Microsoft

Nokia Paints Jet Airways Plane with Lumia Colors

January 10, 2012 0 Rahul S

It is no secret that Nokia has spent tons of money on promoting its Windows Phone devices worldwide. Closer home, we have seen concerts being held all over India, Lumia branded vehicles roaming the streets of our cities and TV…

Tech Industry News

Apple, HTC and RIM Face a Kodak Moment; Sued for Photography related Patent Infringements!

January 10, 2012 0 Rahul S

While the Eastman Kodak Company might be facing financial troubles galore with rumors of it reportedly about to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, the company seems to have decided that it is not going to go down without a fight. Confident after…

CES

Nokia announces the Lumia 900 for AT&T

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

While Nokia is busy promoting its flagship handset the Lumia 800 in the rest of the world, it has just announced perhaps its most essential release in the US since the past few years. We are talking about the newly…

CES

CES 2012: Samsung intros connected TV’s, Refrigerators, Washing Machines and Tablets

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

Samsung took covers off a plethora of new products at its launch event organized at this year’s CES. The same occasion had last year seen the birth of the Samsung Galaxy Tab which after the debut of the iPad 2…

CES

CES 2012: XPAL Power intros Cellphone that runs on one AA Battery, Lasts 15 years on Single Charge!

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

XPAL Power, the company behind famous battery brands like Energizer and Powerskin have announced a new mobile phone at CES. The phone, known as the SpareOne is unique in the fact that it is powered by a single AA battery.…

CES

CES 2012: Withings Introduces Internet connected Baby Scale

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

We start our CES 2012 coverage with an unlikely gadget –a baby weighing scale. That’s right. A baby scale. But this one’s a different breed compared to your normal baby scale. For starters, this one is connected to the Internet.…

Apple

Chinese Writers file $1.9 million lawsuit against Apple

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

Now this is undoubtedly a first. While until now we have heard of U.S based companies going after Chinese companies for infringing upon intellectual property, for once, we are seeing the Chinese go after the Americans. A group of Chinese…

Android

Flashback 2011: Why Android Tablets Underwhelmed

January 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

Back in January 2011, fresh on the news about the fast paced growth trajectory of Android on smartphones – almost everyone – tech analysts, industry experts and even Android vendors assumed that by the end of 2011, Android would be…

Android

Move over Aakash, OLPC’s XO3 Tablet is here

January 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

Just a week or so after we woke up to news about the fact that India’s own, $50 tablet, the Aakash is selling like hot cakes, we now have news about yet another contender for a low cost tablet. This…

eReaders & Tablets

OG Review: Sony Tablet S

January 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

Ever since the tablet rush started all over again in 2010 with the Apple iPad, almost all leading PC and Phone makers have jumped into the market with their offering. A bit to our surprise, Sony has taken its time…

Site Announcements

It’s Time to Sail

January 1, 2012 0 Annkur

The date was decided long back, and as this day arrives, it just feels like yesterday when I was struggling to learn how to setup a domain on a shared server and get started. Yet, in my near 10 years…

India

Maxx Mobiles Launches Touch Screen Phone Maestro MT255

December 29, 2011 0 Krishnan

As the number fo keypad models getting introduced goes down by each passing day, its the touch screen that seems to be the in thing not only on the latest smartphones but also the feature phones. And I must admit…

Tech Industry News

Airtel’s Malad Data Centre fire causes network outage in Western India

December 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

A fire that happened at its Malad data center in Mumbai has left lakhs of Airtel customers reeling under either no network coverage, SMS’ or data access. The fire reportedly happened in the wee hours of December 27 and lakhs…

Android

OG Review: Motorola Razr XT910

December 27, 2011 0 Team OG

The Razr brand of cellphones from Motorola has always been associated with style and sophistication. The lineup so far has had 3 phones – V3, V3i and Razr2 V8 – each of them were loved for their design. After four…

Apple

iOS 5.0.1 Untethered JailBreak, The Current Situation

December 25, 2011 0 Monis

Many, of us who own an iPhone, iPod or iPad have been desperately waiting for the iOS 5.0.1 untethered JailBreak. Apparently, semi-tethered JailBreak is not a permanent solution. You can deal with it at the time of urgency, but many…

BlackBerry

BlackBerry 10 isn’t Even As Good As iOS 1.0 or Android 2.0!

December 23, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well blackberry isn’t exactly in the best of shape would be a sheer understatement. Though, still it’s staggering for the downward hit it has taken in the stock market valuations. Add to it the ever increasing pressure from the investors…

Tech Industry News

HTC Granted Injunction Against IPCom by Dusseldorf Court in Germany

December 22, 2011 0 Tassavur

Now this is another patent story in existence since 2009 when IPCom sued HTC for infringing on their UMTS – 3G standards. Though unlike the HTC – Apple patent case wherein HTC was ruled as infringing on the Apple patent,…

Android

HTC Phones Face Ban in the US After ITC Rules in Favor of Apple

December 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

It was only yesterday that we spoke of the possibility of Apple being in trouble after ITC had announced that they would be reviewing a decision made earlier by an ITC judge in which Apple was acquitted of infringing on…

Android

Kindle Fire Growing Faster Than iPad, Though Android Share Drops: Millennial Report

December 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

Millennial Media, a mobile ad network, released its monthly Mobile Mix report for November which has thrown up some surprising results. As per the report Kindle Fire has managed a daily growth rate of 19% per day since its launch…

Entertainment

Buggy PS Vita Creates Furore in Japan, Sony Issues Apology (Video)

