Daily App: Flipboard for the iPhone
One of the killer apps of the iPad finally comes to the iOS’s smaller screen. We get up and close with Flipboard for the iPhone and iPod touch.
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Daily App: Infinity Blade 2 on the iPad
Believe it or not – iOS’ killer gaming app just got a whole lot better. Yes, we are THAT impressed by Infinity Blade 2.
Daily App: The Legacy of Steve Jobs
The future of books might not be e-books, but books designed like apps. And Fortune’s app about Steve Jobs is a prime example of this phenomenon.
Daily App: Superman HD for the iPad
No, we have no idea what kept Kal-El, Man of Steel, away from the App Store in game form for so long. Yes, we are mighty delighted that we can step into his super shoes. So much so that we…
Daily App: Today in History for iOS
Not all good apps have dazzling interfaces. Some score purely because they are so darned handy. Today in History is one such app that history buffs will love.
Price be damned! Seven reasons why I will be buying the iPhone 4S
The air is still blue with people cursing Apple for the pricing of the iPhone 4S in India (why the service providers hawking it have not taken flak is another story). And let’s face it, at a beginning price of…
Daily App: W.E.L.D.E.R. for the iPad
Can a game called Word Examination Laboratory for Dynamic Extraction and Reassessment be our Daily App? You bet it can.
Daily App: Finger Focus for iPhone
As we wait for Amazon Flow and Yahoo!’s Livestand to become available for Indian users, we try out a neat app that adds blurry effect to your pictures. Introducing Finger Focus.
Daily App: GarageBand for iPhone
Toothache, fever be damned. This is one app that we loved on the iPad and we just HAD to review when its iPhone/iPod touch avatar came out.
Daily App: The Early Edition 2 for the iPad
One of the best news apps for the iPad got better. Significantly. We check out the second coming of The Early Edition.
Six great books about Steve Jobs – apart from the Isaacson one!
Walter Isaacson’s much-awaited biography of Steve Jobs hits the stands today. But it is by no means the only book about the man. We dig out six others that do a super job of telling us what Jobs was like.…
Daily App: Adobe Reader for the iPad
After a brief sabbatical, we are back with our daily app reviews. And today, we take a look at an app that has finally made its way to the iPad – the Adobe Reader.
Opinion: Android’s biggest problem: Device manufacturers
It is a situation whose irony is difficult to miss. The success of most operating systems depends on device manufacturers adopting them and supporting them. Almost every major phone and tablet manufacturer today has taken Android to heart. And Android…
Daily App (s): Apps for Steve Jobs
His demise knocked us off our Daily App routine for a while. Now we are back and it is only fair that we start off by looking at two apps about Steve Jobs. Of course, there are on the iPhone.
“Stop all the iPods, switch off the iPhones…”
Tributes have been pouring in for Steve Jobs. Most written by better people than us. The best we can manage is this poem, inspired by WH Auden.
Six myths about the iPhone in India…busted!
It may be called the Godphone, but for many in India, it is an overpriced devil in disguise. But is it really? We take a look at six myths about the iPhone in India. And how they stack up against…
Daily App: FIFA 12 for the iPad
The latest instalment of the famous FIFA franchise arrives on the iPad. And we have a stab, or rather a kick, at playing it. When it comes to sports games, not too many have the kind of following that EA’s…
Wacky Sunday: Dude, Which is My Kindle?
The Kindle Fire might have grabbed all the attention, but the fact is that there were three other devices launched by Amazon last week, taking the total Kindle count to seven. We try to work out which suits you best.
Daily App: Flickr for Android
It might have lost out to Instagram on the iPhone, but Flickr has not given up the mobile photo sharing battle, as can be seen from its Android app. Photo sharing by mobile devices has been given a new dimension…
Bluntly speaking: for India, the Reliance 3G Tab is better than the Kindle Fire…as of now!
We know this is going to shock the daylights out of many people, but the stark fact is that as things stand today, the Reliance 3G Tab takes out Amazon’s much-hyped “iPad-killer” as far as Indian users are concerned.
