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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…

Infibeam gets its own hardware again, mobiles it is!

June 21, 2010 1 Annkur

While this isn’t as big as a surprise as the Infibeam Pi was, this certainly is an attempt by Infibeam to cash in on the booming mobile market along with other new entrants like Micromax, Karbonn, Wynncom etc. The entire…

Hands on with Lenovo ThinkCentre M90z all-in-one

June 19, 2010 0 Annkur

Lenovo went official with their latest all-in-one for enterprises, the ThinkCentre M90z last week and we managed to get our hands on a demo unit. The M90Z is a massive 23″ all-in-one that makes the 2009 A70z (19″) look tiny.…

Apple

New Mac mini unveiled – not mini in power, this

June 15, 2010 0 Nimish

The E3 event might be cornering most of the headlines but that doth not mean that the rest of the tech world has gone to sleep. Apple, for one, certainly is in no mood to let the world’s premier gaming…

Archos 13 Ultraslim Dual-Core Atom Notebook now on Sale

June 14, 2010 0 Swapnil

Archos is exceptionally well known for their android based tablet devices, and they are now entering the notebook market with their new Archos 13 Ultraslim Notebook. This new notebook is powered by a dual-core Intel Atom processor (1.66 GHz Intel…

Sony goes aggressive with the Vaio E series (India)

June 8, 2010 1 Annkur

Sony India is hoping to get the bottom of the pyramid with its Vaio E (EA & EC). Until now the only presence Sony made in the notebook market was in the price range over Rs 40000. But that’s changing…

Apple

iPhone 4 in 88 countries by September, India?

June 8, 2010 9 Annkur

Apple would have 88 countries selling the iPhone 4 in September, and India is of-course going to be in the last lot of countries to get the latest 2010 iPhone i.e. in September itself. The iPhone 3GS launched with a…

Apple

iPhone 4th Gen, refreshing, new and same looks as leaked

June 8, 2010 0 Annkur

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A quick look at the new Nokia C-Series launches (Dual SIMs included)

June 3, 2010 55 Swapnil

Earlier today, we showed you Nokia’s first Dual-SIM phone, the Nokia C1-00. Nokia later revealed that they still have more Dual-SIM phones coming our way through the C-Series. It looks like Nokia has a total 4 new C-series phones and…

Nokia C1-00 Dual-SIM Phone Finally Announced

June 3, 2010 4 Swapnil

Today, Nokia has unveiled their dual-SIM functionality phone the Nokia C1. A long time back we told you that Nokia is working on Dual-SIM phones for 2010, and it looks like the device is finally here. It is a low-budget…

OG Review: Micromax Bling Q55

June 1, 2010 44 Mayur

Micromax Q55 Bling a cute, feminine, diamond studded phone looking all white and flashy! Well the stunning looks throw a massive expectation of it being a good phone, but we don’t think it lived up to it. The Micromax Q55…

eReaders & Tablets

Asus reveals two tablets and a ereader at Computex 2010

May 31, 2010 0 Swapnil

Asus has revealed three new tablets at the Computex 2010, the first being the Asus Eee Tablet which is more of a note making device along with an eReader and the other two being the EP101TC and the EP121 which…

Bada powered Samsung Wave is now available in Europe

May 24, 2010 0 Mayur

Samsung’s much awaited first ‘Bada‘-operated smartphone, Samsung Wave (Also known as S8500), rolls out in the market in some parts of Europe from today! Bada is the new platform on which the Samsung Applications will be developed on. Bada (“Bada”…

Wynncom, a new entry in the Indian Cell Phone Market

May 24, 2010 1 Tassavur

A new name has been added to the already existing long list of Indian Phone Manufacturers. Wynncom owned by the SAR Group co-founded by Rakesh Malhotra (Chairman), Arvind Vohra (MD) and Navneet Kapoor (Director) launched 7 dual-sim phones (GSM+GSM). These…

Samsung introduces premium PC accessories (HDD, ODD, Keyboard, Mice)

May 20, 2010 1 Annkur

Samsung has just announced a whole range of premium accessories for PCs. This includes 4 different external hard drives (C2 series), a couple of wireless keyboard and mice along with an external ODD. The portable USB HDD’s are offered in…

Samsung Champ is the World’s Cheapest Touchscreen Phone

May 20, 2010 3 Mayur

Samsung is all set to launch another low budget phone, it is called the Samsung Champ and it is supposed to be the worlds cheapest touchscreen phone. Unlike the Samsung Corby, which was previously targeted towards the low budget market…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP Introduces a Probook 4425 with AMD Quad-Core

May 18, 2010 0 Mayur

The HP ProBook 4425 is out on the shelves and it has some brilliant specs for a business notebook. It is the first notebook from HP which features a QUAD-Core AMD processor. You have an option for the AMD Phenom…

Dell brings in the new AMD Dual-core Neo Processor

May 17, 2010 0 Mayur

The Dell Inspiron M301z is the first of its kind to be powered by the low-voltage AMD Dual-core Neo processor (Nile-class) which tackle the previous Neo-processors’ most significant heating problem and provide advanced power management features. The 1.3GHz dual-core Athlon…

Motorola Flipout square-shaped Android Phone Confirmed

May 11, 2010 1 Swapnil

More information on Motorola’s square-shaped handset has been surfaced. It was already known that the device will run Android 2.1, and it seems that it would be called the Motorola Flipout. An earlier leak showed a device with a similar form-factor called the Nokia Twist 7705, but there…

Sony unveils it all new, trendy Vaio P

May 10, 2010 0 Tassavur

Sony Europe today launched its newest Ultra mobile PC called the Vaio P. Besides the innovative & different design it comes in new fresh and vibrant colors as well. By the way its got some really cool features as well. For starters its got an accelerometer allowing you to read or see pictures by tilting the…

