BlackBerry Slider 9800 (Not Storm 3) Spotted in Leaked Shots [RIM to Make a Slider BlackBerry Phone After All; to be Called the Slider 9800]

The device apparently exists out it the wild and it might be launched at some point this summer when BlackBerry 6 will also be made available to BlackBerry fans. That’s right, folks, the phone in the picture here is apparently running RIM’s latest mobile platform which is very touch-friendly, as you already know.

So how did this phone get leaked? It was certainly not left in a bar, I’ll tell you that! The phone is probably a prototype test unit which was used in Canada (where else really?) as you can almost see that Rogers is the designated carrier. What I really can’t understand with all these leaked pictures that keep popping out all over the Internet is why on earth aren’t these people taking the pictures using better cameras? Have these pictures been manufactured by any chance?

We’d like to offer you some clear details about the BlackBerry Slider 9800, but, at this time we don’t have any official specs and features. The phone clearly has a large Storm-like touchscreen display, a full QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad, and the very much anticipated BlackBerry 6 running on board. We can probably expect 3G and Wi-Fi support, some sort of GPS, and a decent camera, maybe a 5-megapixel shooter like on that ugly duckling BlackBerry 9670. It will probably come with GSM and CDMA bands as RIM will surely want to sell this new Berry all over the world.

Iron Man 2: The Video Game Released

While Iron Man 2 has already been released in U.S.-based theatres, several countries including India await the return of Tony Stark. As promised, SEGA has released Iron Man 2: The Video Game today. This new third-person action adventure game will let the player choose between Iron Man and the War Machine for playing the game. U.S. citizens can now buy Iron Man 2: The Video Game for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Wii and DS consoles. Sorry, no PC game this time too.

Players get to visit Tony Stark's lab to build and customize the suit with weaponry of their choice. The intense artillery will let you blow holes in the walls and also fight against the massively scaled enemies - Crimson Dynamo and Ultimo. SEGA's San Francisco Studio has worked closely with Marvel for the development of this game. Famed comic writer Matt Friction who has penned Invincible Iron Man comic series has written the storyline of this game.

The game has voice acting by famous Don Cheadle who has voice-acted for War Machine and Samuel L. Jackson who voice-acts S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury. 

There's still no word on whether two PSP players can co-op the game. Let's wait till the game is available to rest of the world. 

HP debuts quad-core Envy 14 and Envy 17

Hewlett Packard on Wednesday announced the Envy 14 and 17, adding two more models to its existing lineup of 13- and 15-inch Envy premium laptops. Resembling Apple's MacBook Pro, the new Envy 14 would be made available in U.S. on June 17 while the Envy 17 would be made available on May 19.

eScan Launches Antivirus Solution for Linux Users

eScan has announced the launch of its latest version for protection of Linux systems - eScan for Linux version 3.0. According to eScan, this solution works fine for both Linux desktops and file servers.

Google Editions Confirmed, due Soon

Google confirmed that Google Editions is ready for launch this summer. This is a 'buy anywhere, read anywhere' eBooks service that allows users to download eBooks on mobile phones, eBook readers and PC. Announced last year at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Google Editions will have about half a million eBooks available for purchase and download by late June or July. 

BlackBerry-like Device was Predicted 100 Years Ago

Over 100 years ago, Famous inventor and physicist Nikolas Tesla had, predicted that there would be a hand-held device that would be used to communicate and be able to send messages across the world.

Petabytes is Passe, Zettabytes Arrives

Until now, Petabyte, a unit for measuring humongous amounts of data was considered to be a sufficient for most purposes.


However, as the Internet came of age and after the recent explosion of social networking and IMs, we humans are creating more data than we have ever done before. In the past, it was never thought that one day, the Petabyte would be insufficient to represent the ever growing data content on the planet. That is exactly what has happened now.

StarCraft II Beta for Mac Coming Up Next Week

Now although StarCraft II beta's close beta is running for Windows, Mac users need not feel outcast. Chris Sigaty, lead for StarCraft II, revealed to Kotaku that Blizzard will be releasing StarCraft II Beta for Mac users sometime next week. Apart from that, developers will also release Map Editor for the existing Windows-based StarCraft II beta testers.

Dual SIM, QWERTY Mobile Phone IN2020 launched by Intex

Intex has announced its latest QWERTY keyboard laden, dual SIM phone, the IN 2020 in India. The phone is touted to be an affordable, dual SIM, QWERTY mobile phone. It supports GPRS and WAP as well. The 1.8" screen is large enough for online-chatting and texting.  The IN2020 has a long lasting battery, good for about 11 hours of talk time and up to 336 hrs on stand-by.

Microsoft to unveil Project Pink Phones Today

Last week, Microsoft gave out invites to various media houses for a special event scheduled today - April 12. The event invite didn't mention anything but simply the text - It's time to share. Most speculations pointed at the long anticipated Project Pink phones Turtle and Pure and recently, Microsoft's Webcast link proved them correct.