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Rahul S

Will The CDMA iPhone Come To India?

January 11, 2011 1 Rahul S

Now that the much speculated, discussed and deliberated upon CDMA iPhone has landed on Verizon we were wondering about the possibility of the device arriving in India sometime soon. In the not too distant past there were reports about the…

events

IIT B Techfest 2011 Begins Tomorrow! Sneak Peek

January 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

Its a double treat for us this year, CES 2011 collides with Asia’s Biggest Science and Technology Festival at IIT B – The Techfest. We are the official online media partners for the IIT Techfest again and our team is…

Android

Samsung Galaxy S Sells 10 Million in 2010, Withdrawn From India?

January 3, 2011 0 Rahul S

Last time we reported this, the tally of the total sales of Samsung’s entire range of Galaxy S phones sold globally was around 9.3 million. Samsung had set itself a goal to sell at least 10 million of these phones…

Nokia

4 Million Nokia N8?s Sold So Far

December 30, 2010 2 Rahul S

Soon after its launch in October, Nokia had announced that the N8 has received the highest amount of consumer pre-orders” in the company’s history. Back then, the news was treated with suspicion because the phone was launched amidst quite a bit of negative publicity regarding…

Apple

Skype Version 3.0 Arrives For iOS. Supports Video Calling

December 30, 2010 0 Rahul S

Skype has finally released a new version of its App for iOS devices that allow users to make two way video calls to all your Skype contacts. The new version is compatible with the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 4th generation and devices running…

Android

Google Nexus S In India For Rs.24,000 (Update)

December 29, 2010 4 Rahul S

It has become a trend of sorts for officially unannounced handsets to land in India these days. After the Windows Phone 7 powered HD7 arrived two weeks before its “official’ launch, it seems the Google Nexus S is getting the…

Android

Palm’s WebOS Now Has 5000 Apps

December 28, 2010 0 Rahul S

While the likes of iOS and Android have crossed the 100,000 mark when it comes to the sheer number of applications available for the respective platforms, two year old smartphone OS WebOS from Palm is trudging along slowly and has just crossed the 5000 app mark recently. There were…

Android

Sony Ericsson’s New Xperia Branded Phones To Debut At MWC

December 24, 2010 0 Rahul S

Sony Ericsson seems to be quite buoyant about its Android prospects of the future. Even though we have almost two months left for the MWC to kick off at Barcelona, Spain the company is looking forward to its event there. Sony Ericsson has traditionally held an event usually a day before the…

Android

Samsung Sold 9.3 Million Galaxy S In 2010

December 23, 2010 2 Rahul S

When Samsung launched the Galaxy S, we knew it was a remarkable phone. Apple fanboys did call the device a “poor lookalike” and that it might never be able to match the dynamics or the awesomeness of the retina display on the iPhone 4.…

windows mobile

Pointless $499 App Appears On Windows Phone Marketplace

December 23, 2010 0 Rahul S

Picture this: You’re a rich spoilt brat who recently got yourself that prized Windows Phone 7 powered device, and now you want to make it stand out from the rest of the Windows Phone 7 pack. You are averse to doing cheesy stuff like embalming your phone with…

eReaders & Tablets

HP’s iPad Competitor PalmPad To Be Showcased At CES

December 23, 2010 0 Rahul S

If 2010 was the year of the tablets, 2011 might turn out to be the year, the entire tablets market evolved from its early nascent stage that we saw in 2010. At last year’s CES, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and HP were particularly bullish about the tablets space. In fact Ballmer’s keynote was particularly focused…

Internet

Croma Comes Up With App Store For Netbooks

December 21, 2010 0 Rahul S

Looks like just about everyone is interested in having their own app stores up there on the web. With the launch of Apple’s Mac App Store expected very soon, here’s yet another small entry of Indian retailer Croma in to the world of App…

