Windows 7 Home Premium for $49.99 Only and Professional for $99.99 on Amazon

Amazon.com today announced that the Amazon Software Store is now offering Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system Home Premium Upgrade and Professional Upgrade packages for $49.99 and $99.99, which represent a savings of 50 percent and 58 percent from the suggested retail price. Amazon.com customers can pre-order Windows 7 at these prices now through July 11, while supplies last. Customers who pre-order Windows 7 from Amazon.com can take advantage of the additional convenience of receiving the product when it is released on October 22, which means they can order from their PC or mobile device and receive Windows 7 on the same day it’s released in physical stores.

You can pre-order Windows 7 Home Premium for $49.99 and Windows 7 Professional for $99.99 on Amazon today. The offer is only available till July 11th, after which the price will go back to $119 and $199 respectively.

One Million Palm Pre Apps Downloaded

Though Palm Pre launch was nowhere as big as iPhone 3GS launch, but the Palm Pre app store is going very strong. Palm announced that customers have downloaded more than one million applications from the app store for Pre. It took Palm about 3 weeks to reach one million mark, which doesn’t look that impressive when compared to less than three days Apple’s App Store required to reach one million download after launch last year. Read More

Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Availability Information, Pricing Details and a Special Offer

Microsoft today announced release details and pricing for the upcoming Windows 7 after unveiling the packaging for the software yesterday. In the video above, Microsoft’s VP of Windows Consumer Marketing, Brad Brooks talks about Windows upgrade options, international availability, pricing and the special offer.
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iPhone 3GS Floors Competition in Various Benchmarks

Many websites have posted videos and speed test results showing how fast the new iPhone 3GS is. Even developers are impressed by the speed and frame rates iPhone 3GS is able to achieve. CNET was one of the first website that posted speed test video of iPhone 3GS vs. iPhone 3G and Palm Pre. However, CNET’s tests were done unscientifically and their results depended more on AT&T’s 3G network in the given area than the performance of the new iPhone. Read More

Sony's New VAIO P offers 1.6GHz Processor and 128 GB SSD for .. Whoa! $1499

Sony has updated its VAIO P series and added new ultraportable configuration that comes with 1.6GHz Intel Processor, 2GB DDR2 RAM, 128GB SSD, GPS, Bluetooth and Verizon Mobile broadband for $1,499. The new VAIO P model is available for pre-order and it will start shipping by end of this month. You can get more information about the new model on Sony’s website. Now the main question – why would someone pay $1,500 plus taxes for a netbook? Read More

Apple Sells Over One Million iPhone 3GS Over the Launch Weekend

Apple today announced that it has sold over one million iPhone 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. In addition, six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release. Read More

Review Roundup: Apple iPhone 3GS Faster and More Powerful

Apple introduced the new iPhone 3GS on 8th June and started shipping the phone on 19th June. The new iPhone 3GS packs faster process, more memory and better graphics engine. Apple claims that iPhone 3GS is twice as fast as iPhone 3G and has longer battery life for every feature except 3G talk time, which stays at 5 hours. Most reviewers agree that the S in iPhone 3GS stands for speed, and the new phone is faster, more powerful and overall better than its predecessor iPhone 3G. We have selected 10 best iPhone 3GS reviews and added links below:
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iPhone 3G S Set to Outsell iPhone 3G’s Launch Day Sales

Apple today launched the new iPhone 3G S and the initial data from various industrial sources indicate that the new iPhone launch will be an even bigger success than last year’s iPhone 3G launch. The two major iPhone carriers O2 in UK and AT&T in US have already announced that they are seeing much more than expected demand for the new phone.

O2 said that by lunchtime they had sold more iPhone 3G S than they sold iPhone 3G devices on the launch day last year. O2 added sales are still going strong and we expect to sell 50 percent more iPhone 3G S by close of business today than we sold on iPhone 3G launch last year. O2 also reported that their in store traffic is 10 times higher and their online site traffic is 150 percent higher than usual business day.

In US, AT&T’s CEO announced “AT&T sold hundreds of thousands of iPhone 3G S in pre-order process prior to the launch, which exceeded our own expectations for iPhone 3G S.” Along with AT&T, Apple has also been taking pre-orders for the new iPhone in US, and it is very likely that they will also have similar numbers or maybe even higher.

Last year, on the iPhone 3G launch weekend, AT&T and Apple sold somewhere in between 400,000 to 500,000 iPhones. And it looks like this year they will cross the number in pre-orders only. Now the question is will Apple cross one million mark in less than 24 hours for iPhone 3G S.

