Reviews

HTC

OG Review: HTC Salsa C510e Facebook Phone

June 25, 2011 0 Annkur

Back in February, at the grand stage of Mobile World Congress, HTC announced its two Facebook phones, the Salsa and Chacha. We decided to pick up the HTC Salsa C510e for review and gave the Facebook phone a quick test…

App (Marketplace)

Some Casual Games For Windows Phone 7

June 23, 2011 0 Annkur A

Microsoft is trying its best to get Windows Phone 7 out to users with the maximum possible apps. In an effort to get some of the best apps from Android Market and App Store, Microsoft is also said to be…

Nokia

First Impressions of Nokia E6-00: Good old days are back?

June 22, 2011 0 Nitish

This is a guest post by Nitish Kumar (@nkumar_). Nitish is a long time Nokia user and famous for writing with a layman’s perspective on his blog. Its not been long when QWERTY devices were a craze (there are still…

India

MEElectronics SP51 In-Ear Headphone (Review)

June 11, 2011 0 Tassavur

We had a pretty good experience with the MEElectronics M9P in-ear headphones. After a long hiatus we have got another interesting headphone from MEElectronics i.e. the SP51 in-ear headphone. We have seen a lot of earphones but this one promises…

Android

OG Review: HTC Wildfire S

June 11, 2011 4 Annkur

HTC has recently put the WildfireS on sale in India and the little Android phone is one of the many smartphones that HTC is rolling out this month. The original Wildfire was one of the bestsellers, more for its price…

Featured

Quick Hands-on With The DELL XPS 15z @ GizmoMeet

May 31, 2011 7 Tassavur

The DELL XPS 15z got its first official outing at our GizmoMeet last week and we had our chance to play with it. Earlier leaked as Adamo’s successor, the 15z went official recently and its launching in India this week. The…

Android

Motorola Xoom – Quick Review

May 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well the tablet market is heating up around the globe with a plethora of manufacturers throwing their hat in the ring. But the one that we are going to talk about today is quite a different story than the rest…

Apple

Why Am I Not Getting The iPad 2, And You Should Buy One

May 26, 2011 5 Annkur

After close to a year with the original iPad, I have been playing to the tunes of iPad 2 since a couple of weeks. The iPad 2 brings in a faster dual-core processor, a thinner body and is somewhat lighter.…

Accessories

SuperTooth Disco: Portable Bluetooth Speaker Review

May 11, 2011 0 Tassavur

  The SuperTooth Disco is a 28 watt portable Bluetooth Stereo speaker retailing at $150 . Wireless Portable speakers for mobile phones are not a new thing and there are many good speaker manufacturers in the market like Creative. But…

Reviews

OG Review: Micromax Q75 Ezpad

May 11, 2011 0 Annkur

We had reviewed the Micromax Q7 ezpad last year and were able to spend sometime with the Q5. Recently Micromax has rolled out an upgrade to the ezpad series with the Q75 hitting the markets for Rs 3750. While the Q7…

Apple

A Glimpse Of The 17″ MacBook Pro (Core i7)

May 10, 2011 1 Annkur

Apple has taken its time to get the Core i3, i5 and i7 offerings from Intel. The 2nd generation Core  processors from Intel (Sandy bridge) have made it to the latest gen Macbook Pros and after using a 13.3″ Core2Duo…

Micromax

OG Review: Micromax Psych X505 (Mtv)

May 10, 2011 0 Annkur

Last time we saw a low cost touchscreen device being pushed out as a music phone was the Samsung Champ, however its the Micromax Psych Mtv that has landed on our desk today. The Micromax X5050 (Psych) is a full…

Gaming

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Reviewed

May 9, 2011 2 Ricky

Portable gaming devices have been a great hit in the market, devices like the Sony PSP, Nintendo Gameboy Advance, the Nintendo DS have all fared very well in the portable gaming device sector. There were also gaming phones like the…

