March 20th, 2010 by Annkur
Playing By Heart concept by Zhang Shouze sure gives you the 21st century businessman the most relevant briefcase in today’s world. With cloud computing taking over work & smartphones getting smarter at-least I don’t see too many people carrying with laptops in the near future.
Now that’s one weird laptop design and something many of us would find impractical to use in day to day life. Supporting the slanting keyboard (looks ergonomical) and clinging to the hinge is the handle that gives the closed notebook a briefcase look (yeah a small hack). Whoever goes to production with this, better make this well rugged (specially if this is how one travels 
). (more…)
Categories: Concept / Educative, Notebook / Laptops, Wow Gadgets |
Tags: concept, folding notebook, laptop, laptop concept |
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March 20th, 2010 by Annkur
When I penned down “the going ahead for Palm“, I had a feeling that its a little incomplete. Still waiting for a hands-on with the WebOS and reminiscing my days with the Treo 650 (heck, I bought 3 of those one after the another every-time it gave up on me); it couldn’t have been a better time than this to read this piece on Engadget. Called the survival guide for Palm, it echoes a lot of my own thoughts.
I still remember the excitement after the Pre announcement and the numerous pings I made to Palm on twitter for an India release. What I heard from friends at Vodafone, the Pre was shown to them before the iPhone 3GS was announced and I still await a result. Anyways, here is a new (and better) Ad by Palm – video downstairs (more…)
Categories: Tech Industry News, smartphones |
Tags: palm, palm 2010, palm future, palm smartphones, pre, webos |
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March 19th, 2010 by Tassavur
While Apple’s iPad is just around the corner with a launch date of 3rd April, Marvell has come up with a tablet priced at a staggering $99. Whats so staggering about the price is that this tabled called the Marvell Moby is packed with features which is certainly more than the price its offered at.
While this is an “always-on, high performance multimedia tablet”, it also comes loaded with full flash support, 1080p HD video playback courtesy the Armada 600 series processors. Not only that the device also supports (more…)
Categories: Android, Concept / Educative, Tech Industry News, eReaders & Tablets |
Tags: Armada series 600 processors powered Moby Tablet, Marvell $99 tablet for students, Marvell Moby |
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March 19th, 2010 by Annkur
We had a chance to go hands on with the Tegra 250 powered Notion Ink Adam yesterday and it turned out to be more than just a good tablet PC. The dummy shown to us was a concept design from 2009 and the sleek looks it sports (completely different from Adam’s current avatar) tempted us to ditch the ceramic plates and go for the Adam to serve the Ice Creams
So what makes a better Ice Cream plate according to you? The conventional ceramic plates at ITC Grand Central or the Notion Ink Adam? Image comparison below!
- Let us know your choice in comments below
Categories: Humour, eReaders & Tablets, picture |
Tags: adam india, fun, Humour, india, notion ink india, notion inks adam, poll |
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March 19th, 2010 by Annkur
Finally there is some official word on when the iPhone 3GS launching in India. Reuters reports that Airtel has confirmed a deal with Apple Inc to sell the iPhone 3GS in India. Delayed for several months now, the 3GS was expected launch last year in August, however given the green signal by Airtel now, we await the pricing details and availability.
While iPad is launching in two weeks, we are still waiting for the 3GS. Would you buy the 3GS or skip it in favor of the iPhone 4G?
Categories: Apple, Tech Industry News, iphone |
Tags: 3gs airtel india, 3gs india, 3gs india launch, airtel, airtel 3gs, Bharti Airtel, india, iPhoen india, iphone |
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March 19th, 2010 by Kunal
Google has teamed up with Sony, Intel and Logitech to bring to bring web software to television through set-top boxes and television sets. The service is rumored to be working on set-top boxes and would also be built-in into Sony’s television sets. While Sony is said to be working on the hardware, it would be powered by Google’s Android OS and Intel’s energy efficient Atom processors. Logitech would be developing the remote controls for the system.
