Quick Review: Unboxing the Nokia E5
The media might have been abuzz about the N8, but that is by no means the only arrow in the quiver of the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer. We managed to get our hands on the latest addition to the E…
Samsung adds three Bada phones in Wave family
Samsung has announced three new Wave phones - Wave 525, Wave 533 and Wave 575. All three Wave phones will run Samsung Bada OS and are practically same devices with few changes in specifications.
Nokia N8 review part 1: Look and feel
A few years ago, people would have laughed if you had said you were going to write about how a Nokia phone looked. After all, Nokia phones were supposed to be performers rather than lookers. Times, alas (we think) have…
Greenpois0n jailbreak for iOS 4.1 due on 10/10/10 at 10:10:10AM GMT
Joshua Hill aka p0sixninja of Chronic Dev Team, the iPhone software platform hackers, has confirmed new greenpois0n jailbreak will be released on binary date – 10/10/10 at binary time – 10:10:10AM.
OG Unboxing the Nokia N8
Finally, we have the Nokia N8 landing on our desk and here are some quick unboxing shots before we go down and do a complete review:
Firefox 4 beta for mobile released…but only for Android, Maemo
Mozilla has finally released a public beta of Firefox 4 for mobile for download and test. But we would advise the cheering to be a bit restrained – the browser is available only for Android (version 2 and above) and…
India gets a sub-Rs 9,000 tablet – the Magnum
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 –…
Google Instant Search released in India
Indian Web surfers rejoice! Google has made its new Instant Search available for Indian users. The new search that literally shows search results even as you type was released a couple of weeks ago. In simple terms, it literally kills…
Facebook Introduces New Features, Greater Privacy Controls
Facebook, which of late has been in the midst of a raging privacy controversy has just announced a set of new features which according to them would offer greater control to the end user. New feature additions include Groups and…
Dual SIM Phones Galore! Wynncom Intros New Handsets
The rate at which Indian companies are announcing new dual SIM phones is mind-boggling. While mainstream manufacturers are yet to fully take the plunge when it comes to introducing low cost, dual SIM handsets, smaller companies like Micromax, G’Five and…
Motorola Announces New Android Handsets: Spice and Droid PRO
Motorola seems to be very upbeat about its Android prospects. Of late it has been launching new devices based on Android with regular frequency. The latest devices to be added to Motorola’s Android portfolio happens to be the Spice and…
Panasonic working on online gaming console – The Jungle!
While everyone has been busy talking about the Move, the Kinect and the next DS, a new player has made its move into the gaming arena. It is none other than Panasonic, which is talking about what seems to be…
Android 2.2 Froyo Market, now available on Android 2.1
You already heard that paid apps are now available in India too. But have you noticed what else is available with the Android Market? With the release of Froyo(Android 2.2) Google really made some great enhancements in Android Market App…
Dell Launches its Streak Android Tablet in India
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…
Speed test using iPhone 4 – EDGE/GPRS vs 3G vs WiFi-broadband (India)
As India is waiting for the 3G revolution to roll out across India. We thought of doing some internet speed test over Edge/GPRS, WiFi and 3G. 3G Speed test gave us awesome result compared to our old fashioned Edge/GPRS. We just wanted…
It is official! Windows Phone 7 coming on October 11
The cat is finally out of the bag. After all the speculation, it has been confirmed that the next version of Windows Mobile – Windows Phone 7 – will be released on October 11. The Microsoft website talks of a…
Samsung Tab coming to India in November for (gasp!) Rs 47,000?
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…
Weeding out fake SIM cards & messing the environment [India Telecom]
Following is a Guest Post by Dinesh Bareja (blog), Information security and CSR consultant. Originally posted on IndiaKiAwaz The Government has blindly issued orders to all telcos to confirm the identities of 600 million (60 cr) subscribers since they assume that…
Mark Zuckerberg is a comic book hero!
