Some pictures of the latest smartphone from Finnish mobile phone maker: the Nokia N79 phone, which may be a true response to iPhone's thread. More details by Engadget: The N97 packs a 3.5-inch, 640 x 360 pixel (that's a 16:9 aspect ratio) resistive touchscreen display with tactile feedback and QWERTY keyboard into this sliding communicator with an "always open" window to favorite internet or social networking sites. Nokia calls it the "world's most advanced mobile computer." To back up the claim ...

It was discovered that Apple's new MacBook and MacBook Pro takes a huge hit in performance when users remove battery running the notebooks off AC power. While Gearlog's Zach Honig benchmarked a 2.53 GHz MacBook Pro using a multiprocessor test called Cinebench R10 with third-party RAM, he noticed an usual 37% plunge in processing power. It turned out RAM was not the cause but the battery he had removed before. Re-benchmarking, the MacBook Pro showed a score of 5,549 with battery, ...

HP launched its multitouch-capable TouchSmart tx2 yesterday hailing it the world's first multitouch consumer notebook. TouchSmart tx2 boasts a 12.1-inch swivel display (LED-backlit), 3GB DDR2 RAM, an AMD Turion X2 dual-core processor, a bezel-mounted fingerprint reader, integrated webcam with microphone, Bluetooth / WiFi, stereo speakers, a 5-in-1 multicard reader and a LightScribe SuperMulti DVD burner. The notebook comes loaded with Vista Home Premium OS and HP's own MediaSmart 2.0 software. It weighs around 5 lbs and sells for $1149 currently. Here are ...

Here are some pictures of another iPhone killer: the much-anticipated BlackBerry Storm, RIM's first touch-screen smart phone, which set to be released Friday through Verizon Wireless. [caption id="attachment_76" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="BlackBerry Storm: Front and back sides"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_78" align="aligncenter" width="403" caption="BlackBerry Storm: Landscape views"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_79" align="aligncenter" width="453" caption="BlackBerry Storm: Message & E-mail"][/caption]

Though the PSP has long been hacked traditional methods of obtaining kernel access did not work on the PSP 3000, preventing fans from using pirated UMDs. The new console, therefore, was once considered "unhackable." The (hacking) story did not end there however as yesterday Datel released a new battery peripheral called the Datel's Lite Blue Tool which can boot the Sony PSP 3000 into service mode and allow downgrading to an earlier version where cracked firmware is possible. In response, Sony promptly ...

Spending less than $30 user now can change skins for their lovely iPhone. Here are some stunning samples from "Noel Collection" offered by More-Thing.com.