Nokia Releases Software Updater For Macs
Nokia has finally given in to the demands of a horde of Nokia users and has launched a Beta version of a software updater for the Mac platform. The tool is a basic one that can be used to update…
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iOS 4.3 Gets Untethered Jailbreak Solution Days After Announcement!
It might be just days since apple officially unveiled iOS 4.3 for most of its iOS powered devices but the jailbreakers as always seem to have already cracked in to the OS and readied an untethered jailbreak solution for the…
iOS 4.3 Reveals Details About iPhone 5
Now that iOS 4.3 is here the usual suspects are scourging the deep insides of the OS code to look for clues that may reveal features arriving on future Apple products – especially the iPhone 5. The latest find is…
Twitter 2.0 For Android Arrives
Twitter has just released new version of the official Android Twitter client with a host of feature updates and bugfixes. The application, available for most Android devices running OS 2.1 and above is claimed to be much faster than the…
Idea gets an application store, with some help from Ericsson
Idea Telecom is all set to release its online application store with the help of Ericsson’s eStore concept, a web store for various mobile applications. According to Idea, any handset with Web browsing ability will be able to access the…
India gets its first Gingerbread phone, the OliveSmart, for less than Rs 20,000
Even as our resident Android specialist Ricky Droid highlighted rumours that some manufacturers are sidestepping the Android 2.3 update and heading straight to version 2.4, Olive Telecom has released India’s first phone running Android 2.3, or Gingerbread as it is…
Optimized Nokia Internet Radio Arrives For Symbian^3
Nokia’s Internet Radio application was undoubtedly one of the most popular Symbian apps. It’s been around since the S60 V3 days. However, it was much maligned for being not optimized for Symbian^1 devices that arrived later. It was also compatible…
Skyfire, Facebook for Android updated
The last couple of days have been busy for Android users with two of the most popular applications on the Android market, the Skyfire browser and the official Facebook app for Android getting updates. While both seem minor rather than…
The second Wave cometh – Samsung Wave II released in India for Rs 20,990
We had been seeing it in the market for a few days and now we have official confirmation – Samsung has released the successor of the highly successful Wave handset in the Indian market. The Wave II does not have…
Review: Bubble Ball (iOS)
The past couple of days have seen the media buzzing about Bubble Ball, the game made by fourteen-year-old Robert Nay that has knocked Angry Birds Seasons off the top of the free apps charts of the App Store. We decided…
OneNote arrives in App Store, will MS Office follow?
Microsoft has released a version of its note-making application, OneNote, for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The app which is part of the MS Office suite on computers and is being used by over 80 million people in the…
We have got a Facebook Mail ID! Are we switching to it? Umm…No!
Facebook is one of the most popular social networking services around – it has even inspired a film. So when it was announced late last year that Facebook would be launching a mail service too (called Facebook Messaging), we applied…
Has Nokia pulled the plug on Ovi Music Unlimited?
Nokia might have been having a relatively rough time in the smartphone market (it remains the leader, though), but one thing that really worked in its favour was the Ovi Music Unlimited service. It lets users download an unlimited number…
The Mac App Store, Early Impressions
We have just got the Mac App Store installed on our Macbook in between the CES and Techfest madness. The hefty 100MB+ OS update brings in the lovely App Store icon to the OS X Dock. And getting started is…
Skype Version 3.0 Arrives For iOS. Supports Video Calling
Skype has finally released a new version of its App for iOS devices that allow users to make two way video calls to all your Skype contacts. The new version is compatible with the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 4th generation and devices running…
Official Ashes mobile game released even as England win!
It definitely is a day for mobile cricket games, given the fact that we discovered that Stick Cricket had made its way to the App Store earlier today. In terms of timing, though, this would match the half-hearted slash by an Aussie tailender. With the…
Hallelujah! Gameloft too cuts iPad/iPhone game prices for Christmas
Gamers on the iPhone and iPad can seldom have had a better Christmas. After EA reduced the price of several of its titles for the two platforms to 99 cents to celebrate Christmas, its great rival Gameloft has followed suit, albeit on a smaller level. The company has slashed the…
Five reason why Apple’s Mac App Store could be revolutionary
Apple has announced that it will be launching an App Store for its Mac computers on January 6, and as usual, debate and discussion have already started about whether it will be a hit or a failure. We have had our share…
App Store gets its first 1GB game – Riven!
