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Available for pre-order on May 10th, the iPad is now confirmed for an international launch date on May 28. Countries that’ll enjoy the iPad realease on the 28th will include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Full pricing after the break.

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Amazon has the Kindle, Barnes & Noble has the Nook, so that leaves Borders to pair up with the Kobo eReader. Available now for pre-order, the Kobo eReader will ship on June 17th for a price tag of $149.99. The eReader will ship pre-loaded with 100 classic eBooks while also allowing for purchases from Borders’ eBook store. The Kobo does lack both WiFi and 3G, which means all file transfer are done via Bluetooth, which is somewhat behind competition. The device itself is only 0.1-inches thick, weighs 200g, has a 6-inch E Ink display, 1GB of internal storage, and an SD card slot for additional memory. As for the battery, it should last up to 8,000 page flips.

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Since the release of the iPad, some have been wishing for a dock that turns the thing into a laptop, making it more productive. Well, those wishes have been granted with the ClamCase. Basically, you dock the iPad on the “all-in-one keyboard, case and stand for the iPad” and what you get is a decent looking laptop. Connecting the keyboard to the iPad is done via Bluetooth, which means the 30-pin connector is free to charge your iPad or sync with iTunes. The case, made of “high quality ABS plastic” also features 360-degree hinges, allowing you to rotate the iPad any way you want. Jump after the break and see the ClamCase in action.

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The next gen iPhone, which was shown in a controversial leak, is expected for a release sometime in June. In the leak, Gizmodo claimed the phone to feature an improved camera, 5 megapixels,  over the current iPhone 3GS. Digging around the iPhone SDK 4 beta, MacRumors has found a few lines of code indicating the next gen iPhone will indeed be able to capture motion video at a resolution of 1280×720. There’s no telling if Apple will introduce this feature, but with all the competition out there, we don’t see a reason why they wouldn’t.

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It’s been rumored about for years. It was speculated that it carried various names. The idea was even tried by the company many years ago and it failed. However,  known for revolutionizing the music and mobile phone industry, Apple set it sight on another market, aiming to achieve similar success. On January 27th, they revealed their latest creation, the Apple iPad. Initial reaction was very split, you either hated it or you couldn’t wait to get one. Many criticized the thing for it’s lack of an SD card slot, a USB port, a camera, and the obvious miss of leaving a camera off. Of course this wouldn’t be an Apple product if they gave us everything we ask for on a first gen device.

Fast forward a few months and the iPad has finally been released to the public and on the first day of launch, Apple managed to squeeze out 300,000 units. Wether the launch number can be viewed as a success or not, selling 300,000 units of anything is quite impressive, especially on the first day alone. Here at Tech Kritik, we got a 64GB model and have been testing this baby out day and night.

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Manufactured by Hardkernel, Odroid is described by the company as “Developer-focused portable game device.” Hardware specs for the device include Samsung Cortex-A8 processor clocked at 833MHz, 512 MB of DDR2 RAM, 3.5-inch capacitive display, 720p HD video via HDMI, WiFi, Bluetooth, and an accelerometer. Interestingly, this gaming handheld is powered by Android. Expected for a release this month, Hardkernel will ship the device with the latest Android 2.1 build.

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Continuing it’s shopping spree, Google announced today it will acquire reMail, an e-mail based startup. Announced by founder Gabor Cselle, who was formerly part of the Gmail team, Google will bring Cselle back to the Gmail team as a Product Manager. On the iPhone, reMail is arguably the best e-mail app with advanced compression and full text search. However, with the purchase by Google, reMail will be discontinued from the iPhone and the app will be pulled from the App Store, which is another shot in the Google vs. Apple war. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

After a prototype brochure fell into the wrong hands, the lineup HTC has in store for the first half of 2010 has been leaked. According to the leak, HTC has the designs broken up into four categories: Design/ Lifestyle, Social, Performance, and Productivity. The lineup shows a few interesting Android devices, while improving current Windows Mobile devices.

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With the release of the Motorola Droid, HTC clearly has a competitor in the Android market. Their response has yet to be seen, but could very well be a strong one. The HTC Passion or HTC Dragon, which has been rumored for quite some time might see the light of day in early 2010. According to DigiTimes, the phone will sport a 1GHZ Snapdragon processor and will feature a 3.5-inch multitouch OLED display. The HTC Passion is still rumored for a Verizon debut.

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A few days ago, LG announced their latest Windows Mobile handset the LG eXpo. A feature or rather an addon of this phone that really excited us was the optional pico projector. Over at PC Mag, they were able to put the phone and the projector to use and came up impressed with the quality. On a 10FT screen, the projector was very smooth displaying the Transformers 2 trailer. Unfortunately, this phone will be sold to business customers only. Check out the demo after the break.

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