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Gaming

NVIDIA GTX 590 Arrives. Has The AMD Radeon HD 6990 In Sight

March 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

NVIDIA has announced the launch of its fastest and quietest dual graphics card ever – the GeForce GTX 590 in . It is powered by dual NVIDIA Fermi class GPUs on a single card. The GTX 590 is targeted at…

Entertainment

Intel, Hungama Ties Up To Offer High Definition Movies On PC’s

March 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

Worlds top chip maker Intel and India’s Hungama.com has entered in to a partnership to showcase its latest movies on Intel’s latest 2nd generation Core processors. Under the terms of the partnership, Hungama users would be able to download full HD movies…

Android

Samsung Unveils The Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 10.1 Pricing

March 22, 2011 1 Rahul S

At the ongoing CTIA Wireless conference at Orlando, Florida, Samsung has taken the covers of its much rumored and talked about 8.9 -inch tablet. The company also revealed the prices of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 that was announced at the…

Apps

PayPal Official App Arrives On Symbian. Not In India Yet

March 22, 2011 0 Rahul S

PayPal has launched an official application for Symbian handsets. Based on Java, the app lets you do almost everything you would expect from a PayPal application including send and receive money, check recent transactions and setting a mobile PIN. The…

Android

Opera Mobile 11, Opera Mini 6: First Look

March 22, 2011 1 Rahul S

Opera’s next generation browsers for smartphones and feature phones, Opera Mobile 11 and Opera Mini 6 has arrived and is now downloadable from Opera’s website. We took the Android and the Symbian versions of the browsers for a quick spin…

social media

Facebook Takes Over Snaptu

March 21, 2011 0 Rahul S

The Ayatollah of Social Networking – Facebook is spreading its wing further by gobbling up smaller companies. It seems to be following Google’s path who has had a tradition eating up small, efficient companies and launching breakthrough products using these…

Tech Industry News

Spice Launches M9000 Projector Phone In India

March 21, 2011 3 Rahul S

Spice has announced the launch of a new phone in India with in built projector functionality. The Spice Popkorn Projector M900 as the phone is known – is capable of displaying the contents of your phone to a screen in…

Android

Adobe Flash 10.2 Arrives For Android Devices

March 19, 2011 0 Rahul S

The much awaited update to Adobe Flash 10.2 has arrived for a host of Android powered devices today. This update is said to endow Android devices with a host of performance improvements. The new version would be better suited to…

Tech Industry News

Lava Launches Color Matching Phone KKT 35 In India

March 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

Targeting the Holi smitten crowd, Indian phone maker Lava has announced the launch of its newest handset – the KKT 35 in the country. The USP of this phone is its unique “colour matcher” application that allows the users to choose…

Microsoft

Strategy Analytics Paints Rosy Future For Nokia, Samsung

March 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

Research firm Strategy Analytics in their latest report has said that the next few years would turn out to be good ones for phone makers Samsung and Nokia. The report states that Samsung would cement its position as the worlds second largest…

Apps

Facebook For BlackBerry Updated To Version 2.0

March 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM has announced a new version of the Official BlackBerry App for all BlackBerry devices running OS 6.0. The new version brings in a lot of feature additions that includes support for Facebook Chat, an improved news feed and a…

Internet

New Opera Mini, Mobile Versions Soon: Opera

March 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

At the upcoming CTIA Wireless Conference which kicks off on March 22, 2011 Opera is likely to introduce new versions of its popular mobile browsers. According to a press release by the company, both the browser versions – Opera Mobile…

sony ericsson

Sony Ericsson Supply Chains Affected By Japan Quake

March 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

Sony Ericsson has issued a statement which says that its supply chain has been affected by the earthquake in Japan last week. Japan is reeling under a nuclear crisis after the largest earthquake to hit the country event in recorded history. Sony…

Android

Android 2.2 Froyo Most Widely Used Android Version

March 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Android 2.2 or Froyo as it is known has been around for well over nine months now. This version of the OS, for the same reason has now increased its share among Android versions with a total of 61.3 per…

Apple

New MacBook Pro (Early 2011, Thunderbolt) Now On Sale In India

March 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Apple’s new 2011 line up of MacBook Pro models were announced back in February. Apple has sent us a little notification announcing that the new line up is now available at Apple Reseller Stores across the country. The prices of…

Nokia

Nokia Releases Software Updater For Macs

March 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has finally given in to the demands of a horde of Nokia users and has launched a Beta version of a software updater for the Mac platform. The tool is a basic one that can be used to update…

Android

HTC Incredible S Makes Its Way To India

March 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

After the news of HTC launching the Desire Z in India came in, we now have repots of yet another Android handset making its way to India. The handset in question is HTC Incredible S which was announced at the…

Android

HTC Desire Z Launched In India

March 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

HTC’s Android powered, QWERTY keyboard laden handset, the Desire Z has finally made it to India after a good six months post its announcement back in September 2010. The Desire Z, which can be termed as a successor to the…

Notebook / Laptops

Western Digital Launches New Scorpio Black Notebook Hard Drives In india

March 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

Western Digital has just announced that it is now shipping its new WD Scorpio Black 750 GB 7200 RPM 2.5-inch SATA hard drives for laptops, in India. The drive, which is claimed to be one of the fastest hard drives…

Nokia

Nokia Brings The E7 To India

March 15, 2011 1 Rahul S

After going on pre order sale last week, the Nokia E7 has landed in India officially. The price of the handset is down from 35k to 29,999. The E7 is the latest E-Series device from Nokia and is touted to…

Apple

iOS 4.3 Gets Untethered Jailbreak Solution Days After Announcement!

