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Android 5.0 – Lollipop Not Ladoo

October 16, 2014 0 Sharma Karan

Google’s much-awaited android platform update has been officially released and it has been named Lollipop. Later today, a giant lollipop will be erected outside Google’s campus in mountain view California. This 10 foot statue will join the existing sculptures of…

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First Impressions of the LG G2 [Now with Video!]

September 30, 2013 0 Harshit

We got an opportunity to play around with LG’s latest all-singing, all-dancing flagship phone, the LG G2 at their launch event in Gurgaon today. Overall, we came away pretty impressed with the phone. It ticks a couple of very interesting…

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BBM for Android: First look! (Video and Screenshots)

September 22, 2013 0 Krishnan

Since there has been no official update about BBM for Android on the Google Play Store, we have managed to grab hold of the BBM APK file from the internet unofficially. Now, the impatient bunch that we are, we went…

eReaders & Tablets

Hands-on With the Asus Taichi, a Dual Screen Tablet-Laptop Hybrid (Video)

October 19, 2012 0 Tassavur

The Asus Taichi is a dual screen, tablet cum laptop device. It looks & functions like a tablet when closed and like an ultra-book when opened. The Asus Taichi can be used in four modes with the help of a…

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Karbonn Agnee, the First Made in India 3G Tablet

October 16, 2012 0 Tassavur

 Karbon today launched the Agnee tablet in association with Innominds, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processor at the Innovation Qualcomm India 2012 event. The 3G tablet Agnee is based on a reference design by Qualcomm Technologies also referred to…

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Double Sided Touch Screen Android Smartphone Prototype by Docomo

May 31, 2012 0 Tassavur

We have seen flexible displays from Samsung and a flexible smartphone by Nokia but this one by NTT Docomo in Japan is a lot different and perhaps could prove to be much more useful in the future once it goes…

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Skydrive Gets A Desktop App, Competes With Dropbox

April 24, 2012 0 Annkur

Microsoft’s Skydrive has been around since long and it seems they are now changing gears to compete in the buzzing league. On the mobile front my interaction with Skydrive was the most when it was integrated into Windows Phone 7…

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Nokia Asha Series Headed To India, 303 Priced At Rs 8150?

November 27, 2011 0 Annkur

Lumia 800 and 710 aren’t the only two devices that Nokia is pushing into India, the Symbian powered Asha series is also said to be launching alongside the Windows Phone offerings from Espoo. Asha series phones run S40 OS and…

Android

Is That The Motorola Xoom 2?

September 24, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well Motorola didn’t exactly set the market ablaze with its first Android tablet, the Motorola Xoom. Motorola had an exclusive launch with the Honeycomb update for Android, and the lucrative tablet market has so far seen many me-too products ever since…

Android

Huawei Deuce: Dual SIM Android Handset

September 16, 2011 0 Tassavur

Although Huawei has launched a couple of Android devices in the market viz, the Ideos and the Impulse 4G, it was yet to launch a dual SIM Android handset, surprising considering that is the first feature they bring out in…

Automobiles

Hydrogen Powered Gullwing F125! by Mercedes Benz Leaked!

September 13, 2011 0 Tassavur

Called the F One Twenty Five this beautiful gull winged hydrogen powered fuel cell concept car by Mercedes Benz has been leaked ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show. One look at the car and we know that this one is…

Android

Exclusive First Look: iBall Slide Android Tablet, Price Rs 13995

September 8, 2011 0 Team OG

iBall is the latest Indian player to jump on the tablet bandwagon. Reliance and Beetel both have their offerings out in the market and even as we figure out if a tablet is a utility or hype, here comes the…

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Toughest Phone In The World: Sonim XP3300 Force, Survives 25m Drop

September 1, 2011 0 Annkur

Sonim has secured the title of World toughest phone (Guinness record) for its model ‘XP3300 Force.’ Made for people with the most testing jobs, Sonim applies its learnings from over half million workers from varied industries. The GSM enabled XP3300…

