The photos, first published on a Chinese website, clearly showcase that they are nothing but the outcome of pure digital photography. More photos after the jump.

If that's not enough, think as to whether Apple would really name the upcoming the iPhone as the iPhone 4G? Also, it is to be noted that the moniker for the current generation of iPhone was "iPhone 3G" before it came out to be known as the iPhone 3GS officially.

The photos are fun, but they look more like the photos of an actual Chinese-device that is set to mimic the upcoming iPhone, as we all know that Chinese have a crave for that. For now, all the knowledge we have about the new iPhone is based on a bunch of rumors, with no facts.

For those willing to purchase one, the Wi-Fi models are available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB for a price of $499, $599 and $699 respectively. While the Wi-Fi + 3G models are available in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB for a price of $629, $729 and $829 respectively (without the 3G data plan).

The Wi-Fi model shall be available to customers on April 3 while those planning to get the Wi-Fi + 3G will have to save their patience for late April to get their hands on the device. Below is a commercial of the iPad that was recently aired during the Oscars.

Apple gives you the option to either pre-order now for free shipping or reserve now to pick up the iPad from a nearby Apple retail store. There is a limitation of every person being able to order no more than two iPads so hurry up now, and pre-order one at the Apple Store.

Among other talks, we have a theory that the iPad will support Multitasking and a dashboard, do you buy it?

The Cricket League, which consists of an action packed tour of over 60 matches starting March 12 to April 25 can now be directly watched online at it's official YouTube channel.

Matches can be watched with live-broadcast at YouTube with only a little bit of delay and the best part about it is that you can tweet, share comments right from within the channel itself.

Head on to the Official YouTube IPL channel and enjoy the Cricket action as it happens live.

This means that consumers will be able to enjoy a pre-loaded Bing bookmark and map services and an integrated Bing search widget in their mobile phones. They called the deal a global one without putting light on whether it will replace Google in other countries or not.

"We believe that consumer choice is one of the most critical components to ensuring a rich and seamless client experience," said Christy Wyatt, corporate vice president of software and services, Motorola Mobile Devices. They also announced that they will release updates for the devices that are already present in the market.

In another press release, Microsoft’s senior VP of Online services division said, "Mobile devices continue to be a critical place for customers to access location-based services such as local search and mapping. We are pleased to expand our long-standing relationship with Motorola to bring powerful Bing location-based services to Motorola's innovative new mobile devices, providing consumers with more choice and flexibility in mobile search".

Many people speculate that this deal may cause a loss of market share for Google services, as Bing may replace Google powered services in Motorola’s upcoming devices in other countries as well.

Sony announced that they will be launching games specifically designed to work with PlayStation Move and will be available by the end of 2010. Sony confirmed that the latency of the controller is similar to DualShock 3 controller which allows gamers to play games without any delay. We have already seen this kind of controller released by Nintendo as well where users move their hands as if they are playing the game in reality.

Here is a look at Playstation Move in action:

The PlayStation Move will come either in a bundle with PlayStation 3, standalone controller or a starter kit which will include PlayStation Eye, motion controller and a game, all priced at around $99.

As of now, multitasking remains to be the only dilemma on the iPhone OS which needs a solution, of course if we overlook the existence of Flash. Interestingly! all other mobile OS such as Android, Symbian, Blackberry OS and WebOS have support for multitasking which allow the user to run applications in the background.

It was reported that "Apple plans to deliver a multi-tasking manager that leverages interface technology already bundled with its Mac OS X operating system" that pretty much gives the feeling that it will be something like Exposé for Mac OS X. The video below shows a concept of how multitasking would work in iPhone.

For those of you who can't wait, Jailbreak your iPhone and install the Backgrounder and ProSwitcher apps to get the multitasking experience on the iPhone before its even official.

TUAW reported:

I'll also tell you that I got a chance to play the game, and while it is about as faithful a Street Fighter IV game as you can get on the iPhone, playing a fighting game without actual buttons is not really an ideal experience. While I was able to pull off a Hadoken and almost all of the other old moves after a few tries, the highest levels of competition in a fighting game require precision and subtlety, and this control scheme has neither of those. If you just want to play Street Fighter on an iPhone, sure -- be an early adopter, pick up the game, and enjoy a few rounds of Guile vs. Ryu. But if you're looking for the kind of in-depth fighting experience that Street Fighter IV on consoles and in the arcades offered, you probably won't find it here -- the controls are a little too inconsistent to really dig into the deep counter and powerup systems on display.

