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BlackBerry

Nokia Appends 3 Additional Patents to RIM Lawsuit

July 11, 2012 0 Tassavur

Nokia is on a patent trolling spree, especially since it’s witnessing a drastic drop in its shares and sales. The latest we’re hearing that Nokia has added an additional three patents to the already existing seven patents it had filed…

Tech Industry News

Twitter Partners with MediaTek to put App on Feature Phones

July 11, 2012 0 Tassavur

Twitter has announced a partnership with MediaTek, a chip maker which has agreed to embed the app on the millions of “smart” feature phones across the globe.

Featured

Is Finnish Startup Jolla Nokia’s Plan B?

July 10, 2012 0 Tassavur

Nokia now officially has only the Windows Phone platform to ride on. And so far the journey couldn’t have been rockier for Nokia as their shares have stumbled to their lowest since 1996 and currently trading at a paltry $1.80.…

BlackBerry

Chronicles of RIM’s Downfall – A Prelude to AGM

July 10, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

As this article is being written, Research In Motion stakeholders might be attending the Annual General Meeting, and the company being scrutinised for its dismal performance in the past year. We at OnlyGizmos present to our readers, a Chronology of…

LG

LG planning a super-smartphone to take on Samsung and HTC

July 10, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

News is that something super-smart is brewing in the LG Electronics stable. And no, its not a smart television this time. Instead LG is developing a new smartphone, that will be its first to feature a quad-core processor and a…

Nokia

Nokia activates ‘Money Back Challenge’ campaign for Lumia 710 and 800

July 9, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

To increase the sales figure for Lumia 800 and 710 series of smartphones, Nokia initiated the promotional campaign titled “Amazing Money Back Challenge”, where customers who buy the said devices, can return it within seven days for a full refund…

Tech Industry News

Beware: Aggressive ads in apps possess increasing risk to privacy

July 9, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

If figures from the security firm LookOut is anything to go by, there is an increase in the risk to privacy, due to the aggressive ads in apps, as reported by Reuters. Some ad networks, especially those on the mobile…

Nokia

Ex-Nokia Employees Working on Building MeeGo Based Smartphones

July 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

In an inspiring move, Nokia’s ex staff and other MeeGo enthusiasts have joined hands together to form Jolla, which means “dinghy” in Finnish.

Samsung

Samsung Says Microwave Oven behind the Exploding Galaxy SIII

July 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

While imploding smartphones isn’t a recent phenomena, this one on Samsung’s latest flagship device the Galaxy SIII had caused quite a lot of stir around the globe forcing Samsung to jump into action and go into damage control mode.

Tech Industry News

International Football Association Approves Goal Line Technology

July 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

The International Football Association Board has finally unanimously approved the “Goal Line Technology” on the 5th of July under the chairmanship of FIFA president Joseph Sepp Blatter. The technology was a topic of debate for the past few years, but…

Tech Industry News

Post Tribunal verdict, Airtel, Vodafone & Idea to continue pan-India 3G services

July 6, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

India’s leading GSM Mobile operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular have issued a joint announcement stating that they will continue to provide 3G along with data services on a pan-India level, even in non 3G circles through ICRA.

Apple

[Updated] Google pulls down Galaxy Nexus from Play Store, due to the ban

July 6, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Google has stopped the sale of Galaxy Nexus smartphone on the Google Play Store, as a result of the injunction on the said device by former U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh. The search engine giant confirmed the above move with…

Apple

Samsung leads the chart as the most valued brand in Asia, followed by Apple

July 6, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

The recent survey done by Campaign Asia-Pacific, along with research firm Nielsen presents the shift of power as Samsung ends the four-year reign of Sony to be the No.1 as the most valued brand in Asia, followed by Apple. The…

Apple

Amazon Gearing Up To Launch Kindle Fire 2, Calls Up Quanta!

July 5, 2012 0 Tassavur

It is widely believed that Google’s latest Nexus branded tablet from Asus, the Nexus 7 which is being sold at $199 and is directly aimed at Amazon’s Kindle Fire which retails at the same price. So it becomes imperative for…

Android

Ice Cream Sandwich Update Rolling out on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7

July 5, 2012 0 Tassavur

While Google is getting ready to release its latest version of Android, i.e. Jelly Bean the whole fleet of Android OEM’s devices have just about started getting their previous iteration of Android i.e., Ice Cream Sandwich. As per the website…

Market Watch

Split Verdit in 3G Roaming for Indian Carriers

July 5, 2012 0 Tassavur

As the world is slowly moving on to the 4G LTE networks, India is still grappling with issues between the government and the carriers.

Tech Industry News

Google to roll out a software patch to avoid the ban of Samsung Galaxy Nexus

July 4, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Seems like Samsung is not the only company affected by the U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh’s decision to deny a request, to stay a ban on sales of the Galaxy Nexus, while its case with Apple is ongoing. The other…

Tech Industry News

Samsung’s Plea to Uplift Ban on Galaxy Tab 10.1 Rejected

July 3, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

In the world of technology, this legal battle between Apple and Samsung, is no less than a World War III happening simultaneously in around 10 countries worldwide. This update comes from the U.S. where the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab…

Tech Industry News

RIM losing its grip in the smartphone market: comScore Survey

July 3, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

We have already spoken about the bad shape RIM is in financially, after they posted a net loss for the first time in the last 8 years. And now a ComScore survey also confirms the same and shows us how…

Android

Android ICS Now on 10 Percent Devices After 8 Months, Highlights Fragmentation

July 3, 2012 0 Tassavur

As per Android Developers site, it’s taken almost 9 months for Google’s latest iteration, i.e. Ice Cream Sandwich to reach about 10.9 percent of android devices across the globe, that too after a more than 50% growth from the last…

Opinion

Android’s Delay Is Redmond’s Opportunity

July 2, 2012 0 Annkur

June was a busy month for the mobile market. Apple, Microsoft and Google showed the future of their respective mobiles OSes and the tech world was glued to live streams and blogs. I spent my share of few hours on…

BlackBerry

RIM Considering Selling BlackBerry Network & Joining Windows Phone!