Notebook / Laptops

Asus Intros New G53 And G73 Gaming Laptops In India

December 21, 2010 0 Rahul S

ASUS India has announced the launch of two new high end gaming notebooks in the country with the debut of the G53 and G73 gaming notebooks. Belonging to ASUS’ famed Republic of Gamers (ROG) series these new notebooks pack in powerful features including support…

Concept / Educative

Google’s Body Browser Debuts. Offers 3D Views Of Your Insides

December 20, 2010 4 Rahul S

Google has introduced a new interesting browser based tool called Body Browser, an app analogous to Google Earth – but limited to viewing the details of the human body – in full 3D. The app is a complete “in browser” affair and uses HTML 5 and Web GL, a…

Android

Motorola Quench XT5 Comes To India; Priced At 13,990

December 16, 2010 0 Rahul S

Motorola has been in the Android game for quite some time now. Along with high end handsets from the Milestone series, it has also concentrated on the low cost, mid range Android segment of phones priced below the Rs.15k mark. Back in…

Cameras

Sony Launches Alpha NEX-3 and NEX-5 Compact DSLR Cameras In India

December 16, 2010 1 Rahul S

Sony has announced the launch of its compact DSLR camera from the Alpha Nex Series in India today. Claimed to be the worlds smallest and lightest Interchangeable Lens Digital Cameras, the company is currently offering two models for India –…

sony ericsson

Sony Ericsson Yendo Launched Delayed Further

December 15, 2010 0 Rahul S

Remember the Sony Ericsson Yendo Walkman phone? The phone was first seen back in June 2010, and Sony Ericsson had previewed it in India in August promising a September launch. After that Sony Ericsson seems to have hit a roadblock with it still showing no sign…

Android

Gigabyte Prepping Dual SIM Android Handset

December 13, 2010 0 Rahul S

Dual SIM Android handsets are as rare as hair on chickens teeth – but looking at the way things are developing, we would be seeing quite a few dual SIM Android laden phones in the near future. Gigabyte, the Taiwanese major is planning to launch its first Dual SIM Android…

Android

Huawei Ideos Android 2.2 Laden Handset In India This Month

December 13, 2010 0 Rahul S

Friends over at AndroidOS.in seems to have caught wind of some good news for all you folks out there who are looking for more options in the low cost Android OS based segment. There have been a slew of Android phone launches in the Rs. 8000…

Android

HTC Legend Gets Froyo Update, Wildfire To Follow Suit

December 11, 2010 0 Rahul S

With a slew of high end Android launches of late, I am sure you might have forgotten about the HTC Legend – HTC’s mid range Android smartphone released earlier this year. Well here’s some fantastic news for all you Legend users out there. The…

Android

Acer beTouch E140 Officially Announced In the UK

December 11, 2010 0 Rahul S

Acer has officially announced the launch of its entry level Android based handset – the beTouch E140 in the UK. Earlier launched in Italy, the phone runs Android Froyo and is expected to make its landing in India as well in the…

Nokia

More Nokia X7-00 Details Leak

December 8, 2010 2 Rahul S

It was just days ago that we first heard of Nokia’s soon to arrive X-Series device, the X7-00. It was accompanied with a video that showcased the phone running Need For Speed Shift. A week or so down the line, we have…

Android

Opera Mobile To Get HTML 5 and Flash Support

December 8, 2010 0 Rahul S

Opera Mobile, the full fledged mobile browser from Opera Software is available for most popular smartphone platforms. It also has an Android version which has been around for the past few months. However, while the default browser for Android is a fully fledged…

Android

Windows Mobile Laden Toshiba TG01 Hacked To Run Android

November 29, 2010 2 Rahul S

Toshiba’s TG01, when released back in 2009 was one of the most advanced phones in terms of hardware. It boasted of a huge 4.1 inch display and came with a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor. In fact, this was the first handheld…

Samsung

Samsung Launches New Budget Clamshell Phone In Russia; E2530

November 26, 2010 1 Rahul S

Samsung has announced the launch of it is latest no frills clamshell phone in Russia. Known as the E2530, the device is a low end handset targeted at people looking for a simple handset that can do just about making…