He is the man who gave the world one of its most popular social networks, has been the subject of a film and several books, and is now a comic book hero. Or almost. We are talking of Mark Zuckerberg,…
FIFA 11 release proves PS2 is alive and kickin’
The buzz in the gaming market over the past few years has been about next-generation consoles, high-definition games, and motion-sensitive controllers. However, in the market itself, the decade old PlayStation 2 (PS2) shows no sign of fading into the sunset.…
Hello, dual-sim Moto! Two classy dual-SIMS from Motorola
Another of the cellphone biggies has taken the plunge into the Indian dual-SIM phone market. Motorola has launched two dual-SIM devices, the EX115 and the EX128. And unlike some of the rather patchy dual-SIM affairs out there, the Moto boys…
Motorola faces lawsuit from Microsoft over Android phones (Patents)
When HTC entered into a deal with Microsoft earlier this year, it was clear that Android has hit the a road that connects to Microsofts patent portfolio. Back then Microsoft had mentioned that they are talking to other manufacturers and…
OG hands-on with the Sony Playstation Move
We just got our hands on the all new Sony Playstation Move. This PS3 add-on brings motion sensing magic to your Playstation. In the box is the controller (wand), the camera that does the magic over the console, starter disc…
It’s coming! Nokia starts shipping the N8
Even as some were speculating that it would be another few weeks before Nokia would ship its flagship N8 device to the market, Nokia has now declared on its official blog that the N8 has started shipping. “The first Nokia…
RIM reveals BlackBerry PlayBook, available only in 2011
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…
Our Amazon Kindle 3 arrives, Unboxing, Video!
Our Kindle 3 has arrived and here are some freshly baked pictures and unboxing video!
Apple updates Ping, allows it to access users’ libraries
We had gone on record saying that Ping, Apple’s music-oriented social networking service, was actually the most significant product launched by Apple at its event earlier this month (where the new iPods tended to overshadow everything else) and a recent…
Google boosts older versions of IE using Chrome Frame
The tech world has been of late waxing eloquent about the new Internet Explorer 9 beta and how it will change the Web (as it does not run on Win XP, we are not too sure about that, but that’s…
Six reasons why we are not crazy about a BlackBerry tablet
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…
Forget Froyo, Sony E Xperia X10 users to get Android 2.1 in October end!
The update saga of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 range of phones continues unabated. There had been a lot of surprise when Sony Ericsson had launched the X10 phones (the X10, the X10 mini and the X10 mini pro) running…
RIM’s BlackPad aka Blackberry tablet coming next month?
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…
Five reasons why the Wink will NOT beat the Kindle
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…
The first USB 3.0 Flash Drive is here, Courtesy Kingston (India)
While we have been hearing about loads of USB 3.0 storage devices and here is the first Flash Drive (or Pen Drive as many still call it) from that is USB 3.0 enabled. Kingston has announced its Datatraveler Ultimate 3.0…
An 8-inch Android tablet for Rs 9,000, courtesy Binatone!
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…
PlayStation Move coming to India this week?
It has not been officially confirmed yet but a friendly executive in Sony World store in Delhi says that the PlayStation Move controller will be coming to India this week. There are likely to be three packages for those wanting…
And the latest iPad killer comes from…Binatone?
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…
MJ Lives! Ubisoft releases trailer, song details of Michael Jackson: The Experience
A year might have gone by since he passed away, but the Michael Jackson magic is as strong as ever. Not only do his albums continue to fly off the shelves, there is also considerable interest around Ubisoft’s forthcoming game…
Motorola CEO hints at Android tablet in Q1 2011, Gingerbread?
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…
Is the E7 Nokia’s best bet for a winner? We think so!
It has been a week in which Nokia has been in the news more for changes at the top than for its devices, but as the dust settles on Nokia World, there is an increasing number of people who believe…
IE9 beta goes public arrives, hailed as revolutionary by many
It may be the most popular Internet browser in the world, but Microsoft’s Internet Explorer seems to have been condemned to suffer faint praise, especially when compared to the likes of Chrome and Firefox. Well, that seems to have ended,…
