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Motorola Announces Gingerbread Powered Pro+

August 31, 2011 0 Annkur

Motorola has announced the Pro+ for Asian and European markets. Similar to the Droid Pro and Fire in looks, the Pro+ packs in a GHz processor with Android 2.3. 2011 seems to be the year when the touchscreen + QWERTY…

Market Watch

Samsung To Invest $9. billion In R&D, Buy WebOS?

August 30, 2011 0 Annkur

Samsung has announced that their R&D expenditure for 2011 is expected to total $9.3 billion, (10 trillion won, ) and as much as 50% of that has already been spent. The Korean company spent a similar amount last year. The…

Android

$99 HP TouchPad Spotted Running Android 2.2

August 25, 2011 0 Annkur

HP is doing away with WebOS hardware, and that has put the TouchPad on sale for $99 (the Pre 3 is expected to go for $75 soon.) While many have bought a TouchPad, mainly for the discount at which it…

Apple

Steve Jobs Steps Down As CEO Of Apple, Tim Cook Takes Over

August 24, 2011 0 Annkur

According to a press release seen on Yahoo Finance (and others), Apple CEO, Steve Jobs has resigned as the CEO previously COO Tim Cook has taken over as the CEO immediately. Cook also finds himself on the Apple board immediately.…

Apple

HP TouchPad Already Selling At 2x Cost On eBay / Amazon

August 22, 2011 0 Annkur

We have previously talked about HP killing WebOS devices (and effectively WebOS itself.) After the news of HP discontinuing TouchPad and other WebOS offerings, the company announced a fire-sale on the recently launched TouchPad thus giving them away for $99…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Dear HP, Palm Wasn’t A Magic Wand

August 19, 2011 0 Annkur

If you landed here via the homepage, you would have heard it by now: HP Is done with its stint with WebOS / Palm. Last year when HP picked up Palm for $1.2 billion, it raised a hope and as…

Featured

OG Review: Nokia E6

August 18, 2011 0 Annkur

Authors Note: It’s been long since I have handled a new Nokia device and yet as I hold the touch and type E6-00 in my hand, it feels very familiar to begin with. Until last year, the Nokia E63 was…

Apple

Injunction Against Samsung Galaxy Tab Gets Restrained To Germany

August 16, 2011 0 Annkur

We reported a week back about Samsung getting a tough time in Germany while fighting Apple’s lawsuit against it’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. A German court had granted Apple a preliminary injunction against Samsung, which prevented Samsung from selling the…

Android

Motorola Announced Defy+, Launches Next Month

August 15, 2011 0 Annkur

Leaked already, Motorola has now gone official with the Defy+. Motorola Defy Plus is a successor to the original Defy that did pretty well being the only rugged Android device on the market (dust and water resistant – IP67). Defy+…

Google

Google Buying Motorola, Worry For Samsung, HTC? Android Ecosystem?

August 15, 2011 0 Annkur

In midst of the information overload with Google pulling a MotoRabbit out of their hat today, there is a big question on the Android ecosystem. How open does Android remain with Google owning a hardware company? As suggested by Sanjay…

Google

Why The Next Nexus Phone Might Not Be From Motorola & Why It May Be!

August 15, 2011 0 Annkur

With Google buying Motorola, there is a lot of speculation on what would this mean for Android handsets from Motorola, especially the Nexus series from Google getting some Moto love. Google claims to be paying a 63% premium over Motorola’s…

News

Samsung’s Defy, GALAXY Xcover Announced

August 10, 2011 0 Annkur

Samsung has announced a rugged Android smartphone, the GALAXY Xcover under the branding X-treme Edition. Given Motorola’s success with the Defy, there sure is a market for rugged smarphones. An Android 2.3 (gingerbread) phone, the Xcover can live as much…

India

Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 / 8.9 Come To India As Tab 750 & 730

August 10, 2011 0 Annkur

Samsung has gone official with its latest Honeycomb tablets in India. The Samsung GALAXY Tab 750 (internationally known as Tab 10.1 or 7500) and GALAXY Tab 730 (internationally known as Tab 8.9 or 7300) would go on sale by the…