One of the best features offered in Street Fighter IV is multiplayer mode. You can play the game with your friends over Bluetooth. Other than that, it has the eight Street Fighter characters with same set of moves and combos which were present in the arcade version.

Other features of Street Fighter IV are:

• Robust “Dojo” boot camp transforms neophytes into Street Fighter masters in five in-depth lessons.
• Customize the controls for your style of play. Move the buttons anywhere you want on the screen and set the level of transparency.
• Unleash super moves with a tap of the “SP” button, or toggle it off from the “Options” menu if you want to enter the button combo manually.
• Four levels of difficulty.
• Full move sets including Unique Attacks, Special Moves, Focus Attacks, Super Combos and Ultra Combos.

I haven’t played the game so far but the reports are disappointing. If you have installed the game, please share your experience.

According to Digitimes,

Acer is expected to adopt Corning's reinforced glass substrate and simply print color on its back to allow the substrate to function like a notebook cover for a frameless design. The design will help reduce the thickness of the ultra-thin notebook and can also reduce material costs.

Asus and Fujitsu have already introduced this concept a few months back. But the idea of an ultra think glass notebook with multi-touch keyboard still sounds very promising. Digitimes' inside sources said that this new device could be launched in the second half of 2010.

But the question remains that is the rumors are correct, would you go for this device?

Although there is no word about the pricing as Google is trying to target a bigger mobile phone Market in India which is dominated by Nokia and Blackberry.  However, according to some sources, the price will be much lower than the original one.

The original Nexus One features 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and LED flash, 3.7 inch AMOLED touch screen, 512MB Flash along with a 4GB microSD slot, video recording at 20 frames per second and numerous Google services such as Gmail, Google Search etc.

For all that's in the air for now, a report suggests that the new Nexus One for India will have a 3.7 inch AMOLED touch screen and Snapdragon processor but with a downgraded memory and Camera. Now, let's wait and watch if Google really makes a hit on this one.

In the video below, Adobe has demonstrated some of the capabilities of the HP Slate running Flash on the web, such as being able to play videos anywhere on the Internet and not just YouTube. Also, Flash will allow users to access other content-rich applications on the web such as magazines and casual Flash-based games. An interesting fact indicates that 80% of the top 100 websites on the web use Flash to deliver content in some way.

To Flash or not to Flash, that's another debate for now but we certainly know that a cult out there definitely wants to see Flash in the future of mobile devices. And of course given that the iPad won't have support for Flash on the web, HP might have just created the right competition for Apple with their Slate PC.

The video above is a recent commercial of the HP Slate, looks strikingly similar to the iPad Commercial for Oscars doesn't it? Also we have a video preview of HP Slate running Windows 7.

This brings a challenge to Capcom's Street Fighter IV which has so far held a dominant position in the App Store. More of Namco's plans for Tekken on iPhone will be revealed later.

The only question for now is whether the iPhone version of Tekken be a port of the original game or will be a variant of the PSP version? And soon we shall have our answers. Great news for all iPhone gamers out there. [via FoneHome]

The commercial starts off demonstrating most of the features of iPad like browsing photos, downloading ebooks from Apple Book store, full screen version of Safari browser and other Google service. In the end, commercial shows April 3, which is the launch date for Apple iPad Wi-Fi version in US. The other model, WiFi and 3G, are expected to launch a month later.

The commercial was backed by “There Goes My Love” by Blue Van which races though a variety of iPad features.

Above is the commercial which was shown during the Academy Awards Ceremony on Sunday.

The application was released for iPhone in January 2009 and it also works on Windows Mobile, J2ME, Blackberry, and Symbian S60 phones. Benjamin Gauthey from Microsoft Tag team said, “We work to meet our commitment of ensuring that all Smartphone users can access Tag. We’re nearly there with the Tag Reader already working with the major mobile platforms”. A wave or rumours are spreading on the internet saying that Microsft will be releasing the Tag application to other mobile devices as well.

Android users can get the application from Android Marketplace by searching for “Microsoft Tag” or by opening gettag.mobi on their Android phone.

That's where the news comes in that the Apple Employees will be the first ones to get their hands on Apple iPad on 10 March and it will be available for customers from March 26 for the Wi-Fi models. The 3G model sales will be available in Apple stores in late April or May.

It was also confirmed by a Southern California Apple Store Manager that the iPad will be available on March 10, 2010 for Apple Store employees for training followed by TV Commercials which will air on 15th March and will then be finally available for public sales on March 26, 2010. Moreover, according to a report,  Apple fans who camp out to await iPad sales will receive a special gift from Apple.

