Dell announced the industry’s first convertible tablet with multi-touch capabilities on the award-winning Dell Latitude XT. Customers can download the easy-to-install multi-touch module at www.support.dell.com starting today.

The company is also expanding its solid state drive (SSD) leadership with availability of a 128 GB drive and said it will announce its next generation Latitude laptops in the coming weeks.

“We introduced the Latitude XT as a revolutionary product in the tablet space,” …

Yesterday launch of the iPhone 3G demonstrated that Apple didn’t anticipate how big this second coming would be and that if the first version became a sensational hit, this next version will be even bigger than Apple itself.

This is the first time in mobile history that an upgrade of any cell phone resulted in an instant megahit worldwide and even Nokia hasn’t enjoyed the same level of costumers commitment with …

Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO announced today their intent to unite Symbian OS(TM), S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform. Together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone they plan to establish the Symbian Foundation to extend the appeal of this unified software platform. Membership of this non-profit Foundation will be open to all organizations. This initiative is …

Nokia today announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share. The net cash outlay from Nokia to purchase the approximately 52% of Symbian Limited shares it does not already own will be approximately EUR 264 million.

Nokia has received irrevocable undertakings from Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications …

Apple announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com). iTunes is the number one music retailer in the US* and features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs. Also, iTunes customers are now renting and purchasing over 50,000 movies every day, making iTunes the world’s most popular online movie store.

iTunes features movies from all of the major movie studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney …

Sprint marketing strategy is going out for the features missing in the iPhone providing a realtime comparison between the iPhone and the new Samsung Instinct, you wouldn’t expect the iphone to beat the Instinct on its own comparison. They are comparing the Instinct with features that the iPhone lacks.

Faster Internet
Of course the iPhone is beaten down with this Sprint comparison, Sprint doesn’t provide any information regarding what kind of net connection are they using in both phone. …

The Glide OS today Glide adds support for Gmail and integrates Glide’s advanced security and file sharing features.

“The Glide OS greatly increases the compatibility, integration and security of your favorite devices and applications,” said TransMedia Chairman and CEO, Donald Leka. “We are pleased to not only add support for Gmail but to make the Gmail experience better for consumers and businesses by incorporating Glide’s advanced security and file sharing features,” said
Mr. Leka.

Consolidate and Add Powerful Sharing and …

Motorola, Inc. today announced that its Multi-Net Mobility™ solution can now be configured and managed remotely over a wireless data network and now allows wireless devices to access a virtual private network and back-office applications from “hot spots” outside a vehicle.

Motorola Multi-Net Mobility, based on the standard Mobile IP protocol, provides end-to-end data encryption for text, image and video applications while operating across a variety of public and private networks, including Motorola’s MOTOMESH™, ASTRO® 25 Integrated Voice …

Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), today announced the expansion of its flagship Qosmio brand with three unique laptops, the Qosmio G55, Qosmio X305 and Qosmio F55. These new laptops are specifically designed for users who enjoy gaming, multimedia and advanced mobility technology.

“The Qosmio has long been the standard of excellence in the multimedia laptop space, in both styling and entertainment capabilities,” said Jeff Barney, vice president and general manager, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. …

Robert Bosch GmbH and the Korean company Samsung SDI have decided to set up a joint venture to develop, manufacture, and sell lithium-ion batteries. It is planned that the joint venture, which is to be named “SB LiMotive Co. Ltd” and to be headquartered in Korea, will start operations in September 2008. The shareholding of Robert Bosch GmbH will be 50 percent and that of Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. 50 percent – both companies will be equally …

Microsoft Corp. today announced the acquisition of Navic Networks, a leading provider of television advertising solutions. Navic’s technologies include sophisticated campaign management tools that use relevant data to optimize the delivery and placement of targeted interactive television media and through Admira provide a unified ad network for targeting audiences across television advertising inventory. With the addition of Navic solutions, Microsoft’s comprehensive advertising platform will be able to facilitate enhanced digital advertising across online and offline environments.

“Television media represents the largest …

MSI unveils its latest N200 series graphics card. Utilizing the highest built-in multi-cores enhanced graphics processors in the history, N280GTX-T2D1G has 240 processor cores with 1GB graphics memory and N260GTX-T2D896 has 192 processor cores and 896MB graphics memory. Beyond the field of play, the MSI N200GTX series seamlessly shifts intense processing tasks from the CPU to the GPU, like transcoding video to a personal video player which is 7x faster than the CPU.

Prior generation GPUs have delivered …

Sierra Wireless today announced two new additions to the company’s embedded module product line – the MC8790 and MC8790V embedded modules for HSPA networks. The Sierra Wireless MC8790 and MC8790V HSPA modules will offer a more cost-effective solution for OEM customers, while still providing the extensive feature set and high-end functionality that Sierra Wireless customers have come to expect from the company’s embedded modules.

The MC8790 is designed for OEMs integrating mobile broadband capabilities into notebook computers, fixed …

Gameloft announced today the launch of its best selling brick-breaking game, Block Breaker Deluxe for WiiWare, Nintendo’s new downloadable games service for Wii. Block Breaker Deluxe is available now for 800 Wii Points.

Block Breaker Deluxe is vastly enhanced and redone for WiiWare. This title is created to complement the Wii Remote, a motion sensing
controller which allows the player to interact with the screen.

Block Breaker Deluxe is the best selling brick-breaking game, over 8 million copies sold, that …

NAVTEQ has collaborated with Radio Shack Mexico, a consumer electronics specialty retailer of wireless communications and electronic parts, to provide GPS Zones in ten retail stores in Mexico City and the surrounding area with the potential for continued expansion before the end of 2008.

“NAVTEQ is pleased to be engage in this mutually beneficial relationship with Radio Shack as we execute our shared vision to develop the Portable Navigation space as we have done with channel partners in …