does it Matter?

Microsoft announced last week that it has sold 2 million Zunes. In the PR releases, Microsoft focused on announcing the one percent increase that was seen in Zune’s market share last quarter (Q1 2008) compared to that of Q1 2007. The reason why Microsoft PR emphasized on their 4% Zune market share and not number of units sold, was because there was a decrease in number of units sold in Q1 2008 compared to Q1 2007. Read More

E ink Launches New Segmented Display Cell Technology based e-paper

E ink announced that it has developed the next generation of e-paper and would start shipping with-in three months. The e-paper displays are used in devices like Sony reader and Amazon Kindle as they can maintain an image using the Vizplex system without using power for up to a year. Read More

PC Tools Says Windows 2000 More Secure than Windows Vista

The security software manufacturer PC Tools claimed that Vista is not as secure as Windows 2000, even though Microsoft claims that Vista is the most secure ever build by the company. According to the statistics received from over 1.4 million computers using ThreatFire, an anti-malware program made by PC Tools Windows Vista is more susceptible to malware than Windows 2000. Read More

Black iPhone on AT&T’s Website

iPhone rumors/news are coming in so fast that it feels like the next generation iPhone will be launched tomorrow. Well I don’t know when Apple will launch the new iPhone, but it looks like it will come with a black back. Read More

Eye-Fi Adds Two New Wireless SD Cards, Eye-Fi Explore and Home

Eye-Fi the maker of the SD cards with integrated WiFi network has announced two new cards the Eye-Fi Explore and the Eye-Fi Home. Eye-Fi has also renamed their Eye-Fi card to Eye-Fi Share. The Explore will be Eye-Fi’s top of the line card that will include geotagging using the Skyhook WiFi based location system, which is also, used in iPod Touch and iPhone. Read More

New 3G and GPS Info in the Latest iPhone SDK Beta; More iPhone Distribution Deals and Release Date

The latest iPhone firmware 2.0 Beta 5 released last week had some hidden new 3G and GPS features. The new firmware has added a preference screen that allows users of the new model to disable the 3G and use EDGE, as using 3G loads data faster, but decreases battery life. The latest firmware also has many GPS references in the code. Read More

iPhone Currently Unavailable in Both US and UK Online Apple Stores

Few days back O2 the Exclusive iPhone provider in UK announced that iPhone is no longer available in UK. But Today Customers trying to buy iPhone from Apple online stores in UK and US will find both the 8GB and 16GB models are “Currently Unavailable.” Read More

Toshiba to Ship High-end Multimedia Laptops with SpursEngine Chip to Improved HD Video Quality

Toshiba unveiled its plan to ship notebooks equipped with SpursEngine graphics chip by end of this year. Toshiba will use the SpursEngine SE100 chip in high-end multimedia oriented laptops such as the Qosmio G40 notebook computer. The SE1000 is based on the Cell processor used in PlayStation 3. Read More

Panasonic Introduces SC-BT100 Wireless Blu-ray Home Theater System

Panasonic revealed their new wireless home theater system that will ship by end of spring 2008. The Blu-ray HTiB comes with 5.1 surround sound wireless speakers and can be upgraded to 7.1 surround by adding two more wireless speakers. Read More

AMD Announces Server/Workstation Roadmap to 2010

Development in the Server/Workstation market is a very good indicator of future of desktop and laptop markets. Hence the roadmap show by AMD for its Server/Workstation market is very important, in signaling the direction AMD is heading. For past few years Intel’s processor performance has left AMD in dust, which is another reason why this processor roadmap to 2010 is very important. The first processor on the roadmap is the upcoming 45nm Shanghai processor. Read More

NBC and Microsoft Building Copyright Filters for Zune Player

According to a report by NY Times, Microsoft and NBC are working on a feature that will block unauthorized copies of copyrighted videos from being played on Microsoft’s portable media player. When asked, why NBC is working with Microsoft for selling TV shows and not with Apple, J. B. Perrette, the president of digital distribution for NBC said, the first reason is Apple insists that all TV shows have an identical wholesale price and the second reason is that Apple refused to cooperate with NBC on building filters into its iPod player to remove pirated movies and videos. Read More

