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iOS 4.2 on 7th Nov? Android Gingerbread SDK on 11th?

November 5, 2010 2 Annkur

The war of the mobile OS is getting intense. With newer platforms coming up every few months, the existing ones are updating faster than every before. It is rumored that Apple’s much awaited iOS update v4.2 would be out on…

Apple

New MacBook Airs Getting Software Update To Fix Bugs

November 4, 2010 0 Annkur

The new MacBook Airs are smaller and thinner than ever before, While the wow factor remains, there are several reports of malfunctioning MacBook Airs out in the market, and it seems (pretty much as expected) Apple is investigating this internally.…

Android

Samsung Galaxy Tab Closeup, Videos & Quick Review

November 4, 2010 0 Annkur

We finally managed to spend some time playing around with a Galaxy Tab and it quite fits the case we put up in favor of a 7″ tablet sometime back. We have done an impressive lengthy discussion on the Galaxy…

Featured

[Interview] Jimmy Wales on the Wikireader & more!

November 2, 2010 0 Annkur

We caught up with Jimmy Wales in Mumbai a couple of days back. While the entire video interview would be up soon, we have a little interesting conversation towards the end of the interview about the Wikireader. In case you…

Featured

Gizmo Podcast #7: Nokia C7, X5 & the Samsung Galaxy Tab

November 2, 2010 0 Annkur

Its been a little break but we are back with the latest Gizmo Podcast. This week myself and Nimish discussed the Samsung Galaxy Tab along with the two new Nokia smartphones, the C7 and the X5. The Sony Ericsson Xperia…

Android

Android for tablets, the missing block is ‘Honeycomb’

November 2, 2010 0 Annkur

We have seen endless speculations on what would be the Android version that google would push out for tablets. While Google commented on Froyo not being optimum for tablets all eyes were on Gingerbread to be the Android 3.0 that…

eReaders & Tablets

Nokia MeeGo Tablet Z500 Resurfaces on Ovi / Twitter

November 1, 2010 1 Annkur

Nokia working on a tablet isn’t a new rumor. They have already tried their hands on a netbook (god knows why) and ever since then we are suspecting a table from them. Before MeeGo started to buzz, it was speculated…

Palm

More details on Palm Pre 2 specs, HP.com to sell unlocked version

October 31, 2010 0 Annkur

The Palm Pre 2 is the latest webOS powered smart phone and currently the talk of the town for Palm fans. The first Palm device coming out after the HP takeover isn’t the most attractive one in terms of the…

Featured

Exclusive: 3D Toys with Patrick Beaulieu of Nvidia [Video]

October 30, 2010 0 Annkur

Nvidia did an awesome 3D showcase for us in Mumbai, and while we are still to get over the hint of the future we had, there are a ton of 3D toys that we went hands-on with. Handling the most…

Cameras

Hands-on with Panasonic HDC-TM750 & Aiptek 3D Camcorders, Fujiflim W3 & Sony TX9 3D Cameras

October 28, 2010 2 Annkur

Now this is surely a geek’s delight. We recently had a significant dose of 3D and the best part of the day was the 3D cameras that we played around with. Here, are the Panasonic HDC-TM 750 / VW-CLT1 (lens)…

Android

PayPal for App Store, Blackberry App World and Android Market coming today?

October 27, 2010 2 Annkur

Wow TC has managed another trendy scoop. It seems that PayPal is gearing up to announce partnership with mobile app markets across 3 leading platforms i.e. Apple’s AppStore, Blackberry’s App World and Google’s Android Market.

Apple

How many iPads would Apple sell in Q1 (holiday season)?

October 26, 2010 0 Annkur

Apple seems to be gearing up pretty well for the holiday season with its iPad. First, the supply constraints seem to have evaporated with the Apple store shipping iPads almost instantly to US buyers. Add to that the iPod way…

Apple

No, Apple is not buying Sony

October 26, 2010 2 Annkur

Yes, the rumors are going wild and they had to. Afterall its Apple and Sony named here. And yet again in less than a week I am amazed by the kind of traction ‘made up’ news gets. The only thing…

Featured

A Dose of 3D!

October 26, 2010 0 Annkur

It was just another day walking to a press meet today, and I would admit that I wasn’t expecting anything like what we actually saw. It was a all 3D showcase by Nvidia (and their partners) and the range of…

Site Announcements

Giveaway: Duracell myGrid Charging Pad

October 25, 2010 0 Annkur

We are back with an amazing giveaway as promised. And this one is simpler than ever before. This time we are giving away the beautiful myGrid charging pad by Duracell. You have seen the review before, but how about owning…

Gaming

Forget Windows 8, Kinect is the coolest release of 2010

October 24, 2010 1 Annkur

I am amazed by the amount of traction Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s comments at Gartner Symposiu has caused. Come-on, you ask the CEO of one of the top tech companies of the the world, what is the riskiest product bet…

Android

HTC Knight spotted, Sliding screen – QWERTY or Speakers?

October 24, 2010 0 Annkur

XDA Developers has managed to get some scoop on an upcoming HTC Android device that should be hitting Sprint in US anytime now. Not much is known about the Knight now, but it features a 3.7″ screen as per XDA’s…

Google

Stanford Faculty and Staff Homes get Google Fibre i.e. 1Gbps speeds!

