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Fujifilm Japan has claimed a world’s first by creating a digital camera capable of converting a regular picture to a 3D image on the go. The camera, Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D System is still in its prototype stage and is expected to be commercially available somewhere in next year. The camera actually has two lenses [...]

 
LG Electronics has been running around and claiming KC910 aka Renoir as world’s first 8-megapixel touch screen phone which makes me think that their marketing department is completely unaware of their competitor’s development. Anyways with the launch of Renoir, LG will be right up on the 8-megapixel phone charts. The camera feature set is outstanding. [...]

Toshiba has joined the league with Samsung to launch their own 2.5-inch 256GB SSD (THNS256GE8BC). As with Samsung, Toshiba’s SSDs are also Multi-level Cell (MLC) technology based and support SATA II interface. However, being developed with the same technology, SSDs from Toshiba have a read/write speed of 120/70 Mbps which is slower than Samsung SSDs [...]

 
The world is going to see a surge in the availability of 8-megapixel phones soon. Samsung without any hoopla launched M880 Pixon, their second 8-megapixel phone. This time Samsung decided to ride the phone on its native TouchWiz UI with lots of features to please the photography enthusiasts. The Pixon has a 3.2-inch touch screen [...]

 
Casio Computers from Japan announced that they have successfully created a prototype of a 2-inch QHDVGA capable of producing resolution of up to 960 x 540 pixels. The quarter high-definition (QHD) screen has been made with company’s own technology known as Hyper-Amorphous Silicon TFT (HAST) which allows to maintain a higher resolution as well as [...]

 
After being unveiled in Japan, it was time for US to get Buffalo’s speedy BD internal and external writers. The MediaStation 8X writers will sell in US from this month at prices of $350 for the internal one and $400 for external.

A day later, Sony also introduced their BWU-300S 8X Blu-Ray internal writer for the [...]

 
Toshiba already has the credit of making the world’s first 1.8-inch 240GB PATA Drive and here is another feat which is also the world’s first. Toshiba has created its third generation 1.8-inch SATA drive (MKxx29GSG) boasting storage space up to 250GB. A user will now be able to experience fast transfer speeds given the SATA [...]

 
The world knows the Jazz LCD TV better by the name of LG80. LG Electronics announced the 32-inch and 42-inch full HD Television sets which has some nice features on the audio front. First and foremost is its peculiar auto sliding speakers which automatically spurts out to make you hear the audio. Other things it [...]

 
I don’t know what made Airtel to team up with i-mate to bring JAMA 101 phone in India. JAMA 101 is a year old device which is finally making its way over here through an official channel. It will sell for Rs. 12,900 ($279)and Airtel users will be able to opt for a data [...]

 
The leak mania continues. Newest entrants in the league are LG’s Xenon and KC780 which have found their way out on the internet. Xenon is a QWERTY slider which is AT&T bound and has a 2.8-inch screen, Wi-Fi, 3 megapixel camera, GPS, Quad-band GSM and dual-band HSDPA.

 
On the other hand, KC780 details are pretty scarce [...]

 
Sony Ericsson in alliance with watchmaker Fossil have come up with a new range of Bluetooth watches to please the ladies. To suit different styles and occasions, MBW-200 watches have been segregated into three designs - Sparkling Allure, Contemporary Elegance and Evening Classic. Going into technicalities, the glass of the watch is a scratch resistant [...]

 
Leaking wild pictures of unreleased products seems like an act of the past as we are seeing leaks of the press materials of unreleased products. First it was Nokia’s E72 and E75, then T-Mobile G1 and now purportedly the press image of Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic which is rumored to be launched on October 2. Mobil [...]

 
Nokia’s Comes with Music service has got a new rival in the form of Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow Plus. Though SE has followed the footsteps of Nokia to launch a similar music download service, they have tried to improvise the service by adding new features. PlayNow Plus is being marketed as ‘all-you-can-eat’ service which will give [...]

 
Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of its flagship phone, Omnia (SGH-i900) for the Indian market. It is a high-end offering from Samsung which I don’t think will have many takers (just like the iPhone and N96). The internal memory of the phone is 8GB and 16GB but Samsung decided to jack up the space [...]

 
Sony announced the VAIO TT series notebook touting as the lightest Blu-Ray notebook (2.87 pounds) available in the market. The claim is true but only if you can afford the ask price which stands at $4345. In all, there are five different models to choose from - VGN-TT190EIN, VGN-TT190EIR, VGN-TT190EJX, VGN-TT190NIB and VGN-TT190UBX with the [...]