Ectaco has released its jetBook Lite e-book reader at the Frankfurt Book Fair in New York, where this device will tip the scales at 7.5 ounces while coming with a 5" TFT monochrome display from Toshiba. You get 100MB of internal memory with this that can be further augmented thanks to an SD memory card slot. Language support includes English, German, Spanish, Russian and Polish for an European feel to it. The jetBook Lite will rely on a quartet of AA batteries compared to its predecessor, where it is capable of enjoying up to 23 hours

Samsung rename its upcoming Galaxy Lite i5700 Android smartphone as the Spica. The Spica, as the codename Galaxy Lite suggests, is a lite version of the Samsung Galaxy i7500. Spica has a smaller 3-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a 3.2 Megapixel auto focus camera, GPS, and HSDPA support.Samsung’s Spica is boosted by Qualcomm’s 528MHz processor and runs Android OS.[cellularmania]

For some reason I always associate dial-up connections with Grandmas.  I actually know somebody’s Grandma that has a FaceBook account.  All ignorance aside, FaceBook Lite is now available worldwide for those out there who wanna stay connected with family and friends but have a less than stellar internet connection.FaceBook Lite was in Beta testing all last month and as of yesterday became a legit site ready for public consumption.  Encompassing a more streamlined structure (sans 3rd-party applications) with less features, FaceBook Lite will run faster and be more

We all know Facebook is continuously evolving, and just recently the social networking behemoth made some announcements that will likely make its popularity even larger, partly by making things smaller. On Thursday Facebook launched Facebook Lite, which is basically a scaled down version of the current Facebook site. Existing users can log onto Facebook Lite and it even uses the same cookies to recognize you if you are already logged in. All you friends are there and you can post messages, but it’s just got a little fewer “pieces of flare” about it.The idea for

A trimmer version of Facebook looks to be on the cards, after the social-networking site sent out invitations to select users to beta test the site.Not much is known about just how slimmed-down the Lite version of Facebook will be, but it could be a blessing for users who think that Facebook at the moment is getting far too cluttered with apps.Feedback neededTechCrunch is reporting that it has been inundated with social networkers who have been asked to try out Facebook Lite saying that, surprise surprise, it is more Twitter-like.This makes sense. After

Samsung is preparing a slimmed down version of its forthcoming Android phone, the i7500 Galaxy.According to the Wi-Fi certification channel, Samsung has submitted the i5700, which it is calling the Galaxy-Lite.We can only assume it will be running Android, although it would make a lot of sense. However, it's also possible that Samsung's less powerful TouchWiz UI could be plonked on top instead.Thin on the groundThings we know about it: it's from Samsung, it's a mobile phone and it has Wi-Fi. Things we don't know: everything else, a price and date of release.