Sony To Invest Almost a Billion Dollars to Up CMOS Sensor Production
As per a report from Reuters, Sony Corp plans to pump in a massive $997 M to ramp up the production of its CMOS sensors which are used in digital cameras and smartphones.
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Apple Fined Aus$2.25M in Australia for Misleading 4G iPad Claims
The week has not been particularly great for Apple which has been in the new for all the wrong reasons. After Kodak sued them for interfering with their patent auction, Apple was ordered to pay damages to Samsung in Netherlands…
Is Microsoft Manufacturing its Own SmartPhone?
Research firm Nomura has revealed that Microsoft might working on manufacturing their own Windows Phone smartphone. Analyst Rick Sherlund of Nomura has indicated in a note that Microsoft will be taking this step to enhance the sales of Windows Phone…
Apple Offers Employees 25% Appraisals & Hardware Discount Programs
As per a report from Reuters, Apple is dishing out appraisals up to 25% on current package to their retail employees after an internal employee survey found that they were not happy with their salaries. The pay hike would help…
LG Launches Optimus 3D Max and Optimus L7 in India
LG has announced the launch of two new Android powered handsets in India with the announcement of the high end Optimus 3D Max and the mid-range Optimus L7 smartphones earlier today. Let’s take a closer look at both the handsets…
Vodafone Slashes 3G Tariffs by 80 percent
Taking a cue from its archrivals Airtel, Idea and Reliance, telecom major Vodafone has announced huge cuts in its 3G tariffs. Up to 80% lower than what they have been charging from consumers until now, the idea seems to be…
Apple Ordered to Pay Damages to Samsung by Dutch Court
While we were keenly awaiting the result of the Apple Motorola lawsuit hearing today in the US, another result in a Dutch Court has shook the tech world.
Motorola Launches the Razr Maxx & Razr V in India
The stunning Motorola Droid Razr launched late last year revived the legacy of the style quotient associated with Motorola’s Razr brand. Though, the Droid Razr failed to set the market ablaze unlike its predecessor. Motorola has launched an upgraded version…
Apple Motorola Key Lawsuit Hearing Today
Apple has been waging a patent battle with almost all of Google Android’s OEM which includes tge likes of HTC, Samsung and Motorola. In a key smartphone hearing today, Apple is taking on the, now Google owned Motorola Mobility. The…
Voice Assistant “Quick Voice” Launched by LG in Korea
Seems like late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was right when he bet big on Siri, the personal voice assistant for the iPhone 4S, as an important feature on the future smartphones. Since then even Samsung has launched it’s own version…
Facebook Acquires Israel’s Face.Com
In an interesting move yesterday, Facebook has acquired Israel’s Face.com which is the team behind the face recognition technology on the social networking site. Face.com is a face recognition technology company which makes mobile and Facebook apps which identifies people’s…
Kodak Sues Apple For Interfering With Patent Sales
Problems do not seem to cede for the troubled photography pioneer Eastman Kodak Co., which was recently trying to sell off its patent portfolio under the terms of bankruptcy. Kodak has now sued Apple which it claims is trying to…
ZTE Launches Grand X LTE (T82), World’s First Single Chip LTE Smartphone
China’s ZTE has launched the Grand X LTE (T82) for the European and the Asia Pacific market and will be available in the third quarter of 2012. The Grand X LTE uses Qualcomm Snapdragon’s latest MSM8960 chip, which is based…
Microsoft Announces the “Surface” Tablet
At an event held at Los Angeles late last night (India Time), Microsoft took covers off an entirely new line up of tablets. Christened the “Surface”, the tablets come in two variants – one based on Windows RT and the…
Samsung Expands Dual SIM Portfolio, Launches Galaxy Ace Duos
Samsung has been great, when it comes to reading and understanding the needs of the Indian market. So much so that it has been striking at the heart of Nokia and taking critical market share away from them in the…
Microsoft to Debut New Tablet Today?
Software giant Microsoft has issued fresh invites for a surprise event that would be held today at Los Angeles. Reports are flying in suggesting that Microsoft might announce a surprise product at this event. This device is nothing but a…
Cheaper Windows Phone in the Offing as Nokia Competes with Androids
We were very clear since the start of the Nokia Microsoft partnership that it is the mid low segment where Windows Phone needs to hit in order for Nokia to create any chance of competing with the Androids.
