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Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) To Be Previewed Today!

February 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

So, the day is finally here. In a few hours from now, Google would finally preview the much awaited Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). This latest version of Android OS, designed specifically for tablets would obviously be Google’s main tool to compete…

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iPad India Launch – Gizmo Podcast #11

February 1, 2011 0 Annkur

The Apple iPad is here, and its creating waves, some positive, some negative and we couldn’t have discussed anything apart from the iPad India launch for our latest Gizmo Podcast. The iPad costs Rs 27900 for the base model in…

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MSI launches WindPad 100w, a Windows 7 tablet for Rs 34,500

January 29, 2011 0 Nimish

The iPad might have grabbed the headlines in most of the Indian tech media, but it is by no means the only tablet to hit Indian stores over the weekend. Also, released in the Indian market today is the MSI…

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iPad arrives in India – prices, BSNL 3G data plans revealed

January 27, 2011 7 Nimish

All right, so we were wrong in our claim that there was no way that the iPad could arrive in India by January 28. Although we have received no official notification, Apple’s India site and the BSNL site have gone…

Honeycomb / Android 3.0 SDK Previewed. Release Please?

January 26, 2011 1 Annkur

Google is still teasing Honeycomb and this time its to the developers with a preview of the Android 3.0 platform. Android 3.0 was for the first time teased at CES 2011, and a few announcements have been made already. The…

Apple

The iPad isn’t launching in India on 28th Jan, At least not for Rs 26000!

January 25, 2011 8 Annkur

Apple has sold 7.3 million iPad’s last quarter alone, and there is a healthy list of people around me who own an iPad already. I resisted for months after my initial review of the iPad WiFi, but even I ended…

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It’s official – Samsung Galaxy Tab now for Rs 29,299!

January 23, 2011 2 Nimish

When Samsung had launched the Galaxy Tab in India a few months ago, we had loved the device but, had felt that at Rs 38,000, it was way overpriced. However, that price had been coming down, and some retailers like…

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Toshiba pokes fun at iPad on its tablet site!

January 23, 2011 0 Nimish

The tablet wars are well and truly on and the latest verbal salvo in these (after the mauling handed out to Android by Tim Cook) has been fired by the folks at Toshiba. Just head over to the new…

Apple

Apple Talks iPad Competition, Honeycomb vs iPad

January 18, 2011 0 Annkur

Every since Apple and Google started to comment aggressively about each others business and products, each earnings call or product launch is filled with some punches going around. So here is what Tim Cook (Apple COO) had to say about…

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Renders of Palm-HP webOS Tablet Leaked! On Sale Sept 2011?

January 18, 2011 0 Annkur

Engadget has leaked out the upcoming Palm tablets, and there are two of them as it seems. A 9″ version dubbed ‘Topaz’ and another 7″ (reading focused) version called the Opal. No mystery spec like a PixelQI screen here, but…

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Apple’s iPad 2 With Quadrupled Pixels? Retina? (2048×1536)

January 16, 2011 0 Annkur

With the iPhone 4, Apple started an all new race for display resolutions. More than half a year after it was introduced, the Retina display still has little competition. But its not about the iPhone now, it’s the time of…

Video: RIM Blackberry Playbook with QNX OS

January 12, 2011 1 Luke Abell

We went hands-on with the RIM tablet i.e. the Blackberry Playbook at CES 2011, and here is a fairly detailed demo of the same (running the QNX OS). The Playbook is due to come out in Q1 of 2011 and…

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[Video] Samsung Sliding PC – Tx100 (PC7 Series)

January 7, 2011 0 Luke Abell

Microsoft showed the Samsung Sliding PC at its keynote yesterday and Samsung showed off the Slicing PC (Model TX100). We have here an exclusive video of the Samsung Sliding PC running Windows 7 professional. This one would cost anywhere between…

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Motorola shows off XOOM tablet

January 6, 2011 0 Nimish

We had been talking about it for ages and now it has been spotted officially. Motorola has shown off the XOOM tablet, the first tablet with a dual core processor and running Android 3.0 at CES. It comes with a 10.1…

Honeycomb Android Tablets Require Dual-Core Processors? Probably Not!