Hands-on with Datawind’s UbiSurfer

May 1, 2010 13 Swapnil

On the technical front, the UbiSurfer has a 7-inch TFT, Wide Screen Display, 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA), 128 MB RAM, 1 GB Flash Memory, it is supported by an ARM 11 processor and has 50GB of Online Storage which…

The N8 is now official – the specs rock, now it is upto the UI

April 27, 2010 0 Nimish

Barely a few days after usual suspect Eldar Murtazin bashed a prototype of Nokia’s next flagship device,the N8, the big N has released official details of the handset. And most of it conforms to the various leaks that have been…

Apple

Apple refreshes Macbook Pro range

April 14, 2010 0 Nimish

Even as the world argues over how good or bad the iPad is (we have not heard anyone call it “Ugly” yet), Apple has announced some updates to its MacBook Pro line of notebooks.

Apple

iPad launch round-up

April 4, 2010 0 Annkur

The iPad mania is here and my RSS feeds are flooded with iPad mentions. While the 7 ways and 15 things about iPad kinda posts will flow in dozens now, here are some quick bits from the iPad launch I…

JetFlash 500 USB drives introduced by Transcend

April 2, 2010 0 Annkur

The Transcend V series is pretty familiar for anyone using a Flash drive, but here is a all new trendy JetFlash 500 announced today. While the drives aren’t very micro sized, but the whole thing looks somewhat rugged (shockproof) and…

Spice S-1200 brings 3X optical zoom to cellphone!

March 26, 2010 0 Annkur

Now thats a surprise ! While most smartphones are playing the megapixel game, unexpected! but its Spice that is bringing a 3x optical zoom to a cellphone. The Spice S-1200 that is said to be priced around Rs 14,500 ($315).…

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 & Vivaz launched in India (Pricing)

March 26, 2010 0 Annkur

Sony Ericsson has announced the entire lineup of its latest Xperia and Vivaz series smartphones in India. The Xperia X10 & Vivaz would be available immediately whereas the X10 Mini, X10 Mini Pro and Vivaz Pro will follow later. The…

Apple

3GS India launch – Twitter reactions

March 26, 2010 0 Annkur

Though there wasn’t too much excitement about the much delayed 3GS launch in India today, the pricing sure is a big disappointment. You would pay as much as Rs 47,500 (over $1000) to get the 32GB iPhone 3GS in Mumbai.…

Apple

iPhone 3GS launching in India tomorrow? Is it too late?

March 13, 2010 1 Annkur

The wait for iPhone 3GSs official unveiling in India has been way too long and event the most die hard Apple fans that I know have given up and purchased a 3GS from the grey market already. However we now…

OG Review: LG Cookie Pop / Pep GD510

March 11, 2010 30 Annkur

LG is out with a refresh to its successful touchscreen series Cookie. Its amazing to see how companies like Samsung and LG have seen a great market in the low end touchscreen market after the iPhone came and swept the…

Bluetooth 4.0 specs out, ready to hit markets by year end

March 7, 2010 0 Annkur

The Bluetooth SIG has started to push the next version i.e. Bluetooth 4.0 already. While we are still seeing numbered devices offering Bluetooth 3.0 being announced, Bluetooth 4. 0 is said to be ready for a year end launch. The…

DSP presents landline phone powered by Android OS

March 4, 2010 1 Annkur

Debuting at CeBIT is the DSP Multimedia Handset that saves you some embarrassment for ditching mobiles in favor of a landline. The DSP Multimedia Home phone sports a 3.5? touch screen and runs the Google Android OS ! Yes you…

Asus Eee PC 1001PQ & 1201PN at CeBIT 2010

March 3, 2010 0 Annkur

Asus has outed a number of gadgets at CeBIT 2010 and here are two of the EEE PC models showcased there. The EEE PC 1001PQ and 1201PN throws new life to the Eee line up. While the 1001PQ is a…

C series goes official with Nokia C5

March 2, 2010 0 Annkur

Nokia C series has finally gone official with Nokia showing the C5 officially. Leaked earlier, we already had a fair idea of what the C5 can offer and here is what Nokia says: We are introducing the new Nokia C5, an affordable smartphone…

Feel the $500 iPad is expensive? Try Haleron’s iLet Mini Hal

March 2, 2010 2 Annkur

Featuring a 7″ touchscreen and a mere 600MHz processor running on Ocean Android the iLet Mini Hal serves the purpose at just $200. Now this wouldn’t put the iPad or the Asus Eee to shame when it comes to performance,…

eReaders & Tablets

Asus Eee PC T101MT tablet gets previewed before release

March 1, 2010 1 Annkur

Asus made an impact in the industry with the Eee PC and they seem to be gearing up to ride the tablets wave we are seeing this year. The yet to be officially Eee PC T101MT (teaser video seen before) seems to have leaked out been and previewed early, and hands…

Sony Ericsson Dot: Crowdsourcing Mobile Ideas

February 18, 2010 1 Annkur

Sony Ericsson has gone live with a new initiative called ‘SE-dot’. SE dot is aimed at crowdsourcing and developing new ideas. As the company informs us, the idea behind SE-dot is to jump the focus from technology and come down…

Windows Phone 7 Series Brings No Flash love

February 16, 2010 1 c0rex

Microsoft has finally announced and showed off their next mobile operating system with a bit different brand name – Windows Phone 7 Series. Apart from sleek and staid interface, there are several features integrated to the core level. But surprisingly…

Segway making an official entry in India soon!

February 10, 2010 0 Annkur

Though Segway’s aren’t extremely popular for automobile or technology enthusiasts, Neil Nitin Mukesh did manage to get some traction for the same in India it seems. Segway is a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle that promises to give you a non…