Photos of White 3G iPhone and Chinese Handwriting Recognition in iPhone 2.0 Beta

Chinese website WeiPhone has posted photos of upcoming 3G iPhone. The iPhone shown in the images has white plastic back, added sensors, modified microphone and speaker grills matching the exact description released by iLounge of the upcoming iPhone. In another iPhone related news Apple has added support of handwriting recognition for traditional and simplified Chinese in firmware 2.0 beta. Read More

Xerox Develops Auto Erasable Paper, Prints on the Paper will Disappear in 24 Hours

Scientists at Xerox have developed a way to make prints whose images last only a day. The technology creates temporary images using compounds that change color when they absorb a certain wavelength of light but then will gradually disappear, so that the paper can be used again and again. Xerox calls the technology “erasable paper” and the paper self erases within 16-24 hours. Read More

Hitachi Releases Worlds Thinnest LCD TV the UltraThin 1.5

Hitachi had showcased their thin LCD TV in January at CES 2008. The 1.5” thick display are the thinnest LCD TVs available today. The TVs will be available in four screen sizes (32”, 37”, 42” and 47”) in two different series the Director’s Series and the UltraVision series. Read More

Photos of Next Generation iPhone Leaked on the Web

French iPhone blog iPhone.fr has posted leaked images of the 3G iPhone that they received from an anonymous and unverified source. There is a possibility that the photos might be Photoshopped or a knockoff, but the images do look legit as they match with the details leaked on the web about the size, shape and color of the upcoming 3G iPhone. Read More

BGR: BlackBerry Kickstart the New Clamshell Phone from RIM

BGR has posted photos of upcoming BlackBerry clamshell phone codenamed the Kickstart. The flip phone uses the SureType keypad found on the BlackBerry Pearl. It also has the TrackBall for navigation like the Pearl. Read More

iLounge Claims to have 3G iPhone Design Details

According to iLounge the next generation iPhone will basically have same size, but will come with slightly different curves, coloration and materials. The iPhone will come with glossy black plastic back like most other website claimed. Read More

Samsung Releases Bluetooth enabled Soundbar HT-X810

Samsung has started selling the Bluetooth enabled Soundbar HT-X810 that they showed at CES this year. The 300 watts surround-sound soundbar (basically a home theater system) is designed to sit underneath the TV. Read More

Official: Rogers Wireless will bring iPhone to Canada

Canadian Wireless Carrier Rogers Wireless announced today that they would bring iPhone to Canada later this year. “We’re thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year,” Read More

New iMac Using Special Made Penryn Chips not Next Generation Montevina Chips

Speculation about the chips used in the new iMac have been rampant and many believed that Apple got special treatment and received the next generation Montevina chips that have 1066MHz front side bus and speeds up to 3.06GHz. The reason for this speculation was that present generation Penryn chips have 800MHz front side bus and processor speed range from 2.0GHz to 2.8GHz. Well Apple did get special treatment in form of special made 45nm Penryn. Read More

Wii Fit Selling Like Hot Cakes in UK

After super successful launch in Japan, where Wii Fit sold in excess of 1.4 million units to date, making it one of the fastest selling Wii titles in Japan. Wii Fit was released last Friday in UK and if early reports are any indication it going to be super hit in UK also. Play.com sold its complete pre-order allocation in one day leaving the online retailer “overwhelmed” by demand. Read More

Lenovo Ideapad U110’s Specifications and Release Date Revealed

The 11” ultraportable laptop IdeaPad U110 will be available for order starting on 29th April and the price will start at $1,899. The laptop will be available in two colors, black and red. The U110 will have 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo L7500 processor, 11.1” LED backlit screen (1366 x 768), 2GB RAM, 120GB Hard drive, GMA X3100 integrated graphics, WiFi, Bluetooth and 1.3 megapixel webcam. Read More

Intel and Cray Team-up to Develop Clusters and Multi-core Processors

The supercomputer developer Cray announced today that it is working with Intel on advanced supercomputers. The main goal of the partnership is to develop technology for clusters and improve the in-processor technology used in multi-core processors. Read More

