smartphones

Nokia

Nokia Starts Shipping The C7

October 11, 2010 0 Rahul S

Nokia has announced that it has started shipping its second Symbian^3 based handset, the C7 to costumers across the world. The C7, was unveiled at the Nokia World Conference held a few weeks ago which was mainly in the news…

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…

Samsung

Samsung adds three Bada phones in Wave family

October 9, 2010 0 c0rex

Samsung has announced three new Wave phones - Wave 525, Wave 533 and Wave 575. All three Wave phones will run Samsung Bada OS and are practically same devices with few changes in specifications.

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…

Android

Sony Ericsson Starts Shipping the Xperia X8 and Cedar

October 8, 2010 0 Rahul S

Sony Ericsson has in its Product Blog revealed that it has begun shipping its Xperia X8 Android smartphone to stores around the world. It has also started shipping the Cedar, a Green Heart branded, Eco-friendly  phone from the company. Coming…

Android

Windows Phone7 Unlikely to Help Microsoft Regain Lost Glory: Gartner

October 8, 2010 0 Rahul S

Market research firm Gartner has in a latest research predicted that Microsofts upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS would only marginally increase the market share of Microsoft in the smartphones segment. The OS, which has to be Microsoft’s most anticipated launch…

Android

Firefox 4 beta for mobile released…but only for Android, Maemo

October 8, 2010 0 Nimish

Mozilla has finally released a public beta of Firefox 4 for mobile for download and test. But we would advise the cheering to be a bit restrained – the browser is available only for Android (version 2 and above) and…

Android

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…

Rumors

Whatever happened to Samsung AMOLED

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Yesterday we started to hear about the new Bada OS handset Wave II from Samsung and guess what? This one has almost the same specs as the original Wave (S8500) but no AMOLED display. It was hard to digest a…

Microsoft

It is official! Windows Phone 7 coming on October 11

October 4, 2010 1 Nimish

The cat is finally out of the bag. After all the speculation, it has been confirmed that the next version of Windows Mobile – Windows Phone 7 – will be released on October 11. The Microsoft website talks of a…

Nokia

It’s coming! Nokia starts shipping the N8

September 30, 2010 0 Nimish

Even as some were speculating that it would be another few weeks before Nokia would ship its flagship N8 device to the market, Nokia has now declared on its official blog that the N8 has started shipping. “The first Nokia…

smartphones

Android is here, but Windows Phone 7 from Sony Ericsson coming soon

September 30, 2010 0 Annkur

It seems that Sony Ericsson is not looking to do a Motorola by going all out on Android. Reports are tickling in that the catchup game in the smartphone market for Sony Ericsson would involve some Windows Phone 7 push…

Android

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…

Nokia

Is the E7 Nokia’s best bet for a winner? We think so!

September 16, 2010 1 Mr Spock

It has been a week in which Nokia has been in the news more for changes at the top than for its devices, but as the dust settles on Nokia World, there is an increasing number of people who believe…

Android

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…

Featured

Competing Horsepower? The weird smartphone race

September 8, 2010 0 Annkur

The world is in a weird race today. Steve Jobs comes and sells millions of a device that has no Adobe Flash support, has no camera flash for 3 years, just got multitasking and has a closed platform. Heck you…

Microsoft

First Windows Phone 7 commercial screened!

September 7, 2010 0 Mr Spock

It might not be making as many headlines as iOS or Android, but Windows Phone 7 remains one of the most anticipated operating systems of the year. And Microsoft has now taken the wraps off the first commercial for the…

Android

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…

Nokia

Nokia: Ovi Files to be laid to rest, come October

September 2, 2010 1 Mr Spock

Nokia has announced that it will be retiring its cloud file storage service, Ovi Files from October 1 onwards. An e-mail from the company to Ovi File users informed them that the service would be terminated on October 1 and…

Palm

Palm gives sneak peak to webOS 2.0

August 31, 2010 0 Annkur

Palm (Palm HP) has released details on the upcoming update to webOS i.e. v2.0. Palm has now got the much needed resources from HP and should be in a position to rollout updates much much faster. While the release announcement…

Launch Pad

Samsung Wave-723 runs Bada OS, official specs & pictures!

