Nokia C7: Brief Review
The C7 has been seen by many as an attempt by Nokia to offer a watered down and more affordable version of the high-profile N8. Although Nokia officials had claimed that the N8 would be the only Symbian ^3 handset…
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No More Android Version Updates For Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Range
In yet another disappointing move by Sony Ericsson, the company has in a tweet, clarified its stand on the future of the Xperia x10 line up. There would be no future updates to the phones that would endow them with…
Sony Ericsson shows the Xperia Arc, with Bravia Engine display, Android 2.3
CES has seen some remarkable products so far, and Sony Ericsson has joined the party with one of the most spectacular smartphones we have seen so far. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc was revealed as the “first of a new generation of Xperia smartphones…
Motorola unleashes “the world’s most powerful smartphone,” the Atrix, complete with laptop dock
This might be CES and the air might be thick with hype but still, words like “the world’s most powerful smartphone” should not be used lightly. Well, Motorola has used them to describe its Atrix handset, which not only packs in some seriously impressive specs but has actually grabbed the limelight at the event for…
Samsung Galaxy S Sells 10 Million in 2010, Withdrawn From India?
Last time we reported this, the tally of the total sales of Samsung’s entire range of Galaxy S phones sold globally was around 9.3 million. Samsung had set itself a goal to sell at least 10 million of these phones…
HTC fires second Windows Phone 7 salvo, launches Mozart in India
After a period of relative inactivity, HTC seems to have stepped into device release overdrive. Within days of the launch of the HTC HD7 in India, the first Windows Phone 7 device to be seen in the country (notwithstanding no…
4 Million Nokia N8?s Sold So Far
Soon after its launch in October, Nokia had announced that the N8 has received the highest amount of consumer pre-orders” in the company’s history. Back then, the news was treated with suspicion because the phone was launched amidst quite a bit of negative publicity regarding…
Skype Version 3.0 Arrives For iOS. Supports Video Calling
Skype has finally released a new version of its App for iOS devices that allow users to make two way video calls to all your Skype contacts. The new version is compatible with the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 4th generation and devices running…
Google Nexus S In India For Rs.24,000 (Update)
It has become a trend of sorts for officially unannounced handsets to land in India these days. After the Windows Phone 7 powered HD7 arrived two weeks before its “official’ launch, it seems the Google Nexus S is getting the…
HTC HD7 Arrives In India Officially
We all knew that HTC’s flagship Windows Phone 7 handset, the HD7 was already available in India since the past few weeks. However, it is now that HTC has decided to officially launch the handset across the country. The phone has now been launched…
Palm’s WebOS Now Has 5000 Apps
While the likes of iOS and Android have crossed the 100,000 mark when it comes to the sheer number of applications available for the respective platforms, two year old smartphone OS WebOS from Palm is trudging along slowly and has just crossed the 5000 app mark recently. There were…
Our six favourite sub-Rs 15,000 Android smartphones
Following our podcast about affordable Android smartphones a few days ago, we have been deluged with queries about which are the best Android smartphones in the Indian market for less than Rs 15,000. While we did voice some of our…
Sony Ericsson’s New Xperia Branded Phones To Debut At MWC
Sony Ericsson seems to be quite buoyant about its Android prospects of the future. Even though we have almost two months left for the MWC to kick off at Barcelona, Spain the company is looking forward to its event there. Sony Ericsson has traditionally held an event usually a day before the…
HTC Wildfire Gets Much Needed Android Froyo Update
HTC has officially announced the release of a new update for its mid range Android handset- the Wildfire. The update, which is also available in India, is being dispersed through an over the air mechanism and will update the handset to Android 2.2 Froyo. If you happen…
Samsung Sold 9.3 Million Galaxy S In 2010
When Samsung launched the Galaxy S, we knew it was a remarkable phone. Apple fanboys did call the device a “poor lookalike” and that it might never be able to match the dynamics or the awesomeness of the retina display on the iPhone 4.…
It’s Official: Nexus One Getting Android 2.3 Update Soon
We all knew this was coming soon. But it is always good when the arrival of the obvious is officially announced. We are talking about the good ol’ Nexus One getting the all important update to Android 2.3 “Gingerbread”. Yes…
RIM Blackberry holds emerging markets, how long?
