September 2nd, 2010 by Mr. Spock
Nokia has announced that it will be retiring its cloud file storage service, Ovi Files from October 1 onwards. An e-mail from the company to Ovi File users informed them that the service would be terminated on October 1 and that they should “make sure to uninstall the Ovi Files Connector installed on your personal computer.” Nokia has attempted to reassure users by saying that “You will still be able to share content between your phone and PC using another Nokia product, Nokia Ovi Suite,” which is a tad ironical when one considers the fact that the whole purpose of Ovi Files was storing one’s work on the cloud, independent of the computer. (more…)
Categories: nokia, smartphones, social media |
Tags: ovi, Ovi Files |
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September 2nd, 2010 by Gaurav N
Want to create an app for android without coding, but still did not received invitation from Google App inventor? Try an alternative visual application designer that allows you to make Android Apps without any coding. 
For those of you who do not know, Google released App Inventor for Android which allows users to develop Android Apps the easy way using visual tools. Users are not required to know the code but can design an application using simple drag and drop visual block to create their own application. The sad part is that it not released to public yet and is only available via invitation. (more…)
Categories: Android, Google, Softwares, mobile app |
Tags: Android, android app, app, app inventor, app maker, Google, google app inventor |
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September 2nd, 2010 by Annkur
If you are one of those many users looking to buy the new iPod touch with camera, the iPod nano multitouch and the new shuffle in India, here we have the India pricing for the latest Apple Gizmos. The good news is that Apple gets all iPods in India alongside its global release and you should be able to grab any of these releases this month itself. So here is the official pricing: (more…)
Categories: Apple, Market Watch, Tech Industry News |
Tags: apple india price, apple india store, buy ipod in india, buy ipods in india, ipod pricing |
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September 2nd, 2010 by Annkur
This evening we had the opportunity to sit down with Adam Mirabella (Global Director of Music Services, Nokia) and discuss Nokia’s foray into services and its Ovi Music service with an Indian twist. In his 4th visit to India in a year, Adam was pretty excited about the opportunities here and Nokia is of course bringing together all the Music industry biggies at Nokia Music Connects 2010.
Nokia has transformed from a devices company to now provide a much more wider range of services to its consumer. The different services come under the ‘Ovi’ brand. This includes Maps, Mail, Apps and now Music. Given that India is a highly diverse economy and the numerous language and religions followed across the nation, Nokia came up against a number of challenges to go digital with music in India. To tackle the same, Nokia has a unique approach to this market with a significant investment in its editorial team who can bring in the regional expertise and make the music offerings relevant to the diverse audience. But the challenges in India doesn’t end there. Piracy brings in the concept of ‘Free’ software in India and that adds its own twist in a market that is suffering in the digital game. Nokia has come up with a unique solution to the problem. Adam informs us that their goal was to get a solution that works for the entire ecosystem, right from the artist / labels to the operators (carriers). And as it seems the Ovi Music Unlimited proved to be a good fit for the market situation. During his talk at Nokia Connects, Adam also revealed that given the unlimited model, users have taken the liberty to try out more than twice as many different genres of music.
Nokia proudly claims (more…)
Categories: Opinion, Tech Industry News, nokia |
Tags: adam mirabella india, adam mirabella ovi, nokia india, nokia interview, Nokia Music, nokias ovi strategy, ovi, ovi music india, ovi music on meego |
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September 1st, 2010 by Nimish Dubey
First off, we are going to resist the temptation to gloat that we got almost all of our six predictions on the Apple press con yesterday spot on. Yes, there’s a new iTunes. Yes, there’s a new iPod touch and an iPod Nano (although we were wrong about Apple sticking to the previous form factor), and there’s a new iOS too. But for us, perhaps the biggest news was that Apple was actually throwing itself into the social networking world with its biggest asset – Music. Yep, we are entranced by the new iPods, but it is Ping, the social networking service that is going to come with iTunes 10 that has us REALLY interested as it represents a major step forward by Apple in the world of social networking.
Frankly, we really like the whole concept of a network that lets you know what your friends are listening to – yes, one can do that on Facebook on Twitter, but in those two worthies, music so often gets lost in the crowd. On Ping, you can follow artistes, friends…and basically find out what other people are listening to (and of course, buy music off iTunes!). A dedicated social network for music lovers…you know something, we are wagering that this is actually going to be Apple’s biggest winner from yesterday’s press con. Yep, you may doubt us, but do remember that we got most of our predictions on the press con spot on. Hah!