Google also expects to make its open-source platform open to third party software developers to build their own plug-ins. Google TV platform would be integrating televisions with web, allowing users to browse through various web applications like Twitter and other (more…)
Categories: Android, Google, Tech Industry News, rumor, sony |
Tags: Google, google tv, intel, logitech, rumor, sony |
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March 19th, 2010 by Annkur
Palm isn’t doing particularly well, even though it has a impressive product with the WebOS. Last quarter they sold just over 400,000 smartphones and lost $22 million. With a refreshed Palm Pre / Pixi and new carriers going live, Palm would have expected better sales, but they themselves had cut the guidance a while back. IMO part of this can be blamed to the poor advertising of the Pre compared to the Droid or Nexus One and at the same time as Jon Rubinstein himself points out – delay in getting on Verizon (i.e. going on sale after Droid).
What excited me is the fact that Palm (at-least as per Jon Rubinstein’s statement) is making good progress on future products and they are looking to come up with new carrier partners when these products go on sale. Another interesting perspective is the possibility of Google (or any other smartphone maker) buying out Palm which would be valued below $1 billion. Given the aggression Apple has shown with patent disputes with HTC and Nokia, Palm certainly has a good patent (more…)
Categories: Market Watch, Tech Industry News, smartphones |
Tags: jon rubinstein, palm, palm 2010, palm pre plus, palm pre sales, palm revenue, palm review, palm smartphones, pre plus sales, sales |
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March 19th, 2010 by Nimish Dubey
It might be becoming a part of our lives slowly and steadily but that does not stop us from taking a light-hearted poke at GPS and its foibles
“Hi! All set for the trip?”
“You bet. I am looking forward to loads of fun – just the two of us, the road and the trusty, if rusty, automobile. What is that rolled up thing you are carrying?”
“The road map. We will get lost without it.”
“Are you from the age of Columbus? We live in the era of hi-tech, the time of GPS. All we need is this handy little gizmo – the Drive, Walk and Talk Navigator, the device that shows you the way.”
“Don’t you think we should take the maps along, just as a back-up?”
“ And perhaps we could even add a magnetic compass for good measure. Grow up!”
“Oh all right then! Shall we start?”
“Not just now. Let the device get a fix on the satellites first. It might take a few minutes.”
“Can’t we just get moving? Your device can lock on to its blessed satellites as we go along.”
“Patience. There, it’s got a lock now. Let me just enter our destination and there you are – the best route to the place. On a map. Complete with voice and text controls. Cool, eh? Let’s hit the road!”
“Excellent! I was just wondering if we should follow the regular path or be a bit adventurous. I could turn here…”
“Stop!”
“Why? Did I hit something?”
“No, no. I just need to tell the (more…)
Categories: Humour, Wireless Gadgets |
Tags: does gps really work, fun, funny, gps, gps fail, gps fun, Humour |
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March 19th, 2010 by Kunal
AT&T has announced its new Zero charger that is expected to save some energy without requiring any fancy gadgetry. The charger completely eliminates the “Vampire draw” or the energy drawn by the charger when not in use. The charger stops drawing any power when the phone is fully charged or when there is no phone plugged in to the charging cord.
The charger is USB compatible and would ship in a recycled-cardboard container. Apart from saving energy, it would also save the phone’s battery from being damaged due to over charging. AT&T has not announced the pricing of the device yet. It is expected to be available in May 2010.
Categories: Accessories, Wow Gadgets, green energy |
Tags: AT&T, clean tech, clean technology, eco gadget, eco-friendly charger, green charger, green tech, zero charger |
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March 18th, 2010 by Kunal
HTC Supersonic has been into rumors for quite some time now. If the report from WSJ is to be believed, the phone would be announced officially next week at CTIA 2010. WSJ reports that Sprint’s CEO, Dan Hesse would unveil the first ever 4G phone during the event. (more…)
Categories: Android, HTC, Tech Industry News, rumor |
Tags: 4g phone, ctia 10, ctia 2010, ctia expo, HTC, htc supersonic, sprint, sprint clearwire, wimax phone |
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March 17th, 2010 by Kunal
When it comes to hardcore gaming, every gamer needs a mouse that fits more than perfectly for him. But there is a group of people that can’t find that perfect mouse easily. The guys I am talking about here are left handed gamers. They often have to use sub-standard left-handed mouse or just switch to a hardcore gaming mouse built for right-handed guys. Do you lefties feel left out? Well, not any more.
