The Aakash tablet is now available online. It is priced at just Rs 2500, and runs Android. The UbiSlate 7 tablet will be available in January 2012. It is priced at Rs 3000.

LG has unveiled the Prada 3.0, an Android smartphone. It comes with Android 2.3.7 and offers a 4.3 inch Nova Plus display with an 8 MP camera.

Google is working on a competitor to Apple’s Siri – Majel. It will be launched in early 2012.

Apple made a deal with a patent troll – Digitude Innovations – earlier this year, and transferred some of its patents to it. It is now suing Apple’s competitors for patent infringement.

Samsung has finally won the patent infringement lawsuit against Apple in Australia. It is now free to sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 there, right in time for the Christmas season.

HP has announced that it will open source webOS, making its code freely available to everyone for use or development.

Motorola has won an initial ruling against Apple in a German Court. Apple will probably have to license a GPRS patent from Motorola soon.

Barnes & Noble has ordered 1 million Nook Tablets from its production partners, including Inventec.

Samsung has built up a $200 million war chest to fight Apple. Both companies have been involved in patent lawsuits since a couple of years.

Intel, which risks becoming irrelevant in an ARM-dominated mobile world, is betting on ultrabooks to help its revenue growth in the coming years.

Hold your breath, Kindle Fire owners. CyanogenMod 7 has been sighted running on the Amazon Kindle Fire. Expect a working build soon.

Lenovo has launched two more Android smartphones in China – the LePhone K2 and the LePhone S760. Both run Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, and will be launched in December.

Samsung has managed to get the temporary ban on the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia overturned. It may just be able to cash in on the holiday shopping season now.

Zynga will commence its IPO roadshow on December 5. It is expected to raise nearly $1 billion at a valuation of around $15 – $20 billion.

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