August 30, 2010 1 Annkur

Here is another full touchscreen from Samsung and it runs Bada. The Wave 723 (GT-S7320E) reminds us of the original Samsung Star with the leather flap on the front, however the body otherwise is mettalic and Samsung maintains its attractive…

BlackBerry

Want to update your BlackBerry Bold 9000 to OS 5.0 in India? Here’s how!

August 29, 2010 1 Mr Spock

It may already have a successor, but for many users (us included) the BlackBerry Bold 9000 remains one of the best smartphones to have ever emerged from the RIM stable, blame it on that lovely display, the spacious keypad, and…

Android

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…

Nokia

Nokia announces the 5250, another low-cost smartphone

August 24, 2010 2 Mr Spock

We had barely finished paying tribute to the Nokia 5233 as the best value for money handset in the Indian market, when along came news that the company had released details of what we think is its spiritual successor, the…

Nokia

Nokia 5233: the best value for money smartphone in town?

August 24, 2010 3 Mr Spock

The launch of relatively inexpensive handsets from Samsung and LG might be making news, but as many of our readers have been prompt to point out, it is not as if the Indian market lacks smartphones that do not cost…

Android

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,…

Android

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…

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…

Launch Pad

Nokia N8 coming in end-September, to cost $549

August 17, 2010 0 Mr Spock

Nokia has unveiled the price of its forthcoming flagship device, the N8. According to an entry on the Nokia Store, the device will be available at the end of September 2010, and will come with a price tag of $549.…

BlackBerry

Indian Government sets August 31 deadline for BlackBerry

August 12, 2010 1 Mr Spock

The tangle between the Indian government and RIM over the latter’s e-mail and messaging service continues. The Indian government has now evidently given the cellphone company until August 31 to comply with its decision to allow law enforcement agencies access…

Android

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…

BlackBerry

Four things we like (and do not like) about the BlackBerry Torch

August 4, 2010 0 Mr Spock

So, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is finally out. And as with all tech products that are unveiled, the critics and supporters are out in force, the former calling it a dud and the latter the coolest thing since sliced bread.…

BlackBerry

Blackberry Torch 9800 is official! OS 6 and slidedown QWERTY

August 3, 2010 0 Annkur

AT&T has gone live with the Blackberry 9800 Torch on its site, and this one looks exciting. RIM is yet to go official with the device (the event is ongoing), but here are the meaty details that has come in…

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…

iPhone

Proof: iPhone is the measuring scale for smartphones!

July 23, 2010 5 Annkur

If you had any doubt on how the Apple iPhone has shaped the smartphone industry in the last 3 years and smartphone makers across the globe are watching Apple so closely that even a sneeze in Cupertino can have them…

Nokia

Nokia comes to Indian social networking slugfest with stunning C5

July 12, 2010 0 Nimish

We should have seen it coming. After letting the likes of Samsung, LG and INQ boss around the mobile social networking segment, the big N has finally shaken itself up and come out with what we think is a really…

First look

Hands on With The Samsung GalaxyS & Wave S8500

July 4, 2010 2 Annkur

Now this was one exciting weekend with an opportunity to go hands on with the Samsung Galaxy S and the BADA OS powered WAVE. Both these handsets are just launching in India and Samsung claims these to be their first…

smartphones

A non-touch Smart Phone? Why not?

June 30, 2010 4 Nitish

What an odd topic to chose for writing something … a Non-touch smart phone? Who the hell in this modern world wants that? Are you really sane talking about this in age of Nokia N8, iPhone4 and BlackBerry Storm? Stats..…

Android

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…

Android

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…