[From TechzTalk.com]

Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update

As announced at WWDC on June 8th, Apple has released the iPhone OS 3.0 software update for current iPhone owners. According to the release note the update contains over 100 new features, including the following: Read More

Live Coverage: WWDC 2009 Keynote on June 8th at 10am PST

We will be doing detailed coverage of all the announcements made by Apple later in the evening. Join us on TechzTalk for more information about all new Apple products.

• That's it from WWDC 2009 keynote.
• Phil is now recapping the keynote and he is thanking at Apple for their hard work.
• Apple shows a new ad for iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 3GS will ship on June 19th. the 16GB model will be priced $199 and the 32GB model will be priced $299. The present 8GB iPhone 3G will now ship for only $99.
• Battery life on iPhone 3Gs has improved slightly.
• There will be hardware encryption and it will offer instantaneous data wipe, data in iTunes will also be encrypted.
• Like rumored the phone will include Nike+ support.
• The phone will include a built-in digital compass that will integrate with Maps and new Compass app. The new Accessibility settings bring VoiceOver feature to the iPhone.
• Voice Control will be available for various iPhone functions like playing music on the iPod.
• iPhone 3Gs will also include Voice Control. Just hold down the Home button and say "call Scott (or any other name in your address book)" to make a call.
• You can edit the video on the iPhone itself and then send MMS or post it online.
• The new iPhone will also capture video at 30fps in VGA with autofocus, auto white balance and auto exposure.
• iPhone 3GS features a 3-megapixel autofocus camera with autoexposure. He shows some brilliant pictures take by new iPhone camera.
• Phil says that this is the fastest iPhone ever and it support OpenGL and 7.2Mbps HSPA connection. It is 2.1x faster for messaging, 2.4x faster in Sim City and 2.9x faster for browsing.
• Phil announces the new iPhone 3GS where S stands for speed.
• He says to call iPhone 3G a hit would be an understatement. he shows a graph of mobile browser usage with iPhone have more than 65 percent share.
• Phil is back on stage.
• So the demos are over. iPhone OS 3.0 will be free for all iPhone customers and $9.99 for iPod touch owners. It will ship on June 17th and Scott leaves the stage.
• Line 6 and Planet Waves will do the final app demo and hopefully we will see the new iPhone after that.
• Pasco, another developer shows a science app. Apple show us the new iPhone.......
• They are demoing Star Defense their new game.
• Another game developer ngmoco is on the stage now.
• Tom Tom will also release a docking accessory for the iPhone this summer.
• The application provides turn-by-turn navigation with a female voice. the interface is similar to most Tom Tom GPS units.
• This one is interesting Tom Tom is developing navigation software for the iPhone.
• Show us the new iPhone Apple.
• Apps demos for iPhone 3.0 software are impressive, but boring.
• Now developers are showing their Apps using the new iPhone OS 3.0. Gameloft is first.
• Apple will allow developers to build turn-by-turn apps in iPhone OS 3.0. Apps can now embed Google Maps directly and use the Maps for navigation.
• Scott says that these are only few of the features in iPhone 3.0 software, Apple has added more than 1000 new APIs to the software that will being many new features to the phone.
• iPhone 3.0 will have Find My iPhone feature that will allow you to find a misplaced or lost iPhone by simply logging in to your MobileMe account.
• Safari on iPhone 3.0 runs JavaScript almost 3 times faster and it also support HTTP streaming audio and video. Safari will have autofill and full HTML 5 support including audio/video tags.
• iPhone 3.0 will support Tethering over USB and Bluetooth. no software is required once it is turned on through the carrier. 22 carriers will support Tethering in 44 countries.
• Next it's iTunes, and yes you will be able to rent and purchase movies right from your phone with iPhone 3.0.
• Like Mac OS X, iPhone will also get Spotlight for searching anything on you phone.
• Next feature in iPhone 3.0 is MMS and AT&T will be ready to launch it by end of Summer.
• He says that copy and paste won't be a superficial feature but will include shake to undo, developer APIs and Cocoa touch support for text.
