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The iPad Is Out!

The iPad is out and it has, as expected, begun capturing people all around the world. Apple announced that they sold over 300,000 iPads on the first day itself, including deliveries of pre-ordered iPads, deliveries to channel partners and sales at Apple retail stores. Apple also announced that users downloaded over one million applications and 250,000 ebooks on the first day itself. Clearly, by designing a great product and simplifying the user experience, Apple has given people something to...

Garmin-Asus Nuvifone M10 Launched in India

Garmin-Asus, an alliance between Garmin Ltd. and ASUSTeK Computer Inc., have launched the nüvifone M10 in India. Priced at Rs. 19,990, the M10 combines Garmin's expertise at navigation with the enterprise friendly Windows Mobile platform, thus providing great navigation along with a seamlessly connected experience. The nüvifone M10 has a 3.5 inch TFT resistive touch screen, runs Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Professional, and is powered by a 600 Mhz Qualcomm processor. It has 512 MB RAM, 4GB of...

Samsung 5620 Monte Launched in India

Samsung has launched the 5620 Monte, a new touch screen phone, in India. This phone, priced at Rs. 8,850, makes features ofsmartphones more affordable. Among other features, this has enhanced social networking integration and comes loaded with Palringo, an instant messenger that supports Gtalk, ICQ, AIM and MSN. The 5620 has a 3 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. It has the TouchWiz interface, which has been developed by Samsung and is similar to the...

Mini Gold Nokia N97

Nokia didn't grace us with any new phone announcements this year at MWC, but is now all set to ship an N97 mini Gold Edition. Under the 18-karat gold plated exterior is the good old N97 mini. There's absolutely no difference, except cosmetically, between the two versions. The phone will include: * 3.2 inch TFT LCD with a 360 x 640 pixel resolution * 3G, EDGE/GPRS * GPS with A-GPS Support * Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0 * 5 megapixel camera * 8GB of on-board storage...

Serious Sam HD The First Encounter

Serious Sam: The First Encounter was originally released in 2001 by the now defunct publishers Gathering of Developers. The game was a runaway success due in part to its wicked sense of humor and partly due to developer’s fresh take on what had become a tired genre. This game was released in a time when a game’s engine seemed to matter more than the game itself. Serious Sam was intended to be a tech demo of Croteam’s Serious Engine technology and it was released at a relatively low...