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Future WIP

Verizon 4G test gives 12Mbps to 50Mpbs download speeds

March 9, 2010 0 Annkur

Yes, I know that we are still waiting for the 3G license auctions in India, but here is a cheer from Verizon (US). Testing their LTE / 4G network, Verizon has released promising numbers of data transfer speeds over the…

Apple

iPhone all set to overtake Blackberry in 2011

March 9, 2010 0 Annkur

  Blackberry remains the highest selling smartphone in the US, thanks to the plethora of business handsets it has to offer. One company that is fast catching up (and currently in no 2 position) is the Apple iPhone. Analyst prediction…

Concept / Educative

Loved Ironman or Jetsons? Then try Jetlev!

March 8, 2010 0 Annkur

Love Iron Man? Or for that matter Jetsons and the whole action of flying around with Jetpacks? Well then here is Jetlev Flyer that brings you the experience of flying like none other. 9 years in development and here is…

Concept / Educative

Waterpebble: checks the water wastage

March 8, 2010 0 Annkur

Waterpebble is a unique tiny gadget that monitors the amount of water you consume during a shower and helps you save water. The tiny pebble shaped gizmo placed below your shower checks the water outflow via the plughole. Using your…

Launch Pad

Bluetooth 4.0 specs out, ready to hit markets by year end

March 7, 2010 0 Annkur

The Bluetooth SIG has started to push the next version i.e. Bluetooth 4.0 already. While we are still seeing numbered devices offering Bluetooth 3.0 being announced, Bluetooth 4. 0 is said to be ready for a year end launch. The…

Concept / Educative

Align several mobile phones to make one large screen (patent)

March 7, 2010 0 Annkur

Yes weird as it sounds and geeky for sure! The idea of combining several cellphone displays by just placing them next to each other is certainly impressive and Motoorla is on it (the only problem is I don’t see a…

Tech Industry News

Gesture search for Android introduced, looks impressive

March 5, 2010 1 Annkur

… Scrolling through contacts or typing the name on the touchscreen qwerty is surely a slow process and one of the frustrations I have with the iPhone (btw which is otherwise a wonderful gadget). Google’s gesture search for the Android…

Android

DSP presents landline phone powered by Android OS

March 4, 2010 1 Annkur

Debuting at CeBIT is the DSP Multimedia Handset that saves you some embarrassment for ditching mobiles in favor of a landline. The DSP Multimedia Home phone sports a 3.5? touch screen and runs the Google Android OS ! Yes you…

First look

Asus Eee PC 1001PQ & 1201PN at CeBIT 2010

March 3, 2010 0 Annkur

 Asus has outed a number of gadgets at CeBIT 2010 and here are two of the EEE PC models showcased there. The EEE PC 1001PQ and 1201PN throws new life to the Eee line up. While the 1001PQ is a…

Android

Apple lawsuit targets Android, Google backs HTC

March 3, 2010 0 Annkur

There were multiple rumors that a strong reason (or perhaps the only) for Google not integrating multi-touch (pinch to zoom that is) in the US release of Android phones (until now) was a lawsuit threat from Apple. Apple holds patents…

Humour

God’s Computer – OG Photo of the month

March 2, 2010 0 Annkur

The computer that GOD holds. We used to call this a remote control a decade back, and guess we would soon call it his mobile 😛  

Apple

Smartphone wars: Apple sues HTC over patents

March 2, 2010 0 Annkur

Apple isn’t content with just counter-suing Nokia over patents, Cupertino has actually gone ahead and filed a suit against HTC for infringing 20 of its patents. While nothing is very clear as of now and just as the Nokia vs…

First look

Video: Microsoft Mobile Surface demoed

March 2, 2010 0 Annkur

Slashgear is featuring a stylish Microsoft Mobile Surface video that shows a mobile controlled with a camera + projector surface that lets you interact with the system in a unique way. The demo shows a drum being played by tapping…

