Android

Android 2.2 (Froyo) kills the need for hacks / apps, adds WiFi hotspot & USB Tethering

May 14, 2010 0 Annkur

Some of the most sought after apps on the App Store or Cydia are tethering hacks or WiFi hotspots, and it seems that Google doesn’t want Android users to rely on apps for these purposes. It is revealed that the…

smartphones

Will “Intel Inside” work on smartphones?

May 6, 2010 0 Nimish

The tech world has been abuzz with the news that Intel finally intends to get into the cellphone business in a big way, taking on ARM, with its new Moorestown-based processors (Atom Z6), which will run on Android and Meego cellphones and tablets.…

Apple

Why my dad rejected the iPad

May 4, 2010 4 Annkur

Earlier today I tried selling the iPad to my dad as an ebook reader. Well here is why he rejected it (even before I could tell him the pricing of the iPad):

smartphones

Should Nokia stop living in the future?

May 2, 2010 0 Nimish

It has been a busy week for all those on Nokia’s mailing list. The cellphone behemoth delivered release after release into our mailboxes, with details about its messaging service going totally free in India, changes in production volume, introduction of…

First look

Hands-on with Datawind’s UbiSurfer

May 1, 2010 13 Swapnil

On the technical front, the UbiSurfer has a 7-inch TFT, Wide Screen Display, 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA), 128 MB RAM, 1 GB Flash Memory, it is supported by an ARM 11 processor and has 50GB of Online Storage which…

Android

Motorola Shadow spotted, gets WiFi certification (Nexus Two?)

May 1, 2010 0 Annkur

Its a known fact that Motorola would be making the next Google phone and the model code MB810 from Motorola that features a full QWERTY keyboard is long rumored to be THE Nexus two. Also referred as Shadow the Motorola…

smartphones

HP’s got Palm: Five things that could happen!

April 30, 2010 0 Nimish

HP’s takeover of Palm made the requisite number of headlines yesterday, but now that the news has sunk in, it is time to ponder what exactly the PC and printer giant will do with what was one of the most…

First look

The N8 is now official – the specs rock, now it is upto the UI

April 27, 2010 0 Nimish

Barely a few days after usual suspect Eldar Murtazin bashed a prototype of Nokia’s next flagship device,the N8, the big N has released official details of the handset. And most of it conforms to the various leaks that have been…

Apple

Another iPhone 4G Lost…and Found!

April 27, 2010 2 Nimish

  “Hey, wanna see something?”

Apple

OG Review: The Apple iPad

April 26, 2010 8 Annkur

It’s been just a couple of days since we got our mitts on the holy iPad, and I am yet to decide if I would keep this device or sell it off at whatever premium eBay offers.

Accessories

How to use the micro SIM on a normal phone?

April 24, 2010 3 Annkur

Ever since Apple surprised us with a micro-sim slot on the iPad, people have been wondering how to get their normal Sim’s do the trick. As soon as the 3G version of the iPad ships, fans across the world would…

Tech Industry News

Students mod a tractor to be used from a mobile, useful?

April 19, 2010 0 Annkur

Think modding a car is fun? Well see this! Students of Moga Polytechnic College, Punjab (India) have invented a hack that lets local farmers control their tractors using a cellphone.

Android

Larger versions of Dell Mini spotted, called Streak, runs Android

April 17, 2010 0 Annkur

Well the Dell Mini 5 is no longer Mini with larger (iPad like, shall we say?) versions spotted already. The Dell Streak as the new version is being referred as is said to offer a 7? & 10? model. Dell…

Apple

Leaked iPhone case looks like a unibody model, real or fake?

April 16, 2010 0 Annkur

iPad is official, iPhone OS 4.0 announced & now all eyes are slowly moving towards the iPhone 4th generation. We expect regular rumors on the iPhone 4G to show up at an accelerated pace until the June announcement and to…

Apple

Apple refreshes Macbook Pro range

April 14, 2010 0 Nimish

Even as the world argues over how good or bad the iPad is (we have not heard anyone call it “Ugly” yet), Apple has announced some updates to its MacBook Pro line of notebooks.

Gaming

Rockstar brings Red Dead Redemption to Facebook

April 13, 2010 0 Nimish

Even as we wait for the release of Rockstar Games Wild West action game Red Dead Redemption on consoles, we can now get a sample of just what the game will be like on Facebook. Rockstar have just released a…

Apple

Opera Mini cleared for App Store!

April 13, 2010 0 Nimish

The iPhone is set to witness its own browser war, with Opera Mini just getting clearance to be made available for download in the App Store. With over fifty million users worldwide on a variety of platforms ranging from Java…

Android

Google pulls back Android Games from South Korea

April 12, 2010 5 Ravi

Following the foot steps of Apple, Goolge has taken a bold to shut down the Andriod Game category in South Korea as the laws in the country require all the Andriod Games to be reviewed and approved by South Korea…

Google

Gmail gets a sneak peek mode

April 11, 2010 1 Nimish

The folks at Gmail Labs are busy bees all right. Rarely does a week pass before some little tweak is added to what is increasingly becoming one of the most popular mail services in the world. The latest is one…

Apple

iPhone has redefined the update culture

April 9, 2010 3 Nimish

Barely a couple of years ago, the announcement of a software or firmware update for a product, be it a computer, cellphone or even an operating system (remember those Windows service packs?), used to be greeted by shrugs by most…

Apple

OMG the Apple mobile advertising network is official: iAd

April 8, 2010 1 Annkur

”Well, we’ve got a lot of free apps we like that, users like that, but these developers have to find a way to make some money, and we’d like to help them.” Steve Jobs says that the need arises since…

eReaders & Tablets

Next Nokia booklet to be a Windows 7 tablet?

