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Android 2.3 Has Serious Security Vulnerability: Researcher

January 31, 2011 0 Rahul S

A computer security researcher from the North Carolina State University (NCSU) has revealed that he has come across serious security vulnerability in Android 2.3 – the latest version of Android OS for smartphones. Xuxian Jiang, the researcher figured out that…

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Will Nokia Opt For Android?

January 31, 2011 2 Rahul S

It’s been just a few days since Nokia announced its not so inspiring Q4 2010 results and people are already talking about the possibility of the company opting for Android sometime in the near future. The latest reason for this…

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Waterproof, scratch-proof, dust-proof Motorola Defy comes to India for Rs 18,500

January 29, 2011 0 Anupama

Whatever their pros and cons, no one can deny that Motorola’s phones generally have excellent build quality. And the latest phone from the Moto stable, the Moto Defy takes that one step forward. It is built to be resistant to…

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Skyfire, Facebook for Android updated

January 29, 2011 0 Nimish

The last couple of days have been busy for Android users with two of the most popular applications on the Android market, the Skyfire browser and the official Facebook app for Android getting updates. While both seem minor rather than…

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Samsung To Reveal The Galaxy S 2, Galaxy Tab 2 At MWC

January 28, 2011 0 Rahul S

We already knew this was happening but here’s some (leaked) official confirmation regarding the fact that Samsung is planning to showcase two much sought after devices at the MWC in February. A slip that apparently displays the schedule for Samsung’s…

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HTC To Out Facebook Phone at MWC? Maybe!

January 27, 2011 0 Annkur

The Facebook phone has long been rumored and, we have discussed everything from a Facebook OS to Facebook guided hardware before. This time around its HTC that is being rumored to be cooking up a couple of Facebook phones for…

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Honeycomb / Android 3.0 SDK Previewed. Release Please?

January 26, 2011 1 Annkur

Google is still teasing Honeycomb and this time its to the developers with a preview of the Android 3.0 platform. Android 3.0 was for the first time teased at CES 2011, and a few announcements have been made already. The…

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Review: Zomato (Android)

January 26, 2011 0 Anupama

Food-lovers using Android phones were delighted when Google released HotPot, for Android late last year, allowing to share their ratings and comments about restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels and just about any place, providing competition to the likes of Yelp. However,…

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The weather looks just fine…on Google on Android, iPhone

January 26, 2011 0 Anupama

It might be sunny, cloudy, pitch dark at midnight, but the weather will always be just brilliant as long as you are checking it on Google on an Android device or an iPhone. Now, when you want to know the…

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Maxx MA440 Android Phone, Hands-on [Exclusive]

January 25, 2011 2 Annkur

Maxx Mobile teased us with a promo video of their Android phone earlier today (at their employee awards function, which we must say was organized in true Filmfare style), but then we just can’t content our appetite for info with…

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LG’s Optimus 3D Leaked Just Prior To MWC

January 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

It’s that time of the year when almost all leading phone manufacturers and mobile telephony enthusiasts have their eyes set on the biggest mobile event of the year – the Mobile World Congress. This year too, the event is scheduled…

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LG’s Nvidia Tegra 2 Powered Optimus 2X Goes On Sale In Korea

January 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

If there is one smartphone that can boast of totally out of this world specs at this moment, I bet there is only one contender around. LG’s Android powered Optimus 2X. This monster of a phone complete with a dual…

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India gets a dual-SIM Android: Hello, Moto XT800

January 24, 2011 0 Anupama

India has its first Android dual SIM phone , the Motorola Milestone XT800. The phone, which is capable of handling CDMA and GSM networks, runs Android 2.1 and carries what we think, is a stiff price tag of Rs 31,999.…

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Sony follows Kindle path, launches Sony Reader app on Android

January 24, 2011 0 Anupama

The e-book revolution has taken another step away from e-readers (of the hardware type). Just as Amazon has made its Kindle software available for reading books on platforms other than its e-book reader of the same name and Barnes and…

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Samsung Gem i100 Spotted, Entry Level Android

January 21, 2011 1 Annkur

We would have expected Samsung to throw in Bada OS for an entry level phone like this, but it seems that the Gem (SCH-i100) would have some Android love. The design is reminiscent of the good old Samsung Monte, though…

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Sony Ericsson Vivaz 2 Appears: Ported To Android

January 21, 2011 0 Rahul S

Mobile-Review has posted a detailed overview of a phone that looks to be a successor to the Symbian powered Vivaz. The Vivaz 2, which is also known by the code names MT15i or Halon looks to be a decent handset…

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How To Get Honeycomb Music Player On Your Android Device

January 17, 2011 4 Ricky

Google had announced a major change in their music player during Google I/O 2010 and we were very disappointed to see no changes in the latest android version 2.3 Gingerbread, but thanks to XDA member johnnie93 who managed to get…

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How To Get Honeycomb Music Player On Your Android Device

January 17, 2011 0 Ricky

Google had announced a major change in their music player during Google I/O 2010 and we were very disappointed to see no changes in the latest android version 2.3 Gingerbread, but thanks to XDA member johnnie93 who managed to get…