Razor, the hardware manufacturer known for its gaming peripherals, has introduced a gaming mouse built for lefties. The mouse called DeathAdder Left Hand Edition boasts of all the features that a normal gaming mouse has. These are 1000Hz ultrapolling, always-on mode, 3500dpi sensitivity, and on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment. Along with the left and right click buttons, the mouse consists of a scroller and two programmable buttons. It can track accurately at 60-120 inches per second with 15G of acceleration.
DeathAdder Left Hand Edition is available for $59.99.
via [SlashGear]
Categories: Concept / Educative, Entertainment, Gaming, Tech Industry News |
Tags: Death Adder left hand edition, deathadder mouse for the left handed, Gaming, gaming mouse for the left handed, mouse, mouse for left handed, mouse for lefties, razor |
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March 17th, 2010 by Navin Israni
Google might have to look for different names for its super phone, now since the US Trademark Office has rejected its application to trademark “Nexus One”.
The reason for the refusal is that the name conflicts with another Nexus mark, given to Integra Telecom back in Dec 2008. The mark owned by Integra refers to “the provision of telecommunication services and the transmission of voice and data”. But Google might argue that theirs is a product and not a service.
The Trademarks office says that (more…)
Categories: Android, Google, Tech Industry News, smartphones |
Tags: Google refused Nexus One trademark, nexus one, nexus one name controversy, Nexus One Trademark refused, nexus one trademark rejected |
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March 16th, 2010 by Kunal
Nokia has launched the Design By Community project wherein Nokia is inviting anyone across the globe to give their input for the “smartphone concept device of the future”. The 8 week project would involve a new design widget every week and users can give their input for the design. The design widget also takes care of the feasibility of your design through a needle hovering in three zones – Red, Yellow and Green. Where Green obviously means ‘Perfect Mix’. Not exactly like the Sony Ericsson Dot, but seems like crowd-sourcing is the new mantra.
Week 1 of the project involves design aspects related to the phone’s display and UI, covering features like screen size, screen type, screen ratio and secondary buttons. The entire 8-week schedule is as follows – (more…)
Categories: Tech Industry News, nokia, smartphones |
Tags: ask the community, community, design by community, meego, nokia, nokia crowd sourcing |
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March 16th, 2010 by Annkur
Videocon IMO would need to brand itself harder to be a cellphone player. Nothing wrong with manufacturing phones, but the only problem is that no on expects you to pull out a Videocon from your pocket. That aside, the V1675 is a well priced blackberry clone (at least in design). Videocon has somehow managed to deliver a QWERTY, Dual SIM smartphone with an optical trackpad for Rs 5500. While you will find many local china pieces at better price, mind you this one comes with a brand name like Vodafone with it. So is the V1675 really cool?
Well not really. Had Videocon thought a little about innovating and creating a real product instead of just copying Blackberry design, UI (icons etc) and attach to that a Nokia charging slot; I would have appreciated this product lot more. Yes the phone works with a Nokia charger and while you would say that its good for compatibility, its actually no better than a silly Chinese counterfeits who bundle in a Nokia charging pin (why not a MicroUSB that’s the industry standard?). Seems like the innovation and real product creation in mobile field is left to new entrants like Notion Ink only.
Coming back to the V1675
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Categories: First look, Reviews |
Tags: india, indian cellphone maker, indian smartphone, v1675, videocon, videocon mobile phones review, videocon V1675, videocon v1675 price india, videocon v1675 review |
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March 16th, 2010 by Kunal
Opera has released the final versions of its mobile web browsers – Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10. Opera Mini 5 is the mobile web browser for Java and BlackBerry handsets while the Opera Mobile 10 is for Symbin S60 and Windows Mobile devices. Opera Mini 5 was recently released for Google’s Android OS too. An iPhone version of the browser is also in the making. (more…)
Categories: Launch Pad, mobile app, smartphones |
Tags: launch, opera, opera mini, opera mini 5, opera mobile, opera mobile 10 |
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March 15th, 2010 by Nimish Dubey
The God of War (GOW) series reaches its climax in a few hours with the Spartan warrior Kratos invading Olympus, the abode of the Greek Gods. Just in case you have been on a planet where gaming has been banned, the series of games revolves around a series of battles between Kratos and a number of legendary Greek Gods, including the mighty Zeus himself. Of course, gamers all over the world are already lining up to get copies of the game and figure out what happens in the climax.