India

Test Drive: Cisco Linksys E3000, E2000 & E1000 WiFi Routers

May 3, 2011 0 Annkur

We did a quick round of testing with Linksys range of WiFi routers E1000, E2000 and the E3000. The Cisco E-series connects everything from your Notebook to Xbox and also serves as a network player. All the three routers are…

Apple

Android Powered HTC Incredible S Reviewed

April 28, 2011 1 Annkur

The only market ready smartphone OS (apart from the iOS) to make good use of full touchscreens in Google’s Android. And one of the latest high-end Android powered devices to land on our desk is the HTC Incredible-S. Successor to…

Notebook / Laptops

OG Review: Acer E-Machines eM350

April 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

Thanks to my recent experience with the MacBook Air I was sorta becoming a fan of these small, netbook sized laptops. Having been used to travelling with my 15 inch Dell Studio, these miniature laptops felt much easier to carry…

Android

LG Optimus ME (P350) – OG Review

April 27, 2011 0 Ricky

Today we have another Android Phone with us for review it is the LG Optimus ME (P350 / Pecan), it’s the smaller version of the Optimus One with a 2.8” display, running Android 2.2.2 (Froyo), it’s a mid-range phone. The…

Featured

Samsung Champ Duos GT-E2652 – OG Review

April 26, 2011 2 Annkur

Samsung has taken the touchscreen phones below Rs 5000 levels and Champ Duos is another attempt to lure the low end market with a touchscreen. The Micromax and Lavas of the mobile world have been milking this segment since sometime…

Featured

G’Five G5 Projector Phone – OG Review

April 21, 2011 0 Rahul S

Phones laden with pico projectors are not new phenomenon. We have been hearing about them for quite some time now. However, for some reason, they haven’t been able to hit the popularity charts worldwide. Most mainstream mobile phone manufacturers seem…

Featured

Samsung Galaxy PRO (GT-B7510) – OG Review

April 13, 2011 20 Rahul S

It is not often that you come across a QWERTY keyboard (the non-sliding type) laden Android phone. There have been a few examples in the past like the Motorola Charm and the now ancient Kogan Agora Pro. Most Android handsets…

Android

Why the HTC Flyer could be an iPad competitor!

April 8, 2011 5 Mr Spock

The second iPad has been launched and we are still searching for the tablet that will provide competition to the iPad. The Motorola Xoom, for all that it had been promising, has not exactly delivered on everything that was talked…

eReaders & Tablets

Infibeam PI2 Hands On Review

April 8, 2011 0 Mehul

Pi2 is the latest portable reading device from Infibeam. It comes loaded with Top 100 E-books from Project Gutenberg. Though not portable enough to carry in your pocket, Pi2 is portable enough to be carried with you for reading while commuting.

Featured

The Seven Deadly Sins of the Nokia E7

March 21, 2011 6 Mr Spock

Having used the Nokia E7 for more than a week now, I find myself more and more in agreement with Nokia’s decision to go for a tie-up with Microsoft. Because far from being on par with previous Communicator series devices,…

Apple

The Apple iPad – Take 2

March 20, 2011 6 Annkur

Yes I am the same tiny little blogger who wrote off the tablet concept ending my original review of the Apple iPad with the following words ‘Are you made for the iPad’. A year down the line, I have a…

Apple

OG Review: Apple MacBook Air (Late 2010)

March 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

The last month was quite a busy one for all Apple followers. First they launched the refreshed set of MacBook Pro models which left most of the tech world drooling (as the tradition is). It was followed by the announcement…

Featured

The case in favor of Nokia-Microsoft

February 24, 2011 2 Annkur

While I admit that this is primarily a WP7 secton, we aren’t here to post everything colored by ‘I love Microsoft’ colour’. So to say, we aren’t Nokia or WP7 fanboys, though our experience says we will have a tough…

Featured

Nokia E7: First Hands On, Early Impressions, Pictures

February 18, 2011 1 Team OG

Even though Nokia might have made it clear that Windows Phone Would be their smartphone OS of choice going forward, the fact is that Symbian still happens to be one of the most used smartphone platforms out there. In fact, Nokia will continue to…