Android

Motorola Announces Gingerbread Powered Pro+

August 31, 2011 0 Annkur

Motorola has announced the Pro+ for Asian and European markets. Similar to the Droid Pro and Fire in looks, the Pro+ packs in a GHz processor with Android 2.3. 2011 seems to be the year when the touchscreen + QWERTY…

Android

Motorola Announced Defy+, Launches Next Month

August 15, 2011 0 Annkur

Leaked already, Motorola has now gone official with the Defy+. Motorola Defy Plus is a successor to the original Defy that did pretty well being the only rugged Android device on the market (dust and water resistant – IP67). Defy+…

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Motorola Launches Dual SIM Handsets EX109, EX119, EX212 In India

August 10, 2011 0 Tassavur

Motorola Mobility has officially launched three dual SIM handsets in India today viz, the EX109, EX119, EX212. All the three dual SIM handsets are priced in the sub Rs 10,000 range starting from Rs. 3,590 going up to Rs. 6,190.…

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India: MAXX Outs SCOPE MT150 Touch Screen Phone For Rs 3272

August 1, 2011 0 Annkur

We aren’t sure why MAXX prices are as odd as Rs 3272 (numerology?), but that’s a 2.8-inch touch screen phone hitting the market. And it doesn’t run Android! As we had pointed before, MAXX is strategically targeting a gap between…

eReaders & Tablets

HTC Puccini, HTC’s upcoming 10-inch Slate

July 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well BGR has managed to lay their hands on this 10-inch tablet by HTC which for now is codenamed HTC Puccini. Though there are no confirmations on the specifications of HTC’s first 10-inch tablet.

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G’Five Launches Four New Multimedia Centric Handsets

July 24, 2011 0 Tassavur

G’Five has announced the launch of three new handsets under its “Movie King” label in India. The handsets in question are the E680, E650 and E620. As the name suggests, these devices are being targeted at the movie going crowd…

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Samsung Launches N100 Netbook

July 21, 2011 0 Tassavur

Samsung today launched the N100 netbook, a successor of the Samsung N150 launched last year. Samsung is banking on the success of the N150 and have designed the N100 on similar lines. The N100 has a dual core Intel Atom…

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Sony plans To Double Vaio Sales With “More Colour. More Style”!

July 12, 2011 0 Tassavur

Today Sony showcased its latest Vaio series fleet debutantes and announced its Blitzkrieg strategy to double its sales from 2.5 lacs from last year to 5 lacs this year and also revealed its plans to capture the Indian market share…

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GAIA, A One Billion Pixel Camera By European Space Agency

July 10, 2011 0 Tassavur

Construction of the largest ever digital camera at one billion pixels for a space mission by the European Space Agency is now complete and it’s called the GAIA. And the name indeed reminds one of Mother Earth of Captain Planet,…

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Intex Tri.Do, A Triple Sim Phone With A Long Battery Life

July 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well the world is increasingly interconnecting and socializing with each other via their phones and running out of batteries 😉 And Intex is very smartly catering to the needs of these people by not only having longer battery life on…

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MAXX Announces Launch of Vista MS502 in India

June 20, 2011 0 Krishnan

From gaming phones to Phones with long battery life, MAXX are trying their best to capture the low end market with various attractive offerings. Now, they are out to attract the Mademoiselles and give them something to cherish something about.…

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Lost Route or Unable to Find a Direction? ‘Route Finder is Here To your Rescue’

June 20, 2011 0 Krishnan

Going on a trip or some place of which you have no knowledge about? One would simply log on to the internet on your phone to seek out directions. But, what if you don’t have a smartphone and face a…

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The Z110: New USB Powered Speakers by Logitech

June 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

  Logitech is world renowned for its devices and accessories. And off late their speakers have been creating a buzz in the Indian markets as well. We all have experienced the shortages of power outlets, sometimes even after using those multiple outlet…

