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Warrantify Hopes To Make You Go Green, Goodbye Papers / Receipts?

June 19, 2011 0 Annkur

An average consumer today has more gadgets than ever before. A smartphone, laptop, camera and if you include all components you purchased when assembling PC or home appliances, the list gets pretty long. Managing their receipts and warranties is without…

Future WIP

Microsoft Outs Kinect For Windows SDK

June 17, 2011 1 Annkur

Kinect for Xbox is one of our favorite technologies in recent times and with over 10 million units sold, our excitement about how this technology would shape our future has only increased. Today Microsoft has taken the Kinect’s magic a step further by announcing…

Podcast

OG Podcast #12 – We Are Back! Patents, WWDC, Dual-core Androids & More

June 14, 2011 0 Annkur

Update: We seem to have corrupted the edited podcast MP3. Give us sometime and we shall get it back live!

Apple

Apple Gives US Unlocked iPhone 4, Why?

June 14, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple today started to sell unlocked iPhone 4 in United States, thus ending a 4 year long stretch of locked phones in its biggest market. Apple announced the iOS 5 and iCloud at WWDC earlier this month, but didn’t announce…

Apple

Nokia – Apple End Litigation, Apple To Pay Royalties

June 14, 2011 0 Annkur

Mobile manufacturers have been fighting it out in court rooms across the globe and just when we started to lose track of all the suits and counter suits, there is a settlement. Apple and Nokia have settled all their litigation bringing…

News

Quietly Brilliant: HTC Salsa and Sensation Go On Sale In India

June 13, 2011 0 Annkur

Just as we reported the Salsa is on sale in India and along with a bonus, the HTC Sensation. We have gone hands-on with both these devices in Mumbai and you would see almost all retailers (small or big) selling them…

Android

OG Review: HTC Wildfire S

June 11, 2011 4 Annkur

HTC has recently put the WildfireS on sale in India and the little Android phone is one of the many smartphones that HTC is rolling out this month. The original Wildfire was one of the bestsellers, more for its price…

Android

Got A Samsung Galaxy S II? Facing Any Of These Symptoms? And The Typo?

June 11, 2011 9 Annkur

There is no denying that Samsung Galaxy S2 is the only high end smartphone that I have seen so many people on my twitter timeline tweeting about. And it’s not just tweets talking about it, its tweets full of excitement,…

eReaders & Tablets

HP’s webOS Powered TouchPad Going On Sale From July 1, Starts $499

June 9, 2011 0 Annkur

After demoing it early and making the market wait for a fair bit of time, HP (Palm) has finally confirmed that its 9.7″ tablet ‘TouchPad’ would go on sale from 1st July in US. TouchPad runs webOS which was developed…

India

[India] HTC Salsa Coming Up For Rs 20,500

June 9, 2011 0 Annkur

The Wildfire S as we pointed is out on sale and HTC is now bringing its Facebook phone ‘Salsa’ to India. Announced at MWC and rumored to be hitting UK later this month, HTC ChaCha and Salsa are termed Facebook…

News

Vodafone UK Drops 10.1v, Gets Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

June 8, 2011 0 Annkur

Now Samsung has given you enough reasons to be confused about the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. To begin with all its tablets are called the Galaxy Tab (right from the 7″ to 10.1″). Thus making the lineup something like this,…

eReaders & Tablets

Will Microsoft Build Its Own Tablet? (Rumor)

June 8, 2011 0 Annkur

Microsoft has given multiple hints on Windows 8 this year. Earlier at CES they announced that Windows 8 would work on both x86 and ARM architectures and recently they demoed the touch oriented UI of Win8. While the debate on…

Apple

Apple’s Lion / iCloud / iOS 5: Our Top Picks

June 7, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple announced plenty yesterday with the upcoming iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud yesterday. Given the fact that it was a pure software event, no new hardware was announced, but a major release of Mac OS, iOS and…

Apple

Apple’s BBM Killer: iMessage

June 7, 2011 0 Annkur

Amongst the ton of updates that Apple announced yesterday, one interesting communications update on iOS5 was iMessage. The closest we can relate an iMessage to is the Blackberry Messenger. BBM as it is popularly known, RIM has a ton of…

Apple

Milestones From WWDC 2011, Apple Lists Achievements

June 6, 2011 0 Annkur

In regular fashion, presenters listed Apples achievements over the past few months and the year that passes since WWDC 2010. Given the charisma of the Apple CEO and the iPhone following, WWDC keynote is one of the most highly anticipated…

Featured

Buying A Second Hand Phone? Things To Know, Caution Note!

