Reviews

Android

Quick Review: Motorola Quench XT3

October 31, 2010 9 Nimish

Motorola has joined the low-cost Android phone battle with its Quench XT3 handset. Priced at around Rs 12,500, it offers Android 2.1, a 3.2 inch capacitive touch screen and a 3.2 mega pixel camera. How does it shape up against…

Opinion

Opera Mini 5.1 Beta For Symbian: First Look

October 29, 2010 0 Rahul S

Opera has announced the release of Opera Mini 5.1 Beta for Symbian phones. This makes the browser the third Opera browser compatible with devices running Symbian OS. The platform already supports Opera Mobile 10 (The full- fledged browser), Opera Mini…

Nokia

Review: Nokia C6 – good phone, bad timing?

October 25, 2010 10 Nimish

There are times in your life when you come across devices that seem undone by just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. And this is exactly the feeling we got about the recently launched Nokia C6, or…

Accessories

Unboxing the Duracell myGrid Charging Pad (Video Review)

October 23, 2010 1 Guest Author

Finally, we have got our mits on the Duracell myGrid Charging Pad and its certainly a glimpse of the future. Charging gadgets are a headache by all means, especially smart phones that run out of battery so soon. The Duracell…

Micromax

Micromax Qube X550: Review

October 20, 2010 11 Rahul S

Micromax Mobiles might have started off as a small time player in India, but they are now amongst the top five mobile phone makers in the country – by no means, a small feat. Micromax has had quite a few…

Nokia

OG Unwraps the Nokia C6 (Quick review)

October 16, 2010 2 Nimish

When was the last time we saw so many handsets from Nokia in such a short span of time, and each of them appealing to different audiences? We have already seen the N8 and the E5, with the former targeting…

Launch Pad

OG hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 (Unboxing)

October 14, 2010 1 Nimish

We have got our hands on the latest Android handset from Sony Ericsson, the Xperia X8. Yes, it runs Android 1.6, but at Rs 13,990, a 3 inch touchscreen and 3.2 MP camera is not too serious a deal, especially…

Featured

Nokia N8 Review Part 3: Competition and Conclusion

October 11, 2010 20 Mr Spock

Even as the N8 gets ready to be officially unveiled in India,  here we are with the final part of our epic Nokia N8 review. We have looked at what the phone looks like, what it has to offer and…

Nokia

Nokia N8 Review Part 2: Features and Performance

October 10, 2010 5 Mr Spock

We are back with the second part of our review of the Nokia N8. After discussing its look and feel (and getting loads of feedback, for which we cannot thank you enough), it is time now to seriously look at…

Nokia

Quick Review: Unboxing the Nokia E5

October 10, 2010 0 Nimish

The media might have been abuzz about the N8, but that is by no means the only arrow in the quiver of the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer. We managed to get our hands on the latest addition to the E…

Nokia

Nokia N8 review part 1: Look and feel

October 9, 2010 16 Mr Spock

A few years ago, people would have laughed if you had said you were going to write about how a Nokia phone looked. After all, Nokia phones were supposed to be performers rather than lookers. Times, alas (we think) have…

Featured

OG Unboxing the Nokia N8

October 8, 2010 0 Mr Spock

Finally, we have the Nokia N8 landing on our desk and here are some quick unboxing shots before we go down and do a complete review:

Reviews

Speed test using iPhone 4 – EDGE/GPRS vs 3G vs WiFi-broadband (India)

October 5, 2010 0 Guest Author

As India is waiting for the 3G revolution to roll out across India. We thought of doing some internet speed test over Edge/GPRS, WiFi and 3G. 3G Speed test gave us awesome result compared to our old fashioned Edge/GPRS. We just wanted…

eReaders & Tablets

Five reasons why the Wink will NOT beat the Kindle

September 22, 2010 5 Nimish

EC Media recently unveiled the Wink e-book reader, the Wink XTS,  at an event in Delhi. Notwithstanding all the brave talk and aggro in the press booklet (“So, if some Californian tries to sell you a pad that you can…

Reviews

3 UK’s USB Data Dongle Put To Test In India (BSNL 3G)

September 13, 2010 1 Guest Author

We got our hands on a 3-UK’s unlocked USB Data Dongle and we tested it out with BSNL Data USIM. The results are impressive. Here are the speed test results via SpeedTest.net. The best part: You can make calls using…

Micromax

Quick Review: Micromax X600 Gravity

September 10, 2010 10 Annkur

So here is a touchscreen phone which supports dual SIM and its most innovative feature is that you can just use the Gravity sensor (accelerometer) to switch between the two SIMs. You would notice the two speaker phones on the…

Micromax

5 point review: Micromax Q2+

August 28, 2010 4 Annkur

Another low cost blackberry inspired dualsim phone from Microamax and I am sure this would would be selling like hot cakes. FM, full keyboard, camera and a good battery for Rs 2400 is certainly a winning formula for the masses.…

Reviews

OG Review: Samsung Champ C3300 / C3303

August 20, 2010 23 Annkur

The samsung champ is another touchscreen mobile that goes on the lines of the samsung star and corby series. The Champ can be termed a mini touchscreen (wonder why it isn’t called mini) that features a 2.4″ touchscreen and a…

