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Rahul S

New Nokia C2- 06 Low End Series 40 Handset Leaked.

April 20, 2011 0 Rahul S

Folks over at Hackintosh-india have managed to lay their hands on what seems to be an upcoming C-Series handset from Nokia. The device whose name was found after checking its Bluetooth Name deep inside the menu was labeled simply as…

Tech Industry News

Tata Breaks Up With Virgin Mobile; Brand To Stay

April 19, 2011 0 Rahul S

After a whirlwind three years of operations in India, Tata Teleservices and UK Based Virgin Mobile have decided to part ways and cut short their alliance with Tata buying out the remaining 50% stake in the joint venture. Virgin Mobiles…

Apple

Apple Shoots A Lawsuit, Samsung Promises Response

April 19, 2011 2 Rahul S

Just when you thought you had seen and heard of most of the major litigations, patent infringement suits and legal tussles in the tech arena, here comes yet another one. The latest one features Apple and Samsung. The latest lawsuit…

Internet

Yahoo Buzz To Die On April 21

April 18, 2011 2 Rahul S

I am sure you might have come across the “Buzz” button on blogs and websites from across the globe. No, we are not talking about Google’s social networking experiment – the Google Buzz. This is about arch rival Yahoo’s product,…

News

16 Megapixel, Windows Phone Laden Phone From HTC Soon?

April 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

Well well well.. look what we have here! Just when you thought the megapixel war amongst phonemakers had come to a silent, abrupt end with most phone makers hitting the 12 megapixel block, we have HTC touting its upcoming 16…

Android

HTC Sensation In India By May/June 2011

April 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

If you were one of the many Indians looking forward to getting yourself a nice, powerful, dual core Android handset, your options will soon expand to one more handset in the form of the recently announced HTC Sensation. Also, if…

Internet

Google Videos To Shut Down On April 29

April 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

Back in 2005, three former PayPal mates huddled together and ended up making a small startup project. The idea was a service that let users upload their own videos to the web and share them to others. It was an…

Android

Skype For Android Has Serious Security Flaw; Exposes Confidential Information

April 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

Folks over at Android Police have managed to unearth a serious flaw with the Android version for Skype wherein it could end up displaying confidential information regarding you to a malicious app – should you happen to install one on…

Android

Samsung Galaxy S Gets Gingerbread Update In Europe

April 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Good news for all you Samsung Galaxy S users. If you have been patient enough for an official Android 2.3 ROM to be available for your phone, you wait has ended … well almost. Should you be somewhere in Europe…

smartphones

LG To Make MeeGo Smartphones?

April 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

Ever since Nokia decided on Windows Phone to be the OS of choice for its next generation smartphones, it not only struck the death knell for old warrior Symbian, but also derailed Nokia’s MeeGo project that it had conjured up…

India

Sling Media Launches The Slingbox In India

April 15, 2011 1 Rahul S

Until yesterday, the term Slingbox was one of those irrelevant tech terms for us Indians who knew about its existence – but were not sure as to what exactly it does. Yours truly for example had heard of it, but…

News

Windows Phone Chief Explains Reason For Software Update Delay

April 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

The head of Microsoft’s Windows Phone program, Joe Belfiore has revealed why the promised update for Windows Phone 7 devices has been delayed. The major update that was supposed to be implemented by now would have enabled the much sought…

Featured

Samsung Galaxy PRO (GT-B7510) – OG Review

April 13, 2011 20 Rahul S

It is not often that you come across a QWERTY keyboard (the non-sliding type) laden Android phone. There have been a few examples in the past like the Motorola Charm and the now ancient Kogan Agora Pro. Most Android handsets…

Nokia

Nokia’s Ovi Store Boasts Five Million Downloads A Day

April 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

There was a flurry of activity yesterday at Nokia with them announcing their brand new phones – the X7 and the E6. It was also a big day for Symbian with Nokia coming up with the latest version of the…

Nokia

Nokia E6 Arrives, Aims To Replace Your Ageing E71, E72

April 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

Along with the X7, Nokia also took covers off its latest E-Series handset, the E6 earlier today. The E6 can be considered an update to the highly popular E7x series of handsets and is a direct upgrade to the Nokia…

Nokia

Nokia Launches The X7 With Symbian “Anna”, Clear Black Display And New Ovi Maps

April 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

Just a day after a leaked video of the phone appeared, Nokia decided to finally make its much rumored handset, the X7’s existence public. The X7 runs the tried and tested Symbian OS – but a new version of it…

Nokia

New Symbian UI Appears In Leaked Video

April 11, 2011 1 Rahul S

We all know that Nokia is planning to update its beleaguered Symbian OS with a fresh new update in the weeks to come. The new update was thought to mostly concentrate on the UI part of the OS which has…

Tech Industry News

China To Get Own GPS Like Navigation System, Launches Beidou Satellite

April 11, 2011 0 Rahul S

There are standards that the world follows and then there are the Chinese who create their own standards. The examples are many. While the rest of the world clings on to Google, they have their own homegrown search engine, the…

India

Samsung To Release bada 2.0 In July. India Top Priority

April 11, 2011 0 Rahul S

Samsung’s homegrown smartphone OS, the bada would be getting an update to version 2.0 in the next few months (July, to be precise). Bada, OS had made its debut 10 months ago with the Samsung Wave S8500 and has been…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP WebOS Laden Keyboardless Phone Spotted

