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Motorola CEO hints at Android tablet in Q1 2011, Gingerbread?

September 17, 2010 0 Annkur

Motorola was the one who stole the show with Android 2.1 earlier this year (Droid!) and it seems that they want to be the first ones to make good use of the upcoming Android 3.0 (aka Gingerbread) that is said…

Android not for tablets yet, says Google exec

September 12, 2010 1 Mr Spock

In what must have come as a terrible shock for the likes of Dell, Samsung and Toshiba who are pushing tablets based on Google’s Android operating system, Google’s director of products for mobile has said that Android is not designed…

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WeTab running MeeGo OS spotted, Video demo

September 6, 2010 0 Annkur

We have been hearing about the WePad / WeTab since a while now. The WePad was first introduced as an Android tablet, but it seems that this thing will have a MeeGo flavor now. The video shot by NewGadgets at…

Samsung Galaxy Tab is official, not just another tablet!

September 4, 2010 3 Annkur

Samsung has finally gone official with its android tablet, the Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000). Powered by the latest build of Android OS (2.2 Froyo), Samsung Galaxy Tab certainly leaves a mark on the industry with its launch. While we have seen…

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Five reasons why we will not upgrade to the Kindle 3

August 27, 2010 6 Nimish

The latest edition of the device that made e-books cool has started reaching some parts of the media and we were able to spend a little time messing with a Kindle 3 (3G version) that one of our editors in…

Five reasons why the OlivePad will not dethrone the iPad

August 22, 2010 1 Mr Spock

We got some time with Olive’s Android tablet, the OlivePad, which is the first 3G tablet in India and while we must confess to being rather impressed with it, we still think it is some way from knocking the iPad…

eReaders & Tablets

Someone should make a Chrome OS tablet, NOW

August 19, 2010 3 Annkur

Yes we have heard the rumors, seen the demo and we have heard the latest Verizon Google Tablet rumors but given the fact that all of this remains either a prospect or plain rumor, we know what is needed. Microsoft…

Vaporware, eh? India’s $35 tablet makes its appearance!

August 13, 2010 0 Mr Spock

After almost all tech pundits had dismissed it as “vaporware,” the Indian $35 tablet made a surprise appearance on NDTV’s Gadget Guru show. From what could be seen of the device, it was no show-stopper in the looks department, but…

Motorola waiting for Android 3 to release a 10″ tablet?

August 4, 2010 0 Annkur

Tablets are the flavor of 2010 and it seems that no one except Apple has got any great momentum in this segment so far. While a lot of Android based pads have been displayed and a lot of Windows 7…

Concept / Educative

Indian Government shows a $35 tablet, readying a $10 one!

July 23, 2010 1 Nimish

Yes, you read that heading right. The Indian Government is evidently working on a tablet that will cost about as much as a low-end phone – around Rs 1500 ($35 approx). And that is not all, efforts are on to trim the price further to an unbelieved Rs 500 ($10 approx). According to…

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Android-powered OlivePad is India’s first 3G tablet

July 22, 2010 0 Nimish

So we now know. India’s first 3G tablet is the OlivePad (now, what does that sound like?). Launched in Delhi, it is a tad smaller than Apple’s uber gizmo, but comes packed with some very impressive specs – Android 2.1,…

eReaders & Tablets

Seven queries about India’s first 3G tablet

July 21, 2010 0 Nimish

Yes, we know it has not arrived yet, but even as we wait for the official launch of India’s first 3G tablet by Olive Telecom tomorrow, we must confess that our minds are a mess with all sorts of questions. Here, are seven of the most important. Do let us know…

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India’s first 3G tablet coming on Thursday!

July 20, 2010 0 Nimish

The folks at Olive Telecom do seem to have a habit of being on the front foot as far as 3G enabled gadgets that are not phones go. Not too long ago, they were the first in India with a notebook with…

eReaders & Tablets

WebOS tablet from HP to be called ‘Palmpad’?

July 20, 2010 0 Annkur

When HP picked up Palm it was clear that they aren’t just looking at the Pre (smartphones). They are interested in the impressive software poweress of Palm and WebOS is exactly what they wanted on the Slate. So out goes Android / Windows 7 and…

eReaders & Tablets

Amazon outs new Kindle DX (graphite), fights iPad?

