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Microsoft

Nokia Paints Jet Airways Plane with Lumia Colors

January 10, 2012 0 Rahul S

It is no secret that Nokia has spent tons of money on promoting its Windows Phone devices worldwide. Closer home, we have seen concerts being held all over India, Lumia branded vehicles roaming the streets of our cities and TV…

Tech Industry News

Apple, HTC and RIM Face a Kodak Moment; Sued for Photography related Patent Infringements!

January 10, 2012 0 Rahul S

While the Eastman Kodak Company might be facing financial troubles galore with rumors of it reportedly about to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, the company seems to have decided that it is not going to go down without a fight. Confident after…

CES

Nokia announces the Lumia 900 for AT&T

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

While Nokia is busy promoting its flagship handset the Lumia 800 in the rest of the world, it has just announced perhaps its most essential release in the US since the past few years. We are talking about the newly…

CES

CES 2012: Samsung intros connected TV’s, Refrigerators, Washing Machines and Tablets

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

Samsung took covers off a plethora of new products at its launch event organized at this year’s CES. The same occasion had last year seen the birth of the Samsung Galaxy Tab which after the debut of the iPad 2…

CES

CES 2012: XPAL Power intros Cellphone that runs on one AA Battery, Lasts 15 years on Single Charge!

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

XPAL Power, the company behind famous battery brands like Energizer and Powerskin have announced a new mobile phone at CES. The phone, known as the SpareOne is unique in the fact that it is powered by a single AA battery.…

CES

CES 2012: Withings Introduces Internet connected Baby Scale

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

We start our CES 2012 coverage with an unlikely gadget –a baby weighing scale. That’s right. A baby scale. But this one’s a different breed compared to your normal baby scale. For starters, this one is connected to the Internet.…

Apple

Chinese Writers file $1.9 million lawsuit against Apple

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

Now this is undoubtedly a first. While until now we have heard of U.S based companies going after Chinese companies for infringing upon intellectual property, for once, we are seeing the Chinese go after the Americans. A group of Chinese…

CES

Acer announces the World’s thinnest Ultrabook; The Aspire S5

January 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

Acer has officially revealed its newest addition to its Ultrabooks line up. Known as the Aspire A5, this 13.3 inch notebook is a successor to the Aspire S3 which was released back in September 2011. The Aspire S5 builds upon…

Android

Flashback 2011: Why Android Tablets Underwhelmed

January 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

Back in January 2011, fresh on the news about the fast paced growth trajectory of Android on smartphones – almost everyone – tech analysts, industry experts and even Android vendors assumed that by the end of 2011, Android would be…

Android

Move over Aakash, OLPC’s XO3 Tablet is here

January 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

Just a week or so after we woke up to news about the fact that India’s own, $50 tablet, the Aakash is selling like hot cakes, we now have news about yet another contender for a low cost tablet. This…

Tech Industry News

Airtel’s Malad Data Centre fire causes network outage in Western India

December 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

A fire that happened at its Malad data center in Mumbai has left lakhs of Airtel customers reeling under either no network coverage, SMS’ or data access. The fire reportedly happened in the wee hours of December 27 and lakhs…

Nokia

Symbian’s Last Stronghold Breached; Android now Top Smartphone OS in India

December 19, 2011 0 Rahul S

While it is clear that Nokia had taken hands off Symbian ever since Windows Phone took over as its primary smartphone focus, its fall from the top spot was nothing less than dramatic. Within a year, it has gone from…

Android

Aakash Tablet goes on Sale: Upgraded version Available for Preorder

December 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

The much awaited $35 tablet (which is actually nearer to the $47 mark now)  has finally been launched. The Aakash which was officially announced back in October is actually made by a Canadian company called DataWind.

Launch Pad

Vodafone Launches new 3G Android phone “Vodafone Smart”

December 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

Vodafone seems to be quite upbeat about its 3G prospects in India. in what is seen as a move to attract more youngsters to adopt 3G, the company has announced the launch of a new entry level 3G capable smartphone…

Nokia

Official Symbian Belle Update coming February 2012: Nokia

December 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

While the latest version of Symbian, the Belle has been around for the past few months on newly launched handsets including the likes of the Nokia 603, 701 and the 700, Nokia has for some reason not released an update…

BlackBerry

Blackberry loses BBX Trademark Court Battle; Renames it to BlackBerry 10

December 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM, had on the eve of the recent BlackBerry DevCon named its upcoming OS for next generation BlackBerry devices as BBX. Little did it know at that time that BBX was actually a trademark registered and owned by another company…

Android

Aakash Tablet Launch delayed. Upgraded Model to be available by January

December 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

Looks like the wait to get your hands on the cheapest Android tablet has just been lengthened by a month. The company which makes the Aakash tablet for the Government of India, Datawind has confirmed that there would be some…

Internet

Facebook acquires Location Sharing Service Gowalla

December 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

While it was clear that Foursquare had already won the location sharing app wars long back, there is no doubt that another service known by the name “Gowalla” was fairly popular. But then, it could never match the popularity of…

Android

HTC Rhyme comes to India, Costs 27,499

December 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

HTC has just announced the launch of its newest Android powered handset, the HTC Rhyme in India. The Rhyme, which was announced back in September this year features a Unibody design like most HTC handsets of today. It is slightly…

Sony

Sony Ericsson Brand to be Phased Out; Sony to Make only Smartphones

December 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

After the much talked about acquisition of Ericsson’s share by Sony in the ten year old joint venture between Sony and Ericsson, there has been numerous talks about the kind if strategy the company currently known as Sony Ericsson will…