Commercial Times: Foxconn to Manufacture 3 Million 3G iPhone in June

A Taiwanese newspaper Commercial Times is reporting that Foxconn (Hon Hai) has landed a contract to manufacture the new 3G iPhone for shipment in June. Foxconn is expected to ship 3 million 3G iPhones in June and produce 24-25 million units before introduction of third revision of iPhone. Read More

Nokia Announces Two More Handsets: 6600 Fold and 3600 Slide

Following the announcement of 6600 Slide, Nokia announced two more handsets the 6600 Fold and the 3600 Slide. The Fold comes with an OLED outer display, 2.2” QVGA inner display, 2-megapixel camera, a second camera for video calling, microSD card slot and Bluetooth. . The 3600 Slide is also a quad-band GSM handset that comes with 240 X 320 resolution screen, 3.2-megapixel camera, microSD card slot, FM radio and 2.5mm audio jack with TV-Out capability. More about 6600 Slide, 6600 Fold and 3600 Slide.

Apple has Releases New iMac with Processor Speed up to 3.06GHz

Apple has updated all-in-one iMac with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and the most powerful graphics ever available in an iMac. The ultimate all-in-one desktop computer includes faster processors with 6MB L2 cache, a faster 1066 MHz front-side bus across the entire line, and 2GB of memory standard in most models.My problem with the new iMac line-up is that they should have added better graphics cards and 2GB RAM should be standard for any computer above $999 price tag. Read More

Rumor: LG to Launch Its New Flagship Phone LG Prada 2

The latest rumor in the blogosphere is that LG is again partnering with Italian designer label Prada. I hope they don’t design a TV like Samsung and Armani did. It is believed that they will design LG Prada 2 handset that will add 3G, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, WiFi and slide-out QWERTY keyboard to the original LG Prada phone. Read More

Apple Working on New iPhone Application iControl

TUAW has posted that according to the code found in the latest beta firmware 2.0 released by Apple for developers, Apple is working on a new iPhone application called iControl. Read More

The 3G iPhone will have GPS and be Slightly Thicker

Today has been iPhone rumors day, analyst have predicted the release date, rumors have been flying around about the 8GB iPhone reaching end-of-life in UK and now Engadget has details about the upcoming iPhone 3G. Below is the as is list of what Engadget has heard from its trusted source. Read More

Sun Continues Its Pursuit to have Java on The iPhone

Apple has publicly said that it has no plans to support Java or Flash on the iPhone. But that is not stopping Sun, “We’ve expressed our intent to do this and our desire, really, to work with Apple to build a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) for the iPhone and we’re sort of moving forward with that” said Eric Klein, vice president of Java marketing. Read more

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Apple announce's iTV

Apple announced on Tuesday that its developing iTV a device that will connect your digital media on computer to your home entertainment system wirelessly, they will introduce the product in Q1 2007. According to apple iTV will have 802.11 wireless, USB 2.0, Ethernet port, HDMI, Component Video, analog audio and optical audio you can directly connect it to the TV, use it with a Set top box or a receiver. It has a new frontrow software and can play Videos, audio, photo slideshow and even podcast from your computer. It can be managed buy Apple's simple remote control and it works with both Mac and PCs. So apple has started it move to capture your living room. Apple will price it at $299.

Movies on iTunes Store

Apple has added movies to iTunes store. Apple announced on Tuesday that it has added 75 movies to iTunes store which was selling music, music video and TV shows online. The studios that are available on iTunes movie store are Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Miramax Films and Touchstone Pictures which are part of Walt Disney Company. Apple will continue adding more movies and more studios. New movies are available for $12.99 as pre-release or in first week of release on DVD, after that new movies will cost $14.99 and Library title will be available for $9.99. The movies are encoded at near DVD quality at 640 x 480 resolution and the audio is encoded in dolby surround sound. Like the music store, people can rate and review the movies. According to Apple movie can be downloaded in 30 min on a 5Mbps Broadband connection and you can start watching the movie while it downloads. We tried to download Pirates of the Caribbean: The curse of the black Pearl and it took 1 hour and 12 minutes, we have a 1 Mbps connection. But like Apple said we were able to watch the movie without a problem while it was downloading and we started playing the movie with in one minute of starting the download. The Picture quality was good on my 20" screen and i think it will look on big screen TV's too.

