Nikon Coolpix P300 with 12-Megapixel Back-Illuminated CMOS Sensor

Nikon announced the new COOLPIX P300, Nikon’s first compact digital camera to feature a super-fast Wide-Angle 4.2x Zoom-NIKKOR glass lens (24mm-100mm, 35mm equivalent) with a maximum aperture F/1.8 for capturing stunning, tack-sharp images and Full HD (1080p) video in a variety of lighting conditions.
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Fujifilm FinePix X100 Semi-Pro Camera Ships in March Priced $1,199

Fujifilm today announced the U.S. debut of its FinePix X100 premium digital camera which will begin shipping in March. According to Fujifilm the camera was developed to appeal to professional and advanced amateur photographers with highest quality images through a high-performance, beautifully crafted compact digital camera. FinePix X100 combines modern technology with a traditional camera design to deliver the ultimate in image quality.
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TI OMAP 5 Chipset Brings ARM Cortex A15 MPCore Processor

Texas Instruments (TI) announced today the next generation of its popular OMAP family: the OMAP 5 mobile applications platform based on ARM Cortex A15 MPCore. According to TI, the 28 nanometer OMAP 5 processor offers up to 3x processing performance and five-fold 3D graphics improvement, consuming nearly 60% less power than OMAP 4 platform.
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Canon Introduces Two New Entry-Level DSLRs Rebel T3i and T3

Canon today announced the new EOS Rebel T3i and EOS Rebel T3 DSLR cameras. Complementing Rebel T2i DSLR, The new Rebel T3i, Canon’s new flagship Rebel, offers fun and easy-to-use features for beginning photographers, and the EOS Rebel T3 provides a more attractively priced option for those looking to experience the pleasure of shooting with a DSLR.
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Review Roundup: Apple iPhone 4 (Verizon)

Verizon iPhone has been the most rumored gadget ever. Since the original iPhone was released in 2007 on AT&T, rumors about a CDMA model for Verizon have been going around. And if pre-orders are any indication it’s also the most wanted smartphone on Verizon right now. Hardware-wise the Verizon iPhone 4 is similar to the original iPhone 4 released in summer of 2010, except for CDMA antenna replacing the GSM antenna. Verizon iPhone 4 will come in 16GB model priced $199 and 32GB model priced $299 with a two-year contract starting on February 10th.
Below we have added links to 10 best Verizon iPhone 4 reviews available online:
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More iPad 2 Rumors

With iPad 2 launch closing in more and more iPad rumors are circulating around the blogosphere. Japanese blog Macotakara posted today that Apple is planning a special event at end of this month for iPad 2 launch. The next gen iPad will be announced in February end, but will ship in March because of Chinese New Year holidays till February 17, which would affect production of the new iPad. Macotakara also posted an image of iPad front glass that Apple will use on iPad 2.
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Verizon iPhone 4 Pre-Orders End in Less Than 18 Hours with Record Sales

Verizon started taking pre-orders of iPhone 4 at 3 AM on Feb 3rd and stopped taking orders at 8:10 PM on the same day, after seeing the most successful first day sales in the history of the company. Verizon sold off the initial pre-order stock of iPhone 4 in less than 18 hours and the iPhone was only available to current Verizon customers. The general market launch of the iPhone 4 on the Verizon Wireless network will occur on Feb. 10, when the phone will be available to non-Verizon customers also.
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iPad 2 Announcement Next Week and Display Specs/Images Leaked

MacNotes is reporting that they have heard from one manufacturer of iPad accessories “Apple is planning on holding an event next week.” The website further adds that at this event, which will be for iOS 4.3 launch Apple will announce the iPad 2 as a “One more thing”. The specifications of iPad 2 provided by MacNotes are same as other rumors with A5 processor, iPod touch like design and an additional mini DisplayPort for direct video output.
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Google Officially Introduces Android 3.0 and Updates Android Market with In-App Billing

At yesterday’s Android event, Google made Android 3.0 of public and introduced some new features for Android Market. As we all know by now, Android 3.0 OS codenamed Honeycomb is focused on tablets and will bring feature like better scaling of Apps, higher resolution screen support and applications aimed specifically at tablet computing. Google demoed the new OS and some of its features at the event and you can check it out in the video below.
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News Corp. Introduces The Daily for iPad