June 29, 2012 0 Tassavur

As we’ve said earlier before as well that desperate time needs desperate measures, RIM is considering switching to Windows Phone 8 as per Reuters. RIM might follow the lead of Nokia and might abandon BlackBerry 10 if unnamed sources of…

Tech Industry News

TRAI: Indian Mobile Subscriber Base Crosses 921 Million Mark

June 29, 2012 0 Rahul S

India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority, the TRAI has in a new release announced interesting statistics pertaining to the telecom industry in India. Accoring to TRAI, at the end of April 2012, the total number of wireless and wireline subscribers stood at 952.91 million.…

eReaders & Tablets

Amazon Working on a 10 inch Tab with Metal Casing

June 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

There were rumors already, suggesting that Amazon might be working on a new addition to its Kindle lineup. But now as per BGR, Amazon is getting ready to launch not one but two tablets with one of them being a…

Android

Motorola Razr’s to get Ice Cream Sandwich Tomorrow?

June 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

As per Gottabemobile’s sources, Motorola’s Droid Razr and the Razr Maxx are set to get an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich on Verizon in the US by tomorrow, i.e. 29th June.

BlackBerry

RIM Q1 2012 Results Say its Dying!

June 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well things could not have gone more wrong for RIM, as they announced the results for their performance in the first quarter of 2012. RIM has posted a net loss for the first time in 8 years, BB10 launch is…

Apple

“Blazing Fast” iOS App for Facebook this Summer: The New York Times

June 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

We all know how Facebook is struggling with its slow apps for the iOS and the Android platforms, not to mention the sluggish and obsolete looking Windows Phone 7 app as well. As per the New York Times’ Nick Bilton,…

Android

What’s New With Android 4.1 JellyBean?

June 28, 2012 0 Rahul S

At the first day of Google’s I/O Conference two major announcements were made. One was obviously, the arrival of the Asus made Google Nexus 7 Tablet. The second – and perhaps even more significant announcement was the official arrival of…

Apple

US$150 Billion Sales Revenue Generated by Sales of iPhone in Last Five Years

June 27, 2012 0 Tassavur

With Apple set to celebrate the fifth anniversary for the launch of its iPhone, Strategy Analytics has revealed that Apple has managed to amass around $150 B from the sales of the iPhone since its launch.

Apple

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Hit with Injunction by Judge Koh in US

June 27, 2012 0 Tassavur

In a surprising turn of events, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been hit with injunction in the US court by Judge Koh for infringing upon the design patent of Apple’s iPad. While dishing out the judgement Judge Lucy Koh particularly…

Market Watch

38% Growth for Smartphones in Q2 2012: Strategy Analytics

June 27, 2012 0 Tassavur

As per market research firm Strategy Analytics, the smartphone market is set to grow at 38% year over year in the second quarter of 2012. At the same time it has cautioned that the growth may be halted thereafter due…

BlackBerry

First BlackBerry 10 Devices: Full Touch screen L and QWERTY N Series

June 25, 2012 0 Tassavur

The details of the first Blackberry 10 series have started to emerge and here is an image of the same. According to this image leaked by N4BB, a full touch screen L series and QWERTY based N series will be…

eReaders & Tablets

Asus’ Google Nexus Tablet Leaked!

June 25, 2012 0 Tassavur

The Google Nexus tablet by Asus which is supposed to be unveiled in a few days at the Google I/O conference this Wednesday has apparently been leaked as is being reported by Gizmodo Australia. The leak seems to have been…

Market Watch

Galaxy SIII Sales to Top 10 Million: Samsung

June 25, 2012 0 Tassavur

South Korean giant and the world’s top mobile maker Samsung expects the sales of its latest smartphone Galaxy SIII to exceed 10 million by the end of the next month. What makes the feat even more astonishing is the fact…

BlackBerry

RIM Deliberating Splitting Business: The Sunday Times

June 24, 2012 0 Tassavur

The Sunday Times of Britain has reported that RIM is considering splitting its business into two, separating the handset manufacturing business from its messaging services.

Concept / Educative

Synthetic Seabed for Renewable Energy From Ocean Waves

June 24, 2012 0 Tassavur

We are sure there have been many interesting theories propsed before for generating renewable energy. But this one is right up there as Mohammed Reza Alam propses a radically different approach by utilizing the effects waves have on the ocean…

Apple

Google SVP Hints at “Amazing Google Maps” App for iOS

June 23, 2012 0 Tassavur

Google SVP, Jeff Huber has stated that Google will be bringing “amazing experiences to its Maps platform” and that Google is commited to “providing amazing Google Maps experiences on iOS.”

Apple

Judge Posner Dismisses Apple vs Motorola Patent Case

June 23, 2012 0 Tassavur

Apple and Motorola were fighting out a patent battle in the Federal Court since the last two days in which Apple had more to gain. But Judge posner dismissed the case in its entirety yesterday evening stating that neither party…

Cameras

Camera Extras Starts Rolling Out for Select Nokia Lumias

June 22, 2012 0 Tassavur

It was only a few days back that Nokia announced the Camera Extras app which would asd more functionality to the cameras on the Nokia Lumia Windows Phone.

Rumors

Ex Apple UI Designer Joins Facebook, Fuels Smartphone Rumor

June 22, 2012 0 Tassavur

The Facebook phone rumor has reared its head again as Apple’s ex UI Design Manager Chris Weeldreyer has now joined Facebook.