First look

Review: Videocon V1675 (Update: nothing better than a Chinese knockoff)

March 16, 2010 87 Annkur

Videocon IMO would need to brand itself harder to be a cellphone player. Nothing wrong with manufacturing phones, but the only problem is that no on expects you to pull out a Videocon from your pocket. That aside, the V1675…

Entertainment

God of War 3: Will Kratos turn it on once more?

March 15, 2010 0 Nimish

The God of War (GOW) series reaches its climax in a few hours with the Spartan warrior Kratos invading Olympus, the abode of the Greek Gods. Just in case you have been on a planet where gaming has been banned,…

eReaders & Tablets

Notion Ink’s Adam hands-on (well almost), launches Q3

March 15, 2010 25 Annkur

Having traveled to Hyderabad last week for the HeadStart – ITsAP startup showcase, we happened to run into Hyderabad based Notion Ink who were one of the startups selected for an onstage demo and exhibition at the event. We met…

Samsung

Is Samsung overplaying its Corby hand?

March 15, 2010 2 Nimish

It started out as a low-cost touchscreen device and is now spiraling into a rather vast family that has everything from total touchscreen to non-touchscreen and touchscreen-QWERTY avatars. Samsung’s Corby might have boosted the company’s handset sales and redefined what…

Apple

iPhone 3GS launching in India tomorrow? Is it too late?

March 13, 2010 1 Annkur

The wait for iPhone 3GSs official unveiling in India has been way too long and event the most die hard Apple fans that I know have given up and purchased a 3GS from the grey market already. However we now…

Concept / Educative

FERVOUR 2010: THE GREEN EFFORT

March 12, 2010 0 Tassavur

The IEEE fest of Student Branch of BVCOE, FERVOUR, is organized on an annual basis. This extravaganza witnesses some truly eye catching events and is held on a large and magnanimous scale. With a wide spectrum of activities, the fest…

First look

OG Review: LG Cookie Pop / Pep GD510

March 11, 2010 30 Annkur

LG is out with a refresh to its successful touchscreen series Cookie. Its amazing to see how companies like Samsung and LG have seen a great market in the low end touchscreen market after the iPhone came and swept the…

Android

Show us the Xperia X10, Sony Ericsson!

March 11, 2010 0 Nimish

As this is Oscar week, we will just start this post with an instance from Jerry Maguire in which football star Rod Tidwell tells his agent Jerry Maguireto shut up and “show him the money!” Well, we can understand how…

Apple

Steve Ballmer: 2007 vs 2010

March 9, 2010 0 Annkur

Name: Steve Ballmer Designation: CEO, Microsoft What he did in 2007: Laughed at the Apple iPhone. Quoted saying: “the most expensive phone in the world” – “doesn’t appeal to business customers.” and 2010: ‘Apple’s done a very nice job that…

eReaders & Tablets

Ezy 3G Tablet comes at $680, Win7, Multi-touch ++

March 9, 2010 1 Annkur

Cashing in on the tablets rush we are seeing this year, here is another entrant from Malaysia. Costing $680 the Ezy tablet features Windows 7, multitouch magic, USB ports, 250GB HDD, 3G and 2GB RAM.

Apple

iPhone all set to overtake Blackberry in 2011

March 9, 2010 0 Annkur

  Blackberry remains the highest selling smartphone in the US, thanks to the plethora of business handsets it has to offer. One company that is fast catching up (and currently in no 2 position) is the Apple iPhone. Analyst prediction…

Concept / Educative

Loved Ironman or Jetsons? Then try Jetlev!

