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Veptu: Vertu Wannabe


If you think that knock-offs are limited to mainstream units only, you’re sadly mistaken. Veptu, a Chinese company, is taking a bite out of, not only Vertu’s design book, but a piece of their market as well.

With various handsets emulating the luxury line of Nokia, this Chinese upstart offers opulence at a more enticing price. […]

Free your Phone with SIMable


Remember the time when you got the latest mobile phone as a present only to find out later on that it was locked to a particular network and you couldn’t use it with just any SIM? Yeah, there are those who do unlocking services for a fee sprouting in almost every corner of the metro, […]

Blackberry Flipping Soon


Codenamed Kickstart, RIM plans to introduce this new Blackberry (hopefully) within the year. Thanks to Boy Genius Reports for the spy shots of what could be the first clamshell to come from the company.

HTC shows off its Diamond


HTC has finally unveiled to the public its latest mobile device, the Touch Diamond. It’s the latest addition to their Touch Phone line which is composed of the Touch, Touch Dual and Touch Cruise.

It looks like a simplified Touch Cruise that’s a bit more angular. It comes in a sleek black finish with a large, […]

Lenovo U110: A Mix of Power and Style


The fashionable Lenovo U110 IdeaPad is now available in the US with a starting price of $ 1899.00. This new ultra-portable was awarded Best in the Computer and Hardware by CNet in CES 2008 held earlier this year.

Blackberry 9000: Sleek, but still No Touchscreen


RIM Technology is expected to release this month their latest mobile device, the Blackberry 9000. Though it features a sexy new body, a spanking new user-interface and 3G capabilities, gadget-junkies are left wondering why they haven’t joined the whole touch screen bandwagon.

Mike Lazaridis, RIM’s co-chief executive, probably answers it best, “I couldn’t type on it and […]

H1 reborn as an Affordable Ultra-Portable


Obviously feeling the effects of the success of the Eee PC, Blue has decided to join the bandwagon and launch their H1 laptop anew in a more consumer-friendly package.

The reborn Deep Blue H1 carries a familiar ultra-portable design that features a 1.0 GHz Via Esther processor, 1 GB DDR2 RAM, 40 GB HDD, Wi-Fi and […]

Fujitsu goes Apple-Old-School


Hands down, Apple is probably the most popular all-in-one desktop computer manufacturer to date, but that doesn’t mean other PC manufacturers won’t try to steal some of the thunder from Steve Job’s empire. Unfortunately, the competition isn’t reaping much of a success in their endeavor.

Now comes the F-A50. Probably trying to pull one out of Apple’s […]

Samsung’s Shiny, New Portable Players


Catering to those who love shiny little things, Samsung has unveiled their new portable digital players: S2 ‘Pebble’ DAP and the S3 PMP.

The S2 ‘Pebble’ is a straight forward compact mp3 player that comes with 1 GB of storage and is available in a variety of colors. Obviously in the same division as Apple’s iPod Shuffle, this diminuitive […]