Samsung: At Least Three Android Phones And A LiMo Handset in 2009

While Acer unveiled its plan to launch a pair of Android phones this year via the slightly ancient pen-and-paper method, Samsung used an even trustier method: spoken word. According to Reuters, the company’s head of product strategy Won-Pyo Hong affirmed that Sammy would sell “more than three” Android phones by the end of this year, and furthermore, it would “definitely” unwrap a phone using the LiMo Foundation’s Linux-based software before 2010 dawns.

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Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q725 Reviewed: A Nice Performer, But it’s Still Ugly

Toshiba’s Qosmio X305-Q725, which was unveiled amidst a flurry of other gizmos at CES, boasts the same incredibly controversial motif as the higher-end X305-Q708, but with an MSRP of $2,700 (versus $4,200 on the Q708), it’s at least a wee bit more affordable.

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GTA IV: Lost And Damned Xbox Unboxed in A Moving Vehicle

You probably don’t have enough Grand Theft Auto IV-branded Xbox 360 Elite consoles laying around the house — because one is never enough — so prepare to set your mood to “envy” as you check out the kit that Gamertag Radio got their hands on. The GTA IV: The Lost and Damned Xbox is a limited edition of 190 copies and not available in any stores.

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BlackBerry Curve 8900 Finally Available To One And All On T-Mobile

Alright, business customers, just wipe that smug grin off your faces, won’t you? The unwashed masses (read: us) have finally been given the green light to rush into T-Mobile stores (and online) to pick up the BlackBerry Curve 8900 for $199.99.

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Verizon touts 1 Million BlackBerry Storms Sold To Date

Well, it looks like the BlackBerry faithful have come out in full force to snag “Verizon’s best-selling device,” after all. Despite RIM’s nightmarish “new reality,” of half-baked firmware and broken dreams, Verizon has made it known that the latest ‘Berry has grown to a full 1 million units sold between the November 21st launch and the end of January.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 in Tri-SLI Reviewed: Great Performance, Not So Great Price Tag

The last time we talked about the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285, it was being hailed as the fastest single-GPU graphics cards on the market. The gang at TweakTown decided to take it two steps further and linked up a trio of them to test. So how synergistic is the tri-SLI set up? Probably not enough to pay well over a grand for everything.

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LG Electronics Recalls 45,000 LG 150 Phones in Canada

Ruh roh. LG Electronics has just issued a voluntary recall of around 45,000 LG 150 phones in Canada, and for whatever reason, Bell Mobility has agreed to assist in cleaning up the mess. Of course, it probably helps that basically every single one was used by a Bell subscriber, but we digress.

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Windows 7 Beta Takes Another Crown, Besting Vista in SSD Performance

It’s no huge surprise, since Microsoft was planning on improving performance on this front, but now we’ve got some of our first solid numbers on Windows 7 Beta SSD performance.

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Acer’s 10-inch Aspire One 103 in Photos

Acer’s 10-inch Aspire One isn’t exactly a secret, but we haven’t seen straight-on pictures of it yet — and glory be, it looks like the rumors of a revised trackpad button layout were true. Not only that, but it’s a multitouch model, so you’ll be ready for the Windows 7 party.

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iPhone Nano Now Rumored For June, Unicorn Delayed Again Until September

Ready for more iPhone nano rumors? Good, because apparently the Chinese trade paper Economic Daily News is now reporting that Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSMC) will be handling chip manufacturing for a low-cost device being referred to as… you guessed it: the iPhone nano. While the paper has a fairly good reputation, it is filtered through the lens of DigiTimes on our end, so as usual, take it with the required grain of salt.

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Mouse Computer’s New Netbook Sports DVD-Rom, Little Else Of Note

We saw Mouse Computer switch gears with their gaming notebook the other day, and the company is back already with the LB-F1500W. Their first netbook with an optical DVD drive, this little terror “boasts” a 10.2-inch display, 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB memory, 160GB hard disk storage, and Windows XP Home.

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Gateway’s LT1004U Netbook Lands Domestically, At Office Depot Of All Places

We can’t get up for a nice cuppa these days without tripping over some new netbook, but still every now and again one offers styling that catches our eye. Such was the case with Packard Bell’s “dot,” an Aspire One rebadge with a striking red metallic hinge but otherwise familiar internals. It later appeared as a Gateway in Singapore, and reader APowe emailed to say he’d seen one prowling the aisles at a local Office Depot.

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