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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,…

eReaders & Tablets

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…

Apple

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…

eReaders & Tablets

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…

eReaders & Tablets

Sorry Editor Saheb, Chrome OS Optimized for Keyboard – Schimdt

November 16, 2010 0 Ricky

I told ya! Never mind those UI demos and expert requests to get a Chrome OS running on a tablet (though its a different story that we are yet to see it on any device out there). At the Web…

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…

Android 2.2 Update For Dell Streak On The Way

November 14, 2010 1 Rahul S

The recently launched Dell Streak was quite contemporary on every front except for the software bit. A phone launched in late 2010 laden with Android 1.6 !? Only Dell and Sony Ericsson can do such a thing! After Sony Ericsson did make…

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%…

Chinese 7-Inch Tablet Knocks FCC Doors

November 2, 2010 0 Rahul S

Just as the Samsung Galaxy Tab is about to be released in select markets worldwide , another 7 inch tablet is looking to make its presence felt in the US market. A Chinese Android based tablet known as the M-150…

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…

eReaders & Tablets

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…

eReaders & Tablets

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…

Apple

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…

eReaders & Tablets

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…

eReaders & Tablets

The Case In Favor of a 7″ Tablet!

October 20, 2010 2 Annkur

I often refer to my iPad review and that’s not to go back and say that I didn’t like the iPad but the same thing that we debated over on the Gizmos Podcast (Tablets special). Is there a real market…

The second Android tablet from Samsung, SMT-i9100

October 18, 2010 0 Annkur

While they wait for Samsung Galaxy Tab (P9000) tablet is still to hit our desk, it seems that we are seeing a second Android tablet from Samsung. This one being a low end version without the Touchwiz UI and currently…

eReaders & Tablets

India gets a sub-Rs 9,000 tablet – the Magnum

October 7, 2010 1 Nimish

Barely a couple of days within Dell’s launching its Streak tablet in the Indian market at what to us seems to be a stiff price of Rs 34,990, comes a tablet that costs less than a third of it –…

eReaders & Tablets

Ballmer: Windows Slates Before Year End

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

The tablets race is crazy. I doubt if I have ever heard so much news about any gadget that is yet to prove its real utility, but the whole world is going crazy about it. Half baked releases and lot…

LG delays its tablet, waiting for Android 3.0

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Not too long back LG had boldly announced its plans for an Android tablet that would be better than the Apple iPad and it seems that they have now realised what iOS is to iPad now. After teasing the market…

Dell Launches its Streak Android Tablet in India

October 5, 2010 1 Rahul S

Dell’s much awaited Android Tablet, the Streak has been launched in India today. The Streak boasts of a not so large 5 – inch display which makes it dimensionally smaller than some of the full fledged tablets out there. That…

Samsung Tab coming to India in November for (gasp!) Rs 47,000?

October 4, 2010 0 Mr Spock

All right, we must state up front that this is purely a rumour but as it comes from no fewer than THREE Samsung Store executives and two market observers (none of whom want to be named, for obvious reasons), we…

Gizmo Podcast #4 (Mini): Discussing the RIM Blackberry Playbook

September 30, 2010 0 Annkur

We are back with another mini discussion and this time its the Blackberry tablet aka the Playbook. Unveiled recently, the PlayBook would release sometime in early 2011 and we take a look at how it stacks up against the whole…

RIM reveals BlackBerry PlayBook, available only in 2011

September 28, 2010 2 Mr Spock

So all the rumours were true. RIM finally took the wraps off its tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, a few hours ago. The device will run a new software, dubbed BlackBerry Tablet OS, developed by QNX Software, a company RIM acquired…

Six reasons why we are not crazy about a BlackBerry tablet

September 24, 2010 2 Mr Spock

The market has been buzzing with rumours about a BlackBerry tablet, whatever RIM chooses to call it. While many people seem very eager to see what the company is conjuring up, we must confess to harbouring some cynicism. It is…

RIM’s BlackPad aka Blackberry tablet coming next month?

September 23, 2010 0 Annkur

While we are still banging our heads against the iPad and discussing if the tablet is a necessity or a luxury, new players are entering the race each passing day. Now if you are a loyal Blackberry user and if…

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…

An 8-inch Android tablet for Rs 9,000, courtesy Binatone!

September 19, 2010 1 Mr Spock

When we had talked about Binatone’s releasing a range of smartphones, tablets and netbooks yesterday, we had speculated that the company might be pricing its tablets in the Rs 10,000-Rs 12,000 range, to make a splash in the as yet…

eReaders & Tablets

Gizmo Podcast 2 – Its all about tablets!

September 18, 2010 3 Annkur

We are back with the Gizmos Podcast. This week myself, Vivek and Nimish teamed up to discuss the tablet / ereader market and options available for a consumer. Right from the iPad to the Android based Samsung Galaxy tab was…

And the latest iPad killer comes from…Binatone?

September 18, 2010 0 Mr Spock

We have had a number of low cost cellphones hitting the Indian market of late, offering stacks of features at relatively low prices. The tablet market has, however, remained relatively niche. That might be about to change if a mail…

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…

eReaders & Tablets

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…