Humour

LOL: Why Bill Gates retired :P

March 2, 2010 0 Annkur

Via

Apps

Facebook app for Zune HD goes live

March 2, 2010 0 Annkur

If there is one winner that Microsoft has rolled out in the handheld space, it’s the Zune HD. Going live against the iPod touch 3G last year, the Zune HD did do a fair enough job. The design & UI…

First look

C series goes official with Nokia C5

March 2, 2010 0 Annkur

 Nokia C series has finally gone official with Nokia showing the C5 officially. Leaked earlier, we already had a fair idea of what the C5 can offer and here is what Nokia says: We are introducing the new Nokia C5, an affordable smartphone…

Android

Feel the $500 iPad is expensive? Try Haleron’s iLet Mini Hal

March 2, 2010 2 Annkur

Featuring a 7″ touchscreen and a mere 600MHz processor running on Ocean Android the iLet Mini Hal serves the purpose at just $200. Now this wouldn’t put the iPad or the Asus Eee to shame when it comes to performance,…

eReaders & Tablets

Asus Eee PC T101MT tablet gets previewed before release

March 1, 2010 1 Annkur

Asus made an impact in the industry with the Eee PC and they seem to be gearing up to ride the tablets wave we are seeing this year. The yet to be officially Eee PC T101MT (teaser video seen before) seems to have leaked out been and previewed early, and hands…

Apple

iPhone unlikely to get FLASH support ever?

February 19, 2010 2 Annkur

Ever since the original iPhone in 2007 landed without flash support the rumors of Adobe Flash coming to the iPhone in a future release are regular. Adobe even made its desire to be compatible with the Jesus phone public, but…

Tech Industry News

Is original the new fake? Ghost shifts at work

February 18, 2010 0 Annkur

We have heard it since long that components and spares for MNC products sold in India are sourced illegally (or perhaps a better term is “Jugaad”) from company manufacturing units itself. The vast manufacturing hubs that China houses are not…

Launch Pad

Sony Ericsson Dot: Crowdsourcing Mobile Ideas

February 18, 2010 1 Annkur

Sony Ericsson has gone live with a new initiative called ‘SE-dot’. SE dot is aimed at crowdsourcing and developing new ideas. As the company informs us, the idea behind SE-dot is to jump the focus from technology and come down…

Gaming

Giveaway: Forza 3 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro Unlock Code

February 18, 2010 11 Annkur

We are giving away Downloadable 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro for Forza Motorsport 3 on Xbox 360. So if you are one of those waiting to get your hands on this one, well here is your opportunity to get…

First look

Nokia looking to end platform confusion? Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo

February 18, 2010 0 Annkur

Nokia has finally done something that makes us feel that they aren’t really heading towards the platform confusion mode as we have constantly been thinking. After juggling 3 different OS (Symbian, Maemo and oFono with Intel), Nokia has announced MeeGO…

Market Watch

Samsung Bada OS, here to shake the Android, iPhone?

February 14, 2010 0 Annkur

No, I ain’t speculating, but the fact remains that both android and iPhone comes from truly sophisticated Internet + software companies, I may be wrong, but I doubt if Samsung can deliver that level of a smartphone os. The touchwiz…

Nokia

Think only the iPhone can do magical things? see the N900

February 10, 2010 0 Annkur

For all the cheer that iPhone fans had all these years with all the geeky hacks on the Jesus phone, well here comes N900. Yes that’s a Nokia N900 running Windows 95! We know that the Maemo 5 that N900…

Tips n Tricks

Solved: Tata Photon not working on Windows 7? (EpiValley SEC-8089 driver)

February 10, 2010 30 Annkur

Got a Tata Photon+? Happy about the 3.1mbps connection? Well it sure works like a charm – and I would confess here that all videos we uploaded to youtube during the IIT Techfest coverage this year was using a Tata…

Automobiles

Segway making an official entry in India soon!