January 4, 2011 0 Annkur

Google is all set to reveal Honeycomb along with the Motorola tablet at CES and we guess the SDK / release details would also go out then. While the Honeycomb love is exclusive to Motorola, it is weird to see…

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HP’s iPad Competitor PalmPad To Be Showcased At CES

December 23, 2010 0 Rahul S

If 2010 was the year of the tablets, 2011 might turn out to be the year, the entire tablets market evolved from its early nascent stage that we saw in 2010. At last year’s CES, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and HP were particularly bullish about the tablets space. In fact Ballmer’s keynote was particularly focused…

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Motorola Videos Teases Honeycomb Tablet, Throws A Punch At Apple / Samsung

December 21, 2010 0 Annkur

Motorola sure has Google’s blessings for early releases of latest Android builds. Be it the original Droid with Android OS 2.0 or the upcoming tablet build of Android aka Honeycomb. After Andy Rubin showed off a prototype honeycomb tablet by…

QNX Powered Blackberry PlayBook Demoed on Video, Impressive UI

December 9, 2010 0 Annkur

With Motorola tablet running Honeycomb showing up to the world, Blackberry Playbook surely couldn’t wait for 2011. BGR has managed to get a 10 min video demo of the Play Book that is expected to go on sale sometime in 2011. The prototype demoed works well,…

Its Official, Motorola to bring the first official Android Tablet (Honeycomb) – Video

December 9, 2010 1 Annkur

On previous occasions we could only speculate as to who would get the Honeycomb love first, but Google’s Andy Rubin has made it clear by carrying a Motorola prototype running a build of Honeycomb at the D: Dive Into Mobile conf. The date has been put at early 2011 and if thats the time when Honeycomb would actually come…

ViewSonic tablets coming to India on 8 December?

December 4, 2010 1 Nimish

We cannot say that we have ironclad information in this regard, but there are some Very strong rumours that ViewSonic will be launching at least two tablets in India on 8 December. We are hearing market murmurs that the company will be launching a 7 inch and…

Android Honeycomb Tablets To Ship Only In Q2 2011

December 4, 2010 5 Annkur

The world has been eagerly waiting for a worthy competitor to the iPad, and when you speak of a mobile OS with touch interface, all eyes look at Google’s Android. Android has done well for itself and is perhaps the…

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Its going to be Motorola vs Apple in Q1 2011, Tablets, Verizon iPhone!

December 3, 2010 0 Annkur

Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha is certainly not known to hide roadmaps and plans. As always he has been a little generous is revealing the 2011 Q1 plans to the media. During his recent keynote at Credit Suisse 2010 Technology Conference,…

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Google all set to launch e-book store with lower than print prices!

December 1, 2010 2 Nimish

With all the yammer about Chrome and Android, the fact that Google had been planning to launch an online book store, Google Editions, this year had slipped many pundits’ minds. Well, the folks at Googleplex certainly are in no mood…

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iOS 4.2 coming today, makes iPad a “completely new product,” says Jobs

November 22, 2010 0 Nimish

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…

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Dell Laptop Cum Tablet Duo Arrives Next Week?