December 19, 2011 0 Tassavur

It’s been only a few days since the PlayStation Vita was launched in the Japanese markets by Sony. The gaming device has had an impressive opening on December 17 as it managed to sell around 3,21,407 of the total 7,00,000…

Nokia

Symbian’s Last Stronghold Breached; Android now Top Smartphone OS in India

December 19, 2011 0 Rahul S

While it is clear that Nokia had taken hands off Symbian ever since Windows Phone took over as its primary smartphone focus, its fall from the top spot was nothing less than dramatic. Within a year, it has gone from…

Android

Mobile Security Trends: Nothing is Foolproof from Android to iOS

December 17, 2011 0 Tassavur

The other day I was speaking to a techie who has good knowledge of things at Microsoft. Amongst iOS, Android, Mobile market, Windows 8 and other topics of discussion, we spoke about mobile security. The person in question highlighted that…

iPhone

Nokia Lumia 800 vs Apple iPhone 4 – Camera Samples

December 16, 2011 0 Annkur

Nokia is all set to launch the Lumia 800 (and 710) with Windows Phone 7 in India and Apple is out with the iPhone 4S. Both devices sport a 8MP camera. While the Lumia manages 720p video recording, the 4S…

Android

Aakash Tablet goes on Sale: Upgraded version Available for Preorder

December 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

The much awaited $35 tablet (which is actually nearer to the $47 mark now)  has finally been launched. The Aakash which was officially announced back in October is actually made by a Canadian company called DataWind.

Apple

Chronic Dev Team Demonstrated iOS 5 Untethered JailBreak Video

December 12, 2011 0 Monis

Chronic DevTeam has recently posted a video on twitter according to which they have found iOS 5 untethered Jailbreak. From the past few months, there were many new things in the hacking community. And finally, someone has come up with…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP Taking WebOS Open Source, Who Would Make The Hardware?

December 9, 2011 0 Annkur

The webOS saga makes for a good movie script. The story began with HP acquiring Palm last year and raising the market expectations from what was a new and promising platform in the mobile space. Android and iOS had pretty…

Nokia

Official Symbian Belle Update coming February 2012: Nokia

December 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

While the latest version of Symbian, the Belle has been around for the past few months on newly launched handsets including the likes of the Nokia 603, 701 and the 700, Nokia has for some reason not released an update…

Maxx

Maxx Launches First Ever Touch-Screen Projector Phone (MTP9)

December 8, 2011 0 Team OG

Maxx Mobiles today announced a full touch screen projector phone – the Maxx Focus MTP9. The device is capable of projecting the contents of phone via in built projector. The phone come with 5MP camera and it also provides users…

Android

Daily App: Flipboard for the iPhone

December 7, 2011 0 Nimish

One of the killer apps of the iPad finally comes to the iOS’s smaller screen. We get up and close with Flipboard for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Android

Hands-on: Motorola Droid RAZR XT910 (Pictures)

December 7, 2011 0 Annkur

Motorola has re-invented itself with an all Android line-up and the company that first glamorized cellphones with a the stylish MotoRazr half a decade ago is back. Motorola Droid Razr (XT910) is the latest Android from Motorola and it is a…

Internet

Facebook acquires Location Sharing Service Gowalla

December 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

While it was clear that Foursquare had already won the location sharing app wars long back, there is no doubt that another service known by the name “Gowalla” was fairly popular. But then, it could never match the popularity of…

Nokia

Nokia Lumia 800 (Windows Phone) – First Impressions

December 5, 2011 0 Team OG

Just over a year back Redmond re-invented itself with the Windows Phone 7 and the same has done well to brand Microsoft that was being referred to as the dinosaurs of the mobile / internet era. What Microsoft created with…

Android

HTC Rhyme comes to India, Costs 27,499

December 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

HTC has just announced the launch of its newest Android powered handset, the HTC Rhyme in India. The Rhyme, which was announced back in September this year features a Unibody design like most HTC handsets of today. It is slightly…

Sony

Sony Ericsson Brand to be Phased Out; Sony to Make only Smartphones

December 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

After the much talked about acquisition of Ericsson’s share by Sony in the ten year old joint venture between Sony and Ericsson, there has been numerous talks about the kind if strategy the company currently known as Sony Ericsson will…

Featured

Rendezvous with Antti Öhrling of Blyk Media

December 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

Till date the mobile advertising space has been the most underutilized if one considers the potential reach and intimacy the medium can share with its audience. Understanding of this channel has also proven to be a challenge, with most of…

Apple

Daily App: Infinity Blade 2 on the iPad

December 2, 2011 0 Nimish

Believe it or not – iOS’ killer gaming app just got a whole lot better. Yes, we are THAT impressed by Infinity Blade 2.

Apple

Daily App: The Legacy of Steve Jobs

December 1, 2011 0 Nimish

The future of books might not be e-books, but books designed like apps. And Fortune’s app about Steve Jobs is a prime example of this phenomenon.

Nokia

Nokia Asha 200 Launched in India

December 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was back in October that Nokia first showed off its Asha series of low to mid-range handsets to the world. A little over a month later, the first of the Asha series have made it to India. It was…

BlackBerry

RIM Showing That They Can Answer The Challenge

November 30, 2011 0 Guest Author

Will the BlackBerry brand even be around in five years? From a surface standpoint, the prospect might look grim. It has been a tough couple of years for RIM. The former king of the smartphone realm has fallen far, and…

Apple

Daily App: Superman HD for the iPad

November 29, 2011 0 Nimish

No, we have no idea what kept Kal-El, Man of Steel, away from the App Store in game form for so long. Yes, we are mighty delighted that we can step into his super shoes. So much so that we…