Amazon Gets Into Touch Territory With Kindle Touch And Fire
Amazon got itself well and truly into touchscreen territory, launching four new Kindles. But no, we don’t think Cupertino will be worried. When they write the history of ebook reader, September 28 will go down as the day when Amazon…
Daily App: Chomp for the iPhone
Searching for apps on the iTunes App Store just got a whole lot more fun, thanks to a totally revamped Chomp. We take a look at one of the iPhone’s most popular app search apps.
Daily App: Evri for the iPad
Has Flipboard on the iPad met its match? Based on what we have seen of Evri, the latest news-as-a-mag app on Apple’s tablet, it might have.
Wacky Sunday: Five Things We Will NOT See in iPhone 5
While everybody and their grandmothers are speculating about what the iPhone 5 will be like, we decided to check out what it is likely NOT to have.
Daily App: Where’s My Water? for iOS
Disney might have come to the iOS gaming party a trifle late but is sure making up for lost time. Where’s My Water? features an entirely new Disney character, Swampy the alligator.
Daily App: Real Steel for iOS
Real Steel, DreamWorks’ sci-fi robot fisticuff film starring Hugh Jackman is due to hit cinema halls on October 7. But we already have got our hands on the official game of the film for iOS from Jump Games.
Daily App: Instagram for iPhone
One of the most popular photography apps for the iPhone just got a massive update. We get up and close with the new Instagram.
Daily App: Amazon Appstore for Android
It has been available internationally for a while, but we in India have finally got a chance to try out Amazon’s Appstore for Android. We like what we see, but cannot download any apps.
Daily App: GO Keyboard for Android
Touchscreens might have become an inseparable part of our tech lives over the past few years, but when it comes to typing, they remain a pain to handle.
Wacky Sunday: Our Top Ten Max Payne Quotes
“Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present Max Payne, New York’s finest, with the biggest mobster body count ever. Dearest guests, prepare to die!” Yes, there are many things that we remember the Max Payne series for, but one thing…
Daily App: The Daily for the iPad
Rupert Murdoch’s iPad-only newspaper, The Daily, is finally available for Indian users. And, needless to say, we have grabbed the app and taken a look at it.
Daily App: Firefox for Android Honeycomb
All right, we admit that we got a bit late with the Daily App today. Our excuse? Heck, we were messing with a just-released build of Firefox for Honeycomb.
Daily App: Facebook for Android
A new version of Facebook is always reason to celebrate for its members. And this time, Zuckerberg’s company has finally gone and added some muscle to its Android avatar. The latest version of Facebook for Android, version 1.7, is…
Daily App: Dolphin HD for the iPad
We had seen it weave its magic combo of webzines and gesture-based browsing on Android, and the iPhone and now Dolphin HD is available for the iPad, as well. Needless to say, we are cheering. Simply because, the numbers of…
Daily App: Evernote for PlayBook
It is for many people, the ultimate note taking application in the world. And it is ironical that it comes to the tablet meant for enterprises long after being available for both iOS and Android devices. We are talking of…
Budget Tablets: Where are the big brands?
As we got an exclusive hands-on on yet another low-cost tablet (the iBall Slide), there were two rather contrary sentiments running through my ever so ‘humble mind. The first, rather obviously, was one of happiness that the market had yet…
Resignation of a CEO, Death of a Salesman
It has been a while since Steve Jobs handed in his papers as Apple CEO. And it is a tribute to his work in that capacity that many people believes that his resignation will not have any significant adverse effect…
India gets its first Gingerbread phone, the OliveSmart, for less than Rs 20,000
Even as our resident Android specialist Ricky Droid highlighted rumours that some manufacturers are sidestepping the Android 2.3 update and heading straight to version 2.4, Olive Telecom has released India’s first phone running Android 2.3, or Gingerbread as it is…
Kindle gets page numbers, greater sharing options with firmware update
Amazon has released a firmware update for the third generation of its phenomenally successful e-book reader, the Kindle. And unlike some updates that mainly prattle about removing bugs and making operations smoother, this one actually adds some very handy features…
Nokia, RIM lose ground as Samsung, HTC advance: IDC Q4 2010 report
In what seems to be yet another sign of the old order changing and giving way to new players in the mobile phone market, IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker’s round-up of the fourth quarter of 2010, has shown Nokia…