November 16, 2010 0 Rahul S

It’s been just a year since the Internet tablet revolution began, and a bunch of companies has already jumped in to the tablet bandwagon. Dell too is no exception, and it has had its Streak Tablet on sale now for…

OG Hands-on with the OlivePad, Quick Review

November 14, 2010 1 Nimish

Although it was first announced in August, the OlivePad has finally made it to leading electronic stores and much to the surprise of many people, is actually slugging it out with the much-hyped Samsung Galaxy Tab. Yes, it might not…

Samsung Galaxy Tab Closeup, Videos & Quick Review

November 4, 2010 0 Annkur

We finally managed to spend some time playing around with a Galaxy Tab and it quite fits the case we put up in favor of a 7″ tablet sometime back. We have done an impressive lengthy discussion on the Galaxy…

Apple iPad Garners 95% Of Global Tablet Shipments

November 3, 2010 0 Rahul S

The Apple iPad might not be available in most markets, but wherever it is available, it seems to be doing quite well. Ever since, the product started shipping in April, the iPad has gone on to capture a whopping 95%…

Android for tablets, the missing block is ‘Honeycomb’

November 2, 2010 0 Annkur

We have seen endless speculations on what would be the Android version that google would push out for tablets. While Google commented on Froyo not being optimum for tablets all eyes were on Gingerbread to be the Android 3.0 that…

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Nokia MeeGo Tablet Z500 Resurfaces on Ovi / Twitter

November 1, 2010 1 Annkur

Nokia working on a tablet isn’t a new rumor. They have already tried their hands on a netbook (god knows why) and ever since then we are suspecting a table from them. Before MeeGo started to buzz, it was speculated…

Samsung Galaxy Tab: initial hands-on impressions

October 29, 2010 0 Nimish

We spent a few minutes with Samsung’s iPad competitor, the Galaxy Tab at its launch today, and while these were clearly not enough for a review, we saw enough to record a few initial impressions, especially in comparison with the…

[India] Samsung releases Galaxy Tab, Ships Nov 10th, Costs Rs 38000 ($826)

October 29, 2010 4 Nimish

As expected the Samsung Galaxy Tab has formally arrived in India (yes amongst the first 3 countries getting the Tab). The device which many have hailed as the foremost challenger to Apple’s iconic iPad tablet, will be available from November 10th for…

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Barnes and Noble releases Nook Color – time for Kindle to sweat?

October 27, 2010 2 Nimish

Tablets might be grabbing most of the attention of the tech media, but there is a vicious war being waged on the e-book reader front too, with Barnes and Noble (B&N) laying siege to Amazon’s dominance. The latest salvo from…

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How many iPads would Apple sell in Q1 (holiday season)?

October 26, 2010 0 Annkur

Apple seems to be gearing up pretty well for the holiday season with its iPad. First, the supply constraints seem to have evaporated with the Apple store shipping iPads almost instantly to US buyers. Add to that the iPod way…

Samsung Galaxy Tab coming on Friday to India?

October 26, 2010 0 Nimish

The device that many consider being the biggest challenger to the iPad is expected to be released in India this Friday. No, we have no official confirmation, but when one gets an invite from Samsung saying “Lets Tab…Let’s Talk…” and…

Accord @Pad claims to run Android 1.7, has iPad’s looks and icons – yours for Rs 9,990!

October 26, 2010 1 Nimish

It has been raining tablets in the Indian market of late, with just about everyone and their grandmother announcing tablets that they claim are the coolest things since sliced bread. Some of these claims (Olive, Samsung, and LG) have merit,…

OlivePad finally coming to stores this week, with Froyo!

October 25, 2010 0 Nimish

It was first announced in August, but is going to finally hit the stores this week, becoming only the second device in India. We are talking of India’s first 3.5G tablet, the OlivePad VT-100 from Olive Telecom, which grabbed a…

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HP Slate Goes Corporate, Launches For USD 800

October 22, 2010 0 Rahul S

Remember the HP Slate? The tablet first seen at CES 2010 with Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer proudly showing it off with a smile on his face as if he has owned Apple for ever! 9 months and 6 million iPads…

Acer Liquid Metal Leaked Along with a Mystery Tablet & Tall Friend

October 22, 2010 0 Rahul S

Folks over at Droid Sans have managed to scoop pictures of Acer’s soon to be released Android handset, the Liquid Metal. The phone is set to be released in the UK by the end of this month and boasts of…