With the game being released on the PS3, one can be assured of cutting edge graphics and terrific effects as Kratos smashes his way through Olympus. However, one really wonders if these alone are going to be enough to make the game a huge success. This may sound harsh but, all said and done, the GOW series has largely been a hack and slash affair with some doses of puzzle-solving thrown in. What’s more, three years have elapsed since God of War 2 was released and three years is a very long time in gaming. The period has seen games like GTA 4 ,Unchartered 2, Assassin’s Creed 2, Devil May Cry 4 and Dante’s Inferno pretty much redefine what gamers expect from their consoles. GOW’s exceptional graphics (more…)
Categories: Entertainment, Gaming, sony |
Tags: God of War, God of War 3, gow3, Kratos |
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March 15th, 2010 by Annkur
Perhaps a little late, but I got my hands on the Dell Vostro 13 recently. Here is the picture gallery:
Categories: Notebook / Laptops, picture |
Tags: dell, dell vostro, laptop, live pictures, vostro, vostro 13 |
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March 15th, 2010 by Annkur
Having traveled to Hyderabad last week for the HeadStart – ITsAP startup showcase, we happened to run into Hyderabad based Notion Ink who were one of the startups selected for an onstage demo and exhibition at the event. We met two of the company founders Sachin Ralhan and Rajat Sahni and also saw a dummy build of the Adam (no prototype 
. )
During the Notion Ink presentation we didn’t have too much new to listen to, but we had a long conversation with the founders on how they started (the story should come up on the HeadStart blog soon). A few things that we learnt were: (more…)
Categories: First look, Tech Industry News, eReaders & Tablets |
Tags: headstart itsap hyderabad, headstart network, Notion Ink, notion ink demo, notion ink headstart |
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March 15th, 2010 by Kunal
Aircel has launched “Peek” – a physical QWERTY handset made specifically for emails. Aircel claims that Peek is the thinnest email device ever. Peek can support upto three email accounts at a time. The email clients supported are Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail and all POP3 or IMAP accounts.
Peek supports PUSH email which allows automatic retrieval of new mails. The attachments supported are Microsoft Word, Excel, PDF and all image files. The screen on this device is 2.5″ QVGA with no touch support. The battery on the device is good to last for 2 to 3 days on a full charge, for ‘average’ email users. Aircel Peek is priced at Rs. 2999 which sounds quite affordable. Other charges involve a Rs. 897 for email access for first 90 days and Rs. 299 per month hence. The device would be available in two colors – Red and Black.
The rental charges per month might happen to be a deal breaker as Aircel charges only Rs. 98/month for unlimited GPRS on mobile. Mobile users can easily configure multiple email accounts to their handsets, which BTW is also used for making calls (unlike Peek) 
For more details on the device, check Aircel Peek’s official webpage.
Categories: First look, Launch Pad, Tech Industry News |
Tags: aircel, aircel peek, aircel peek blackberry, blackberry alternative, email device, email handset, india, peek, peek in india |
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March 15th, 2010 by Nimish Dubey
It started out as a low-cost touchscreen device and is now spiralling into a rather vast family that has everything from total touchscreen to a non-touchscreen and touchscreen-QWERTY avatars. Samsung’s Corby might have boosted the company’s handset sales and redefined what people expect from devices in the lower-middle price segment, but it seems to be in danger of spinning out of control. As of now, we have close to half a dozen different Corby handsets and while the ones on the lower end will appeal to the value-for-money crowd, the higher-end affairs, like the Corby Plus and the Corby Pro, are getting into smartphone territory.
Some people would say there’s nothing really wrong with that, but I think that Sammy might just need to rethink its strategy here. A high end phone coming out with a lower cost version (like all the Minis seen nowadays) might appeal to consumers but try the same thing in reverse and the stark fact is that high-end users are unlikely to invest in a brand that is associated with a value-for-money proposition rather than high performance. And that is exactly where the Corby range could stumble – there are already users who are opting for Samsung’s own (more…)
Categories: samsung, smartphones |
Tags: corby, corby range, corby series review, samsung corby, samsung corby series, series review |
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