Reviews

Palm, HP etc

August 17, 2010 1 Annkur

Its a well known note in tech circles around in Mumbai that I am a biased Palm fan and have supported it without even handling the Palm WebOS until last month. My love for Palm goes back to the old…

Android

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…

Reviews

Frustrations of a carrier lock! (read: AT&T woes)

August 5, 2010 0 Annkur

  For years, I have read US based bloggers cry about the carrier locks and frustrating limitations on the use of smartphones, but I happen to get it much more clear on my first visit to US. So I land…

First look

OG Review: Samsung Wave S8500 (bada OS)

August 1, 2010 5 Mayur

Samsung Wave (S8500) is according to Samsung is one of the two handsets (the other being GalaxyS) that would mark its serious entry into the smartphone space. Last year alone Samsung sold over 40 million touchscreen phones but its a known fact that a majority of…

Launch Pad

OG Review: Wynncom Y50

July 8, 2010 3 Mayur

SAR Group’s Wynncom had launched its 7 dual-sim phones a few weeks back and made an entry in an already competitive Indian mobile phone market. Saif Ali Khan being the Brand Ambassador, unveiled these handsets. We have Wyncomm Y50 here…

Android

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…

Apple

Eight reasons why the Kindle beats the iPad as an e-book reader in India

June 28, 2010 7 Nimish

It is an utterly unfair comparison but one that has been making the rounds ever since Apple released the iPad a few months ago. We are talking of the Kindle vs iPad battle that is being waged between tech users…

Reviews

Buying a “Chinese” phone? Six points to keep in mind

June 21, 2010 0 Nimish

Want to try out one of those low-cost-high-feature offerings from one of the new cellphone manufacturers but terrified of being ripped off by a “Chinese” phone with a brand stamped on to it? And as the phone is relatively low…

Reviews

To buy or not to buy: the Chinese phone issue

June 19, 2010 0 Nimish

The deluge of new phone brands might be pushing phone prices down in the Indian market while adding stacks of features, but it has also brought up a new problem: are many of these new brands simply rubber-stamped versions of…

Reviews

Quick Review: Spice Mobile S-1200

June 16, 2010 6 Mayur

Spice S-1200 wow’d us with its specs. It would be unfair to refer to this as nothing other than a digital camera with a mobile phone! Spice S1200 comes in to answer an age old question that I have been…

Nokia

OG Review: Nokia N900

June 14, 2010 3 Tushar

For Nokia, it really is a case of it being the best of times, and the worst of times. Think about it – one the one hand, it has the sheer installed base of its phones, more so in a…

Launch Pad

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…

Gaming

Six reasons why Alan Wake is our Game of the Year…so far

May 30, 2010 13 Nimish

It has been in the making for five years, so when it did come out, there was an aura of “we-do-not-quite-know-what-to-expect” about Alan Wake, Remedy Entertainments new game for the Xbox 360. Remedy, in case you have forgotten (five years…

First look

OG Review: Micromax Q7 EzPAD

May 26, 2010 207 Mayur

After the success of earlier models viz, the Q3 and the Q5 in the ezpad series; Micromax is out with yet another QWERTY phone, Micro max Q7 ezpad. Micromax has made an attempt to come close to the brilliant smart…

Accessories

OG Review: The OmniStand

May 25, 2010 0 Swapnil

Finally, we have the OmniStand in our hands, and to my surprise it turned out to be more than what I had expected. Now, for what we know the OmniStand is a portable and adjustable stand for your notebook computers…

Apple

OG Review: Apple MacBook Pro Core i7

May 24, 2010 1 Tushar

Boy, it sure is tough being a Mac junkie these days. There’s just no way of predicting when Cupertino will release Macs with the latest hardware under the hood. As with all things Apple, they’ll do it…when they’re good and…

Apple

Why my dad rejected the iPad

May 4, 2010 4 Annkur

Earlier today I tried selling the iPad to my dad as an ebook reader. Well here is why he rejected it (even before I could tell him the pricing of the iPad):

First look

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…

Apple

OG Review: The Apple iPad

April 26, 2010 8 Annkur

It’s been just a couple of days since we got our mitts on the holy iPad, and I am yet to decide if I would keep this device or sell it off at whatever premium eBay offers.

Reviews

OG Review: Samsung Monte S5620 (Capacitive love!)

April 3, 2010 219 Annkur

The all new Samsung Monte S5620 just arrived at our office and I would admit that I wasn’t expecting too much from this as its just another Corby / Star like phone from Samsung. We have already seen the Corby,…

Android

Review: Opera Mini 5 Beta for Android

April 3, 2010 2 Jerry

The first reaction that you get when you open the Opera Mini 5 Beta is that its slick and super smooth when it comes to the interface. Every menu action combined with web browsing is such a seamless experience that you never know the difference between browsing and…

Cameras

Data, apps and GPS: why cameraphones are lickin’ cameras!

April 1, 2010 1 Nimish

A few days ago, we had commented on how cameraphones were posing an increasingly formidable threat to conventional digital cameras, while writing about the Spice S-1200, the handset with an optical zoom. Though camera pundits might throw up their hands…