February 10, 2010 0 Annkur

Though Segway’s aren’t extremely popular for automobile or technology enthusiasts, Neil Nitin Mukesh did manage to get some traction for the same in India it seems. Segway is a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle that promises to give you a non…

Reviews

Do we need a 1280×1024 mobile?

February 10, 2010 0 Annkur

I just came across this really sexy and sleek Qisda mobile that would launch sometime soon. On the specs front, this promises 1280×768 resolution on a 4? touchscreen. Thats even higher than the 854×480 we saw on the Motorola Droid. And…

events

Exhibitions at Technovanza 2010 @ VJTI

February 8, 2010 0 Annkur

Technovanza 2010 at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) was bigger than ever before. Technovanza team had set out with the aim to take Technology to the society this year and the various initiatives we saw at the exhibitions  left us…

events

Humminger 3.0 shows off its potential at Technovanza [Video]

February 8, 2010 0 Annkur

Combining the stability of a Chopper and the efficiency of an aeroplane, the Humminger concept had won the Stage-I of DRDO Students Competition in 2008 ranking amongst top 10 of 272 teams across India. With constant improvements made to the…

Entertainment

Crazy Rubik’s Cube action @ Technovanza 2010

February 8, 2010 0 Annkur

One of the many impressive views at the VJTI annual festival – Technovanza was the Rubik’s cube competition. Endorsed by the World Cube association the competition at Technovanza saw rubik’s enthusiasts from all over India going head to head. Having…

Android

Nexus One proves how important carrier tie-ups are!

February 6, 2010 1 Annkur

If there is anything that the poor sales of the Google Nexus One proves to me, its the control, the evil control rather – that the US carriers have over the mobile market. Long before Google unveiled the Nexus one,…

Humour

ATM haunted with BSOD – Picture of the month

February 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Via @sengupta‘s Flickr Stream

Nokia

Open source Symbian: opportunity or challenge?

February 4, 2010 0 Annkur

Last June Nokia announced its plans to go open source with the Symbian platform. Already handed over to the Symbian Foundation, the smartphone OS that currently powers over 300million handsets has been battling it out with the Apple iPhone, Android…

Tech Industry News

… in other news – 4/2/10

February 4, 2010 0 Annkur

All that we aren’t taking about at OG, but there is a chatter in the tech town! OS 3.2 reveals details of next iPhone, 720p video recording? Higher res? HD? – read at Intomobile Aspen: The green business phone from…

Rumors

Samsung S8500 and S8200 coming to MWC with USB 3.0 & BADA OS?

February 2, 2010 0 Annkur

I have probably mentioned it a dozen times that Samsung is missing a smart OS in its touch screen range (viz Corby, Star) and perhaps BADA OS would fill that gap. We are hearing that the S8200 would be the…

eReaders & Tablets

First Look: The Google tablet interface

February 2, 2010 0 Annkur

The iPad came and went down with a lot of criticism. In a market where traditional PC’s rule and only the scaled down version of the mere same interface sells, Google tried to sell us the Chrome OS concept last…

Concept / Educative

N-Gage gone, in comes the Nokia Ovi Orion concept

February 2, 2010 0 Annkur

  Nokia has said RIP to Gage for sure, but you never know what’s actually cooking in Finland. Nokia might well be planning some groovy gaming phones that could match up with the challenge thrown by the iPhone / Android…

Future WIP

Sharp rolling out solar powered phone this month

February 1, 2010 0 Annkur

Later this month Sharp is rolling out the SH6230C in Chinese market. Whats special is that, this is the first solar powered mobile from Sharp and another step towards clean tech coming to smartphones. While it would make a much…

Reviews

Quick Review: Samsung Star Superb (GT-S5560)

February 1, 2010 178 Annkur

Samsung is leaving no stone unturned in the battle of the smartphones, leaving Nokia and others a real uphill task in the touchscreen race. Having sold 40 million touch phones in 2009 alone, Samsung has enough wisdom to know what…