Apple iTunes 7.0

It was Apples day on Tuesday with new iPods, Apple also released update for iTunes. Apple made the iTunes 7 look more clean by making the source list more organized. Apple has added three different views first is list view which we normally see in iTunes library, second is Album view where you see the album art and songs grouped in albums and third is Cover flow view which enables you to rapidly find what you are looking for by scrolling through album covers. You can use different view for different playlist. If you have a iTunes Store account iTunes will automatically fetch available album art for any CD you import to iTunes. Now the iPod information can be see directly in iTunes without going in to iTune's preferences plus it give you detailed information about what you have on your iPod and how much space it has taken on your ipod. Apple has also added a Download manager where you can manage what you are downloading from iTunes store, you can pause a download and give preference to different downloads. iTunes also adds onscreen display like Quicktime plus the resolution of TV show available on itunes has been increased to 640 x 480. Apple has added some nice touches to an already great software.

Second generation Apple iPod Shuffle

Apple also released Second generation of iPod shuffle, the new iPod shuffle is also made of anodized aluminum and has a build-in clip. Apple says its the smallest Mp3 player in the world and it measures 1.07" x 1.62" x 0.41" and weighs only 0.55oz. It comes in one model that is 1GB in capacity and silver in color. In Steve's own words " It's really beautiful". Shuffle has 12 hours of battery life and comes with a dock that connects Shuffle to your computer for charging and song transfer. Shuffle also comes with the new headphone like its big brothers iPod and iPod nano.

Apple iPod Nano Remastered

Apple has released the 2G iPod Nano made of aluminum. The new Nano comes in five colors silver, blue, green, pink and you guessed it right black. There are three models 2 Gb for $149 (silver only), 4GB for $199 (all colors except Black) and 8GB (black only). We know your question is 8GB in black only....? Yes 8GB is available in black color only, the logical thing would have been to offer 8GB in all five colors because we want a blue 8GB and girls all over the world want a Pink 8GB Nano. The best thing that Apple has done is give Nano a new case and that is made of anodized aluminum which is scratch resistant, Plus now the Capacity and prices match's other Mp3 players and still it is the sexist looking player on the market. The surprise was that Apple was able to make it Thinner and increase the battery life to 24 hours. The screen is now 40% brighter. Apple has added new software feature like Instant Search, Quick Scroll and Gapless playback you can find the description of this feature in our previous post on new 5G ipod. Apple has also designed new Headphone which they will include with the new iPod Nano. Apple says that the new headphone are better sounding and more comfortable in your ears the previous headphones. iPod Nano definitely looks better then other Mp3 player and its cost is also competitive to other Mp3 player on market.

Apple Updates 5G iPod and Lower's Price

Apple introduced the updated 5G iPod, Apple reduced the cost of the 30GB model to $249 and introduced a 80GB model for $349. Apple has improved the brightness of the screen by 60%, added Search, Quick scroll and new games for download from iTunes Music store for $4.99. The battery life of 30GB iPod is now 14 hours for music and 3.5 hours for video, for 60GB its 20 hours for Music and 6.5 hours for video that is 75% increase in battery life. The size remains the same for the iPods and other specification are also same like the screen resolution and size plus audio and video format it supports. So basically Apple has added new feature to the iPod like Gapless playback where the music that was suppose to flow from one track to the second one won,t have gap between them, second software feature is Search where you can type in the song name using the click wheel and find the song you want, third new feature is Quick scroll, you see the letter while you are scrolling fast so that you get an idea where you are in the playlist and can scroll faster and the last feature is downloadable games for you iPod.