• Scott now talks about the cut copy and paste feature in the iPhone.
• He is showing a video that shares stories of various developers.
• Scott is on the stage, he says more then 50,000 apps are available on App Store now. and Apple has sold more than 40 million iPhone and iPod touch in past two years.
• Now is iPhone's turn.
• Family pack will be priced $49. Snow Leopard will ship in September.
• Snow Leopard will be available for all Intel Macs and it will be priced just $29.
• There are some nice features that Apple has added to Exchange. Like you can drag a contact out of address Book and directly into a calendar to create an event.
• Exchange support is next on the list. Snow Leopard will have built in Exchange support for Mail, Calendar and Address Book. he is now demoing exchange implementation in Mac OS X.
• After Grand Central its OpenCL's turn, he is talking about how Apple has made it an open standard and all the top graphics card manufacturers are going to support it.
• The next topic is multi-core CPU and the new Grand Central technology that will give built-in support for multiple threads.
• Now Apple is talking about full 64-bit architecture in Snow Leopard and how it will give memory limit of 16 billion GB.
• He is again talking about QuickTime and how it is designed to to put video on the center stage.
• In the Demo, Apple is now showing new Expose feature with Safari and Mail, full history search in Safari.
• He now shows QuickTime which now supports hardware acceleration, ColorSync and HTTP streaming. Now he is demoing the new QuickTime player.
• Snow Leopard will bring handwriting recognition for trackpad. Safari 4 adds a new feature that will keep the browser window intact even if a plugin crashes. you just reload the page again.
• Snow Leopard will install 45 percent faster. and it will be half the size of pervious OS.
• Snow Leopard will bring Expose to the Dock. when you click and hold on an app it automatically zooms out your active windows.
• They are talking about various new technologies that Apple has added to Snow Leopard. However they haven't changed the finder. it will remain the same.
• Now Phil is talking about Mac OS X Snow leopard and makes fun of Windows Vista/7... calling Windows 7 same old Vista.
• The Air will have two standard configs 1.86GHz with 120GB hard drive for $1,499 and 2.13GHz with 128GB SSD for $1,799.
• Apple is also dropping the price of MacBook Air from $1,799 to $1,499.
• Two models her 2.26GHz with 2GB RAM and 160GB hard drive for $1199 and 2.53GHz with 4GB RAM and 250GB hard drive for $1,499.
• Now the 13-inch MacBook will join the MacBook Pro lineup with up to 8GB RAM and standard backlit keyboard, the starting price will be $1199.
• There will be three standard configs - $1,699 with 2.53GHz and 4GB RAM, $1,999 with 2.66GHz and 4GB RAM and $2,299 with 2.8GHz processor. The 17-inch model also sees a price drop now it will be $2,499.
• At last Apple has also added a SD card slot to MacBooks. The new MacBook Pro will have up to 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo processor, up to 8GB RAM and up to 500GB hard drive or 256GB SSD. and the starting price is just $1,699.
• The 15-inch Macbook Pro uses the same battery that Apple introduced in 17-inch model earlier this year. it will give 7 hours battery life and up to 5 years of life for typical user.
• Now Phil is talking about unibody MacBook. He announces a brand new version of 1-inch MacBook Pro.
• He says that in just two years Mac OS X user base has tripled.
• He starts with Mac OS X, shows a growth chart of Mac OS X over last 10 years.
• He talks about WWDC plan and attendance, calling WWDC 2009 the biggest ever.
• Phil Schiller is on the stage greeting everyone.
• I am a PC ad is now playing.
• We have been asked to silence our cellphones and the lights are dimming
• We will find out very soon, most people are in the hall now, the party should begin soon.
• And will Steve come on stage or will it be Phil's show only...
• What will be Apple's big surprise today new iPhone models, updated laptops or a tablet?
• We are moving into the hall, as always music is playing with Apple logo on the front screen.
• Apple online store is down, we might see some new hardware today.
• Well we are here and waiting to get in the hall. It looks like very soon they will let us in.