October 21, 2010 1 Annkur

We had reported sometime earlier about a crazy Google initiative to test out 1Gbps connectivity. Google Fibre is officially set to hit a target audience of 50000 – 500000 (for its experiment) after Google actually zeros down on the location,…

Nokia

Nokia officially puts 2011 label on MeeGo, Weds Symbian via Qt

October 21, 2010 2 Annkur

Nokia is sure banking influential on MeeGo to save it in the super smart phone category and after looking at the N8 we are sure that Symbian isn’t going to server them extensively. After rumors from Intel commenting about MeeGo’s…

Palm

Why you should not go out and rate the Palm Pre 2

October 21, 2010 2 Annkur

Yes we are the same people who go out and compare every new smart phone out there with the Androids and iPhones and make no exceptions in the cut throat competition that exists in the smart phone space. However, it…

eReaders & Tablets

The Case In Favor of a 7″ Tablet!

October 20, 2010 2 Annkur

I often refer to my iPad review and that’s not to go back and say that I didn’t like the iPad but the same thing that we debated over on the Gizmos Podcast (Tablets special). Is there a real market…

Nokia

[Editorial] The market responds: Nokia N8 already selling at Rs 22,000

October 19, 2010 22 Annkur

We know that prices of most products tend to dip in the long run, but by any standards, the fall in the price of the Nokia N8 has been nothing short of spectacular. The N8 had been launched with a…

Featured

OG Podcast #6: Nokia N8, Torch, SE X8, Tablets & more!

October 19, 2010 0 Annkur

Now this is a classic case of geeks getting on a call with a clear aim to wind up as a mini podcast discussing the launch of Nokia N8 and Blackberry Torch in India and we go on to discuss…

Android

The second Android tablet from Samsung, SMT-i9100

October 18, 2010 0 Annkur

While they wait for Samsung Galaxy Tab (P9000) tablet is still to hit our desk, it seems that we are seeing a second Android tablet from Samsung. This one being a low end version without the Touchwiz UI and currently…

Apple

iPad Deal, Early Signs of a Verizon iPhone? Early 2011?

October 14, 2010 2 Annkur

Earlier today we heard about Verizon and Apple coming together to sell the iPad across 2000 retail outlets that Verizon has in the US. These would be WiFi iPads sold along with MiFi 2200 hotspot connection from Verizon. But if…

Micromax

Guess who inspired Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Ad

October 13, 2010 1 Annkur

We saw the plethora of smartphones running Windows Phone 7 being released by Microsoft and a concept that interests me. One thing that actually made me think seriously of Microsoft’s WP7 approach is their ads. And here is what I…

Featured

Discussing the Nokia N8 (Preview) – Gizmo Podcast #5

October 8, 2010 0 Annkur

Myself and Nimish went into a midnight call to discuss the upcoming Nokia N8. Though our own Mr Spock has brought some cheer to us with exclusive unboxing pics (his review coming soon), the lesser mortals like us are still…

eReaders & Tablets

Ballmer: Windows Slates Before Year End

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

The tablets race is crazy. I doubt if I have ever heard so much news about any gadget that is yet to prove its real utility, but the whole world is going crazy about it. Half baked releases and lot…

Android

LG delays its tablet, waiting for Android 3.0

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Not too long back LG had boldly announced its plans for an Android tablet that would be better than the Apple iPad and it seems that they have now realised what iOS is to iPad now. After teasing the market…

Android

HP drops Android plans, See you with Palm WebOS at CES 2011!

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

HP put us in a little confusion with the Andoid based tablet Zeen leaking out the other day. But here comes the official confirmation that HP has dropped its Android based tablet / smartphone projects in favor of the Palm…

Android

Android Market populates paid apps in India

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Just tuning into tweets from some Indian Android owners, it seems that paid apps have finally started to flow in here. Part of Google’s promise to take Android market commercial in a whole new lot of countries. Way to go,…

Rumors

Whatever happened to Samsung AMOLED

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Yesterday we started to hear about the new Bada OS handset Wave II from Samsung and guess what? This one has almost the same specs as the original Wave (S8500) but no AMOLED display. It was hard to digest a…

Motorola

Motorola Milestone aka Droid meets Ferrari!

October 2, 2010 2 Annkur

Acer might have teased us with its Ferrari offerings before, but its always attractive to see a winner meet another and thats what we have here. One of the best selling Android devices, Motorola Milestone has been painted Ferrari red.…

Microsoft

Motorola faces lawsuit from Microsoft over Android phones (Patents)

October 2, 2010 0 Annkur

When HTC entered into a deal with Microsoft earlier this year, it was clear that Android has hit the a road that connects to Microsofts patent portfolio. Back then Microsoft had mentioned that they are talking to other manufacturers and…

smartphones

Android is here, but Windows Phone 7 from Sony Ericsson coming soon

September 30, 2010 0 Annkur

It seems that Sony Ericsson is not looking to do a Motorola by going all out on Android. Reports are tickling in that the catchup game in the smartphone market for Sony Ericsson would involve some Windows Phone 7 push…

BlackBerry

Gizmo Podcast #4 (Mini): Discussing the RIM Blackberry Playbook

September 30, 2010 0 Annkur

We are back with another mini discussion and this time its the Blackberry tablet aka the Playbook. Unveiled recently, the PlayBook would release sometime in early 2011 and we take a look at how it stacks up against the whole…

Site Announcements

We have a new Avatar!

September 29, 2010 1 Annkur

Folks, Its been long since we did anything major on the site apart from content and today we are proud to officially unveil the new OnlyGizmos. Many of you have noticed us experimenting with our layout and here we are…

BlackBerry

RIM’s BlackPad aka Blackberry tablet coming next month?

September 23, 2010 0 Annkur

While we are still banging our heads against the iPad and discussing if the tablet is a necessity or a luxury, new players are entering the race each passing day. Now if you are a loyal Blackberry user and if…

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