It's Showtime for Apple in 3 hours from now, there are few rumors flying around about new iPods and a system which will help you connect your digital collection on the computer to your Entertainment system. Rumors are that Apple will release the new iPods. The new iPod Nano that will be made of brushed metal casing, which we think is a possibility as every other company has updated their competing products by either higher capacity or lower price. There are also rumors about the new widescreen video iPod which is supposed to have a touch screen and wireless connectivity, we think there will be definitely a widescreen iPod but when we don't know, we hope its today and that will kill Microsoft Zune even before its launched. There are also rumors about a system to connect your computer to your entertainment system for both audio and video, we don't know how Apple will implement this but there are few options, one is to have video functionality in the Airport Express which will let you stream your videos to the system it is connected to, same way as it works for the audio. Other rumor is that Apple will make a USB device that will connect wirelessly from your computers USB to the TV. Some rumors also say that Apple will introduce a media center and though it's a possibility we don’t think they will do it now. Apple's invitation to media says "It's Showtime" so one thing we are sure about is that Apple will release a movie download service today and it will surely have Disney and Pixar movies for download and other studios will be maybe onboard. This is confirmed by iTunes music store message “It's Showtime. The iTunes Store is being updated." this is the message that you get when you try to access the music store. Let's wait and see what Apple has in store of us all and keep our credit cards ready for..........…

Improvements in Vista RC1

Microsoft released Vista RC1 to developers last week, the RC1 is almost identical to the pre-RC1 release. RC1 has brought much need performance boost to Vista when compared to Vista Beta 2. You can see the improvement from the time it starts to install, time required to install vista has improved it has almost gone done by half. But one thing that surprised us was that Vista RC1 took more time to install on Dell XPS M1210 then on Apple Macbook, both had same processor (2.0Ghz core duo) same amount of RAM 1Gb. It took 45 Min on Macbook and 53 Min on Dell though the difference is small but it made us wonder.
Information Week has written a very good article about the Vista RC1, they mention five most important improvements in Vista. The five improvements are 1) Installation, 2) Driver support, 3) Performance, 4) Security and 5) Multimedia. Its a very good read to know about vista development. The conclusion of the article best describes Vista development "Simply put, Vista is no longer a drag to use, thanks to the RC1 improvements, and the OS has made key strides toward becoming a reality for the legions of Windows users." You can read the article here:

Vista RC1 Improvements

Upcoming Motorola E690 Smartphone

Motorola E690 is a smartphone based on Linux, it has touchscreen and multimedia support for audio and video. E690 features a 2.0 megapixel camera, 240 x 320 QVGA touchscreen, SD/MMC card slot, 3D surround speakers, Bluetooth and USB. Motorola has yet not announced price and availability.

Toshiba Satellite U205-S5022 laptop Reviewed

The new Toshiba Satellite U205-S5022 laptop has been reviewed by Pcmag. This laptop has a 1.83GHz Core Duo processor, 120Gb hard drive, 12.1 inch widescreen, Intel 950 Graphics card, 802.11 a/g wireless and Dual layer DVD burner. Bluetooth is missing which should be by default on portables. The most attractive feature of this laptop is its price at around $1300 you get a ultra portable weighing 4.1 lb only. Pcmag best describes it, if you appreciate a ultraportable with integrated optical drive, dual core processor, bargain price and you aren't big on style and look then this is a laptop for you. You can read the complete review here:

Toshiba Satellite U205-S5022 Review

Samsung SGH-X820, world's thinnest phone Reviewed

Samsung SGH-X820 is the thinnest phone in the world measuring 4.45" x 1.97" x 0.27" and weighs 2.33oz or 66 grams, its part of Samsung's ultra Series. The talk time is 2.5 hours and stand by time is 210 hours, it has a 200k color LCD screen, 80 MB memory, Bluetooth, USB and a 2 megapixel camera. Only thing missing is a memory card slot. Mobileburn.com has reviewed the phone and Mobileburn's conclusion best explains it "In short, the X820 does pretty much everything the SLVR does, only better and in a sleeker package. It's thin, it looks good, it's powerful, and it's not too expensive." you can read the review at:

Samsung X820 Review

Intel Kentsfield (Quad-core Processor) by December 2006

Intel Kentsfield is the next revision of its Core processors, its a Quad-core chip which intel will release by end of 2006. Kentsfield is essentially combination of two Core 2 Duo (conroe chips) processor into one single processor. Processor speed will start at 2.67GHz and run on a 1066MHz FSB, it will have two 4MB level 2 cache and work with the present 965 and 975 series chipsets for today's Core 2 Duo motherboards. Intel is expected to offer this processor for testing to press and analysts at the end of this month. This new processor is expected to give performance improvement to already fastest chip on the market Core 2 Duo (Conroe) for desktops.

