New Gadgets

It’s not quite official but there’s little doubt that Google will launch its Google Music service at its big I/O event later today. While the Wall Street Journal couldn’t get a Google spokesman to admit it, Peter Kafka over at All Things D got Jamie Rosenberg, Director of Android Product Management, to spill the details a bit early. Google’s service will essentially mimic the music locker functionality [...]

A Research In Motion executive has hinted that a BlackBerry keyboard intended to be compatible to the BlackBerry PlayBook is being planned. Bruce Winter, RIM’s head of accessories, may not have officially confirmed the presence of a physical keyboard being developed, he said that creating accessories beyond “just cases” would be something one could logically expect from their company. Some sources [...]

We have already talked about the HTC ChaCha smartphone before and know some of the details on the device already. It and another HTC smartphone called the Salsa are aimed at the social networking fiend that wants a smartphone centered on Facebook and more. Both the ChaCha and the Salsa are up for pre-order right now on Amazon in the UK. Both of the smartphones are tipped to launch this summer. The [...]

LG’s Optimus Black device was a big part of LG’s Las Vegas show at CES 2011. Still, we haven’t heard much about this device since its announcement back in January. LG finally dropped a press release announcing a future for this gorgeous device. It’ll hit a plethora of European countries this month and eventually spread to over fifty locations across the world. LG’s Optimus Black device [...]

BeBook is best known for cranking out eBook readers… if the company is known at all. But the company is getting into the tablet space with the BeBook Live, a new Android 2.2 tablet due out in June for $ 279. The BeBook Live sports a 7 inch capacitive multitouch display and a 1 GHz Samsung ARM Cortex-A processor. It also features 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 4GB of storage, 512MB of RAM and a microSD [...]