Featured

Review: X-Mini V 1.1 And X-Mini Happy Portable Speakers

February 17, 2011 2 Rahul S

When I first saw these cute little speakers arrive for tests, I dismissed them as just another “Chinese” product that just looks good and delivers nothing when it comes to sheer sound quality. Boy, was I wrong. I first saw…

eReaders & Tablets

Quick Look: Motorola Xoom Vs HP Touchpad Vs Apple iPad vs BlackBerry Playbook

February 9, 2011 3 Rahul S

Ladies and gentlemen, Its 2011 and to say that this is the year of the tablets would not be an understatement. The frenzy that kicked off with the launch of the iPad last year is at its peak right now…

Android

SlideIT Keyboard updated to 3.0, Test Video

February 2, 2011 0 Ricky

SlideIT keyboard has been around in the android market for quite some time now, when we had first used this stock keyboard replacement application, it lagged terribly too much, and it had many features missing. Just recently SlideIT received a…

Android

SlideIT Keyboard updated to 3.0, Test Video

February 2, 2011 0 Ricky

SlideIT keyboard has been around in the android market for quite some time now, when we had first used this stock keyboard replacement application, it lagged very much and it had many features missing. Just recently SlideIT received a major update,…

HTC

[Video] Quick Review: HTC 7 Mozart and HD7 (WP7 in India)

January 24, 2011 0 Team OG

Gizmomeet Delhi saw a lot of Windows Phone 7 action with both HTC releases – the HD7 and the 7 Mozart coming to us. Currently HTC is the only company selling Windows Phone 7 in India and here is a…

Android

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…

Featured

Nokia C7: Brief Review

January 8, 2011 0 Anupama

The C7 has been seen by many as an attempt by Nokia to offer a watered down and more affordable version of the high-profile N8. Although Nokia officials had claimed that the N8 would be the only Symbian ^3 handset…

Accessories

MEElectronics M9P in-ear headphones with mic (Review)

January 1, 2011 0 c0rex

Getting a perfect pair of earphones is bit easy compared to finding a good headset that promises good quality audio feedback.  Even if you manage to find one, it would be difficult for you to stretch your budgets. Here we…

Accessories

Review: HyperMac Battery for MacBook Pro (60wh)

December 28, 2010 0 Annkur

Its a special feeling to have a gizmo that you can claim is now extinct, well not exactly but the HyperMac won’t sell in this form ever again. After the Apple lawsuit the company has dropped bundling the MagSafe adapters,…

Featured

OG Review: Windows Phone 7 OS – (Good, But Work In Progress)

December 24, 2010 5 Annkur

Right from the desktop OS: Windows 7 last year to this years grand re-entry into the smartphone game with Windows Phone 7. Its been a busy launch season for Microsoft! Windows Mobile (as it was known earlier) was one of the first smartphone OSes to exist , and we just can’t forget…

Featured

Unboxing The LG Optimus 7 (E900), Windows Phone 7 (Video)

December 23, 2010 2 Annkur

We have got our hands on one of the first Windows Phone 7 devices out there. The Optimus Seven if LG’s first WP7 device and LG has got a strong design out there. Sporting a 3.7″ touchscreen, this thing is…

Apple

Review: The 2010 iPods – nano 6G and touch 4G

December 17, 2010 0 Annkur

We have been sitting over the new Apple iPods for some time now and its just amazing as to how Apple manages to UP the game each passing year. Along side the original iPhone in 2007, Apple launched the iPod touch later that year and since then its pretty clear as to…

Android

Brief Review/Unboxing: Motorola Flipout

December 11, 2010 0 Anupama

At a time when most smartphone manufacturers are sticking to standard candybars, Motorola’s Flipout brings the swivel design and square shape to handsets (we do not remember too many having it, apart from the Micromax Bling). Android 2.1, a 2.8…