Tech Industry News

Intex Launches Phone With Built In Projector; Costs Rs.12,000

November 25, 2010 0 Rahul S

Looks like Indian manufacturers are on an overdrive these days to bring phones with outrageous features, which are simply ahead of their times. The trend seems to have been started off by Spice mobiles with their 12 megapixel cameraphone with optical zoom. It was…

Nokia

Nokia Brings The X5 To India For Rs. 10,499

November 24, 2010 0 Rahul S

Nokia has bought its latest X Series handset, the rather weird looking X5 to India. This has happened a good five months after the phone was first seen in July. The X5 is a series 60 music oriented handset that…

Nokia

Nokia Announces Two New Series 40 Handsets; X2-01 and C2-01

November 23, 2010 0 Rahul S

Nokia has announced the launch of two new Series 40 devices with the announcement of the C2-01 and the X2 -01. As mentioned, both are based on Nokia’s mid range Series 40 platform. Lets now see what these phones have…

Tech Industry News

Airtel Unveils New Logo, Crosses 200 Million Subscriber Mark

November 18, 2010 3 Rahul S

The Airtel brand is undoubtedly one of the most recognized ones in India now. Well, that brand has underwent a major revamp with the company announcing a brand new logo and a lot of other changes to the decade old Airtel brand most of us have been…

Android

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 To Get “Limited” MultiTouch Soon

November 18, 2010 0 Rahul S

Another reason to smile for all those disgruntled Xperia X10 users to smile. These people, who were first left with a phone that couldn’t multi touch and were then stuck with an ancient version of Android with no signs of an update arriving for months,…

Android

One Million LG Optimus One Sold in 40 Days

November 17, 2010 2 Rahul S

Now, this is really surreal. LG is claiming that they have manged to sell a total of just over 1 Million Optimus One Android smartphones – in just 40 days since its launch. The low end Android handset which has…

Android

Sony Ericsson Anzu Previewed

November 17, 2010 0 Rahul S

Eldar Murtazin of Mobile-Review is at it again. The serial phone leaker had just days ago announced that Sony Ericsson is planning to come up with a new high end Android device codenamed the Anzu. That handset, which the company…

eReaders & Tablets

Dell Laptop Cum Tablet Duo Arrives Next Week?

November 16, 2010 0 Rahul S

It’s been just a year since the Internet tablet revolution began, and a bunch of companies has already jumped in to the tablet bandwagon. Dell too is no exception, and it has had its Streak Tablet on sale now for…

Android

T-Mobile G2 Overclocked To 1.9 Ghz

November 16, 2010 1 Rahul S

The recently launched T-Mobile G2, the successor to the original G1 comes with one major gripe. It packed in a very underpowered (when compared to the current crop of mobile processors) CPU that runs at “just” 800Mhz. At that speed, it didn’t certainly set…

Tech Industry News

Nvidia Unveils New Quadro Range of Professional Graphics Cards

November 16, 2010 1 Rahul S

Nvidia’s Quadro range of professional GPU’s have always been the toast of graphics professionals, designers and digital content creators who are a different breed of customers when compared to your average gamer. When the graphics card industry sort of began…

smartphones

MeeGo Gets Support From AMD

November 15, 2010 0 Rahul S

Now, this is an interesting development and more importantly, great news for folks who are looking forward to the arrival of the MeeGo platform sometime next year. The platform, which was mainly backed by Nokia and Intel, has now seen…

Entertainment

Tron: Legacy Preview At Mumbai! We were there!

November 12, 2010 1 Rahul S

Before it hits theaters on December 17, well over a month from now, a few lucky souls (including your truly) had the chance to be a part of an exclusive sneak preview of one of the most awaited movies of…

Launch Pad

Sharp Brings Four New Handsets To India

November 12, 2010 1 Rahul S

Sharp has announced the launch of as many as four new handsets in India. The new phones are priced between Rs 6,499 and Rs 17,999 with all of them being touted to be multimedia friendly devices. Almost all of these…

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