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Rahul S

Micromax Launching Sub 20k Dual Core Android Phone?

September 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

Now this one’s really interesting. Micromax Mobiles, which over the past few years had managed to turn quite a few heads with their range of low cost Android handsets like the A60 and the A70 , are at it again. The company…

Android

LG Univa aka E510 Revealed; Hopes to become Mid-Range King

September 9, 2011 0 Rahul S

LG Electronics, which is struggling in its fight to keep up with compatriot Samsung in the high end Android smartphone sector, is looking to consolidate its midrange segment it seems. Its high end Optimus 2x hasn’t been able to evoke…

Microsoft

Windows 8 to Support Windows Phone 7 Apps?

September 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

Now, this sure is a fascinating bit of news we have here. If we are to believe nVidia’s CEO Jen Hsun Huang, Microsoft’s soon to be released Windows 8 Operating System is likely to feature native support for running Windows…

Samsung

Apple Sues Samsung in Japan Too

September 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

I know this is kinda getting boring now, but yeah news is that Apple had taken its recent patent infringement war to a new frontier when the company sued archrival Samsung in Japan. This comes at a time when Apple…

Internet

Yahoo Board Puts the Company for Sale!

September 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

Hours after the announcement of the unceremonial firing of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, reports are flowing in about the Yahoo Board of Directors deciding to put the company up for sale. A company official has reportedly divulged to the Wall Street…

Internet

Yahoo Fires CEO Carol Bartz; Internal Memo Leaked

September 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

Yahoo’s 62 year old as CEO Carol Bartz who had still a year left for her contract to complete has been unceremoniously fired by the Yahoo Board of Directors. The news which came to light a few hours ago has…

Notebook / Laptops

Acer’s Ultrabook Aspire S3 Debuts, Is Thinner Than MacBook Air!

September 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

Acer, the world’s largest Notebook PC maker has taken covers off its first Ultrabook notebook, the S3 at the ongoing IFA Conference at Berlin. The device, aiming to be a portable, powerful notebook (like most other ultrabooks out there) has…

Apple

iPhone 5 to Sport Larger 4 inch Display, Curvy iPad – like Rear?

September 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

There have been many iPhone 5 related rumors going around since the past few days. Some have said about the phone getting slimmer while others have hinted about the device getting a larger 4 inch display in lieu of the…

Android

Samsung Pulls the Galaxy Tab 7.7 from IFA Booth

September 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

It’s a terrible time for you to be Samsung if you are in Germany/Europe these days. After facing injunctions against the already released Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, the recently released Galaxy Tab 7.7 too has been banned from being sold…

Android

Samsung’s New Products, Galaxy Tab 7.7 and Galaxy Note: Our Thoughts

September 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was yesterday that Samsung took covers off two fascinating products at the IFA conference underway at Berlin, Germany. Well, for starters, it looked like just another launch but I think this is part of a concerted move by Samsung…

Internet

Caught In The Act: Microsoft Sued For Collecting Location Data Without Consent

September 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

The head honchos at Apple might be surely jeering at this one. Microsoft, which had, not long ago claimed the moral high ground claiming to not collect any location data without explicit user consent has been ironically sued by one…

Android

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Announced; October Launch

August 31, 2011 0 Rahul S

How to make an already sexy handset even more hotter? Well learn it from Sony Ericsson who has just pepped up its Xperia Arc smartphone with a bump in the processing department. While it is still not a Samsung Galaxy…

Android

MTS Brings Sub 5K Android Handsets to India

August 31, 2011 0 Rahul S

Just to add to the flurry of Android launches happing of late, telecom operator MTS, a subsidiary of Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) has announced the launch of two new Android powered smartphones in India today. The devices, made by MTS’ partners…

eReaders & Tablets

MapMyIndia Launches 7-inch Android Based CarPad

August 31, 2011 0 Rahul S

MapMyIndia, the popular mapping services provider from India has announced a new, appealing product known as the CarPad. The product which, is essentially a tablet complete with Wi-Fi and 3G ability is however, positioned more as an in car infotainment…

Android

HTC Evo 3D Comes To India At Rs: 35,990

August 31, 2011 0 Rahul S

HTC India has launched its latest Android smartphone, the Evo 3D here in India. The Evo 3D is the first 3D capable handset from the HTC stables and boasts of quite a few unique features. The most noticeable amongst those…

Android

Foursquare For Android Updated; Event Check In Now Supported

August 30, 2011 0 Rahul S

After the recent update to the iPhone app which gave the capability for users to check in to events, it now turn of its Android counterpart to get the same treatment. The new version of the FourSquare app for Android…

Samsung

Samsung Launches Three New bada OS Smartphones

August 30, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was just last week that Samsung’s plans to unveil the Wave 3, the company’s latest smartphone based on its homegrown bada platform was leaked – thanks to a rather revealing Android app for IFA. A week later, Samsung has made…

Apps

Samsung’s ChatOn Has WhatsApp, BBM and iMessage in Sight

August 30, 2011 0 Rahul S

In a surprising move, Samsung has announced the launch of a brand new cross platform messaging service called ChatOn for smartphones and feature phones. The platform is in similar lines to the likes of Blackberry Messenger and WhatsApp both of…