Categories: Apple, Softwares, social media |
Tags: Apple, itunes, Ping |
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September 1st, 2010 by Kunal
Along with iPod nano and iPod shuffle, the iPod touch also matured another generation today. Steve Jobs introduces iPod Touch 4G as an iPhone, without the phone. Retaining its design and all curves, the new iTouch gets thinner and faster. It has a retina display with 960 x 640 resolution on the 3.5″ multi-touch screen. It also gets dual cameras. The rear camera can record 720P high definition videos and photos (960×720). The front camera can be used for FaceTime with other iPod touch and iPhones.
The iPod touch 4G is powered by the same processor as the iPhone 4G, the Apple A4. It comes pre-installed with iOS 4.1. The accelerometer is now complimented by a 3-axis gyroscope (just like the iPhone 4). It also introduces Game Centre which allows you to play games against iPod Touch users around the globe.
iPod touch 4G comes in three variants – 8GB ($229), 32GB ($299) and 64GB ($399). Like all other newly introduced iPods, it is also available for pre-order and ships in seven days.
Categories: Apple, Launch Pad, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: Apple, apple a4, apple a4 in ipod, ipod, ipod touch, ipod touch 4g, ipod touch camera megapixel, new ipod touch |
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September 1st, 2010 by Kunal
Apple was criticized for letting out an iPod shuffle last year that din’t have any buttons. You were locked into using the Apple earphones that had the controls in it and it seems that the poor sales / feedback has been read well by Apple. So here you have the 2010 iPod shuffle that gets back its buttons and the old design. Going back to basics, iPod shuffle actually gets new colors with the good old design (well almost). With a storage capacity of 2GB, it gives you a playback time of 15 hours on a full battery charge. iPod shuffle supports VoiceOver (dedicated button), Playlists and Genius mixes. Like all its previous generation, it can be clipped to your clothes or accessories.
It is available in five colors – silver, blue, green, orange and pink. It costs $49 and is available for pre-order on Apple’s website, ships in seven days.
Categories: Apple, Launch Pad, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: apple ipods, ipod, ipod shuffle, ipod shuffle 2010, new ipod shuffle, shuffle |
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September 1st, 2010 by Kunal
The new iPod nano (6th gen) is here. The click wheel and camera are removed to make way for a smaller multitouch design. The small 1.5″ screen shows four icons at a time, while you slide your finger for more pages, like in any other iOS device.
The new iPod nano is 46% smaller and 42% lighter than its previous generation. Its tiny multi-touch screen allows access to all your music, FM Radio and Nike+ support. It has hard volume keys, a pedometer and an accelerometer. A clip allows you to attach it to your belt, clothes or other accessories. The built-in lithium-ion battery gives 24 hours of music playback. The ‘shake to shuffle’ feature stays and plays a random song everytime you shake your iPod. One magical thing is the new ‘Live Pause’ thing that Apple had added. You can pause Live radio and rewind as much as 15 mins to listen back what you missed. And did we mention that this thing retains the 30 pin dock connector?
iPod nano 6th gen would be available in 7 colors and two capacities, 8GB for $149 and 16GB for $179. It is now available for order on Apple’s website and ships in 7 days. So are you getting a mini iPod touch? (more…)
Categories: Apple, Launch Pad, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: 2010 ipod, Apple, apple launches, Ipod nano, ipod nano 6g, live pause on ipod, multitouch ipod, new ipod nano, small tochscreen |
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September 1st, 2010 by Annkur
So Steve Jobs is on stage at their annual music event and we await the big announcements from Apple. And as we begin, Apple in its trademark style has some good numbers to give us. So here are the numbers we are hearing:
- 200 apps downloaded every second (over 6.5b downloaded already)
- 230,000 iOS activations daily (jab at Google Android announcements)
- 120 million iOS devices shipped
- 300 Apple Stores in 10 countries
- Over 1 million visits to Apple store worldwide [some days]
- Over 50% buyers are first timers with a Mac
Categories: Apple |
Tags: apple announcement, apple milestones, apple sales, ios sales, sales |
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September 1st, 2010 by Kunal
China’s largest computer maker, Lenovo is all set to enter the gaming industry. Lenovo would be competing with Microsoft (Xbox), Nintendo (Wii) and Sony (Playstation). The company announced that it would release its own gaming console by the year end. Lenovo has set up a new company called Beijing eedoo Technology Ltd. which would produce and market this console. The gaming console, dubbed eBox, uses no controllers and takes input through motion sensing system. eBox can be connected to a high definition television and Internet, Lenovo announced.