We will be doing live coverage of WWDC keynote on June 8th starting at 10am PST/ 1:00pm EST. Apple announced in May that Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, would lead this year’s keynote. It has been rumored that Steve Jobs might make an appearance at the keynote, which is highly unlikely. We will do the live coverage of WWDC 2009 keynote at live.techztalk.com.
It is believed that Apple will showcase Mac OS X Snow Leopard along with iPhone OS 3.0 at the keynote on Monday. It is also rumored that Apple will announce that next generation iPhone models at the event. We have added links to the latest iPhone rumors below:
32GB iPhone Rumors and iTunes Video Download
Various Storage Sizes, Camera and Compass Application

Review Roundup: Palm Pre Hardware Ok, WebOS Great

Palm announced their new handset “Pre” at CES 2009 in January this year. Palm Pre had smitten the tech world instantaneously with its slide-out QWERTY keyboard and the new interface. Pre comes with 3.1-inch 320 x 480 multitouch screen, 3-megapixel camera, 8GB onboard memory, 3G EVDO Rev A, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. Pre will use Palm’s new Linux based operating system called webOS.Palm Pre will start shipping on June 6th via Sprint and reviews for the device have started flooding in. Below we have added links to eight best reviews of Palm Pre available online:
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Next Gen iPhone to get Radio Tagging, Nike Sport Kit and Application Sharing

AppleInsider reader Will has discovered code strings in iTunes 8.2 update that was released few days back. The code strings point to radio capabilities as well as Nike Sport Kit support in upcoming iPhone. The above references were not visible in the same files distributed with iTunes 8.1 update. The radio reference in the code is not tied specifically to upcoming iPhone, but it is the most likely candidate, as iPhone will use new Broadcom chip that will support FM radio transmission along with 802.11n WiFi. Read More

Bucketload of iPhone Rumors: From Storage Capacities on New iPhone to All the New iPhone Software

With WWDC 2009 less than a week away, iPhone rumors are increasing exponentially. Last week, we reported about the matte finish casing for next gen iPhone, however today we have lot more to report. Before putting all down, we would just says that these are all rumors and we weren’t able to confirm any, but it is becoming more and more likely that most of these rumors will come true. Read More

Qualcomm Announces 1.3GHz Snapdragon Chip for Smartphones

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips are the fastest ARM based processor available on the market. Present generation processor can run up to 1GHz while consuming a fraction of energy required to run an Intel Atom processor. On Sunday, Qualcomm announced that it is adding new 1.3GHz chip to Snapdragon lineup. The new chip will be made using 45nm process technology and it will be aimed at smartphones and smartbooks market. Read More

Leaked Images and Video Reveal Upcoming Sony PSP Go

Engadget has posted leaked images and videos of upcoming Sony PSP Go that Sony will announce at E3 2009 press event. Most of the rumors about PSP Go specifications have come true. It feature a slide out gamepad and it will be 43 percent lighter than PSP-3000. Other hardware features include 3.8-inch LCD screen, 16GB onboard memory, WiFi, Bluetooth and Memory Stick Micro slot. Read More and Watch Videos

Review Roundup: Mac Pro with Intel Nehalem Xeon Processors

Apple updated its Mac Pro lineup with Intel “Nehalem” Xeon Processors in March 2009. The new Nehalem architecture delivers up to twice the performance of the previous generation system. Apple also lowered the starting price by $300 to $2,499. In fact, out of all three Apple desktop updates in March this year, Mac Pro was the most significant one as it was adopting completely new system architecture. Below we have added links to seven best reviews we found online:
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LG Unveils Two New Touchscreen Phones GW520 and GT505

LG has unveiled two social networking inspired touchscreen devices called GW520 and GT505. The GW520 features slide out QWERTY keyboard with push feature for social networking. The phone also has LiveSquare that allows users to add custom animated characters to their homescreen to represent their friends and family they call the most. Read More

First Palm Pre Review Posted

BGR has posted first Palm Pre review on their website. BGR loves the touchscreen on Pre and rates it just behind the iPhone’s glass capacitive touchscreen. However BGR wasn’t impressed by Palm’s hardware. They didn’t like the QWERTY keyboard and felt that hardware design is not Palm’s strong frontier. BGR says the Pre feels good in you hand, but the actual build quality really leaves a lot to be desired. However they were really impressed by the wonderful size of the handset, as it was perfect in both pocket and hand. Read More

Alienware’s “All Powerful” M17x Gaming Laptop Revealed

PC World revealed Alienware M17x gaming laptop today. The new laptop is the first machine that is part of Alienware’s “All Powerful” marketing campaign. The two inch thick laptop comes with 17-inch 1920 x 1200 LCD screen and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GPU with HybridPower technology. The base model starts at $1,799 with reasonably good gaming configuration. The base model features single 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M graphics card, 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB RAM, 250GB 7200RPM hard drive, DVD burner and 802.11n WiFi. Read More

Microsoft Unveils Bing Search Engine

In an effort to revive its failed Live Search strategy, Microsoft today launched the new Bing search engine. Microsoft says that the new search engine is designed for better user interaction and more organized search results. The Bing search interface is organized around common user tasks like shopping, trip planning, news, images and video search. Read More and Watch Video