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Android Rooting For Beginners

January 15, 2011 1 Ricky

Android is the fastest growing operating system which now sells about 300,000 devices everyday and is available in almost every country with more than 60 manufacturers. We have been using this android phones for a long time now and most…

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Android Rooting For Beginners

January 15, 2011 0 Ricky

Android is the fastest growing operating system which now sells about 300,000 devices every day and is available in almost every country with more than 60 manufacturers. We have been using this android phones for a long time now, and…

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Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc & LiveView [Video]

January 12, 2011 0 Luke Abell

We are back from CES 2011 and here is a detailed hands-on video of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc announced last week. The Arc is certainly one of the most visually appealing smartphones announced recently. Running Android 2.3 (gingerbread) and…

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What Is The Verizon iPhone Up Against?

January 11, 2011 0 Annkur

The Verizon iPhone 4 is out, and Apple has finally gone CDMA. Ideally it would have been expected from Apple to lean towards a future technology like LTE, but as Tim said on stage ‘Verizon wanted the iPhone NOW’. So…

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Nexus S Suffers From Rebooting Bug; Google Admits

January 11, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nexus S users around the globe are reporting of an annoying bug with the phone’s latest software version (Android/ Gingerbread 2.3.1/GRH78). Apparently, after the update the phone reboots – in the midst of a call. The average number of reboots…

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Hands-on: LG Optimus Black, Brightest Display, Global Release! [Video]

January 9, 2011 0 Luke Abell

The LG Optimus Black is on display at CES 2011, and we had our few moments with it. The Optimus Black is a 4.0? touchscreen with an advanced gyroscope accelerometer that makes navigation beyond what we are used to (see…

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Video Preview of the LG Optimus 2X (Tegra 2 Superphone)

January 8, 2011 0 Luke Abell

The Optimus 2x is one of the Tegra 2 phones from LG out on display at CES 2011. We have an exclusive video of the phone being demoed for us. So far we have been using all sorts of accessories/hacks…

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No More Android Version Updates For Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Range

January 6, 2011 2 Rahul S

In yet another disappointing move by Sony Ericsson, the company has in a tweet, clarified its stand on the future of the Xperia x10 line up. There would be no future updates to the phones that would endow them with…

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Sony Ericsson shows the Xperia Arc, with Bravia Engine display, Android 2.3

January 6, 2011 0 Nimish

CES has seen some remarkable products so far, and Sony Ericsson has joined the party with one of the most spectacular smartphones we have seen so far. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc was revealed as the “first of a new generation of Xperia smartphones…

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Motorola adds two more to Android smartphone stable – Droid Bionic & Cliq 2

January 6, 2011 0 Nimish

The XOOM tablet and the Atrix (with its laptop dock) might have grabbed all the headlines, but Motorola has not ignored its Android range of smartphones at CES. The company which has been riding high on Android since the high-profile launch of…

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Motorola unleashes “the world’s most powerful smartphone,” the Atrix, complete with laptop dock

January 6, 2011 1 Nimish

This might be CES and the air might be thick with hype but still, words like “the world’s most powerful smartphone” should not be used lightly. Well, Motorola has used them to describe its Atrix handset, which not only packs in some seriously impressive specs but has actually grabbed the limelight at the event for…

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Honeycomb Android Tablets Require Dual-Core Processors? Probably Not!

January 4, 2011 0 Annkur

Google is all set to reveal Honeycomb along with the Motorola tablet at CES and we guess the SDK / release details would also go out then. While the Honeycomb love is exclusive to Motorola, it is weird to see…

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Vizio Introduces Android Powered VIA Phone

January 3, 2011 0 Rahul S

Vizio, which is better known for its LCD TV’s in the US has taken covers off its first Android powered device. Known as the VIA (not the chip maker!) the phone seems to be quite a capable device complete with…

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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…

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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…

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Official Ashes mobile game released even as England win!

December 29, 2010 0 Nimish

It definitely is a day for mobile cricket games, given the fact that we discovered that Stick Cricket had made its way to the App Store earlier today. In terms of timing, though, this would match the half-hearted slash by an Aussie tailender. With the…

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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…

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Our six favourite sub-Rs 15,000 Android smartphones

December 26, 2010 12 Nimish

Following our podcast about affordable Android smartphones a few days ago, we have been deluged with queries about which are the best Android smartphones in the Indian market for less than Rs 15,000. While we did voice some of our…

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Gizmo Podcast #9: Low Cost Android Smartphones

December 25, 2010 6 Annkur

Merry Christmas! A long pause, but we aren’t gone. The Gizmo Podcast is back with the Android special as promised. Joining me was our Senior Editor, Nimish Dubey and we spent a good enough 20 mins discussing Android phones ranging from the Galaxy 3 & 5…

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EA brings holiday discounts to Android too – four games for $0.99 each

December 24, 2010 0 Nimish

Their decision to reduce the price of several of their iPhone/iPod touch games to $ 0.99 sent gamers into ecstasies (we are still busy downloading!). And now EA has brought the same scheme to the Android Market. Mind you, as…

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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…

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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…

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