Lenovo’s eBox would be the second in the world to use controller-free motion sensing technology. Last month we tried Microsoft’s Kinect which would be released on Nov. 4th. eBox would debut in China later this year and would gradually be released in other parts of the world thereafter. Lenovo’s entry in the multi-billion dollar gaming industry would definitely heat up the existing competition between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Gaming fans can expect some new and improved offerings at lower prices.
via [livemint] [Image Credit]
Categories: Gaming, Lenovo, Tech Industry News |
Tags: china gaming, eedoo Technology, game console, lenovo gaming, lenovo vs xbox, motion gaming china |
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September 1st, 2010 by Mr. Spock
With the Apple press conference hours away, it was time for us to jump into foretelling mode and putting our necks on the line, come up with predictions on what the next hours will have in store. Of course, it is no easy task given the fact that the Cupertino company not only likes to keep its cards close to its chest, but is actually one of the few outfits that manages to do so as well (the rest tend to leak a lot more, but THAT is another story for another time). So without further ado, here are our six predictions for what will – and will not – transpire tonight (more…)
Categories: Apple, Opinion, iphone, rumor |
Tags: iOS, ios 4, ipod, Ipod nano, ipod touch, itunes |
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August 31st, 2010 by Annkur
Palm (Palm HP) has released details on the upcoming update to webOS i.e. v2.0. Palm has now got the much needed resources from HP and should be in a position to rollout updates much much faster. While the release announcement is mainly targeted at developers, we still get a fair idea of whats coming up later this month. Amongst the features what impresses us is the updated multitasking UI with stacks that groups cards from the same application together, the universal search gets a bump with new API for developers & adds quick actions and finally the PDK plugin gets intergrated into the SDK that goes out to developers today (beta).
To be honest, I ain’t a brain that understands all of the blackmagic (read:development) Palm is doing, but nevertheless excited. Waiting for a updated new Pre now!
See webOS 2.0 on Engadget / on PreCentral
Categories: Palm, Softwares, smartphones |
Tags: palm hp webos, palm pre, palm pre 2.0, palm pre update, palm webos, web os 2, webos2 |
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August 31st, 2010 by Annkur
Now its a funny argument to say that Apple isn’t fighting Jailbreaking. They have tried their best to get it proven illegal and then there are these software updates from time to time that at times made us wait weeks / months to get the iPhone working again. Apple even restricted its developers from supporting the hackers community in its TOS. So why does John Gruber of DaringFireball argues that Apple isn’t fighting jailbreaking? Its certain that this piece by him had to get a lot of responses and end up with criticism.
Having used an iPhone on and off since 2007, I have seen (more…)
Categories: Apple, Opinion, Tech Industry News, iphone |
Tags: gruber on jailbreaking, jailbreaking unlocking etc, opinion on jailbreaking, why jailbreak iphone |
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August 30th, 2010 by Annkur
Here is another full touchscreen from Samsung and it runs Bada. The Wave 723 (GT-S7320E) reminds us of the original Samsung Star with the leather flap on the front, however the body otherwise is mettalic and Samsung maintains its attractive design ethos in the Wave 723. Samsung has integrated Auto-UI scaling in the SDK 1.1 of Bada OS and thus making it easy to manage the diverse screen resolutions that would come out. Here is a quick look at the specs: (more…)
Categories: Launch Pad, samsung, smartphones |
Tags: bada os, samsung bada, samsung wave 723, wave 723 |
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August 29th, 2010 by Mr. Spock
It may already have a successor, but for many users (us included) the BlackBerry Bold 9000 remains one of the best smartphones to have ever emerged from the RIM stable, blame it on that lovely display, the spacious keypad, and of course, that faux leather back. However, while the original Bold has been updated to version 5.0 of the BlackBerry operating system, a number of users in India find themselves stuck on OS 4.6.1, simply because their operators have not yet officially provided the upgrade. Well, if you are one of those who wishes to move their Bold 9000 a step up the BlackBerry OS ladder and have lost patience with the official service providers, here is how to do it, with minimum fuss, using BlackBerry’s own software. (more…)
Categories: RIM Blackberry, Softwares, Tips n Tricks, smartphones |
Tags: blackberry, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Bold 9000, BlackBerry OS 5.0, Bold 9000, rim |
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August 29th, 2010 by Annkur
iTunes App Store has reached another milestone and this time its the quarter million mark that has been achieved. It took 25 months and 50,300 developers for Apple to reach here and this is only a small testimony of the traction that iOS (formerly iPhone OS) has managed. Some statistics about these apps:
- 70% are paid apps (compared to 36% on Android Market)
- Books apps 17%
- Games apps 14%
- Entertainment apps 11%, followed by Education, Lifestyle and Travel
Inspired by the market Apple created is a long list of application stores by Google’s Android, Nokia, Samsung and others. Will the Apple iAd platform create a similar effect?