Today Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of News Corporation, unveiled The Daily -- the industry's first national daily news publication created from the ground up for iPad.
"New times demand new journalism," said Mr. Murdoch. "So we built The Daily completely from scratch -- on the most innovative device to come about in my time -- the iPad."
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Flash vs. H.264: Flash Playback Decreases Battery Life by 26 Percent

With MacBook Air launch in October 2010, Apple stopped adding Flash as default to Mac OS X. User can still download, install and run Flash, but they have to get it from Adobe’s website. When questioned about this omission Apple simply said they want users to have the latest Flash update and it’s easier to get it directly from Adobe. However, Ars Technica found out in their MacBook Air review that Apple might have more reasons to keep Flash out.
This gave us an idea why not compare power usage for running Flash and HTML5 on a MacBook Air. As displaying Flash or HTML5 ads continuously for testing can be a problem we decided to run the test using video. We used the same Apple MacBook Air October event video, which is available in Flash on YouTube and in HTML5 (H.264 streaming) on Apple’s website to run the battery life tests.
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Analyst: iPad to Get 1.2GHz Dual-core Cortex A9 Chip

It like a fact now next generation iPad will get dual-core processor, and according to Ming-Chi Kuo of Concord Securities that ARM Cortex-A9 processor will run at 1.2GHz. Ming believes the new processor will bring performance on par with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon and NVIDIA’s upcoming Tegra 2 3D chips.
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5 Best Smartphones

Though smartphones have been on the market for almost a decade, but the actually smartphone race started in 2007 when Apple introduced the iconic iPhone. Since 2007 number of smartphone models available on market and smartphone adoption rate has gone up by 10 times. There are hundreds of smartphones available on the market, but the list below includes cream of the crop – The 5 best smartphone available today:
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MacBook Pro and iMac Updates Imminent

Supplies of current MacBook Pro models are running low in Apple stores and third party retailers. Several sources have told MacRumors that MacBook Pro models specially 15-inch and 17-inch have a long wait time and one major retail chain has notified its branches that it won’t be able to fulfill replenishment orders for current MacBook Pro lineup. Also Amazon is showing 1-2 months wait time for 17-inch MacBook Pro model. The limited supply is a clear indication Apple is preparing to update the MacBook Pro models.
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Google Releases Android 3.0 Platform Preview

Google today released preview of the Android 3.0 SDK, with non-final APIs and system image, to allow developers to start testing their applications on tablets. Android 3.0 has new “holographics” UI theme and an interaction model that builds on multitasking, notifications, widgets and other Android features. Here are some of the Android 3.0 highlights:
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5 Best Interchangeable Lens Cameras for Prosumers

With advancements in sensor technology and decrease in camera prices many good interchangeable lens cameras are now available below $1,000. Here’s the list of 5 best cameras for prosumers priced below $1,000 that offer almost perfect combination of performance, price and size. As always the list below is not ranked and is a reflection of what we think are the best cameras available on the market for prosumers.
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Apple Lines up Component Suppliers for iPhone 5 Summer Launch

According to reports from Asia, Apple has started signing contracts with component suppliers for iPhone 5. Apple will be adding new component suppliers like Foxconn Electronics, Foxlink, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), Epistar and Qualcomm to meet the ever-increasing iPhone demand. Digitimes says that Apple will use these component suppliers for iPhone 5, which will be launched this summer.
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More iPad 2 News and New Features in Upcoming iOS

There is a raging war going on the blogosphere about the iPad 2 screen resolution. Some believe that next generation iPad will come with ultra-high resolution (2048 x 1535) screen, while others believe that iPad 2 will have the same screen resolution as the current model. Even though these people might not agree on iPad 2 screen resolution rumors they have started agreeing on some of the features iPad to will have.
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Apple Working on iPad 2, iPhone 5 and Apple TV Update Featuring New A5 Processor

Now that Verizon iPhone is out of the way, rumors about next generation iOS products have started flooding. Over the weekend many blogs posted rumors about upcoming iPad 2, iPhone 5 and Apple TV updates. Engadget started the rumor cycle with news about all three products. And then various blogs followed with information about upcoming iOS devices. So here is the sum of what various blogs reported about upcoming iOS devices over the weekend.
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Leaked Images Show HP’s Upcoming webOS Tablets

Engadget has posted images of upcoming HP tablets based on webOS. According to a trusted Engadget tipster HP will have two webOS based tablets codenamed Topaz and Opal. Topaz will have 9-inch screen, whereas Opal will have 7-inch screen and focus on e-reading. Engadget posted:
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