A new Samsung Galaxy device will be unveiled in London on 3 May, the company has announced, sparking hopes that it could be the company’s successor to the popular SII mobile phone.Samsung refused to confirm, however, whether the announcement related to a much anticipated forthcoming phone or to a range of new devices.The launch at London’s Earl’s Court will, nonetheless, be the closest Google’s Android operating system comes to an event on the scale of an Apple launch.The expectation is that the evening event will at least include the successor to the popular SII phone, although the name [...]

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Windows 8′s key differences Windows 8 has been shown off for developers at the Microsoft conference Build – and although the version is not complete, there are some key differences that we can pluck out from its popular predecessor. Windows 7 was a big hit for Microsoft, following on from the troublesome Windows Vista and reminding people that the Redmond giant was not quite ready to hang up its code just yet. And Windows 8 will now try to build on that and show that Windows can work on anything from tablets to televisions, and still dominate on laptops and desktops. Hands on: Windows [...]

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Engadget has posted the photos of Apple multitouch trackpad the peripheral which is expected to be announced today on 7 June at WWDC 2010 by Apple. The multitouch trackpad is a finger based input device which will be capable to connect to desktops, laptops and other devices through Bluetooth. Further engadget is also claiming that Apple’s multitouch trackpad has features like Macbook Pro’s trackpad and Magic mouse features and includes support for handwriting recognition. See all photos of leaked multitouch trackpad on the source.

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With the release of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, we saw the next version of the OS,  S60v5 SymbianOS 9.4 which has opened gates to lots of innovative mobile apps and games. It’s main feature is the touch support, and powers all the new touch-screen phones from Nokia. Not many applications are available for S60 v5, so I compiled a list of popular apps that you can use with your Nokia 5800. Nokia Handwriting Calculator Handwriting Calculator is a showcase of Nokia’s new handwriting recognition technology. It allows you to calculate handwritten math expressions with a touch-screen Nokia device [...]

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More details on the much-vaunted Microsoft Courier have arrived, with firm rumours that it is a Tegra 2 powered dual-screen device running Windows CE 6. Engadget has got hold of the details from a ‘trusted source’ but with new pictures of the user interface that follow on from the Gizmodo video leaked last year, it’s certainly credible. Apparently the Courier ‘digital journal’ will be under an inch thick, weigh in at less than a kilo and is around 130 x 180mm. Tegra 2 Interestingly, the device will be powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 2 processor and will sport Windows [...]

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Nokia India has announced the launch of its first series 40 touch-input device Nokia 6208 Classic. The Nokia 6208 Classic, priced at Rs. 13,259, features a pen input along with an alphanumeric keypad and handwriting recognition features. It also features a 2.4-inch QVGA display, 3.2 mega-pixel camera with dual LED flash, Stereo MP3 player and FM radio, 64 MB internal user memory (13 MB free) and a 5-way navi-key.Vineet Taneja, Marketing Director, Nokia India said, “We are extremely excited to launch the Nokia 6208 Classic truly designed for convenience. This is our first series 40 touch input [...]

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