As you already know, Apple will launch the iPad in March 2010.

The iPad models will cost USD499 (16GB), USD599 (32GB) and USD699 (64GB).  Below are the key features: Read the rest of this entry »

Kindle isn’t just for Kindle readers anymore. Amazon has already released a Kindle app for the iPhone, and at the Windows 7 launch event Thursday, the online retailer announced that Kindle software for Windows 7 (as well as Vista and XP) will be released in the next month — and a version for Mac will soon follow.

Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung will roll out a mobile phone based on the Google Android operating system by the second quarter of 2009, according to a report from Korean news agency ETNews. While details are sketchy, Samsung will reportedly release the phone via cellular carriers Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile.

The phone will likely be a touchscreen model similar to Samsung’s Instinct and Omnia handsets, both of which more closely resemble the Apple iPhone than HTC’s less sleek T-Mobile G1, currently the only Google Android phone on the market. Samsung’s device will provide all the Google essentials we’d expect, include search, mapping, mail, and instant messaging, the report states, but it’s a safe bet that other Google tools will be added as well.

Read the rest of this entry »

Both wireless carriers and software developers are already holding devices with the new Palm “Nova” OS, Palm chief executive Ed Colligan revealed in a financial earnings conference call yesterday.

Speaking with financial analysts, Colligan aggressively promoted the new Nova platform, saying that it would play a major role in returning the company to profitability in fiscal 2010.

Read the rest of this entry »

In a bid to steal the spotlight from Apple’s new iPod lineup, Microsoft has just launched free software to convert every Zune player in the company’s current product lineup — including a new device with 120GB of storage capacity — into a wireless-savvy music machine.

During Zune’s initial design, Microsoft engineers created a platform that can be updated through the release of software upgrades, noted Brian Seitz, Microsoft’s group marketing manager for Zune.

Read the rest of this entry »

Later this year, Asustek will offer a version of its Eee PC mini-laptops with built-in 3G (third generation mobile telecommunications) to compete with rivals that are doing the same, a company representative said.

The devices could be out as early as the end of September in Europe. Read the rest of this entry »