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It is Tuesday, Jun 21st, 2011. I'm Wilson Tang on cnet.com and it’s time to get loaded.

Nokia unveiled its first and only MeeGo operating system-based smartphone called the N9. The slick looking phone is a demo of what things might have been if the company had decided not to move the Windows Phone. It features a large 3.9 inch AMOLED curve screen where apps actually look like they are floating on top of this screen. In addition, the phone has no buttons on the front and features an 8 Megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens. The casing is made of polycarbonate that Nokia claims “has superior reception performance.” And finally, the phone supports Dolby Sound which can turn stereo audio into surround sound on any headphone.

HP has announced that it is officially taking preorders for its touch-based tablets with WebOS. The TouchPad is said to ship on July 1st with prices comparable to the iPad 2, with the 16 gigabits with Wifi starting at 499 dollars, while the 32 gigabits for 599 dollars. The TouchPad will be available at an assortment of retailers including Best Buy, Wal-Mart, RadioShark, Amazon.com, Office Depot and Costco.

Now if both the HP TouchPad and the Apple iPad 2 are a little too rich for your money, you might want to check the new Acer Iconia tab A100. Reports are surfacing that the Android 3.0 powered tablet will run for just 349 dollars at your local Wal-Mart, but it comes packed with a Tegra 2 processor, a 2 Megapixel front-facing camera, a 5 Megapixel rear-facing camera, but only 8 gigabits of storage and a 7 inch screen.

Microsoft has updated its SkyDrive cloud-based storage system. The upgrade utilized new HTML 5 technology to speed up common task like clicking on folders and navigating albums. According to Microsoft, these actions now just take a tenth to a third of a second comparable to up to 9 seconds before. The new HTML 5 now has a dynamic mosaic view of all of your photos which now retain their original aspect ratio.

The Sony PlayStation 3 is getting a new update that promises to be both lighter and less power hungry. The new PS3 slims away almost a pound lighter than their old brother but perhaps even better for your pocketbook. The new PS3 used 30 watts less power. Otherwise, the new models are the same as the heavier PS3, cost the same and carry the same 320 gigabits hard drive.

Verizon will move to drop unlimited data plans as soon as July 7th according to the blog Droid Life and AllThingsD, a 2 gigabit plan will start at 80 dollars a month with additional tiers at 50 dollars a month for 5 gigsand 80 dollars a month for 10 gigs. Tethering will reportedly cost an extra 20 dollars a month, but users will receive an extra 2 gigabits. Overage will be assessed at 10 dollars for each extra gig. Unlimited data users or grandfather in though, and this leaves spread with the only truly unlimited data plans.

Those are your headlines for today, I am Wilson Tang for cnet.com and you’ve just been loaded.