July 1, 2010 2 Annkur

Apple increased the heat on Amazon Kindle (and for that matter all ebook readers in the market) and its Amazon’s turn to respond with a new Kindle DX that comes at a cheaper price and better contrast (not to miss…

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…

eReaders & Tablets

Priced at Rs 13k, the Kindle finally talks business in India!

June 23, 2010 9 Nimish

Buried beneath all the talk of the new iPhone OS (iOS, if you will) and the delights and disappointments of E3 was a little news item – Amazon had slashed the price of its Kindle e-book reader by a staggering…

eReaders & Tablets

Is Nokia testing a MeeGo tablet?

June 21, 2010 0 Annkur

Digitimes has just sparked off rumors of an ARM based Nokia tablet that is being prepared for a Q4 launch. Last we noted a Nokia tablet rumor, it was a analyst claim on a Windows 7 thing. The claim this…

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…

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WebOS tablet from HP confirmed, launch alongside Win7 Slate?

May 24, 2010 0 Annkur

At CES, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer proudly went on stage with the HP Slate, and it was considered to be the first real competition to the iPad. Even the pricing details that came out sounded good, and just as the…

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):

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.

Larger versions of Dell Mini spotted, called Streak, runs Android

April 17, 2010 0 Annkur

Well the Dell Mini 5 is no longer Mini with larger (iPad like, shall we say?) versions spotted already. The Dell Streak as the new version is being referred as is said to offer a 7? & 10? model. Dell…

eReaders & Tablets

Next Nokia booklet to be a Windows 7 tablet?

April 7, 2010 1 Annkur

Nokia stepped out of the mobile race and went on to deliver a netbook last year. The booklet 3G was Nokia’s first netbook and there were promises of more computing devices from Nokia. The rumors of Nokia working with design…

Apple

The iPad will not slay netbooks, but consoles and e-book readers!

April 7, 2010 1 Nimish

It has been something like a hundred hours since the iPad was officially in our midst and I wish I had a penny, for every person who has compared it with a laptop and a netbook and trotted out all…

eReaders & Tablets

Notion Ink’s Adam hands-on (well almost), launches Q3

March 15, 2010 25 Annkur

Having traveled to Hyderabad last week for the HeadStart – ITsAP startup showcase, we happened to run into Hyderabad based Notion Ink who were one of the startups selected for an onstage demo and exhibition at the event. We met…

eReaders & Tablets

Ezy 3G Tablet comes at $680, Win7, Multi-touch ++

March 9, 2010 1 Annkur

Cashing in on the tablets rush we are seeing this year, here is another entrant from Malaysia. Costing $680 the Ezy tablet features Windows 7, multitouch magic, USB ports, 250GB HDD, 3G and 2GB RAM.

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…

Apps

Classics iPhone app inspires iBooks on the iPad (AppStore Free)

February 6, 2010 0 Daksh

Now for this app giving the name of Classics is very rhetorical, because the future of books is This, as this the core thing on iPad. Let me clarify myself here, Someone once said the future is very much reading…

eReaders & Tablets

First Look: The Google tablet interface

February 2, 2010 0 Annkur

The iPad came and went down with a lot of criticism. In a market where traditional PC’s rule and only the scaled down version of the mere same interface sells, Google tried to sell us the Chrome OS concept last…

Apple

Did Apple redefine netbooks?

January 28, 2010 1 Annkur

Steve Jobs started his keynote yesterday with the question if there is a space between the smartphone and notebooks. He then went on to saw that Apple’s answer to the netbook which is low powered and inefficient is the iPad.…

Apple

The Apple iPad, nothing magical?

January 27, 2010 11 Annkur

Steve Jobs just unveiled the iPad on stage and much as expected it runs the iPhons OS 4.0 (guessing). The design of the tablet though is to my surprise just a oversized iPhone itself. While I hear people going WOW…

eReaders & Tablets

And the Infibeam Pi ebook reader is real!

January 27, 2010 2 Annkur

Whoa, we got this one right for sure! Just as we revealed to you all exclusively that Infibeam is all set to unveil the Indian Kindle, they have actually gone on sale with an e-book reader. Called the “Pi” this…

eReaders & Tablets

Infibeam working on an Indian version of Kindle, named Pi?

January 22, 2010 6 Annkur

are hearing from a pretty reliable source that Infibeam (yes the shopping portal) is cooking up its ebook reader and has already got “killer” tieups with some publications. Currently no ebook reader has actually launched in India, and local publishers…

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