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Categories: Apple, Market Watch, Tech Industry News, iphone |
Tags: android market vs ios, app sales, app store, apple apps, apple developers, ios apps, iphone developers, itunes apps, itunes store |
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August 28th, 2010 by Kunal
After multiple rumors and speculations, Google voice calls through Gmail have finally become official. Google today announced that Gmail users would now be able to make voice calls over the web and to landlines/cellphones. The voice calls within US and Canada would be free of charge. International calls to mobile phones would cost $0.02 onwards while landline call charges start at $0.19. Gmail users can buy prepaid calling credits through Google Checkout which would go live in coming weeks.
Outgoing calls can be made by pressing the call button in the corner of Gmail and then typing the number. Incoming calls pop-up as chat window in Gmail and simultaneously ring on Google-voice enabled phones. Calls can also be diverted to voice mailbox through a single tap on the phone screen.
Gmail voice calls is now active in US and will roll out in other parts of the world soon. As for the competition with Skype is concerned, within US Google gives free calling that is certainly a concern for Skype, however the lack of global footprint with Google calling is a +1 to Skype.
Categories: First look, Google, Tech Industry News |
Tags: gmail calls, gmail vs skype, google calling, google voice, google vs skype, gtalk calls |
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August 28th, 2010 by Annkur
Another low cost blackberry inspired dualsim phone from Microamax and I am sure this would would be selling like hot cakes. FM, full keyboard, camera and a good battery for Rs 2400 is certainly a winning formula for the masses. So here is a quick 5 point review of the Micromax Q2+ (more…)
Categories: MicroMax Mobiles, Reviews |
Tags: micromax q1 vs q2+, micromax review, mobile phone review, q2+ review |
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August 28th, 2010 by Annkur
The big announcement is just a stone throw away and while all the speculations about the iPod refresh, touchscreen shuffle and the iTV gets highlighted, Apple might well be preparing to pull a small rabbit from its hat on wednesday. According to AllthingsD Apple might bring in the web based iTunes service that is rumored since long. While Apple’s acquisition of Lala.com it was rumored that Apple would bring in its iTunes.com as a streaming service, but for now the claim is that the light weight web version allowing you to share your music preferences much more easily over social media / web. Currently the only way you can interact with iTunes service is either on your iOS device or via the desktop software, this might be the beginning that shifts things to the browser (cloud) going forward.
Apple is set to reveal some unseen, unheard things on 1st September (its annual music event). While we continue to read speculations / rumors; the wait is just getting more and more exciting. Though we confess, the hardware bit of the announces appeals more to us than the services…
Categories: Apple, rumor |
Tags: apple 2010, apple itunes web, apple lala itunes, apple launch, apple web service, itunes.com, septermber1 |
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August 27th, 2010 by Nimish Dubey
The latest edition of the device that made e-books cool has started reaching some parts of the media and we were able to spend a little time messing with a Kindle 3 (3G version) that one of our editors in the US had got for review. Now, we must confess to having felt a trifle miffed when Amazon launched the Kindle 3 within days of our getting ourselves a Kindle 2, but after spending some time with the new Kindle, we feel a lot better. Yes, the Kindle 3 is a step up from the existing Kindle models, but not, in our opinion, compelling enough for us to consider an upgrade right now. Here are the five reasons that underpin our rationale to stay loyal to our newly acquired Kindle 2.
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Categories: Opinion, eReaders & Tablets |
Tags: amazon, kindle, kindle 2, Kindle 3 |
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