March 8, 2010 0 Annkur

Love Iron Man? Or for that matter Jetsons and the whole action of flying around with Jetpacks? Well then here is Jetlev Flyer that brings you the experience of flying like none other. 9 years in development and here is…

Concept / Educative

Waterpebble: checks the water wastage

March 8, 2010 0 Annkur

Waterpebble is a unique tiny gadget that monitors the amount of water you consume during a shower and helps you save water. The tiny pebble shaped gizmo placed below your shower checks the water outflow via the plughole. Using your…

Concept / Educative

Align several mobile phones to make one large screen (patent)

March 7, 2010 0 Annkur

Yes weird as it sounds and geeky for sure! The idea of combining several cellphone displays by just placing them next to each other is certainly impressive and Motoorla is on it (the only problem is I don’t see a…

First look

Asus Eee PC 1001PQ & 1201PN at CeBIT 2010

March 3, 2010 0 Annkur

 Asus has outed a number of gadgets at CeBIT 2010 and here are two of the EEE PC models showcased there. The EEE PC 1001PQ and 1201PN throws new life to the Eee line up. While the 1001PQ is a…

First look

Video: Microsoft Mobile Surface demoed

March 2, 2010 0 Annkur

Slashgear is featuring a stylish Microsoft Mobile Surface video that shows a mobile controlled with a camera + projector surface that lets you interact with the system in a unique way. The demo shows a drum being played by tapping…

First look

C series goes official with Nokia C5

March 2, 2010 0 Annkur

 Nokia C series has finally gone official with Nokia showing the C5 officially. Leaked earlier, we already had a fair idea of what the C5 can offer and here is what Nokia says: We are introducing the new Nokia C5, an affordable smartphone…

Android

Feel the $500 iPad is expensive? Try Haleron’s iLet Mini Hal

March 2, 2010 2 Annkur

Featuring a 7″ touchscreen and a mere 600MHz processor running on Ocean Android the iLet Mini Hal serves the purpose at just $200. Now this wouldn’t put the iPad or the Asus Eee to shame when it comes to performance,…

eReaders & Tablets

Asus Eee PC T101MT tablet gets previewed before release

March 1, 2010 1 Annkur

Asus made an impact in the industry with the Eee PC and they seem to be gearing up to ride the tablets wave we are seeing this year. The yet to be officially Eee PC T101MT (teaser video seen before) seems to have leaked out been and previewed early, and hands…

Apple

Microsoft considers Mac OS support Windows Phone 7

March 1, 2010 0 c0rex

When Apple launched iPhone back in 2007, it certainly offered support for Windows based systems. Reason being simple that millions of Windows OS based users existed compared to the Mac OS X users. Now, Microsoft introduced Windows Phone 7 series…

events

Mumbai Blogcamp! Bloggers Day Out

February 25, 2010 3 Tassavur

We all know how bloggers are and how their lifestyle is. These people usually meet new friends, talk to them and visit new places on the net. As such a blogger at the end of the day hardly goes out…

Concept / Educative

The Bloom Box: Green Energy for the Future! (Video)

February 22, 2010 2 Tassavur

One block of these can power 4 to 6 Indian homes or one home in the UK whereas you put the two together and its ready to power an American home. That’s the power of the Bloom box created by…

Apple

iPhone unlikely to get FLASH support ever?

February 19, 2010 2 Annkur

Ever since the original iPhone in 2007 landed without flash support the rumors of Adobe Flash coming to the iPhone in a future release are regular. Adobe even made its desire to be compatible with the Jesus phone public, but…

Tech Industry News

Is original the new fake? Ghost shifts at work

February 18, 2010 0 Annkur

We have heard it since long that components and spares for MNC products sold in India are sourced illegally (or perhaps a better term is “Jugaad”) from company manufacturing units itself. The vast manufacturing hubs that China houses are not…

TechFest

A conversation with Mr Vic Hayes, father of WiFi

February 18, 2010 0 Guest Author

Mr Vic Hayes at IIT Techfest (also pictured Dr Alessandra) Special thanks to Aditya Sengupta [@sengupta (Blog)] for the interview on behalf of OnlyGizmos Before attending Lars Rasmussen’s lecture, we attended what turned out to be one of the more…

First look

Nokia looking to end platform confusion? Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo

February 18, 2010 0 Annkur

Nokia has finally done something that makes us feel that they aren’t really heading towards the platform confusion mode as we have constantly been thinking. After juggling 3 different OS (Symbian, Maemo and oFono with Intel), Nokia has announced MeeGO…