April 7, 2010 1 Annkur

Nokia stepped out of the mobile race and went on to deliver a netbook last year. The booklet 3G was Nokia’s first netbook and there were promises of more computing devices from Nokia. The rumors of Nokia working with design…

Android

Yet another Android app to give Google a bit of our lives

April 7, 2010 0 Jerry

A wonderful new way to track all your calls and make a permanent log of them. Called CallTrack; this is an app for all you really nerdy/geeky/psychedelics out there who want to create a log of all your work for…

Android

Will the Motorola Milestone aka DROID sell in India?

April 7, 2010 1 Jerry

Earlier we covered the news about Motorola Milestone (widely know as the DROID, its CDMA version in US) which hit the Android cell phone space in India. And this is just a follow-up on the same news with Motorola India’s…

Apple

The iPad will not slay netbooks, but consoles and e-book readers!

April 7, 2010 1 Nimish

It has been something like a hundred hours since the iPad was officially in our midst and I wish I had a penny,  for every person who has compared it with a laptop and a netbook and trotted out all…

Nokia

Nokia revamps Ovi Store, now just needs killer apps!

April 4, 2010 2 Nimish

One of the biggest complaints we have had about Nokia’s Ovi Store is the fact that it has been deucedly user-unfriendly, looking more like a random listing than a series of apps that can make one do so much more…

Reviews

OG Review: Samsung Monte S5620 (Capacitive love!)

April 3, 2010 219 Annkur

The all new Samsung Monte S5620 just arrived at our office and I would admit that I wasn’t expecting too much from this as its just another Corby / Star like phone from Samsung. We have already seen the Corby,…

Android

Review: Opera Mini 5 Beta for Android

April 3, 2010 2 Jerry

The first reaction that you get when you open the Opera Mini 5 Beta is that its slick and super smooth when it comes to the interface. Every menu action combined with web browsing is such a seamless experience that you never know the difference between browsing and…

Apple

Apple picks up another chip co – Intrinsity?

April 3, 2010 0 Annkur

With Apple officially jumping into the chip game with the A4 powering the iPad, it seems that they have acquired another chip design co Intrinsity lately. In 2008 Apple acquired PA Semi which is said to be the engineering talent behind Apple’s own processors. Intrinsity is also…

Cameras

Data, apps and GPS: why cameraphones are lickin’ cameras!

April 1, 2010 1 Nimish

A few days ago, we had commented on how cameraphones were posing an increasingly formidable threat to conventional digital cameras, while writing about the Spice S-1200, the handset with an optical zoom. Though camera pundits might throw up their hands…

Accessories

OG Review: Sony Ericsson MW600, bluetooth headset with FM

March 25, 2010 11 Annkur

Well we happen to be one of the lucky souls to get a hands-on with the Sony Ericsson MW600 bluetooth headset. The MW600 is loaded with features with a OLED display, stereo (3.5mm jack), music controls, volume controls, multipoint bluetooth,…

First look

Hands on with the Razer DeathAdder Left Handers edition

March 23, 2010 0 Annkur

Just last week we heard about the first gaming mouse for left handers from Razer and we managed to get hands-on with the same today. The lightweight and extremely responsive Death Adder is the best selling Razer product and the…

green energy

Turn Green the Ford way; switch off your computers!!!

March 23, 2010 0 Tassavur

We here at OG love to promote green energy or any actions taken to save energy in any form. I personally believe its time we all work towards saving the planet, whether you are an individual or a corporation. Well…

Apple

Jailbreak attempts: testimony of iPhone’s popularity!

March 22, 2010 0 Annkur

Ever since the Apple iPhone released back in 2007, the cat & mouse game between hackers and Apple began. While Apple believed in controlling the entire ecosystem around the iPhone and being a firewall to any 3rd party application, feature…

Gaming

We have played GOW3, and it rocks!

March 21, 2010 0 Nimish

It has been a few hours since we let the PS3 gamepad slip from our clammy, sweating hands and we must confess that we are still stunned, with blurred vision and buzzing ears. Yep, that is the kind of impact…

iPhone

How to use your iPhone on 4G!

March 21, 2010 2 Annkur

The iPhone 4G is certainly a few more months away but how about using your iPhone 2G, 3G or 3GS on a 4G network? Well Sprint is exactly advertising this service here.

Concept / Educative

Will you use the briefcase laptop?

March 20, 2010 0 Annkur

Playing By Heart concept by Zhang Shouze sure gives you the 21st century businessman the most relevant briefcase in today’s world. With cloud computing taking over work & smartphones getting smarter at-least I don’t see too many people carrying with…

smartphones

Palm: new ad and survival guide

March 20, 2010 0 Annkur

When I penned down “the going ahead for Palm”, I had a feeling that it’s a little incomplete.  Still waiting for a hands-on with the WebOS and reminiscing my days with the Treo 650 (heck, I bought 3 of those…

Market Watch

The going ahead for Palm

March 19, 2010 0 Annkur

Palm isn’t doing particularly well, even though it has an impressive product with the WebOS. Last quarter they sold just over 400,000 smartphones and lost $22 million. With a refreshed Palm Pre / Pixi and new carriers going live, Palm…

Humour

See You Later, Navigator!

March 19, 2010 1 Nimish

It might be becoming a part of our lives slowly and steadily, but that does not stop us from taking a light-hearted poke at GPS and its foibles “Hi! All set for the trip?” “You bet. I am looking forward…