Is Cell Phone Radiation Carcinogenic? FCC Investigates
In an unprecedented move, Unites States Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski has released a proposal for a formal research on whether the current radiation standards for cell phones pose any kind of carcinogenic risk to humans, for the first…
Nokia Gives Vertu Away; To Layoff 10,000 Employees by 2013
Once the biggest mobile phone maker on the planet, Nokia is struggling to keep its head above water amidst rising competition. The company which once led the smartphone world with its Symbian OS has long lost its dominant position to…
Bankrupt Kodak Auctioning Digital Imaging Patents
It’s disappointing that a century old imaging firm Eastman Kodak is now nearing it’s end and is in the process of monetizing it’s digital imaging patents. Kodak has filed a motion with the court to clear its closed bidding process…
All You Need to Know About Apple’s latest iOS 6 Previewed at WWDC
Well, Apple has finally previewed the much awaited iOS version 6 with over 200 new features. And we are happy that we were able to successfully predict most of the features correctly (ignoring the ones that we missed 😉 ).…
Samsung Acquiring Nokia Is An Interesting Yet Confusing Proposition
Microsoft and Nokia got into a historical partnership and ever since then we have been hearing rumors of the two companies becoming one. That so far hasn’t happened and rumors have been shot down numerous times. At the same time…
New Nano SIM Approved by ETSI
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has approved a new nano-SIM design in Europe as the official fourth form factor. Although, the screens have been getting bigger and bigger resulting in larger smartphones, they are increasingly getting slimmer as well.…
Lenovo Launches A310, A410 Ultrabooks, A270 All in One in India
Lenovo India has announced the addition of three new products to its existing portfolio of notebooks and All In Ones. The new launches include two new Ultrabooks and a stylish, premium All in One system. The new Ultrabooks include the…
Apple Files Preliminary Injunction in US Against the SIII, Samsung Says Launch As Per Plan
In an expected move Apple has filed preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy SIII in the US, stating that it infringes on two key patents owned by them. This is in addition to the already preliminary injunction Apple has already…
Nokia Announces Budget Range of Touchscreen “Asha” Phones
Nokia has taken covers off three new budget handsets from its Asha range earlier today. The new handsets to be introduced are named the Asha 305, Asha 306 and the Asha 311. All the three devices are targeted at emerging…
OG Exclusive: Nokia To Launch PureView 808 on June 9!
Nokia’s flagship camera phone, the much talked about PureView 808 will be launched in India on the 9th June – a little birdie tells us. The phone would be initially made available at Nokia Priority Dealers giving them exclusivity for…
Google Acquires Mobile Productivity Suite Maker Quickoffice
In an unexpected development, Google has announced the acquisition of famous Mobile productivity suite maker Quickoffice. The latter, which has been in the mobile space for quite some time now is one of the leaders in the field and boasts…
Microsoft to Pull the Plug on Zune
Yes you read that right. Microsoft today announced that they would be launching a new music service called Xbox Music, which is supposed to not only run on the Xbox 360 but also the Windows Phones and the Windows 8…
RIM Shares Now at a Record Low of Below $10
We knew that Research in Motion is struggling to stay afloat and hence we did not find this bit of news any surprising as RIM’s share fell below $10, lowest since 2003.
Micromax Launches A45 Superfone Punk Music Phone
Micromax Mobiles has just announced a new addition to their growing portfolio of Android smartphones. The new handset to be announced is the intriguingly named A45 Superfone Punk. The Superfone Punk happens to be a dual SIM Android powered handset running…
Samsung Galaxy SIII to launch in the US in June
The Samsung Galaxy SIII is said to have received a record 9 million pre-orders from the carriers across the world. Though, its launch in the US and other international markets was supposed to get delayed and launch only after a…
Microsoft Purchases every Smart Glass domain before E3
Microsoft is rumored to be working on an Airplay style app called Smart Glass, which pushes enables push-style media functionality with the Xbox 360. And now Microsoft has almost bought every domain with Smart Glass in it, as it would…
Double Sided Touch Screen Android Smartphone Prototype by Docomo
We have seen flexible displays from Samsung and a flexible smartphone by Nokia but this one by NTT Docomo in Japan is a lot different and perhaps could prove to be much more useful in the future once it goes…
Samsung Galaxy S III Launches in India; Yours for Rs 43,180
After days of waiting, the day most smartphone enthusiasts in India have been waiting for is here. After making its debut in various countries across the globe, the Samsung Galaxy S III has been officially announced in India. The launch…
Milagrow Launches India’s Thinnest 7 inch Tablet
Milagrow has announced the launch of a new 7 inch tablet in the country. Claimed to be the thinnest 7 inch tab to be available in India, the TabTop 7.4 as the device is called, also boasts of a 4:3…
Exclusive: Nokia Gearing To Launch Lumia 900 & 610 In India, Photos
The launch of Nokia’s flagship device the Lumia 900 and the promising entry level Lumia 610 is long pending in India. But we have reliable news from our industry sources that the they are due to launch in June in…
Facebook Hires Apple Employees to Develop Smartphone?
Rumors of the Facebook phone have been doing the rounds of the Interweb for quite some time now. In fact, there has been quite a number of Facebook approved handsets including the HTC ChaCha, HTC Status and the likes which…
Sony Xperia Play ICS Update Cancelled
Here’s some real bad news for all you folks out there who own a Sony Ericsson (now Sony!) Xperia Play. The Android powered gaming centric handset released last year still runs an outdated version of Android OS. Many had expected…
Facebook Launches Facebook Camera App for iOS
Just a few weeks after purchasing Instagram, Facebook has launched its own camera app called Facebook Camera. But contrary to expectations, the Facebook Camera is not Instagram. It does have filters but it’s far from being like Instagram, although the…