Nokia

Nokia Asha 200 Launched in India

December 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was back in October that Nokia first showed off its Asha series of low to mid-range handsets to the world. A little over a month later, the first of the Asha series have made it to India. It was…

Nokia

Nokia Announces the X2-02 Dual SIM Music Phone

December 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has announced the launch of its newest dual SIM music phone, the X2-02. The handset, a successor to the X1-01 which was launched earlier this year packs in quite a punch when it comes to features. Some of the notable…

BlackBerry

BlackBerry Launches the Bold 9790, Curve 9380 and Curve 9350 in India

November 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM has expanded its lineup of BlackBerry OS 7 powered handsets in India with the launch of three new handsets in the country. The handsets to be officially launched today include the BlackBerry Bold 9790, Curve 9380 and the Curve…

HTC

Facebook, HTC working on yet another Facebook Phone?

November 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

There was a time earlier this year when the term Facebook Phone evicted only a handful of responses. There were specific “Facebook phone” launches this year as well. The “official” Facebook phone – meaning the one backed by Facebook too…

eReaders & Tablets

Windows 7 Tablets anyone? Dell Latitude ST Tablet Comes to India

November 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

For once, this is not your usual consumer centric tablet. But then, since anything that passes off as a tablet evicts tremendous consumer interest, here is what the Dell Latitude ST is all about. As you might be already aware, Dell’s…

Google

Google to retire Knol, Google Wave Services

November 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

As a web services company, Google is known for its extremely successful services, most of  which have been lapped up by customers from across the globe. However, not all of its services have been successful and Google knows it. In a…

Microsoft

Nokia Debuts the Lumia 800, Lumia 710 in India

November 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

Just weeks after they made their international debuts, Nokia has decided to launch its Windows Phone powered devices from the Lumia range the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710 here in India. At a launch event held at Delhi yesterday,…

Apple

Apple Announces iTunes Match after Month Long Delay

November 14, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was supposed to be here by October but had to be delayed for some reason. Anyway, when Apple released its newest version of iTunes earlier today, it came with the much sought after Match feature. If you were under a…

Accessories

Sennheiser Updates Mid-Range HD 200 and HD 400 Headphones Lineup

November 14, 2011 0 Rahul S

Sennheiser has just given an update treatment to its HD 200 and HD 400 series of mid-range earphones. The company launched as many as six new products under these two series. All the products have been upgraded with new features…

Apple

Airtel, Aircel to Bring the iPhone 4S to India Soon

November 14, 2011 0 Rahul S

Looks like the wait for the official launch of the iPhone 4S is about to end soon. Both Aircel and Airtel have announced their intentions to launch the handset in India in the next few weeks. While both of them…

Tech Industry News

Coming in 2012: Nano SIM Cards

November 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

First off, we start with some facts. Did you know who invented the SIM card? The tiny piece of chip that finds itself embedded inside almost every mobile phone on the globe was first made by a smart card maker…

Internet

More Photos Uploaded to Twitter’s own Photo sharing service than Twitpic, YFrog

November 10, 2011 0 Rahul S

This is not a happy news for you if you happen to be someone in photo sharing business on Twitter. Until very recently, services like Twitpic and Yfrog were the preferred means of sharing images on Twitter. In fact, just…

Android

Kindle Fire Competitor Nook Tablet Announced

November 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

Barnes & Noble, the bookseller who is also known for its Nook brand of E-book readers has announced the launch of its new Tablet. The device, called the Nook Tablet would compete against archrival Amazon’s Kindle Fire which was announced…

Tech Industry News

Oracle interested in Buying WebOS From HP

November 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

Speculations speculations! Ever since HP decided to hive off its WebOS operations, we have heard of literally everything under the sun regarding its future prospects. From being given away to Amazon (which came up with its own Android based tablet,…

Microsoft

Camera No Longer Mandatory Requirement on Windows Phone 7

November 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

When they announced Windows Phone 7 initially, Microsoft had laid down quite a few mandatory requirements for a phone to be “compatible” with the OS. These included at least a 480*800 pixel display, a capacitive touch screen, the thee hardware…

Internet

Opera Releases new versions of Opera Mini, Opera Mobile Browsers

November 3, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was just three weeks ago that Opera released a new version of its Opera Mini browser for Android devices. It’s now time for Opera to announce new versions of the browser for other platforms as well. Apart from Opera…

Android

Galaxy Nexus India Registration Page Goes Live

November 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

When Google and Samsung officially revealed the Galaxy Nexus a few days ago, there was no reference to an India specific launch. Going by the previous experiences we have had with Nexus devices most of us thought this one too…

Android

Dolphin HD Browser for Android Has Major Privacy Bug: Fixed with Fresh Update

October 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

Folks over at Android Police have managed to dig out a major privacy bug in the popular Android browser Dolphin HD. The flaw noticed when the user switches on the “Webizine” mode in the browser sends all the URL’s you…

Apps

Version 6.0.1 appears for BlackBerry Messenger

October 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

Ahoy, BlackBerry Messenger pirates! A new update has arrived for ye all in the form of version 6.0.1. All o’ you on a previous version, its time t’ abandon ship and get well versed with t’ new version. The new update…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP to Kill WebOS after all?

October 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

The mystery continues. Days after HP announced that they would be retaining its Personal Systems Group; the Guardian is reporting that HP will indeed pull the plug on the WebOS division which the company acquired for over $1.2 billion back…