Other rumors also suggest that there is a production bottleneck which can delay Apple iPad’s launch and can derail its sales for March.

What should we expect from all the different rumours going on about the launch of the much hyped, Apple iPad? All we can do right now is wait for March 10 and see what happens.

For now, there are only a couple of features added to the app but it still seems to pretty buggy. The most interesting feature of all is the integration of Zune.net into status updates which can automatically update your status with the song you are listening to, along with it's information on Zune.net.

The UI itself is one of the other interesting bits as it can be seen that the app uses large font for headings, instead of tabs, keeping in tone with the metro UI announced for the Windows Phone 7 Series recently.

Apart from that, you can view the news feed, view your complete friends list and view other people's profiles along with their wall, photos and info. The ability of send/receive messages is not available for now but will soon be added through an app update.

But a recent development in the App Store process indicates that Apple has plans to introduce a new 'Explicit' category to the App Store which shall serve as the home for all adult and sex-related apps. Though, the category has already been pushed to the developers in the iTunesConnect App submission form, it still has time before it makes an appearance on the iTunes App Store.

If one can see it right, this is a clear indication that Apple takes the potential of adult-apps on the iPhone very seriously in terms of revenue as well as popularity and is providing a chance for developers to add their adult-apps on the App Store, later on for which parental controls may be provided.

Too early to wish for Christmas already, but if Apple finally manages to launch the 'Explicit' category in the App Store for users, it would definitely cheer up some of the desperate souls.

One such new tool that is making a lot of buzz these days is the Gull1hack Jailbreak Tool for the iPhone 3G, 3GS and the iPod Touch. The developers of the tool claim that Gull1hack can Jailbreak any iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch running on the new baseband 05.12.01 which makes it the only tool to be able to do so as the iPhone Dev nor Geohotz have released any tool that does the same.

However, Musclenerd from the iPhone Dev team believes that Gull1hack appears to be a fake tool based on some observations and since the iPhone Dev team has been the only active team at such projects, so I will take MuscleNerd's word for it.

Good news for all the Jailbreakers out there is that an exploit in the new baseband has been found already so a Jailbreaking tool for the iPhone and iPod Touch would be released by the iPhone Dev team soon anyway.

Accroding to Kevin, several of the stock apps found in the iPhone are missing from the iPad (based on the demo by Steve Jobs and the visuals on Apple.com) and since both the devices run on the same OS, the only explanation for this could be that Apple is preparing to introduce all these apps as widgets in a dashboard, much like the same one found in Mac OS X. Perhaps! this is some of the surprise-pie that Apple wants to save for the iPad launch. A render of the iPad with a dashboard, made by Macpredictions, can be seen above.

On the other hand, as much as we believe that introducing multitasking in its mobile devices would be the last thing Apple plans to do, we also believe that iPad is more than just a mobile device, it's a whole new class.

And for Apple to make the iPad a successful and usable product, it would have to go beyond than just making it look like a big-sized iPod Touch and the only way that can be done is by introducing a new feature to the OS, such as multitasking. Let's wait to find out, the pre-orders for the iPad are expected to begin on 25th February.

Here is a video of Steve Jobs announcing the iPad. According to him the device will fill the gap between a smartphone and a laptop device providing a much user-friendly and fun experience to do email, watch videos and photos and surf the web.

Also what makes the iPad so powerful as a consumer device is that it will run all of the 140,000 apps already supported on the iPhone. And the new iBook and iWork app, make the iPad the perfect e-reader and document processor. The video below demonstrates the capability of the device.

The device will be available in late March in two configurations: WiFi and WiFi + 3G and will be available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models.

As predicted and previewed, the iPadOS shares its core with the iPhoneOS and does almost everything that the iPhone does. Good thing is that it runs all the 140,000 iPhone apps (in standard, and full-screen mode) and can also be used in landscape and portrait modes thanks to the accelerometer on board.

For the specs of the device, we have a 9.7 inch IPS multitouch display along with a 1GHz in-house processor chip by Apple. Comes in 16GB, 32GB to 64GB and boasts a battery-time of up to 10 hours in active mode and up to a month in standby-mode.

The iPad will be shipping in late March in two models: The WiFi and the WiFi + 3G. The pricing starts at $499 for the base WiFi model and ascends up to $829. Check out more on the official Apple iPad website.