Intel Previews Nehalem-EX Processor with Eight Cores

Intel has previewed a new Xeon processor codenamed “Nehalem-Ex”. The new processor will go in production later this year and it will be at the heart of next generation of high-end Intel server platforms. Nehalem-Ex processor will feature up to eight cores that will support 16 threads and 24Mb of cache. Intel claims that the new chip will provide highest-ever jump in performance from a previous generation processor. Read More and Watch Video

Dell Introduces New Colorful Studio 14z Laptop Line

Dell today launched the colorful Studio 14z laptop lineup aimed at students and on the go consumers. The new laptop comes with FailSafe theft prevention system that can remotely erase selected files or render the stolen laptop unusable until the rightful owner unlocks it. The laptop also features Dell Remote Access4, premium version of which allows people to access content via their home network of personal computing devices including desktops, laptops, ultra-mobile devices, smartphones and web cameras. Read More

First Hands On with Palm Pre

BGR has posted first impressions and few photos of soon to be released Palm Pre. The website has been playing with the device for few days, but they aren’t allowed to post the full review (NDA) until the release date. According to BGR:

“The Pre feels really good in your hand in terms of size and shape, but there’s a real plasticky aura about it. Additionally, things aren’t looking good for that QWERTY either."

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Microsoft Announces Zune HD with OLED Touchscreen and HD Radio

Yesterday, Microsoft officially announced the rumored Zune HD, which will ship this fall in US. Though the name of the new device suggests high definition video its 3.3-inch OLED touchscreen will only have 480 x 272 resolution. However, Zune HD will be capable of 720p video output via a new dock featuring HDMI port for use with HDTVs. Read More

Apple Launches 2009 Back-to-School Promo with Lower Discounts

Apple today started its 2009 back-to-school promotion offering up to $229 rebate that cancels out price of an 8GB iPod touch with purchase of any qualifying Mac. However, if you prefer 8GB iPod nano, 16GB iPod nano, 120GB iPod classic or 4GB iPod shuffle, you have to settle for lesser rebate that will compensate the price of your selected iPod model. On the other hand, if you select 16GB or 32GB iPod touch, you will be paying $70 or $170 out of your pocket. Read More

iLounge: Next Gen iPod nano with Camera and Three iPhone Models This Year

Based on their super reliable sources, iLounge has posted that next gen iPod nano will have wider 1.5:1 aspect ratio screen compared to 1.33:1 aspect ratio screen found on present nano. Apple will decrease the size of the click wheel to add bigger screen, while keeping the overall dimensions same as present gen iPod nano. The most important new feature that Apple will add to nano is a camera behind the click wheel (little unusual, normally it would be behind the screen). Read More

When is Apple Planning to Release Touch Tablet?

Rumors about Apple working on a tablet have been around since early 2000, however, since the launch of iPhone those rumors have become louder and during past two weeks rumors have gone ballistic. Some analysts like Gen Munster from Piper Jaffray asserted that Apple would debut the rumored tablet in first half of 2010, while other analysts still maintain that we will see the new tablet this year. Read More

Lenovo Introduces Two Laptops and One All-in-One Desktop

Along with the IdeaPad S12 netbook, Lenovo also announced two laptops IdeaPad U350 and G550, and one all-in-one desktop C300. The U350 features 16:9 aspect ratio 13.3-inch LED backlit screen (1366 x 768) with processor options including 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Solo, 1.3GHz Intel Pentium SU7200 and 1.2GHz Intel Celeron 723. The laptop will come with up to 8GB DDR3 memory, up to 500GB hard drive Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, 1.3-megapixel webcam and multi-touch trackpad. Read More

Lenovo Announces First Netbook IdeaPad S12 with NVIDIA Ion Chipse

Lenovo today announced the IdeaPad S12 – first notebook featuring NVIDIA Ion chipset and company’s first 12-inch netbook. Lenovo says that the three major enhancements brought to netbook platform by S12 are larger 12.1-inch screen, 100 percent full size keyboard and better graphics with NVIDIA Ion platform. Read More and Watch S12 in Action.