Concept / Educative

Green Award winning Siemens SpeedMatic Dishwasher

February 17, 2010 0 Tassavur

This is the award winning Siemens speedMatic Dishwasher. It is 20% more efficient than any other in the highest energy-efficiency category. Its minimal water consumption of 10 instead of 14 litres per cycle is also a new record by the…

Apple

Map Wars! The Mobile GPS evolution

February 16, 2010 0 Tassavur

GPS on the phone is now something very common and just one of the things the smartphone boom has brought to us. As much as these mobiles threat the digital camera market, portable GPS navigation devices have now become one…

Launch Pad

Windows Phone 7 Series Brings No Flash love

February 16, 2010 1 c0rex

Microsoft has finally announced and showed off their next mobile operating system with a bit different brand name – Windows Phone 7 Series. Apart from sleek and staid interface, there are several features integrated to the core level. But surprisingly…

Site Announcements

Vodafone launches Voda 150 & 250: Worlds cheapest phones

February 16, 2010 2 Tassavur

With the slew, of smart phones being launched at the Mobile World Congress 2010. Vodafone has managed to pull the rabbit right out of the hat and surprise everyone by launching two ultra simple phones which is being billed as…

Market Watch

Samsung Bada OS, here to shake the Android, iPhone?

February 14, 2010 0 Annkur

No, I ain’t speculating, but the fact remains that both android and iPhone comes from truly sophisticated Internet + software companies, I may be wrong, but I doubt if Samsung can deliver that level of a smartphone os. The touchwiz…

Google

Buzz about Google Buzz

February 14, 2010 0 Guest Author

This is  a guest post by Moksh Juneja, Social Media Catalyst and Founder of Avignyata. Follow him on twitter @mokshjuneja The choice of integration of Google Buzz with Gmail was a good choice rather than creating a whole new application…

Tips n Tricks

Solved: Tata Photon not working on Windows 7? (EpiValley SEC-8089 driver)

February 10, 2010 30 Annkur

Got a Tata Photon+? Happy about the 3.1mbps connection? Well it sure works like a charm – and I would confess here that all videos we uploaded to youtube during the IIT Techfest coverage this year was using a Tata…

Reviews

Do we need a 1280×1024 mobile?

February 10, 2010 0 Annkur

I just came across this really sexy and sleek Qisda mobile that would launch sometime soon. On the specs front, this promises 1280×768 resolution on a 4? touchscreen. Thats even higher than the 854×480 we saw on the Motorola Droid. And…

events

Exhibitions at Technovanza 2010 @ VJTI

February 8, 2010 0 Annkur

Technovanza 2010 at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) was bigger than ever before. Technovanza team had set out with the aim to take Technology to the society this year and the various initiatives we saw at the exhibitions  left us…

Android

Nexus One proves how important carrier tie-ups are!

February 6, 2010 1 Annkur

If there is anything that the poor sales of the Google Nexus One proves to me, its the control, the evil control rather – that the US carriers have over the mobile market. Long before Google unveiled the Nexus one,…

Apps

Classics iPhone app inspires iBooks on the iPad (AppStore Free)

February 6, 2010 0 Daksh

Now for this app giving the name of Classics is very rhetorical, because the future of books is This, as this the core thing on iPad. Let me clarify myself here, Someone once said the future is very much reading…

picture

International Exhibitions @ IIT Bombay Techfest 2010

February 5, 2010 0 Tassavur

If the internal IITB exhibitions rocked this year the international exhibitions were no less and pretty much upto the mark compared to the previous versions. There were many innovative and advanced technologies at display (read James Bond style technology if…

Nokia

Open source Symbian: opportunity or challenge?

February 4, 2010 0 Annkur

Last June Nokia announced its plans to go open source with the Symbian platform. Already handed over to the Symbian Foundation, the smartphone OS that currently powers over 300million handsets has been battling it out with the Apple iPhone, Android…

Rumors

Samsung S8500 and S8200 coming to MWC with USB 3.0 & BADA OS?

February 2, 2010 0 Annkur

I have probably mentioned it a dozen times that Samsung is missing a smart OS in its touch screen range (viz Corby, Star) and perhaps BADA OS would fill that gap. We are hearing that the S8200 would be the…