Over the past few days taking a look at how RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis dogged questions at the D Dive Into Mobile Conference and subsequently the last quarter results which just came out (14.2 million handsets shipped), its clear that Blackberry is holding its ground…
Motorola Quench XT5 Comes To India; Priced At 13,990
Motorola has been in the Android game for quite some time now. Along with high end handsets from the Milestone series, it has also concentrated on the low cost, mid range Android segment of phones priced below the Rs.15k mark. Back in…
Gigabyte Prepping Dual SIM Android Handset
Dual SIM Android handsets are as rare as hair on chickens teeth – but looking at the way things are developing, we would be seeing quite a few dual SIM Android laden phones in the near future. Gigabyte, the Taiwanese major is planning to launch its first Dual SIM Android…
Six reasons why we are not crazy about the PSP phone
Its existence might not have been confirmed officially, but the tech world has been abuzz with rumours about its impending arrival and whether it could prove to be a game-changer. Pun intended. Yep, we are talking about the PlayStation phone…
HTC Legend Gets Froyo Update, Wildfire To Follow Suit
With a slew of high end Android launches of late, I am sure you might have forgotten about the HTC Legend – HTC’s mid range Android smartphone released earlier this year. Well here’s some fantastic news for all you Legend users out there. The…
Brief Review/Unboxing: Motorola Flipout
At a time when most smartphone manufacturers are sticking to standard candybars, Motorola’s Flipout brings the swivel design and square shape to handsets (we do not remember too many having it, apart from the Micromax Bling). Android 2.1, a 2.8…
Acer beTouch E140 Officially Announced In the UK
Acer has officially announced the launch of its entry level Android based handset – the beTouch E140 in the UK. Earlier launched in Italy, the phone runs Android Froyo and is expected to make its landing in India as well in the…
Quick Review: Motorola Milestone XT720
Android might be making significant inroads in the smartphone market, but multimedia is supposed to be one of its weak points – after all, how many Android phones have you heard of with great cameras and sound? Sony Ericsson did try to fix matters with the Xperia X10 and…
More Nokia X7-00 Details Leak
It was just days ago that we first heard of Nokia’s soon to arrive X-Series device, the X7-00. It was accompanied with a video that showcased the phone running Need For Speed Shift. A week or so down the line, we have…
Opera Mobile To Get HTML 5 and Flash Support
Opera Mobile, the full fledged mobile browser from Opera Software is available for most popular smartphone platforms. It also has an Android version which has been around for the past few months. However, while the default browser for Android is a fully fledged…
Google Nexus S unveiled with Android 2.3 Gingerbread on it
Finally, the smartphone and Google Android update everybody has been waiting for is here. Google and Samsung have unveiled much awaited Nexus S smartphone running Android 2.3 Gingerbread update. Housing 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird microprocessor, the Nexus S offers pretty much same features that the…
Sony Ericsson’s Zeus 1 PlayStation Phone Appears On Video
So far seen only in leaked, blurry images and a extremely poor quality video, the Zeus 1, Sony’s PlayStation phone always had a big question mark hovering over its existence. To rest all the doubts and speculations as to whether a PlayStation phone is certainly coming soon, here…
Brief Review: LG Optimus One Unboxing
The LG Optimus One or the LG-P500 is one of the few handsets in the country to have come in flaunting not just the Google tag on its back but also the latest version of the Android operating system, 2.2…
Acer, Sony Ericsson – Windows Phone 7 can’t help you!
Editorial: The mobile market is buzzing and its attractive enough to pull PC makers to jump into the smartphone race. Some like Apple have lead the way for revolution and others like Google have laid down a strong platform that…
Motorola oozes QWERTY and touchscreen goodness in Rs 13,900 Charm
Motorola seems to be in Android phone overdrive. After launching the Quench and the FlipOut in the past few weeks, it today released the Charm in the Indian market. In terms of features, this has got to be one of…
Windows Mobile Laden Toshiba TG01 Hacked To Run Android
Toshiba’s TG01, when released back in 2009 was one of the most advanced phones in terms of hardware. It boasted of a huge 4.1 inch display and came with a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor. In fact, this was the first handheld…
Micromax joins the Android race with Rs 8,000 Andro A60, also talks of 7-inch tablet
We were not there (well, there are only so many places we can be at the same time), but the news is trickling out that Micromax has unveiled its first Android phone at a bloggers’ meet in Delhi some hours…
Nokia’s Latest X-Series Phone X7-00 Caught On Video
Folks over at BGR have come across a video that’s purportedly showing off Nokia’s next X Series handset, the X7-00. Going by naming scheme, this looks to be an upgrade to the existing X6. The sleek handset is shown in…
BlackBerry Bold 9780 Launched In India
BlackBerry seems to have silently launched its latest handset from the Bold lineup in India. The Bold 9780 is now selling for Rs. 26,900 if we are to go by a tweet from folks over at Mahesh Telecom. The successor…
Opera Mobile 10.1 Launched For Symbian
Symbian might have lost most of its sheen but there are some developers who are not ready to give up on it and Opera seems to be one such persistent developer. They have been continuously developing for the platform and…
Nokia Brings The X5 To India For Rs. 10,499
Nokia has bought its latest X Series handset, the rather weird looking X5 to India. This has happened a good five months after the phone was first seen in July. The X5 is a series 60 music oriented handset that…
iOS 4.2 coming today, makes iPad a “completely new product,” says Jobs
After all the rumours, we have formal confirmation that iOS 4.2, the latest update of the operating system that runs on the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad, will be released later today (plug your device into a computer, start…
LG Optimus One Lands In India For Rs.13,500
Just days after it announced that over 1 million LG Optimus One handsets have been sold, LG has announced the launch of the device in India. The Optimus One is a mid range Android handset that will compete with the…
Nokia N8 Facing Power Management Issues
Nokia’s flagship N-Series handset, the N8 has been in the news mostly for its recent launch related news. Now that the phone has started arriving in the hands of consumers, they are reporting a peculiar problem with some of the phones wherein…