Leaked AT&T Slides Reveal Upcoming Android, Palm and BlackBerry Phones

Few slides showing key upcoming smartphones on AT&T network were leaked today. The most interesting phone on the slides was Palm Eos codenamed Castle. This Palm phone will be second Web OS based device after Palm Pre. Palm Eos will come to AT&T in late second half of 2009. The phone will have candybar form factor, 2.63-inch 320 x 400 touchscreen, 2-megapixel camera, 4GB onboard storage, quad band GSM, dual band UMTS and Bluetooth. Read More

More iPhone Rumors

Yesterday, we posted next generation iPhone rumor roundup and within 24 hours we have four more rumors to report. The first rumor is that Apple is working on allowing movie and TV show downloads directly to the iPhone and iPod touch. A blogger discovered mobile iTunes client for movies and TV shows accidentally when he clicked on iTunes ads in iPhone app TwitterFon. The ads in the app pointed to “iTunes Movies”, “iTunes Movie Rentals” and “iTunes TV”. It is likely that Apple will allow video download in next gen iPhone over WiFi network. Read More

Next Generation iPhone Rumor Roundup

For past few days iPhone rumor mill has been in full flow. It all started with report from AppleiPhoneapps.com that said next generation iPhone will ship on 17th July with up to 32GB storage, 3.2-megapixel camera, OLED screen, faster processer, more RAM and compass. John Gruber of Daring Fireball corroborated the rumors and added that with faster CPU and more RAM app launching and web page rendering speed will see significant improvement. Read More

Palm Pre will be in Short Supply Only 200K in Q3 2009

Yesterday, Sprint announced that it would release the much-awaited Palm Pre on June 6th for $199. And today, company’s CEO Dan Hesse said at an investor conference that the Pre would be in short supply initially. He said:
“We don’t intend to advertise it heavily early on because we think we are going to have shortage for a while. We won’t be able to keep up with demand for the device in the early period of time.”
Now unwiredview.com is reporting that Palm will only have 200,000 Pre units for whole of Q3 including launch. Read More

LTE Networks to See Faster Growth Rate than Any Previous Mobile Standard

Most mobile networks are now moving toward 4G-network technology and LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the most widely supported 4G-network standard. Pyramid Research estimates that LTE adoption will grow at 404 percent from 2010 to 2014, a pace faster than any previous mobile standard including 3G (HSPA/UMTS). Read More

Pentax K-7 Digital SLR now Official

Pentax today officially announced the new mid level digital SLR K-7 that will compete with Canon 50D and Nikon D300. The K-7 will have 14.6-megapixel CMOS sensor, magnesium alloy body, 5.2 fps continuous shooting mode, 11-point autofocus, 720p video recording and 3-inch LCD screen. Pentax claims that the body of K-7 is smaller than any other camera in its class and the optical viewfinder has nearly 100 percent field of view. Read More

iPhone to get 32GB Storage, 3.2-Megapixel Camera and OLED Touchscreen

AppleiPhoneapps.com is reporting that a source close to Apple’s hardware development team has provided them with detailed information on the specs and release date of the next generation iPhone. The website adds that they can neither confirm nor deny the rumors, but it checked the credentials of the source to the best of their ability. The next generation iPhone will double the storage capacity to 16GB and 32GB from 8GB and 16GB on present generation iPhone. The new iPhone will get 3.2-megapixel camera that will take much better and clearer pictures. Read More

Palm Pre to Ship on June 6th for $199 After Rebate

Sprint today announced pricing and availability for the highly anticipated Palm Pre Phone. The Pre will go on sale from June 6th for $199.99 with two-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate. Palm Pre will be available via Sprint stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, select Wal-Mart stores and online at Sprint.com. Read More

Review Roundup: Apple iMac (2009)

Apple updated their iMac all-in-one desktop lineup in March 2009 with faster processors and better graphics engine. Apple also made the iMac more affordable by lowering the price of 20-inch model to $1,199 and 24-inch model to $1,499. The new iMacs are faster and more energy efficient than previous generation. Most reviewers agree that new iMacs feature significant changes that result in performance boost. Below are the links to five best online reviews we found for the new iMac. Read More

Sony Debuts three New Entry-Level Digital SLRs A230, A330 and A380

Sony has added three new digital SLRs to its camera lineup. Sony Alpha A230, A330 and A380 will replace previous generation A200, A300 and A350 respectively. The A230 and A330 will have 10-megapixel sensor, whereas the A380 will have 14-megapixel sensor. Read More

