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Motorola Announces New Android Handsets: Spice and Droid PRO

October 6, 2010 1 Rahul S

Motorola seems to be very upbeat about its Android prospects. Of late it has been launching new devices based on Android with regular frequency. The latest devices to be added to Motorola’s Android portfolio happens to be the Spice and…

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Android 2.2 Froyo Market, now available on Android 2.1

October 5, 2010 3 Gaurav N

You already heard that paid apps are now available in India too. But have you noticed what else is available with the Android Market? With the release of Froyo(Android 2.2) Google really made some great enhancements in Android Market App…

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LG delays its tablet, waiting for Android 3.0

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Not too long back LG had boldly announced its plans for an Android tablet that would be better than the Apple iPad and it seems that they have now realised what iOS is to iPad now. After teasing the market…

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Dell Launches its Streak Android Tablet in India

October 5, 2010 1 Rahul S

Dell’s much awaited Android Tablet, the Streak has been launched in India today. The Streak  boasts of a not so large 5 – inch display which makes it  dimensionally smaller than some of the full fledged tablets out there. That…

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HP drops Android plans, See you with Palm WebOS at CES 2011!

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

HP put us in a little confusion with the Andoid based tablet Zeen leaking out the other day. But here comes the official confirmation that HP has dropped its Android based tablet / smartphone projects in favor of the Palm…

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Android Market populates paid apps in India

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Just tuning into tweets from some Indian Android owners, it seems that paid apps have finally started to flow in here. Part of Google’s promise to take Android market commercial in a whole new lot of countries. Way to go,…

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Samsung Tab coming to India in November for (gasp!) Rs 47,000?

October 4, 2010 0 Mr Spock

All right, we must state up front that this is purely a rumour but as it comes from no fewer than THREE Samsung Store executives and two market observers (none of whom want to be named, for obvious reasons), we…

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Forget Froyo, Sony E Xperia X10 users to get Android 2.1 in October end!

September 24, 2010 1 Mr Spock

The update saga of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 range of phones continues unabated. There had been a lot of surprise when Sony Ericsson had launched the X10 phones (the X10, the X10 mini and the X10 mini pro) running…

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An 8-inch Android tablet for Rs 9,000, courtesy Binatone!

September 19, 2010 1 Mr Spock

When we had talked about Binatone’s releasing a range of smartphones, tablets and netbooks yesterday, we had speculated that the company might be pricing its tablets in the Rs 10,000-Rs 12,000 range, to make a splash in the as yet…

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And the latest iPad killer comes from…Binatone?

September 18, 2010 0 Mr Spock

We have had a number of low cost cellphones hitting the Indian market of late, offering stacks of features at relatively low prices. The tablet market has, however, remained relatively niche. That might be about to change if a mail…

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Motorola CEO hints at Android tablet in Q1 2011, Gingerbread?

September 17, 2010 0 Annkur

Motorola was the one who stole the show with Android 2.1 earlier this year (Droid!) and it seems that they want to be the first ones to make good use of the upcoming Android 3.0 (aka Gingerbread) that is said…

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Acer Ferrari Android phone arrives in India, with expected stiff price tag!

September 14, 2010 1 Nimish

The Acer Liquid E Ferrari edition has been officially released in India today. The device, which carries the Acer-Ferrari collaboration into the smartphone arena (they have been seen on notebooks earlier), runs on Android, and apart from having the legendary…

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Android not for tablets yet, says Google exec

September 12, 2010 1 Mr Spock

In what must have come as a terrible shock for the likes of Dell, Samsung and Toshiba who are pushing tablets based on Google’s Android operating system, Google’s director of products for mobile has said that Android is not designed…

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Spice Mi-300: Android 2.1, 3.5G, capacitive touch, 5MP camera for Rs 9,990!

September 5, 2010 7 Mr Spock

Just when we had thought that LG and Samsung had pulled the price of Android devices closer to (or even below) the Rs 10,000 barrier, the folks at Spice have come out with perhaps the most staggering value for money…

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Samsung Galaxy Tab is official, not just another tablet!

September 4, 2010 3 Annkur

Samsung has finally gone official with its android tablet, the Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000). Powered by the latest build of Android OS (2.2 Froyo), Samsung Galaxy Tab certainly leaves a mark on the industry with its launch. While we have seen…

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Google App Inventor Alternative: Illumination Software Creator

September 2, 2010 0 Gaurav N

Want to create an app for android without coding, but still did not received invitation from Google App inventor? Try an alternative visual application designer that allows you to make Android Apps without any coding.

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Dell releases first Android phone – and it runs Android 1.5!

August 24, 2010 0 Mr Spock

Just when we thought that Dell’s decision to release its Streak tablet running Android 1.6 was one of the strangest decisions we had seen, the company has gone and surprised us still more. We have just heard that Dell has…

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When will my Android Motorola smartphone get Froyo? Update TImeline

August 23, 2010 0 Annkur

If you are one of the many MotoAndroid users out there, there is one question you are certainly asking… when would my smartphone get the latest version of Android? Given that there are several Android devices running the version 1.6,…

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Samsung Galaxy 3 and 5, LG Optimus GT 540: Android gets affordable in India

August 23, 2010 2 Mr Spock

A year ago, getting an Android phone in India meant shelling out something in the vicinity of Rs 30,000. The price barrier was brought down a bit late last year with the introduction of the Samsung Galaxy Spica which retailed…

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Five reasons why the OlivePad will not dethrone the iPad

August 22, 2010 1 Mr Spock

We got some time with Olive’s Android tablet, the OlivePad, which is the first 3G tablet in India and while we must confess to being rather impressed with it, we still think it is some way from knocking the iPad…

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Google all set to upset the tablet market with Android 3.0

