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Flat-screen TV Prices To Turn Flat This Holiday Season

LCD TV prices are turning flat for the holiday season due to overflowing supply of LCD TV panels, claims DisplaySearch.
According to the research firm, the price of flat-screen TVs will tumble down and will continue to fall for the rest of the year. At the end of September, prices will be 5% lower than the [...]

It’s Official: Apple Launches iPad In China

Hundreds of iPad fanatics lined up last Friday to Apple stores in China to get their fair share of the touch screen device they have long been waiting for.
 Last week, Apple started selling Wi-Fi ready iPads in its Beijing and Shanghai shops and its authorized retailers across China.
Analysts believed that the Chinese consumers will be [...]

Nokia Tries To Fit In With New Smartphones

 After Nokia’s last week announcement that Microsoft’s Business Division head Stephen Elop will replace Kallasvuo on September 20 as the company’s CEO, the Finish cellphone maker unveiled on Tuesday its latest line of smartphones, as it bids to go head to head with popular competitors such as Apple and Blackberry.
 Nokia’s newest range of smartphones, which [...]

No Free-For-All Apple Bumpers, No Consumer Reports Recommendation

Apple’s announcement that it will end its free for all “bumper” program starting September 30 made Consumer Reports not to recommend the controversial phone all the more.
On its electronic blog post on Monday, the magazine said it is unacceptable to let the users shoulder the cost to fix the problem brought about by a design [...]

Are The Netbooks Doomed?

It appears that PC manufacturers are too busy attempting to catch up with iPad’s success that they don’t talk about netbooks these days.
The cute gadget was at its market peak between October and December last year and according to Gartner, 10.5 million mini-notebooks have been shipped by PC makers within those months.
For the first quarter [...]

Sony Upgrades E-readers And Their Prices Too

Sony upgraded its line of e-readers last week, introducing touchscreen to its cheapest version but at the same time increased its price by nearly $30.
All of Sony’s three devices – The Daily Edition, Pocket and Touch – have been upgraded to become smaller and lighter but the main upgrades are more within their technological areas.
All [...]

Apple Brings Out New Apple TV and iPods

An upgraded Apple TV device, a new line of iPod, a social network for iTunes and an improved operating system for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad were introduced by the Apple CEO Steve Jobs during Apple’s much awaited product launch on Wednesday.
Apple TV, which Jobs called a “hobby” but failed to do well [...]

New Xbox 360 Controller Released

Starting this fall, Microsoft will be selling its new Xbox 360 wireless controller which features a directional-control pad (D-pad) that is adjustable.
Xbox Live programming director Larry Hryb announced through his blog Tuesday the release of the new controller.
In a video, Hryb demonstrates the dynamics of the adjustable D-pad. The director is also known as Major [...]

India Withholds BlackBerry Ban

India’s plan to ban BlackBerry services will be put on hold at the moment, pending a 60-day security test, according to the country’s home affairs department.
Research in Motion, BlackBerry maker, has been negotiating with the Indian government for weeks, discussing much access India should have to the encrypted e-mail and messaging services of RIM.
Earlier this [...]

Ford Plans To Introduce 8 New Models In The Indian Market

Ford Motor Co. revealed its plan to launch eight new vehicles in India by 2015 to address the fast-expanding car market’s increasing demand.
The Detroit auto maker’s executives announced the company’s plan to introduce India’s Figo small car to 50 new markets, including Mexico, North Africa and the Middle East, come next year.
Ford’s reestablished thrust into [...]


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