A number of sites are following on a report from newcomer website semiaccurate (as in “half-accurate”?) that says that Apple plans to ditch NVIDIA chips and that the relation between the two is deteriorating. The article also hints to NVIDIA's recent woes with chip defects.

The "ditching" of NVIDIA chips would come from the fact that Apple would use Core i7 chips in the future. The thing that semiaccurate does not mention is that Nvidia does not have a chipset product for that space and is still in a dispute with Intel on the Core i7 front side bus topic. So yeah, if Apple was to use Core i7 today, Nvidia can’t sell them anything any chipsets... Call that "ditching" if you want. Core i7 chips for laptops are scheduled to be released in the second half of the year.

Rumors circle around the fabled Sony PS3 Slim, where it is tipped to enter production sometime next month with a same month delivery date. This could coincide with an August price cut for the vanilla PS3 if the PS3 Slim proved to be true. After all, current stocks of the 80GB PS3 are said to be dwindling in expectation of the PS3 Slim's imminent arrival. Well, what do you think - apart from the cosmetic change, you surely aren't going to get too many extras in the new revamped console if it is released, right? What else are you going to stuff into your entertainment cabinet if the PS3 Slim is real since you'll have a wee bit more space to squeeze in another DVD player.

This is supposedly a Dell Android Smartphone

The Wall Street Journal mentions an Android pocket device. Here's the description from their source: " slightly larger than Apple Inc.'s iPod Touch, which is similar to the iPhone but does not have cellphone capabilities". Wow, how many characters do you need to say "PDA" or "PMP" (Personal Digital Assistant and Portable Media Player)?

Of course, Dell declined to comment on an unannounced product, but it doesn't take much of an effort to speculate that the device will be an ARM-powered iPod touch competitor. The PDA market is pretty much dead, but PMPs like the iPhone touch still exist, even if recent numbers suggest that iPod is on the decline, most likely because of the iPhone.

Dell is also said to be developing Android netbooks and even smartphones. Let's wait and see.

We're all pretty excited with what the upcoming HTC Hero will do for the smartphone market when it is released, but until the device comes out on an official basis, we'll just have to rely on speculations as well as leaks like the following - a couple of folks managed to get hold of the HTC Hero's Sense UI firmware, but there are still some niggling issues to contend with including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity that don't seem to work alongside the broken camera. Well, at least Flash 10 runs on the Android operating system even if the G1 is rather laggy due to the lack of RAM.

Image leaks are often a prelude to the real thing, and recently an image of what could possibly be the Nikon D3000 DSLR has hit the Internet, and when analyzed against the D5000 body, several deductions have been made concerning this sharpshooter. In addition, we're left scratching our heads wondering whether this could follow the pattern of a D3000, D300 and D3 releases alongside a D5000, D500 and D5 shooters as well?

Guess the rumors of a PSP phone will never die out as Reuters has picked up news of Sony putting together a team that will bring together both the functionality of a PSP as well as a Sony Ericsson handset, hoping to kill two birds with one stone by attending to the Nintendo and iPhone threats simultaneously. Should this piece of news be true, don't get all too excited just yet since it will take a fair bit of time before such ideas will actually materialize from the current drawing board phase. What do you think?

After yesterday's joint Intel/Nokia announcement where not a lot was said, the web is now buzzing about a possible Nokia Netbook that would be manufactured by Taiwanese contract manufacturers Quanta and Compal.

The word on the street is that the Nokia-branded Netbook would arrive late this year, which basically means that they would be using current technology, namely Atom, although an Arm-powered version also in the works, apparently.

Now, the real question is: “what OS will power the devices?”. Most customers want Windows in a Netbook. Nokia and Intel both support several flavors of Linux, and so far, the open-source OS had a very limited success in that space. Most likely, Nokia would build such devices to partner with wireless carriers in some sort of bundled package. Nokia might also want to leverage its strong brand in developing countries with Netbooks.

Nokia hardly makes phones that are suitable for the rough and tumble lifestyle, but apparently the upcoming Nokia 3720 will take that route by being both splash- and dust-resistant, boasting IP54 certification. Currently still under the "unannounced phone" status, this candybar model takes after its more popular Nokia traditional form factors, and chances are it will be a low-end phone. Guess most folks who want something dependable will get this if all they do with their phones are to make and receive calls. Expect to see the Nokia 3720 hit Europe this September by T-Mobile. No idea on pricing, but like we mentioned earlier, this ought to be pretty cheap.

The HTC Firestone is back on the rumor mill in what seems to be the first clear render of the smartphone, and it is tipped that this model could see the HTC Touch HD being relegated to being its predecessor since they both boast a rather similar design. Meant to function on Windows Mobile 6.5, features of the HTC Firestone will include a generous 3.6" WQVGA display, a 600MHz processor, 256MB RAM, double the amount for ROM and an 8-megapixel camera - the first of its kind from HTC's stable. Chances are the HTC Firestone will hit the streets this August, so keep your fingers crossed that it will be affordably priced.

Rumors are swirling concerning the soon to-be-released Canon D1 Mark IV digital SLR camera, and some of them include a 1.3x crop sensor as well as the ability to shoot images in 16-megapixel glory. Not only that, an sRAW1 format allows the shooting of 8-megapixel images which are touted to be superior to those shot by the 1D Mark III where detail levels are concerned. As for ISO sensitivity, you get a range from 50 to 26,500. The 3" LCD display supposedly hails from the 5D Mark II itself, accompanied by HD video recording capability and a minor rearrangement of buttons for improved ergonomics. The Canon D1 Mark IV is tipped to be released later this August for a yet undisclosed price.

What you see in the video above could be bona fide press material of the rumored Nikon D300s, but it could also be another piece of grapevine gossip making its Internet rounds thanks to clever use of Photoshop. What do you think - is this the real deal, or just a fake to drum up interest in Nikon that will ultimately leave an empty feeling in your stomach? Link to the video

Whispers abound in online forums that Vodafone won't be offering the recently unveiled Nokia N97 smartphone, but will instead offer the Nokia N97 Mini that supposedly offers a more competitive price tag. Said rumor source also claims that Vodafone won't be carrying the Palm Pre since there is another (yet unnamed) carrier who is part of this exclusive deal. Vodafone, however, will be stocking the RIM BlackBerry Storm 2 sometime later this year.

Word on the gaming street has it that Sony will be opening the virtual doors to its App store for the PSP Go later this August at Gamescom in Cologne. This unveiling will most probably involve a segment of the PSP store which will offer smaller game titles, where some of them won't even cost a single penny to play. Other interesting footnotes include a limited file size of just 100MB, which points toward non-game applications as well. Let us hope that these tiny games (in terms of file size) won't disappoint when they're released.

Word on the street has it that Dell is currently developing a new handset that will run on the Android operating system. Well, that's as much detail as we can ascertain from this customary blur image of a seemingly touchscreen handset complete with the Dell logo at the bottom. All of it ties in pretty nicely with rumors of an upcoming Dell smartphone, but must all future touchscreen handsets come in such a boring form factor?