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Rahul S

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…

HTC Wildfire Gets Much Needed Android Froyo Update

December 24, 2010 3 Rahul S

HTC has officially announced the release of a new update for its mid range Android handset- the Wildfire. The update, which is also available in India, is being dispersed through an over the air mechanism and will update the handset to Android 2.2 Froyo. If you happen…

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.…

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…

It’s Official: Nexus One Getting Android 2.3 Update Soon

December 21, 2010 0 Rahul S

We all knew this was coming soon. But it is always good when the arrival of the obvious is officially announced. We are talking about the good ol’ Nexus One getting the all important update to Android 2.3 “Gingerbread”. Yes…

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…

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…

HTC

HTC HD7 Lands In India For 29,999

December 16, 2010 0 Rahul S

Looks like the official launch of the HTC HD7 in India isn’t much far apart. Folks over at Flipkart are already selling the HTC HD7 in India for Rs.29,999. The HD7 is HTC’s flagship Windows Phone 7 handset that boasts of a 4.3…

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 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…

Tech Industry News

HTC Magic Gets Some Android 2.2 Love

December 14, 2010 0 Rahul S

Remember the HTC Magic? The device was one of the first Android devices to officially arrive in India. Well for all you people still using the HTC Magic, here’s some fantastic news coming your way. The phone will soon be getting a very welcome update to Android 2.1 Froyo soon.…

LG Optimus 2X SU660 Showcased On Video

December 14, 2010 0 Rahul S

LG’s seems very bullish with its Android handset it seems. Its upcoming high end Android smartphone the Optimus 2X has appeared in a Korean comparison video. The video shows the LG device being showcased alongside arch-rivals iPhone 4 and the…

SkyFire For Android Updated. Now Installable On Memory Cards

December 14, 2010 0 Rahul S

Skyfire has just announced that they have updated the version of the browser available for Android handsets. The new version number is 3.01 and apart from the new number, there are a couple of new feature additions and a bucketful on bug…

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…

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…

Nokia

Skype For Symbian Updated With Support For N8, C7 and E5

December 13, 2010 0 Rahul S

Skype has just announced the launch of a new version of its app for Symbian devices. The new version apart from adding a few features also adds support for new Symbian^3 devices including the Nokia N8, C7 and E5. According to the entry…

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…

HTC

HTC Aiming To Sell 60 Million Phones In 2011

December 11, 2010 0 Rahul S

HTC is aiming to sell as many as 60 million handsets in the year according to a report in Digitimes. The company as you might be aware has had a very good run selling Windows Phone and Android based smartphones in the past year and is looking forward to a…

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…

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…

Fring For Android and iPhone Updated With Dynamic Video Quality Feature

December 6, 2010 0 Rahul S

Fring, the popular VoIP and IM Service provider has announced the launch of a new technology for the iPhone and Android versions of its app. Called Dynamic Video Quality (DVQ), this technology would help the app “adjust” itself according to the quality of data connectivity that both the users at either end…

Sony Ericsson’s Zeus 1 PlayStation Phone Appears On Video

December 5, 2010 2 Rahul S

So far seen only in leaked, blurry images and a extremely poor quality video, the Zeus 1, Sony’s PlayStation phone always had a big question mark hovering over its existence. To rest all the doubts and speculations as to whether a PlayStation phone is certainly coming soon, here…

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…

Nokia

Nokia’s Latest X-Series Phone X7-00 Caught On Video

November 26, 2010 0 Rahul S

Folks over at BGR have come across a video that’s purportedly showing off Nokia’s next X Series handset, the X7-00. Going by naming scheme, this looks to be an upgrade to the existing X6. The sleek handset is shown in…

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…

BlackBerry Bold 9780 Launched In India

November 25, 2010 3 Rahul S

BlackBerry seems to have silently launched its latest handset from the Bold lineup in India. The Bold 9780 is now selling for Rs. 26,900 if we are to go by a tweet from folks over at Mahesh Telecom. The successor…

Opera Mobile 10.1 Launched For Symbian

November 25, 2010 0 Rahul S

Symbian might have lost most of its sheen but there are some developers who are not ready to give up on it and Opera seems to be one such persistent developer. They have been continuously developing for the platform and…

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…

LG Optimus One Lands In India For Rs.13,500

November 19, 2010 1 Rahul S

Just days after it announced that over 1 million LG Optimus One handsets have been sold, LG has announced the launch of the device in India. The Optimus One is a mid range Android handset that will compete with the…

Nokia

Nokia N8 Facing Power Management Issues

November 19, 2010 0 Rahul S

Nokia’s flagship N-Series handset, the N8 has been in the news mostly for its recent launch related news. Now that the phone has started arriving in the hands of consumers, they are reporting a peculiar problem with some of the phones wherein…

Tech Industry News

Spice Launches 2G + 3G Dual SIM Handset

November 18, 2010 0 Rahul S

Spice Mobiles seems to be in a lone race to bring many firsts to the mobile phone market. After bringing the first 14 megapixel camera with optical zoom and then the first 3D mobile phone, its time for another first.…

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…

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,…

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