Intel vPro products announced

Intel had announced vPro technology, a package of hardware and software based on Core 2 Duo processor earlier this year. The platform promises to provide Unprecedented levels of computing performance and more proactive control of security and costs. Intel found in its study that the vPro platform could save 40% in total cost for businesses. Several major PC vendors have announced vPro based products and many software developers have also released product for vPro.
Intel says vPro addresses issues like security threats, cost of ownership, resource allocation, asset management and uptime. vPro includes technology like second generation of Intel Active Management Technology, Intel Virtualization, the new Intel Q965 Express Chipset and Intel 82566DM Gigabit Network Connection. vPro benefits are yet not available on laptops but will be introduced in Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology codenamed Santa Rosa early next year.

Mac Pro reviews

Its been one month since Mac Pro was launched by Apple at WWDC, everyone was impressed with the hardware configuration and value of the system. Now after one month and after being tested by different people, Mac Pro has been judged as one of the best Desktop workstation around. The internal and external design is appreciated by many and the performance is also very good. Apple's default video card choice is not liked by many but to keep a price tag of $2,499 that was not a option, but you can use build-to-order option of ATI Radeon X1900XT and it makes an excellent system.
The default configuration of Mac Pro is dual 2.66 Dual Core Xeon processors, 1GB fully buffered DDR2 RAM, Nividia GeForce 7300 GT graphics card with 256MB memory, 250GB SATA Hard drive and 16x double-layer SuperDrive. It costs $2499 for this configuration. The change that you should make to this configuration is of video card replace the NIVIDIA with ATI Radeon X1900XT in build-to-order option.
Over all its the best Mac desktop ever and one of the best desktop available in both PC and Mac worlds. You can read review here:

Mac Pro Review by Arstechnica

Mac Pro Review by CNET

Cowon iAudio T2 Review

CNet has reviewed Cowon iAudio T2 which comes in 512MB, 1GB or 2GB flash capacities. It has a OLED screen with 65K color, FM tuner, 12 Hours battery life and best of all is very small, measures 1.14" x 2.0" x 0.53" and weighs 0.86 oz. Audio output is really good and CNet verdict says it, " Mac and Windows users in need of a small, music-centric MP3 player with great sound quality and an FM tuner will be pleased by the Cowon iAudio T2." Its 2Gb version costs $149.00 only. Let see what Apple has up its sleeve on 12th of this month.
You can read the review here:

iAudio T2 Review

iMac Core 2 Duo benchmarks by Macworld

Macworld has posted benchmarks for the new iMac Core 2 Duo which were released this Wednesday, they have posted benchmarks for the 17" 2Ghz and 20" 2.16Ghz iMacs and they are waiting for there 24" iMac for further testing. Over all the iMac showed 10% improvement, if you consider individual tests it showed gains up to 20%. The 2.66Ghz Mac Pro with Intel Xeon processor outperformed iMac in every test as was expected but the number for the new iMac are impressive. you can check the benchmarks at:

Macworld

JBL's Mt Everest speaker

JBL has released new speaker named Mt. Everest, by name you can judge the size of the speaker. It measures 38 x 18.5 x 44 inches and weighs 313 pounds. It is a 500 watts speaker which will be available in Japan for ¥ 3,460,000 that is almost $30,000.