June 6, 2011 1 Annkur

There are over billions of cellular connections across the globe and that results in a billion+ handsets in use. And a cellphone is no car, a lot of us want to buy the latest out there and the rate at…

Android

And They Continue, Motorola Xoom Over-clocked @ 1.7GHz

June 6, 2011 0 Annkur

A couple of weeks back we had seen the rooted Motorola Xoom being over-clocked to 1.6GHz and as the news flows in today, its 1.7GHz now. While I try to figure why you would want to give so much emphasis…

Launch Pad

Dell Launches Inspiron R Line With Interchangeable Lids

June 4, 2011 0 Annkur

We recently saw the the sleek and sexy DELL XPS 15z. Well it seems like Dell isn’t done just yet and its constantly upping the ante by taking the style quotient of its new Inspiron R series to the next level as…

Featured

Race For The 3rd Spot, HP’s WebOS vs Windows Phone

June 3, 2011 1 Annkur

If you watched Stephen Elop (Nokia) and Apotheker (HP) at the D9 conference, you can clearly see that these are the two companies who are fighting for the no 3 spot in mobile platforms. iOS / Android are fighting for the number…

Accessories

Kingston Wi-Drive – Wireless / External Storage For iOS Devices

June 2, 2011 0 Annkur

Kingston has just pushed out its unique external storage solution Wi-Drive  and its coming to India. Currently supporting Apple handhelds running on iOS, this external storage solution lets you expand the capacity of your iOS device and lets you wireless…

Featured

Windows 8 Demoed At D9, Impressive, Far From Flawed

June 2, 2011 2 Annkur

Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky and Julie Larson-Green gave an early preview of Windows 8 at the D9 conference. Win 8 was labeled by Ballmer as their riskiest bet in Oct 2010. While I had played down the ‘riskiest’ remark last year, it…

Android

Asus Padfone Shows The Future Of Android Tablets

May 31, 2011 0 Annkur

Asus has shown a tablet concept at Computex that we always hoped for. A tablet shell that accommodates your smartphone. The Padfone from Asus does just this! Given that we have so many devices these days, it makes sense to use a…

Featured

Kinect Controls For Powerpoint (PC) Demoed At Ballmer’s Lecture [Video]

May 26, 2011 0 Annkur

You sure have seen the kind of crazy concepts presented to define the future of our interaction with computer systems, but something that looks future tech and yet available for us today is the Kinect for Xbox 360. In the…

Apple

Why Am I Not Getting The iPad 2, And You Should Buy One

May 26, 2011 5 Annkur

After close to a year with the original iPad, I have been playing to the tunes of iPad 2 since a couple of weeks. The iPad 2 brings in a faster dual-core processor, a thinner body and is somewhat lighter.…

events

GizmoMeet Delhi In 2 Days, Exciting Lineup Here!

May 25, 2011 1 Annkur

The Gizmo Team is in Delhi and we are gearing up for GizmoMeet #4. For those who are new to GizmoMeet, its an OnlyGizmos initiative to bring together gadget lovers under a friendly / informal environment. We often refer to…

India

[Exclusive] HTC Wildfire S Is In India, Priced Rs 14,000

May 24, 2011 3 Annkur

Yes we misfired last time when we said that the Wildfire S is coming to India in a week, but a little late than never. HTC will start to rollout Wildfire S across retail stores in India from tomorrow and…

Launch

Japan Gets Android Clamshell By Sharp

May 23, 2011 0 Annkur

In whats said to be a world first, Sharp has unveiled a Clamshell phone powered by Android. The Sharp Aquos Hybrid 007SH caters to a very small niche and the specs or design isn’t really something that would make us…