August 20, 2010 0 Ricky

While my good friend and our editor saheb wants a Chrome OS tablet, its clear in his own words that Google can’t deliver it anytime sooner than 2011. So what, hasn’t Android taken over the mobile market and leaped ahead…

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Another super Android arrives in India: HTC Desire

August 16, 2010 6 Mr Spock

It has been literally raining high-class Android phones in India over the past few weeks. We have had the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S, the Motorola XT720 and Backflip, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro, and the HTC Wildfire…

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Experience Chrome to Phone on Android 2.1

August 16, 2010 2 Gaurav N

Follow this post and experience Chrome to Phone functionality on Android 2.1, which allows users to send links from not only Chrome desktop browser to Android device but from Firefox and Internet Explorer as well. These days, every time I…

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Voice Actions on Android 2.1

August 14, 2010 0 Gaurav N

Recently Google released Voice Actions using which one can control their Android phone just by speaking. But sadly that is only available for Android 2.2 (Froyo). Read this post and know how to achieve voice action’s effect on your Android…

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Vaporware, eh? India’s $35 tablet makes its appearance!

August 13, 2010 0 Mr Spock

After almost all tech pundits had dismissed it as “vaporware,” the Indian $35 tablet made a surprise appearance on NDTV’s Gadget Guru show. From what could be seen of the device, it was no show-stopper in the looks department, but…

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More legal issues for Android, Oracle sues Google

August 13, 2010 0 Annkur

Android has had its own share of controversies and allegations of IP misuse have come back to haunt the open source mobile platform from Google. There couldn’t have been a worse timing for Google to face this lawsuit from Oracle…

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Backtrack on Moto BackFlip – best touchscreen navigation ever!

August 8, 2010 2 Mr Spock

The media wires have been buzzing about the arrival of the Motorola BackFlip in India for a while now. While most people have been talking about the specs (bemoaning the fact that the device runs on Android 1.5) and the…

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More Hello, Moto: Two more Android phones in Indian market (XT720 / BACKFLIP)

August 5, 2010 0 Mr Spock

Earlier this year, Motorola returned to the high-end smartphone territory in India with the Milestone, after a prolonged absence in which many had written off the company altogether. Now, the company seems to be consolidating its presence with the launch…

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Motorola waiting for Android 3 to release a 10″ tablet?

August 4, 2010 0 Annkur

Tablets are the flavor of 2010 and it seems that no one except Apple has got any great momentum in this segment so far. While a lot of Android based pads have been displayed and a lot of Windows 7…

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Use 3D Gallery on your HTC Hero (Android 2.1)

August 2, 2010 0 Gaurav N

Have you been missing the 3D Gallery features on your updated HTC Hero (Android 2.1)? Follow this post and get 3D Gallery up and running on your beloved Android device. With Android 2.1 Update to HTC Hero, I found the…

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Use Speech to Text on your HTC Hero (Android 2.1)

July 30, 2010 10 Gaurav N

We recently reviewed Android 2.1 Update for HTC Hero but found Live Wallpapers, 3D Gallery and Voice to Text features missing. So here goes the post about how to enable Voice to Text on your updated HTC Hero.

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Flash 10.1 Droid-X-perience on your HTC Hero

July 15, 2010 1 Gaurav N

Last week we reported about Adobe Labs showcasing flash 10.1 on Droid X, this time we bring Flash 10.1 right on your updated HTC Hero. Since the moment I saw Ben from Adobe Labs showing Flash 10.1 on Droid X,…

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Installing .cer certificates on your updated HTC Hero (Android 2.1)

June 30, 2010 13 Gaurav N

Just as we expected last weekend HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 (éclair) was released in India. With this new software upgrade there were some different settings available to install and use certificates. Since, many people had trouble in installing…

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100k+ Samsung Galaxy S sold in six days, Froyo coming!

June 30, 2010 1 Mayur

Samsung’s Galaxy S has started to make its impact in the  South Korea. Galaxy S seems to have struck gold for Samsung, in just first 5 hours it sold over 10,000 pieces and in 6 days of its launch, it…

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HTC Hero Android 2.1 Update Demystified (India)

June 30, 2010 11 Gaurav N

Just as we expected last weekend HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 (éclair) was released in India. Following post presents the detail about what is included in this update and which features HTC Hero users found missing. I was eagerly…

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The Motorola Droid X – Android with the ‘X’ appeal?

June 25, 2010 1 Tushar

Keeping up with the Joneses seems to the prevailing mantra in the smartphone segment. Just as the early lines started forming in front of Apple stores in the US for the iPhone 4, Motorola hit back for Android with their…

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Nvidia Promises Tablets With Tegra 2, Flash Player 10.1 & Android 2.2!

June 24, 2010 0 Annkur

Adobe has just announced the general availability of Flash Player 10.1 and the flood of Flash enabled mobile devices that was expected in 2H 2010 officially gets a green light. We have seen a few crude prototypes of Android based…

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Motorola launching a 2GHz Android Phone this year

June 11, 2010 1 Swapnil

It is well known that Motorola has plans to unveil some brilliant Android smartphones by the end of this year and just lately there has been news that they are working on some really powerful Android devices. Motorola CEO Sanjay…

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Sony Ericsson Shakira is like a X10 Music Edition

June 7, 2010 0 Swapnil

A photo of a new Sony Ericsson device showed up somewhere in China, and it looks like it has been named after the popular singer Shakira. The Sony Ericsson Shakira is a bit smaller than the Sony Ericsson X10 and…

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Sony Ericsson bats bravely for Android 1.6

June 4, 2010 2 Nimish

It is not every day that a cellphone manufacturer sets out its stall to defend an older operating system. Well, that is exactly what Sony Ericsson did at a press briefing (or discussion, as they preferred to call it) in…