Dell: Windows 7 Pricing Could Slowdown Adoption Rate

Dell is worried that Windows 7 adoption rate would be slower because of pricing, even though the beta OS is receiving good reviews.
“If there’s one thing that may influence adoption, make things slower or cause customers to pause, it’s that generally the ASPs (average selling price) of the operating systems are higher than they were for Vista and XP,” said Darrel Ward, director of product management, Dell business client product group. Read More

AT&T Claims Lead in Smartphones and Integrated Devices Market

AT&T today announced that twice as many smartphone users have chosen AT&T over any other US carrier. AT&T said that combination of nation’s fastest 3G network and nearly 20,000 US WiFi hotspots with leading lineup of iconic devices like BlackBerry Bold and Nokia E71x helped the company grow. Read More

Microsoft Positioning Zune HD as The Portable Media Player to Beat

Microsoft’s Zune effort has been a failure when compared to iPod, however, Microsoft is preparing to again challenge Apple with their rumored Zune HD portable media player. Latest rumors suggest that the Zune HD will be designed to take on Sony PSP, Nintendo DS and iPod touch. It will be a bridge between Microsoft’s Zune and Xbox platforms. Though all the information above sounds very interesting, what would Microsoft really need in its magical device to truly compete with iPod touch. Read More

Apple Rumors: New iPhone as Project Charlie in Best Buy Inventory System, and Camera on Next Gen iPod touch and nano

Phone Arena has posted an image of Best Buy’s inventory system showing three new AT&T phones with codename “Project Charlie". According to the website, the three new SKUs could possibly be new version of iPhone that Apple will announce in June. In other Apple rumor, Hardmac is reporting that future iPhone models will have exactly same shape and size, and Apple will refresh iPod nano and touch in September. Read More

Intel Reveals Details About Larrabee Graphics Processor

At the opening of Saarland University’s Visual Computing Institute, Intel revealed few details about its upcoming Larrabee graphics processor. Larrabee will use 32 x86 processor cores, each of these cores will have its own vector math unit allowing them to process very specialized tasks very efficiently. The design of the new Larrabee graphics processor will also have a pool of cache and memory interface on their edges for giving faster access to the system. Read More

Microsoft: Windows Mobile 6.5 Team Lacked Time to Polish The UI

Windows Mobile development team has admitted that they lacked time to completely polish the UI of upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5. The developer team sat for a roundtable conference at TechEd 2009 (video above) and talked about various parts of the smartphone OS like Widgets, applications development and lack of Silverlight support. Read More and Watch Video

Netbooks Saw 30 Percent Return Rate Last Year

Intel’s marketing chief Sean Maloney said at the Intel Investor meeting that some netbook resellers saw 30 percent return rate. He said the return rate was high because retail stores were selling netbooks as notebooks.
“In the first period – June, July, August of last year – there were some in the retail channels that were shipping (netbooks) as notebooks,” Sean Maloney said. Read More

Microsoft’s Zune Pass Financial Planner – Is it This Simple?

Microsoft has posted a new video called “Financial Planner: iTunes Costs A Lot, Zune Pass A Little”. Watching the video made me think, have I been spending too much by buying songs from iTunes? So I calculated the total cost of all the songs I own, and some of the songs in my library are from 1980’s when I was a small kid. The total number of songs that I have in my iTunes library is 2,348. If we calculate based on $1 price for each song the total will be $2,348 – the amount of money I spend in past 20 years on songs. Read More and Watch Video

Analyst: Android to Grow Faster Than iPhone, will it Matter?

Strategy Analytics has estimated that Android based devices will grow 900 percent in 2009. The growth will be much faster than the iPhone that will grow at 79 percent to about 23.8 million units this year. Strategy Analytics director Neil Mawstow said, “Android is now in a good position to become a top-tier player in smartphones over the next two to three years.” Read More

Amazon Offering 50% or More Discount on Various Headphones

Amazon is now offering 50 percent or more discount on various top brand earphones / headphones. Most headphones have more than 50 percent discount like JBuds J2 for $29.95. Read More

Intel’s New Xeon Processors Outperforms AMD Opteron lineup

Intel’s desktop and laptop processor lineup has been kicking AMD’s butt for past two to three years, but on the server-side AMD has been holding it own against the Xeon processors from Intel. However, Intel recently introduced their new Nehalem based Xeon processors claiming that the slowest new Xeon processor is faster than the fastest AMD Opteron processor. AMD on the other hand says that it still has better performance-per-dollar value. AMD also claimed that they have the world’s most power efficient server chips. So is AMD still a good option for servers? Read More