Apple

Apple’s BBM Killer: iMessage

June 7, 2011 0 Annkur

Amongst the ton of updates that Apple announced yesterday, one interesting communications update on iOS5 was iMessage. The closest we can relate an iMessage to is the Blackberry Messenger. BBM as it is popularly known, RIM has a ton of…

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Windows 8 Demoed At D9, Impressive, Far From Flawed

June 2, 2011 2 Annkur

Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky and Julie Larson-Green gave an early preview of Windows 8 at the D9 conference. Win 8 was labeled by Ballmer as their riskiest bet in Oct 2010. While I had played down the ‘riskiest’ remark last year, it…

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NVIDIA’s quad-core Kal-El Processor

May 31, 2011 1 Jassi

Today almost all smartphones and tablets have dual-core processors but with NVIDIA’s new quad-core Kal-El processor chip coming up it will leave the dual-core way behind. It not only has four CPU cores

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Wynncom Launches W-102 Low Cost Phone, Low Cost but Loaded

May 13, 2011 0 Krishnan

Ever heard of the name Wynncom? Well if not, you’d surely hear about them very soon. An upcoming handset manufacturer SAR group has launched the W-102 Mobile. The company surely aims to unite the Urban and Rural users with this…

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TDK WR700 Launched In India, Wireless Love

May 11, 2011 0 Krishnan

Music enthusiasts are always in with a craze for a device with brilliant sound quality. With that in mind, TDK-Life on Record has launched the WR700 designed specially for passionate audio lovers. It delivers uncompressed, lossless digital studio sound which…

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Type Test: Acer Iconia Dual-Touchscreen Notebook

May 5, 2011 0 Annkur

We spent little time with this beautiful dual touchscreen notebook from Acer, but the Iconia sure is iconic. The touchscreen was super responsive and the Acer customizations for touchscreen input was amazing. We just wish that Windows was a little more refined…

Android

Acer Iconia S300 Smartphone / Tablet – First Impressions (Video)

May 4, 2011 0 Annkur

We spent a good amount of time checking out the Iconia range at the Acer launch today. One of the early birds here was the A300 smartphone / tablet hybrid. Acer likes to count this as a tablet and we…

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Intex Announces ‘V. DO Touch’, Full Touchscreen Phone

February 11, 2011 0 Annkur A

Intex has announced a full touchscreen phone in for the Indian market. The device looks inspired by the Nokia N8 in looks and sports a 3.5″ touchscreen. The V. DO Touch from Intex would cost just below Rs 5000 and…

eReaders & Tablets

HP TouchPad Launches This Summer, 4G Version Promised

February 9, 2011 0 Annkur

HP has just gone live with its webOS tablet (along with a couple of smartphones), named ‘TouchPad’. The TouchPad sports a iPad sized i.e. 9.7″ display with 1024×768 resolution. However the magic seems to be on the software end and…

Android

Android Market Webstore Out, Over the Air Love, Fills A *Big* Gap

February 2, 2011 0 Annkur

It was just yesterday that we published our Android app, and I was pulling my hairs on the bad Android Market structure. And just 24 hours later, here comes the new Android Market Web store announced at the Android event…

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Akai ‘Trio’ Triple SIM Phone Goes on Sale, Priced Rs 3295

January 18, 2011 0 Annkur

We have seen the Quad SIM phone, but the nearest you can get your hands-on for now is the Akai triple SIM phone. With a claim to be the first triple phone in India (Intex sure would feel offended by…

CES

Quick Preview: LG Revolution – Verizon LTE [Video]

January 9, 2011 0 Luke Abell

We went hands-on with the LG Revolution at CES 2011. The Revolution is amongst the Android handsets LG has announced this week. The Revolution is a LTE enabled phone with a 4.3? full touchscreen & DLNA smartshare. There is a…

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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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Fable 3: Limited Collector’s Edition, A Brief Review

January 6, 2011 0 Nimish

All right, we know what you are going to say – “Why would anyone go all the way and unbox a videogame when all the thrill is actually in slipping it into a console and playing it?” Well, our rationale…