A cheap Kindle at last?! Amazon has announced the arrival of the new improved version of its blockbuster e-reader viz. Kindle. It is scheduled to be delivered to customers all over the world by end August ’10. The following are some of the improvements in Kindle over its earlier versions:

The best iphone alternative is confirmed! The HTC Desire with Android on it, it is affordable feature packed, fast and going to give the Apple iPhone a run for its money.

Having shipped over 2 million pieces worldwide within a few months of its release, Apples’s latest sensation the iPad is taking the netbook / mini laptop world by storm and there have been serious debates among avid PC market watchers whether it will erode the latter’s market share.

Ever since Apple introduced iPad into the US market in a big way in April, gadget enthusiasts have wondered whether it would replace the netbook and create a new category between the computer and the mobile phone as claimed by Apple during its marketing blitz prior to its launch. Is it a mini laptop replacement? A recent iPad users’ survey by Yahoo has revealed interesting facts regarding iPad usage.

Your laptop does not have to be staid looking anymore with traditional dull grey or black cover. You can get laptops in myriad colours that even match your outfit! Of all the colours, Pink laptops have been one of the favourites among women and some men too. Many big time laptop manufacturers like Dell, HP, Sony, Samsung, Asus etc. are dishing out laptops in several shades of pink. You can even get an external hard drive (if the built in one proves insufficient) in pink to match the laptop colour from companies like Seagate, Iomega, A-Data, Samsung etc. Even the laptop carry case is available in pink.

The much awaited Apple’s iPad was released in the U.S. market earlier this month and sold more than 450,000 pieces in less than a week. Apple is claiming iPad as something more than a smartphone, positioning it between a mobile phone and a PC. Whether the users also feel the same about it is a million dollar question. According to an online poll by Mashable, more than half the respondents preferred iPad over a netbook.

So here it is, how to haggle for a cheap laptop at PCWorld instore! Not too long ago, many consumers avoid trying to haggle with salespeople for bargains for various social and cultural reasons. For instance, some may feel embarrassed about looking cheap while others are simply too timid to risk being rejected. More recently, statistics have indicated that approximately ten percent of consumers will try to bargain for better prices every single time they shop and, as a result, haggling “experts” have emerged, offering a plethora of tips and tricks to getting a better price on just about any product imaginable. So read this for how to buy a cheap laptop instore.

Thinking of buying an iPhone? Here are five other iphone alternatives that you should consider before deciding.

The UK version of Palm Pre matches the iPhone in touchscreen innovation with multi touch capability, 320×480 pixels resolution, 24 bits colour and 1.7” x 2.4” size. For connectivity Palm Pre has Wi-fi, Bluetooth and GPS with apps to match for good web browsing experience. SMS, MMS, WAP client, Email client, and Java are all provided for in this mobile phone. It has music playback facility supporting MP3, AAC, AAC+, WAV, AMR formats but no FM radio. The 3 MP camera has LED photo lighting feature but no video recording or flash. WebOS is the OS for this mobile phone.

Dixons are doing a massive 5% discount on mini laptops, so get ready to buy yoiur mini laptop at dixons.

For 2 weeks only get an extra £20 off this bundle
Dixons, has a new 24 hour discount code:

Offer: 5% off on all orders over £300

Start: Thursday 10am 25th March 2010

Ends: Friday 10am 26th March 2010

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Acer is planning an overhaul of its strategy as far as the netbooks market is concerned. It is planning to bring out new sub 1” thickness (at the thinnest point) Intel Calpella platform based netbooks this summer. Codenamed Caplpella Slim series, they are expected to have 13”, 14” and 15” size screens. Wistron will make the 13” models while Quanta Computers will manufacture the other two.