Humour

Social Chappals: Picture Of The Month

May 20, 2011 1 Annkur

Its been long since we had our last geeky pic and here we are. Had it not been roadside, we would have concluded this to be officially branded Google, Facebook and Twitter chappals, but for now you need to hunt…

Apple

The iPhone 4 India Rumors

May 19, 2011 2 Annkur

Now, before I even begin, let me confess that I have been sitting on a lot of pointers for weeks now, but was hesitant to post them. Partly due to the expectations and partly because my source this time around…

windows mobile

Windows Phone 7 Sales: 1.6 million In Q1 2011

May 19, 2011 0 Annkur

Microsoft has aggressive plans for Windows Phone 7. They are busy integrating with Nokia and at the same time cooking some fruity updates. But how well has WP7 done since its new avatar released last year? Gartner puts the number…

News

Honeycomb 3.1 For Asus EeePad Transformer & Acer Iconia A500 (June)

May 18, 2011 0 Annkur

  Google announced a small update to Android’s tablet avatar Honeycomb at its developer conference IO last week. Honeycomb 3.1 has already started to rollout for owners of Motorola Xoom (Verizon) and the ones buying a Acer Iconia A500 or…

Future WIP

Toshiba Catches Up With Retina, Demos 367ppi Display (4″)

May 18, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple leads the pack when its comes to display ppi (pixel per inch) on smartphones. The iPhone 4’s Retina display with 326 ppi stole the show last year and though a lot of manufacturers have phones with good displays out…

Microsoft

Why Microsoft Buying Nokia Makes Sense, And Why It Doesn’t!

May 17, 2011 0 Annkur

Now before I even begin, we know that this is a rumor and it sure sounds like a wild one. Just months after announcing a deal where Nokia would use Windows Phone as its primary smartphone OS, it looks odd…

Reviews

OG Review: Micromax Q75 Ezpad

May 11, 2011 0 Annkur

We had reviewed the Micromax Q7 ezpad last year and were able to spend sometime with the Q5. Recently Micromax has rolled out an upgrade to the ezpad series with the Q75 hitting the markets for Rs 3750. While the Q7…

Android

Android Milestones Announced At Google IO, 100 Million Activations & More

May 10, 2011 0 Annkur

Google has some exciting announcements about Android OS at the ongoing Google IO conference. Google announced a number of milestones for Android OS and the milestones sure are promising. Here are the numbers as provided by Google for Android. 100…

events

[Event] MobileCamp Mumbai Coming Up On 14th May

May 10, 2011 0 Annkur

At OnlyGizmos if there is something we are obsessed with, its mobile technology. Be it smartphones or the tablets era, mobile is changing the way we exist. Yes its not limited to just communication but a new way of living that we…

Apple

A Glimpse Of The 17″ MacBook Pro (Core i7)

May 10, 2011 1 Annkur

Apple has taken its time to get the Core i3, i5 and i7 offerings from Intel. The 2nd generation Core  processors from Intel (Sandy bridge) have made it to the latest gen Macbook Pros and after using a 13.3″ Core2Duo…

Micromax

OG Review: Micromax Psych X505 (Mtv)

May 10, 2011 0 Annkur

Last time we saw a low cost touchscreen device being pushed out as a music phone was the Samsung Champ, however its the Micromax Psych Mtv that has landed on our desk today. The Micromax X5050 (Psych) is a full…

Accessories

Hey The iPad2 Smart Cover Works!

May 8, 2011 1 Annkur

The plan of action for this weekend didn’t include writing about the smartcover, but then as I read Lex Friedman post on computerworld that the smart cover is flawed, I couldn’t resist expressing how it works for me. I was…

First look

Type Test: Acer Iconia Dual-Touchscreen Notebook

May 5, 2011 0 Annkur

We spent little time with this beautiful dual touchscreen notebook from Acer, but the Iconia sure is iconic. The touchscreen was super responsive and the Acer customizations for touchscreen input was amazing. We just wish that Windows was a little more refined…