Sony Mylo (my life online)

Sony Mylo is a slick communicator device which offer WiFi, music player, video player and Skype on the go. It has Slide out QWERTY keyboard for instant messaging and web surfing, orange button for navigation, a 2.4 inch QVGA screen and built-in 1 Gb flash memory . Mylo comes with Google talk and Yahoo Messenger. You can check the complete review of Mylo on:

Sony Mylo Review

and you can check Mylo videos on youtube:

Sony Mylo Video

Blackberry Pearl 8100 Launched

RIM has announced its first Blackberry device with complete multimedia capabilities like music player, camera, video player, the Pearl 8100. Blackberry Pearl is being launched with T-mobile and it is RIM first phone aimed at consumer market as well as there traditional business market. Blackberry pearl includes all the features that people have come to expect from RIM plus multimedia features for consumers. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera, 240x260 resolution screen with 65K color, MicorSd card slot, 64MB Memory and bluetooth 2.0. Its multimedia player has audio support for Mp3, MIDI, AMR-NB, ACC, ACC+, eACC+ and video support for MPEG4/H.263. It supports GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz frequencies. The phone size is also small at 4.2"x2.0"x0.57" and weighing 3.16oz. The talk time is 3.5 hours and standby time is 15 days. It will be available through T-mobile on September 12, and its cost is yet not known.

Nokia E62 Launched in Canada

Nokia with Rogers Wireless has launched the Nokia E62 which was rumored to be launched in America by Cingular Wireless. Nokia E62 is almost like Nokia E61 with the exception of WiFi and UMTS both are missing from this phone.

Amazon launches Amazon Unbox video download service

Amazon Unbox is a DVD-quality video download service which will offer movies and TV shows. Unbox offer video encoded at 2500 Kilobits per second for DVD quality video and it also includes a second file optimized for playback on windows media portable device at no extra cost.
If you have very fast broadband connection then you can start watching the video without completely downloading the video as Unbox uses progressive download system. Unbox has RemoteLoad technology by which you can purchase the video from you office computer and download it to your home computer.
Movie studios like 20th Century Fox, paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios are participating. TV networks like BBC, Cartoon Network, CBS, Comedy Central, Discovery, Fox, MTV, VH1 and many more are participating.
Unbox runs only on Windows XP system and you cant make a DVD to view on other devices like DVD player. You can re-download your video from Amazon unbox in case your computer crashes. Amazon Unbox uses an Amazon Unbox player, files downloaded from Unbox can be played only with the Unbox player the smaller file can be played on windows mobile devices.

Apple releases new 24" iMac and updates 17" and 20" iMacs

The best desktop computer in the market today just got better! Apple adds more to their iMac range with a new 24" iMac with Intel Core 2 Duo processor. They also announced updates to their existing 17" and 20" iMacs as they move from G5 to Intel Core 2 Duo. The processor speed ranges from 1.83 Ghz to 2.33Ghz, Apple also claims a 50% performance increase then previous 20" iMac. The 2.00, 2.16 and 2.33 Ghz processor have 4 MB of L2 cache and the 1.83 GHz has 2 MB of L2 cache.
The standard options on all new iMacs include iSight camera, wireless, Bluetooth, Apple remote, Keyboard, Mighty Mouse, 2 Firewire, 3 USB 2.0, gigabit Ethernet, optical audio out, built-in Microphone and Built-in stereo speakers. Specs of the 17" lower end model are a 1.83 Ghz processor, Intel GMA 950 graphics processor with 64MB of shared memory and combo drive at a reasonable $999.
You can also get your 17" iMac with 2.0 or 2.13Ghz processor, hard drive upgrade option upto 500GBs, 8x Superdrive, 128MB GDDR3 ATI Radeon X1600 Graphics card and 1GB DDR2 memory starting at $1199.
The new 24" iMac comes with 1920x1200 resolution screen, 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB memory, 250 GB hard drive, 8X superdrive NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT graphics card with 128 MB GDDR3 (option of 7600GT 256MB card) and other options same as 20" iMac. They are priced from $1999 onwards.
Apple claims 24" iMac screen is 40% brighter then the previous 20" iMac and the viewing angle is also highest in iMac for 24" screen. Typical brightness on the 24" screen is 400 cd/m and the contrast ration is 700:1. For 17" and 20" the brightness is 250 and 280 cd/m, contrast ratio is 500:1 and 800:1 respectively.