Will this be the rival of the Mintpad? Announced earlier this year, the SAFA Magic Study has been priced and launched. So far, the Magic Study will only be available in Korea, it’s aimed to help young students learn their lessons. In Korea, eDictionaries are quite popular. SAFA’s Magic Study, however, has taken a giant step in terms of form factor abandoning the clamshell design for the pocket-friendly box. The Magic Study has a 3.5-inch touchscreen which responds to a stylus. It... Read Full Story

Britain and France has ended their wireless exclusivity for the iPhone. The result is obvious and has been predicted by analysts, journalists and interested observers alike: the iPhone will sell like hotcakes. In France, three carriers offer the Apple iPhone which lead to the iPhone increasing its market share to 32% up from 21%. The U.K. has five carriers in all which can distribute the iPhone. But how would individual carriers cope in a market that wants the same phone from the. The answer ... Read Full Story

We’ve heard of iPhone worms in the past, but according to this latest report by the BBC, this is the first one that’s malicious and poses a serious threat to iPhone users. Similar to the Rick Astley iPhone worm (also referred to as ikeex) and iPhone/Privacy.A worm, this new iPhone virus works on the same principle and takes advantage of jailbroken iPhones with SSH installed on it. However, unlike those two, this one is more serious as it allows hackers to remotely access and control the iPho... Read Full Story

Shenzhen is getting serious on bringing the world mobile computing on the cheap. The latest Shenzhen laptop to break the under-$200 is the Phecda PHV102 netbook, using a VIA processor and running what looks like Windows XP. The 10.2-inch Phecda PHV102 closely resembles HP’s netbook offerings, though a little chubbier on the side. Full specs: CPU: 1.6GHz VIA C7-M Chipset: VIA VX855 RAM: 1GB DDR2 HDD: 160GB Display: 10.2”, 1024 x 600 resolution Battery: 3-cell 220mAh Weight: 1.2kg Ports:... Read Full Story

The most hitly anticipated mobile phone launch in China (we kid iPhone, or are we?) will happen this week courtesy of China Mobile. China’s largest wireles network has held on despite pressures from the Apple iPhone to take the Dell Mini 3i instead. Is it going to regret it? Given that China Mobile has half a billion subscribers and the prohibitive price of the Unicom iPhone, I’m putting my money on the OPhone-running Dell. It case you didn’t know, the Mini 3i is 3.5-inch 6... Read Full Story

Someone has spotted an iPod Touch 3G with a built-in camera. Hopefully, this is a prototype that’s about to be released, and it better take still photos. That means the iTouch will be the second iPod that will have a built-in camera after the iPod Nano 5G. The Examiner has a source who says that the 3rd generation iPod Touch was supposed to be announced last September but quality control has failed Apple. The problem is, it exactly the same camera that the Nano has, according to this so... Read Full Story

We’ve already got February to look forward to for the XPERIA X10 launch in the UK, and while we don’t have a similar info for the US, we now have a possible carrier who might be offering this Android touchscreen phone up to interested subscribers in the country. AT&T is the likely candidate courtesy of the new note posted on their website which states that Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 phones in the US will only come with 800/850/1900/2100MHz 3G bands thus eliminating the other players from... Read Full Story

Are you ready for the real Apple Phone? The outward appearance looks like Apple, is different in the iPhone gap apple, our apple unusual completeness, hasn’t been nipped absolutely by who! Fresh light green apple, saliva 3000 ten feets? Above also has a lovable apple handle! Middle has the silver-white color apple to symbolize, waits for an opportunity when will have the red indicating lamp twinkle! I’m not sure I understand them completely, but from what I can gather, the Apple ... Read Full Story

Want a touchscreen device that does just about everything. We could recommend the iPod Touch or the iPhone, but what about the Mintpass Mintpad? A natural cousin to the old PDA devices, the Mintpad has a 2.83-inch OLED touchscreen and WiFi connectivity. It’s a useful device that serves as an electronic memo and multimedia player. In Korea it even has built-in DMB-TV. Our friends at Dapreview are quite excited about the Mintpad, and we are, too, though we have yet to have a good look at... Read Full Story

Wired Magazine and its parent company Condé Nast are ready for the announcement of Apple’s iTablet, generically known as simple the Apple Tablet. Though the New York magazine giant admits they haven’t confirmed that an Apple Tablet will be coming out, their attitude is: better wrong than last. The Condé Nast Tablet app will include interactive graphic in the reader’s experience. Too bad Condé Naste has discontinued Gourmet. I would love a cooking segment to go with the reci... Read Full Story