March 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

It might be just days since apple officially unveiled iOS 4.3 for most of its iOS powered devices but the jailbreakers as always seem to have already cracked in to the OS and readied an untethered jailbreak solution for the…

windows mobile

Windows Phone 7 Crosses 10,000 Apps Mark

March 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

Now, I don’t know if this is great news for you as an app user because I have aways felt there is no need to go ga ga over the number of apps a platform has because you wont usually…

Android

The Motorola Xoom Arrives In India For PreOrder

March 11, 2011 0 Rahul S

All you tablet fans out there rejoice. Folks over at Infibeam seems to be all set to bring the Motorola Xoom to India. The product is listed to be up at pre order on Infibeam. The Xoom, a fierce competitor…

Apple

iOS 4.3 Reveals Details About iPhone 5

March 10, 2011 0 Rahul S

Now that iOS 4.3 is here the usual suspects are scourging  the deep insides of the OS code to look for clues that may reveal features arriving on future Apple products – especially the iPhone 5. The latest find is…

Nokia

Nokia Issues Ovi Store Update For Symbian Phones

March 10, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has issued a minor update to the Ovi Store client for Nokia’s Symbian smartphones. The update is aimed at fixing compatibility issues with Nokia’s back end services. Of course, there are also some improvements in terms of the speed…

Microsoft

Microsoft Sells 10 Million Kinect Sensors; Creates Guinness Record

March 10, 2011 0 Rahul S

2010 saw the advent of some really cool gadgets that not only looked good, but also sold like hot cakes. The most popular amongst these were from Apple who bought the iPhone 4 and the iPad – both of which…

Apps

Opera Introduces App Store. Gets Booted Out Of GetJar

March 9, 2011 0 Rahul S

Opera has announced its own App Store for mobile phones yesterday. The store, accessible to over 100 million users who use Opera’s Mobile browsers has been built in partnership with Appia, a leading provider of open application market technology. The…

Apple

OG Review: Apple MacBook Air (Late 2010)

March 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

The last month was quite a busy one for all Apple followers. First they launched the refreshed set of MacBook Pro models which left most of the tech world drooling (as the tradition is). It was followed by the announcement…

Nokia

Nokia E7 Pre-Booking Starts In India. Costs Rs. 29,999 [Updated]

March 8, 2011 2 Rahul S

Nokia has announced that it has started pre booking of its latest Symbian smartphone – the E7 in India. To pre book your E7, all you need to do is to log on to http://www.nokia.co.in/E7 and fill up an online…

Tech Industry News

Airtel Launches 3G Services In Mumbai

March 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

After launching 3G services in 12 cities across the country – including Delhi and Jaipur, Airtel has finally announced the launch of its 3G services in the financial capital, Mumbai. Airtel claims to have wider network coverage than most of…

Notebook / Laptops

Sony Announces New 13.3 Inch S-Series Notebook With “Sheet Battery”

March 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

Sony has unveiled its latest offering in the Vaio S-Series laptop segment by announcing a new 13.3 inch model. The new model boasts of a 1366 x 768 pixel display and is claimed to be the first laptop with a…

Accessories

Western Digital Takes Over Hitachi’s Storage Division

March 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

In what would be the biggest takeover in the world of hard disk drive manufacturers since 2006 when Seagate took over Maxtor, Western Digital has announced a mammoth deal that would involve it paying a cool $3.5 billion in cash…

Internet

Microsoft Wants To Kill Internet Explorer 6

March 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

This might sound weird but the fact is, Microsoft has set up a website http://ie6countdown.com as part of a campaign to urge people to stop using its aged, 10 year old browser, Internet Explorer 6. With Microsoft having moved on…

Android

BeeWi Mini Cooper Runs Via Android Over Bluetooth

March 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

Here is a 007 styled toy that any one would love to own. BeeWi Mini Cooper is a Bluetooth controlled toy that runs via Android 2.1+ or Nokia S60 (v3 or v5) smartphone. The device can be controlled by phone’s…

Apple

LTE Based iPhone Soon: China Mobile Chairman

March 4, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was not long ago that Verizon CEO Dan Mead had talked about the possibility of Apple coming up with devices that support Verizon’s LTE high speed network. In a report that would certainly add weight to Mead’s opinion is…

Accessories

Apple’s New iPad 2 Accessories

March 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

Along with the new iPad 2, Apple also introduced two new, very interesting accessories for the tablet. Consumers would have the option to buy the iPad with or without these once the device goes on sale next Friday. Let’s see…

Apple

Apple Unveils The iPad 2

March 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

Apple has finally announced the launch of the second generation iPad at an event held at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco earlier today. The second iPad comes in just about a year after the debut if the iPad…

India

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Up For Preorder In India

March 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

Folks over at Flipkart seem all set to bring the much awaited and droolworthy Android powered Sony Ericsson handset, the Xperia Arc here in India. The handset can be pre-ordered from the website for Rs. 28,999 and the estimated date…

India

Lava Launches The B8, QWERTY Keypad Laden Business Phone In India

March 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

Lava Mobiles has announced the launch of its new “Business” phone, the B8 in India complete with a QWERTY keyboard, push mail, WLAN connectivity and a touch pad for navigation. The handset, targeted at young professionals and businessmen will offer…

Android

LG Optimus 2X In Europe This Month

March 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

LG’s flagship Android powered handset, the Tegra 2 powered Optimus 2X would finally arrive in the hands of consumers across Europe later this month. The company has made the news official about the device’s immediate arrival in these key markets.