Apple

Samsung To Delay Galaxy Tab 10.1 Launch In Australia

August 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

The much awaited launch of Samsung’s top of the line tablet and rival to the Apple iPad; the Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been delayed until the last week of September. This move from Samsung comes at a time when an…

Nokia

Nokia Goes Low End; Intros Nokia 100, 101

August 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

After announcing a slew of midrange, Symbian handsets yesterday, Nokia has now announced the addition of two new low end handsets to its portfolio. The two new handsets are the Nokia 100 and the Nokia 101. Both the handsets are…

Nokia

Nokia Announces Three New Symbian Belle Handsets

August 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia may have thrown in the towel when it comes to Symbian, but the company doesn’t seem to have any plans to stop producing Symbian based handsets any time soon. While the company is expected to come out with its…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Palm Pre 3 Skips The US; Sees Dramatic Dip In Price

August 22, 2011 0 Rahul S

After the unbeatable $99 deal on the HP Touchpad, it’s time to turn our attention to the top of the line smartphone from HP, the Pre 3. HP has decided to slash the price of the Pre 3 in both…

Android

LG Launches New Android 2.3 Handset; Optimus Sol E730

August 22, 2011 0 Rahul S

LG has just announced the launch of its newest Android powered handset, the Optimus SOL e730. The device, targeted at the midrange segment is one of the many Android powered phones announced by LG in recent times. The Sol E730…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP Kills Palm, WebOS. Looking To Spin PC Division Off

August 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

This month is surely turning out to be one of the most eventful ever in the world of mobile telephony. If it was the surprise acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google last week, it’s now turn of HP to surprise…

Android

Stephen Elop Warns Android Partners About Motorola Deal

August 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia’s Canadian CEO, Stephen Elop has warned the current partners involved with Google’s Android OS about the dangers of the recent purchase of handset maker Motorola by Google. In a straightforward response to the news regarding the acquisition Elop has…

Android

Beetel Magiq, Android Tablet Officially Launched

August 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

While the tablet was already available in the market well before the “launch”, Airtel’s sister brand Beetel who was until now, famous for its landline telephones has officially announced the launch of their first Android powered tablet in India. The…

Android

HTC Pico Images Leaked; New Wildfire Successor?

August 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Another day, another HTC phone leak. It was just yesterday that we talked about the HTC Bliss – a mid range Android handset targeted at them ladies. Today, we have leaked images of yet another mid range HTC handset. The…

Notebook / Laptops

Intel Refuses To Reduce Ultrabook CPU Prices

August 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

According to Digitimes, leading CPU maker Intel has refused the demand from leading notebook makers to reduce the price of Intel’s Ultrabook CPU’s by as much as 50% in order to increase the latter’s profitability and sales. While Intel negated…

Apple

HTC Files Another Lawsuit Against Apple

August 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Once again, fueling the patent and injunction wars that have heated up of late, HTC has decided to make its presence felt in the party by filing a new lawsuit against Apple. The suit, filed at the U.S District Court…

Internet

Firefox 6 Lands; Throws In Slight Improvements

August 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

Barely weeks after Firefox 5 landed, has Mozilla taken the covers off the newest version of its browser for desktops in the form of the Firefox 6. This new version as always brings in a handful of feature updates and…

Entertainment

Sony Slashes PS3 Prices By $50

August 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

In a move to make the Playstation 3 consoles more affordable and appealing to the masses, Sony Corporation has imposed a price cut on the PS3 amounting to $50 in the North American markets. Similar cuts would also be implemented…

India

Fujifilm Launches F500 EXR and F600 EXR Models In India

August 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

Fujifilm has announced the launch of two new compact digital cameras in India. The models that are having been launched include the F500 EXR and the slightly higher end F600 EXR. Both the models were originally announced back in April…

Android

HTC Bliss Spotted In The Wild; Targets The Fairer Sex

August 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

HTC’s upcoming mid range handset, the Bliss has been spotted in the wild. The device, which is expected to be out in stores in the next few months (reportedly), packs in an 800 MHz single core processor. It is also…

Android

Google Laps Up Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion

August 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

In what has to be one of the most significant tech developments of the year so far, Motorola’s Mobile phones making division, Motorola Mobility has been acquired by Google. The division which just reported losses of $52 million in Q2,…

Android

UK Smartphones Market; Android Registers 634% Growth In One Year!

July 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

In the latest report regarding the state of the smartphones market in the UK by research firm ComScore, a staggering thing that has come to light is the phenomenal growth Of the Android operating system in that country. While it…

Google

India, US Lead Google+ Visitors List; Crosses 20 Million Userbase

July 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

Just three weeks after Google Plus opened its gates to users, the service has managed to garner over 20 million users. This makes the service way faster than either Twitter or Facebook to reach that mark. Earlier last week, Google…

India

Toshiba Looks To Expand Base In India; Plans R&D Unit

July 22, 2011 0 Rahul S

Toshiba has been India for quite a few years but to say that the company has mostly played an extraordinarily passive role in the Indian consumer electronics arena would be an understatement. The company was here since the early 90’s…

Internet

After BlackBerry, Indian Government Now Wants Access To Skype, Google, and Twitter Servers

July 13, 2011 1 Rahul S

With the controversy regarding the sharing of confidential data to the Indian government by RIM and its secure BlackBerry servers still raging on, Indian security agencies seem to have hit upon another plan that is likely to create similar furore.…

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