April 9, 2011 0 Rahul S

Folks over at PreCentral have managed to lay their hands on the image of what is said to be that of a WebOS device minus a physical keyboard. The source of the image is the same tipster that had informed…

India

HTC Desire S Arrives In India Officially

April 9, 2011 1 Rahul S

A few days ago, we had reported that HTC’s Incredible S is on the verge of being launched here in India. Now we have news regarding HTC’s Desire S, another smartphone that was announced along with the Incredible S at the MWC…

Tech Industry News

Windows 7 Edges Past Windows XP Market Share

April 9, 2011 1 Rahul S

According to folks over at Statcounter, Microsoft’s Windows 7 has finally edged past its old cousin Windows XP to become the most widely used desktop OS in the US. According to Statcounter, Windows 7 now has 31.71% of the market…

India

TechCom Launches Entry Level, 2.1 Channel Speaker System SSD-3300 In India

April 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

Indian PC accessories maker TechCom has launched its newest 2.1 channel speaker system in India. Techcom’s latest offering in the consumer electronics market is the SSD 3300 FM, an entry level, value for money 2.1 channel speaker system. The SSD…

India

Logitech Launches The Z506 5.1 Channel Speaker System In India

April 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

Logitech has announced the launch of its new 5.1 channel speaker system – the Z506 in India. The Z506 is an entry level 5.1 channel system for the PC and offers 75 watts (RMS) of power through its four satellite…

Android

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Xperia Play Launched In India

April 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

Days after landing in the UK, Sony Ericsson’s brand new flashship Android devices, the Xperia Arc and the gaming centric Xperia Play have made it to India. Both the phones run the latest version of Android for smartphones – Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).…

Tech Industry News

Asus Launches The GTX 590 In India

April 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was just days ago that Nvidia announced the launch of its GeForce GTX 590 graphics cards. Just days after that, Asus has brought the cards based on this dual core GPU here in India. Asus packs in its new…

Android

LG Optimus 2X, Optimus Black Launched In India

April 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

The wait has finally ended! LG has announced the launch of the Optimus 2X here in India. The Optimus 2X is powered by a dual core Tegra 2 chipset and holds the claim for being the world’s first phone with…

Opinion

An Ode To The Samsung Omnia HD

April 4, 2011 4 Rahul S

Back in 2009 while I was at Techtree handling my “mobile beats” space and busy covering the MWC, I came across this phone from Samsung. It belonged to the Omnia family which had until then only boasted of devices running…

Android

Leaked: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro

April 4, 2011 0 Rahul S

First things first. Don’t you think the name “Xperia X10 Mini Pro” is a tad longish for a mere phone – that too for one that is compact at that? Just saying. Anyway, we are not discussing lengths of the…

Android

Samsung Launches The Nexus S In India

April 2, 2011 1 Rahul S

Google’s Nexus S, the developer phone originally manufactured by Samsung has finally made it to India officially. The phone has been officially priced at Rs. 30,400. That said there are a couple of retailers that are selling the phone for…

Tech Industry News

Android, Windows Phone 7 To Top Smartphone Sales In Future: IDC

March 31, 2011 0 Rahul S

In what sounds to be great news for Nokia, research firm IDC has said that Android and Windows Phone would lead the smartphone OS pack in the not too distant future. The number of smartphone expected to ship in 2011 would…

Notebook / Laptops

Acer Iconia Dual Screen Laptop Goes On PreOrder

March 30, 2011 0 Rahul S

We’re sure you recall the unique dual screened laptop, the Acer Iconia that was showcased at the CES. The head turner laptop has gone on pre order sale now. The Iconia boasts of not one – but two 14 inch touchscreen…

News

HCL Launches New Android Powered Tablets In India

March 30, 2011 0 Rahul S

HCL has announced the launch of its new range of ME branded tablets in India. The range consists of three models the ME AE7, The ME AM 7 and the ME AP10. These new tablets are claimed to be the…

Apple

Apple Wins Trade Ruling Over Nokia Patents

March 28, 2011 0 Rahul S

Apple has drawn first blood in the battle against Nokia’s patent infringement suit against them that was lodged back in 2009 when the iOS vs Symbian war was at it peak. Back the Nokia had filed suits against Apple claiming…

Nokia

Nokia Intros New, Slimmed Down Logo, Font

March 28, 2011 0 Rahul S

The times they are a changin’. After revealing its Windows Phone 7 strategy for the year 2011, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop seems to be on a mission to change the brand perception and image of his company. The good old…

Android

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Will Get Androd 2.3, Gingerbread!

March 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

Surprise surprise! Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 which we all thought had died an infamous death has been revived by the company. The phone was largely thought to have received its last official update when it was updated to Android 2.1…

Android

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Will Get Android 2.3, Gingerbread!

March 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

Apps

BlackBerry PlayBook Will Run Android Apps

March 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM has announced that its upcoming Tablet, the BlackBerry Playbook will support apps designed for Android 2.3 handsets and older BlackBerry OS and Java Apps. This would be made possible using two optional application environments that RIM would release. Although…

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