Nokia

Why Nokia Wont Launch Anymore Symbian Phones In US

August 9, 2011 0 Annkur

To it comes as no surprise that Nokia won’t sell any more Symbian devices in US. Nokia’s US head Chris Weber in an interview with AllthingsD confirmed that they would not ship any S40 or Symbian devices in US after…

Apple

Apple Scores, EU Blocks Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

August 9, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple might have paid Nokia a royalty in the super patent battle that most handheld companies are involved in, but they are giving a tough time to Samsung. Apple and Samsung are deep into a patent battle which has apparently…

Android

Developer Gets Chrome OS Working On Tablet [Video]

August 9, 2011 0 Annkur

Google has been pushing Android on mobile devices and Chrome OS on netbooks. At best we have seen some screenshots of Chrome OS for tablet, but that’s an old story and  Google has announced no plans for having Chrome OS…

Tech Industry News

Ergonomics Research: Webcam Helps You Maintain Posture

August 5, 2011 0 Annkur

Ergonomics is gaining importance as the usage of computers skyrockets. A report once read that 80% of Americans face a back problem at some time or the other of their life, thus spending billions on just backache. Researchers at Ben-Gurion…

First look

India: MAXX Outs SCOPE MT150 Touch Screen Phone For Rs 3272

August 1, 2011 0 Annkur

We aren’t sure why MAXX prices are as odd as Rs 3272 (numerology?), but that’s a 2.8-inch touch screen phone hitting the market. And it doesn’t run Android! As we had pointed before, MAXX is strategically targeting a gap between…

Tech Industry News

Foxconn: A Million Bots Being Deployed To Make Your Next iPad

August 1, 2011 0 Annkur

Foxconn, the name most commonly heard for producing products like the Apple iPad actually employees over 12 lakh people in its Asian factories. The load is shared by some 10,000 robots at the moment, and Foxconn’s ambitious push towards automation…

Google

Google Strengthens IP Bank With Patents Purchase

July 29, 2011 0 Annkur

Google is a busy company, at one end it is fighting the social war with its Google+ offering going against Facebook, the mobile market is exploding and has seen significant investment from Google over the past few years. With lawsuits…

News

Japan: Fujitsu IS12T Windows Phone 7.5 Announced

July 27, 2011 0 Annkur

Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T is a power packed Windows Phone Mango device prepped for a September release in Japan. The IS12T features 13.2MP camera, 32GB internal storage and a design that is touted as dust & waterproof. IS12T sports a 3.7″ screen…

Android

US: Samsung I927 aka Galaxy SII Headed To AT&T

July 26, 2011 0 Annkur

The only Android device that we hear selling in millions in opening months is the Samsung Galaxy SII. The SGS2 is widely accepted as one of the best smartphones out in the market today and the dual-Core Android smartphone is…

Android

HTC To Salsa With Weibo In China, No Facebook Blues

July 26, 2011 0 Annkur

HTC announced it’s first Facebook phones Salsa and Chacha at MWC, these phones come with a physical button for sharing your status updates, music or photos on Facebook. Not, that these phones flew off the shelf in millions, but as…

Apple

Why Steve Jobs Is Laughing At The Fake Apple Store

July 21, 2011 1 Annkur

Yesterday we came across the case of a mysterious fake ‘Apple Store’ in China. If you haven’t read the news yet, you would be surprised to know that a fake Apple Store was spotted in Kunming, China. The fake store in…

Apple

Apple Updates MacBook Air, Discontinues Plastic MacBook (India Price)

July 20, 2011 0 Annkur

As expected (and widely rumored), Apple has refreshed the MacBook Air lineup in less than a year since its last update. The MacBook Air with a 2nd gen Intel Core i5/i7 processor and backlit keyboards can now be considered a…

Launch Pad

KHAMOSHHH – MAXX MQ601 & MX401 Noise Suppression Phones Launched

July 20, 2011 0 Annkur

India: MAXX Mobile has outed a couple of low cost phones powered by SAM noise suppression technology. While the MAXX MX401 is a bar phone, the MXQ601 is QWERTY. Branded as Khamoshhh, these phones aim to make it easy for…

Android

Exclusive: HTC Launching ChaCha In India (Updated)