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, is now available for download for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The game had won widespread acclaim when it was released in 1997, a…
Skype For Symbian Updated With Support For N8, C7 and E5
Skype has just announced the launch of a new version of its app for Symbian devices. The new version apart from adding a few features also adds support for new Symbian^3 devices including the Nokia N8, C7 and E5. According to the entry…
Opera Mobile To Get HTML 5 and Flash Support
Opera Mobile, the full fledged mobile browser from Opera Software is available for most popular smartphone platforms. It also has an Android version which has been around for the past few months. However, while the default browser for Android is a fully fledged…
Google sneaks in new version of Chrome
It may be one of the most popular browsers on the Web, but its latest version has arrived almost unheralded compared with the fanfare that accompanies its competitors. Google has released the latest version of its Chrome browser, Chrome 8.…
Opera Mobile 10.1 Launched For Symbian
Symbian might have lost most of its sheen but there are some developers who are not ready to give up on it and Opera seems to be one such persistent developer. They have been continuously developing for the platform and…
iOS 4.2 coming today, makes iPad a “completely new product,” says Jobs
After all the rumours, we have formal confirmation that iOS 4.2, the latest update of the operating system that runs on the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad, will be released later today (plug your device into a computer, start…
EA Sports announces free Facebook golf game
EA Sports is clearly betting influential on social network gaming. After the success of games like FIFA Superstars and Madden NFL Superstars, company has announced that it will be releasing a new free golf game on Facebook. The game, titled…
It’s here! Facebook reveals new messaging system
After all the speculation about launching a “Gmail killer,” Facebook has finally taken the wraps off a new e-mail service. Or in CEO Marc Zuckerberg’s words, a “modern messaging system,” which he said was not an e-mail killer. Yes, Facebook…
What does Apple have up its sleeve tomorrow?
What happens when a company known for turning consumer tech on its head posts a message on its website: “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget.” Well, speculate like hell, especially if that company happens to be Apple.…
Intel pushing MeeGo app development with Nokia
Intel is pushing their apps market for Atom based devices (called the AppUp) which targets netbooks and now developers have been approached to push development on the new SDK for MeeGo app development for mobiles that Intel has outed. The Intel SDK…
iOS 4.2 on 7th Nov? Android Gingerbread SDK on 11th?
The war of the mobile OS is getting intense. With newer platforms coming up every few months, the existing ones are updating faster than every before. It is rumored that Apple’s much awaited iOS update v4.2 would be out on…
Identity Crisis: Facebook app identifies OlivePad as Samsung Galaxy Tab!
As far as confusion goes, this one ranks pretty high in the surprise department. We were playing around with the OlivePad, India’s first 3.5G tablet which has been updated to Froyo recently (yes, yes, a review is coming up on…
MeeGo 1.1 Arrives for Nokia N900. Can Dual Boot
So, if you thought folks over at Nokia were sitting tight brooding over Symbian^3, here’s some info to prove you wrong. The team of developers working for MeeGo has announced the release of the first dual boot supporting version of…
Opera Mini 5.1 Beta For Symbian: First Look
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 C7 coming in November for Rs 19,000, courtesy dealers?
Nokia had announced at the launch of the N8 (India) that it would be the only Symbian ^3 handset launched in India this year. Almost a fortnight after that, it seems that they might have been just a bit inaccurate.…
Gingerbread To Be Android 2.3?
With Android 2.2 still in the process of being infused in to Android phones all over the world, the tech world is now rife with rumors and speculations regarding the next iteration of Android. While we all knew that the…
Apple Won’t Ship Macs Preinstalled with Adobe Flash
The Apple vs Adobe fight has entered the next level with Apple officially announcing that it won’t ship its future Macbooks with Adobe’s flash installed. While Apple has stopped short of banning Flash altogether from Mac (which would have been…
Google Updates YouTube App For Android
All you video freaks using Android phones rejoice! Google has released a new version of its standalone YouTube for Android application that is likely to improve your Video viewing experience on your handset. As for the features on the app,…
Opera releases Opera 11 alpha, adds extensions
The browser wars seem to be in terms of pre-final versions this time. We have already had the beta version of IE9 and Firefox 4 and joining them today is the alpha version of Opera 11. We have always considered…
Apple Announces OS X Lion
Apart from the MacBook Air, Apple has also taken covers of its latest OS X version, the OS X Lion, the eight iteration of the same. It seems, with this update, OS X has gotten even closer to its cousin…
Symbian ^3 gets JoikuSpot, converts your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot
One of the most handy apps for the Symbian platform, JoikuSpot, has been released for the latest version of Symbian, Symbian ^3.
Samsung’s Omnia HD Becomes First Symbian Phone To Be Overclocked
When it was launched back in 2009, it was the most feature packed handset money could buy. We are talking about the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD which back in 2009 boasted of mind boggling specs. It had an 8 megapixel…
