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Palm has just announced that its smartphone sales for 2010 are likely to fall short of the projected targets. Palm has been under severe pressure since last year and has not been able to withstand the growing competition posed by Blackberry and iPhone. Similarly, webOS which was touted by Palm to be a game changing mobile operating system has rather fallen flat at its back when compared to iPhone [...]

Image by John Biehler via Flickr The LG GW620 InTouch Max marks LG’s foray into launching handsets running on Google’s Android platform. By all means, it’s an entry level phone and especially suited to consumers who have a tight budget to buy a smartphone. The InTouch Max is amazingly small and probably the smallest Android based QWERTY slider phone worldwide. It has a slide out keyboard, [...]

Image by Gadget_Guru via Flickr A smart hack from 3 good men – Mike Kershaw (Kismet), Mike Baker (OpenWRT) and Chris Paget (TomBom Blogger) has just revealed that in future, you might be able to hook up a USB flash drive, printer or even a video camera to your Motorola Droid phone. The concept is simple – design a micro-dongle and connector cable for your Motorola Droid phone. Since [...]

Image by biblicone via Flickr The red carpet has been rolled out for HTC’s most anticipated launch of 2010 – The HTC Incredible. Though there is no official word on the Verizon HTC Incredible Release Date, the blogosphere is rife with leaked pictures and rumored specs. The HTC Incredible runs Android 2.1 with HTC Sense on a Snapdragon CPU. It might feature a 3.5-3.7” WVGA screen and 256 [...]

The red carpet has been rolled out by Mplayit to announce the top mobile games in its collection. Mplayit is the maker of the immensely popular Mobile App Catalog that powers Facebook and lets users recommend and rate its games and apps through Twitter and Facebook. Though an official report with the list of winners is expected later, the winners include Tetris, The Sims 3, Wheel of Fortune, Tap Tap [...]

Image via Wikipedia There’s no shortage of internet websites claiming access to the new Archos 7 Tablet specifications. These specs were first spilled out on the product listing page of a UK online retailer and have subsequently spread like fire on the internet. I’d hardly be surprised if this is an intentional leak to spread the word on Archos 7 and take on the likes of recently launched [...]

Image by ToastyKen via Flickr After categorically denying any involvement in the recent cyber attacks on Google, China has signalled its intent to improve its deteriorating relations with Google. In a recent press release, China has indicated that it would welcome Google Android without any restrictions. Google had postponed its smartphone launch in China after its announcement that it would [...]

The title says it all. However, is this so? During Apple’s Q4 earnings call today, someone asked what does Apple think about its increasing competition. The answer was at least bold. “They’re still catching up with the first iPhone.” – Tim Cook, Apple’s COO. There are a lot of Android phones coming out and it looks like Apple has a very clear stance. They think the new smartphones are behind [...]

If you have heard the buzz, Motorola is rumored to work on an unannounced smartphone. This interesting device should come out somewhere between late October and early December. Specs include a very potent OMAP3430 processor, which is, I might add, very powerful! Other features are a 5 megapixel camera (a very good choice), a slideout QWERTY keyboard , and, of course, the stylish touchscreen. The new [...]

Google and Verizon Wireless stated that their recent Android partnership will start showing some results in a few weeks. It also looks like the wireless carrier’s cellphones will run Google Voice. This really differentiates then from the iPhone. And these aren’t just words. According to Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless’s chief executive, the first two phones running Android will be ready this [...]