July 19, 2011 0 Annkur

HTC is holding an event in Mumbai tomorrow, and while the invite reads a new product (in association with Tata DoCoMo), we have learnt that HTC would actual unveil the ChaCha tomorrow. HTC already has the Salsa retailing in India,…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Review: HP Officejet 100 Mobile L411a Printer

July 18, 2011 1 Annkur

In the midst of all the smartphone and tablet talk, we have been playing with the HP Office Jet 100 (L411a) mobile printer recently. Officejet 100 is a battery powered mobile colour Inkjet. Been asked multiple times by friends and…

events

GizmoMeet #5 Pune – Photos & Videos

July 18, 2011 3 Annkur

The OnlyGizmos team is proud to announce that GizmoMeet Pune was our biggest ever. With just under 100 in attendance, our venue Cafe 1730 was put to test every passing moment on Saturday evening, yet we had an exciting meetup…

Android

P2P NFC Transactions Demoed By PayPal, Mobile Payments FTW

July 13, 2011 0 Annkur

You have probably seen the Bump app on iPhone that lets you just bump your phones and transfer data / songs. Well, how about transferring money in a similar fashion? This summer you would be able to get such capabilities…

Microsoft

First Impression: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Update (Beta)

July 9, 2011 3 Annkur

With some help, I managed to get a beta build of Windows Phone 7 Mango update running on my LG Optimus 7. Mango is said to be a significant update and the next wave of Windows Phones are expected to…

Apple

App Store Clocking 12 Billion App Downloads A Year?

July 7, 2011 1 Annkur

It’s been three years since Apple launched the App Store program for developers to sell their apps for iOS devices, and it was a runaway hit. At each Apple event, we sort of expect Steve Jobs to come out and…

India

Tata DOCOMO Brings Endless Music @ Rs 2 Per Day

July 6, 2011 0 Annkur

The era of unlimited music hasn’t ended with Nokia’s Ovi Unlimited, apparently Tata DoCoMo has launched a new scheme that gives its subscirbers ‘unlimited’ music at a jaw dropping Rs 2 a day. The service auto-renews every day and you…

Apple

Has Google+ Already Countered iOS 5’s iMessage & iCloud?

July 6, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple showed the iOS 5 along with all new iCloud last month at WWDC. Both iOS 5 and iCloud are expected to be out in September along with some new hardware. But while the common man on the street waits…

Launch Pad

[India] Lenovo Launches IdeaCentre A320 AIO, Starts Rs 50,990

July 6, 2011 0 Annkur

Announced back in CES 2011, Lenovo has launched the IdeaCentre A320 worlds thinnest All-In-One PC in India. A320’s thickness is measured at just 18.5mm only adding to the stunning looks of this desktop. While, we await to see the different…

HTC

OG Review: HTC Salsa C510e Facebook Phone

June 25, 2011 0 Annkur

Back in February, at the grand stage of Mobile World Congress, HTC announced its two Facebook phones, the Salsa and Chacha. We decided to pick up the HTC Salsa C510e for review and gave the Facebook phone a quick test…

Tech Industry News

Some Causal Games For Windows Phone 7

June 23, 2011 0 Annkur

Microsoft is trying its best to get Windows Phone 7 out to users with the maximum possible apps. In an effort to get some of the best apps from Android Market and App Store, Microsoft is also said to be…

Apps

Blackberry Loses Seesmic

June 22, 2011 1 Annkur

CEO trouble isn’t all that RIM is facing at the moment, Seesmic has announced that they are discontinuing development for Blackberry to concentrate better on iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7. Of course there are alternatives for Blackberry users, but…

Apple

Apple Being Investigated In India Under Competition Act

June 20, 2011 0 Annkur

It seems that anti-competitive government checks aren’t restricted to the west. The Hindu Business Line Reports that Apple is under the scanner in India and the Competition Commission of India is studying a customer complaint. The complaint is filed under of…

BlackBerry

[India] Blackberry Playbook Spotted Retailing @ Vijay Sales

June 20, 2011 1 Annkur

As we await the official launch of the Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1/8.9 and the Blackberry Playbook, the little tablet by RIM was spotted retailing at a Vijay Sales outlet in Mumbai. It’s common to see unannounced gadgets to…