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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…

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…

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

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.…

Apple

Apple’s Server Hacked? Group Posts Passwords Online

July 4, 2011 0 Rahul S

After a lull of sorts in the past few days after Lulzsec decided to wrap things up, hacker group Anonymous seems to be back in action. And they have started with a real biggie. If we are to believe a…

Security

India To Be Amongst The Worst Hit If An Asteroid Strikes

July 4, 2011 1 Rahul S

You know what India’s gravest security risk is as of today? No, it’s not coming from our borders. It’s up there in the skies. After the earths recent tryst with a wayward asteroid which passed by the earth a few…

Android

3 Million Samsung Galaxy S II’s sold in 55 Days

July 4, 2011 0 Rahul S

We knew this was coming, sort of. 55 days after Samsung released its newest and most powerful Android powered handset, the Galaxy S II, the company has announced that the phone has become the fastest selling handset ever made by…

Internet

NSG Website Hacked; Fears Data Breach

July 4, 2011 0 Rahul S

The website of India’s elite National Security Guards (NSG) is suspected to have been hacked by some miscreants if we are to believe a Hindustan Times report. Unlike the “normal” hacking process where the homepage tends to be defaced, this…

Entertainment

Why Your DTH Goes Kaput When It Rains

July 3, 2011 2 Rahul S

We are well into the monsoons now and one of the many irritating issues faced by most of us today is the sudden loss of signal on DTH (Direct to Home) networks the moment it starts raining. This has been…

Apple

WordPress Launches New Full Fledged Blogging App; Only For WebOS

July 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

In a world where you have been used to seeing apps being released first either for Android or iOS, folks over at WordPress has surprised us all by releasing a full-fledged WYSIWYG app for the WebOS platform. If you happen to…

Nokia

Nokia Gets Out Of Japan: This Time, Completely

July 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was back in 2008 that Nokia had decided to cease its mainstream operations in Japan, a market where people were used to “better spec’d” handset compared to the standard fare that Nokia had on offer in the country. The…

Internet

The Days Of The Wallet Are Numbered: PayPal

July 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

According to Scott Thompson, the President of PayPal, digital currency is set to takeover completely by the year 2015 (in the US) and people would no longer be seen carrying around wallets (at least with cash inside). He adds that consumers…

India

Nokia X7, E6 Officially Go On Sale In India

June 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

Almost two weeks after going for preorder, Nokia has officially announced the launch of its newest E-Series handset, the E6 in India. Along with the E6, the much awaited X7 too makes its India debut. Both these devices are based…

Cameras

Sony Launches New Projector Handycam the HDR PJ50 In India

June 29, 2011 1 Rahul S

Sony has brought is newest Projector Handycam, the HDR PJ50 to India. The unique thing about this product is the built in projection feature that it offers. This projector can display images up to 60-inches onto a wall in a…

India

LG’s Optimus Black Comes To India

June 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

LG has officially launched the much awaited Optimus Black handset here in India. The phone, an Android 2.2 based device will join the likes of the iPhone 3GS, Google Nexus S and the Galaxy S i9003 in the fight for…

Opinion

Now, BJP Wants Government To Ban Google StreetView

June 28, 2011 3 Rahul S

A few days after the Bangalore Police ordered Google to stop its Google StreetView picture taking exercise, political party BJP has come in to foray calling for a ban of the service in the country because of the “security threats”…

Weird or not?

Wayward Asteroid Narrowly Misses Earth

June 27, 2011 2 Rahul S

A giant asteroid that will pass “too close” to the earth’s surface will be visible from the southern hemisphere (mostly southern America) tonight. What’s however, more significant (and alarming) to note is that celestial body will pass just 11,000 miles…

Google

Automated, Driverless Cars Go Legal In Nevada

June 26, 2011 0 Rahul S

The US State of Nevada has probably become the first government entity in the world to legalize cars that travel.. well driver less. The legislators of the state have passed a bill that will ensure that Cars that integrate a…

India

iPhone 3GS 8GB Launched In India; Priced Under Rs.20,000

June 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

Back in May, we had reported that Apple would be launching the iPhone 3GS here in India at a super low price. Today, friends from over at BGR India have just confirmed the news. The product has been launched in India…

Apple

iPhone 3GS 8GB Launched In India; Priced Under Rs. 20,000

June 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

Back in May, we had reported that Apple would be launching the iPhone 3GS here in India at a super low price. Today, friends over at BGR India have just confirmed the news. The product has been launched in India for…

eReaders & Tablets

Exclusive: Motorola Xoom Goes On Sale In India

June 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

Motorola’s much awaited tablet; the Motorola Xoom has gone on sale in India. Our trusty Mr.Spock has managed to send us exclusive shots of the device being on sale at a retail outlet in the country. Along with the Xoom,…

News

Nokia’s First Windows Phone Device “Sea Ray” Leaked

June 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

This has all the ingredients of a controlled leak by Nokia. Anyway, the news is that we now have almost confirmed images of the first Windows Phone powered Nokia device. Also, for your info, the device is codenamed “Sea Ray”. The…

Android

Sony Ericsson Outs Xperia Ray and Xperia Active

June 22, 2011 0 Rahul S

Sony Ericsson seems to be on a roll these days. After a plethora of launches of late, the company is in action yet again and has today launched three new Android powered handsets. The new kids on the block are…