eReaders & Tablets

First Look: The Google tablet interface

February 2, 2010 0 Annkur

The iPad came and went down with a lot of criticism. In a market where traditional PC’s rule and only the scaled down version of the mere same interface sells, Google tried to sell us the Chrome OS concept last…

Concept / Educative

N-Gage gone, in comes the Nokia Ovi Orion concept

February 2, 2010 0 Annkur

  Nokia has said RIP to Gage for sure, but you never know what’s actually cooking in Finland. Nokia might well be planning some groovy gaming phones that could match up with the challenge thrown by the iPhone / Android…

Reviews

Quick Review: Samsung Star Superb (GT-S5560)

February 1, 2010 178 Annkur

Samsung is leaving no stone unturned in the battle of the smartphones, leaving Nokia and others a real uphill task in the touchscreen race. Having sold 40 million touch phones in 2009 alone, Samsung has enough wisdom to know what…

Nokia

OG Review: Nokia 5233 (+ video)

January 31, 2010 40 Tassavur

After failing to capture the touchscreen market in 2009. Nokia is back with a bang in 2010 with a slew of touchscreen handsets (or smartphones I must say) being released one after the other. With the 5800 doing well initially but failing to maintain…

Android

Hands-on with Acer Liquid – Quick Review

January 29, 2010 0 Tassavur

We just went hands on with the Android and Snapdragon powered Acer Liquid. While most handsets we handled here were prototypes, we were lucky enough to get a few minutes with Mr Richard Tans’ (Country Head, Acer India & Sales Manager Asia…

Android

Motorola CEO confirms another Google phone, NexusTwo?

January 29, 2010 0 Annkur

Motorola CEO Mr Sanjay Jha revealed during their last quarter earnings call that they are indeed working on a Google branded phone. I can imagine that a Co like Motorola that is making a comeback to the mobile arena and going profitable again with respectable releases like the Droid,…

Apple

Did Apple redefine netbooks?

January 28, 2010 1 Annkur

Steve Jobs started his keynote yesterday with the question if there is a space between the smartphone and notebooks. He then went on to saw that Apple’s answer to the netbook which is low powered and inefficient is the iPad.…

Apple

The Apple iPad, nothing magical?

January 27, 2010 11 Annkur

Steve Jobs just unveiled the iPad on stage and much as expected it runs the iPhons OS 4.0 (guessing). The design of the tablet though is to my surprise just a oversized iPhone itself. While I hear people going WOW…

Google

Conversation with Dr Lars Rasmussen – Wave, Maps, IBM Vulcan … more

January 27, 2010 0 Team OG

Having watched his infamous 80 minute Google Wave demo twice over- we were looking forward to see the man in real life. And the man did not disappoint. Using his distinctive wit, he quipped, “I always start my lectures with…

Android

HTC Supersonic brings Android 2.1 with Sense UI? HD3?

January 27, 2010 0 Annkur

Ever since HTC gave the HD love to Windows Mobile, we have been waiting for a Android HD and perhaps here it comes as the Supersonic. Leaked images (Yes we know tha the images are in a bad shape) of…

eReaders & Tablets

And the Infibeam Pi ebook reader is real!

January 27, 2010 2 Annkur

Whoa, we got this one right for sure! Just as we revealed to you all exclusively that Infibeam is all set to unveil the Indian Kindle, they have actually gone on sale with an e-book reader. Called the “Pi” this…

Security

Security exploit takes down Techcrunch, is it WP?

January 26, 2010 0 Annkur

Techcrunch.com is down since morning, and the site has just updated this with an official confirmation of the hack (you are advised not to visit the link mentioned on the image above!)               Earlier tonight techcrunch.com was compromised by a…

TechFest

Event Roundup – IIT Bombay Techfest 2010

January 26, 2010 0 Annkur

It was our third year at the Techfest and the 72hours at IIT Bombay would certainly be remembered as one my best outings for OnlyGizmos. Over the years I have seen the same journalists and students attending sessions and competitions,…

Apple

Apple announcing end of AT&T with iPhone on wednesday?

January 25, 2010 0 Annkur

It is known that, the iPhone exclusivity with AT&T is going to end sometime in 2010. While AT&T hasn’t been able to renew its contract with Apple, it seems that rumors of Verizon’s Apple tablet love is coming true. Come…

TechFest

IIT B Internal Exhibitions at Techfest 2010

January 25, 2010 1 Annkur

The IITB internal exhibition rocked this year, and is as good as the international exhibitions. Can’t believe it then you need to see it. Oh you didn’t, than you can see the images of all the individual exhibits right here…

TechFest

Scintillations showcase at IITB Techfest 2010

January 24, 2010 0 Tassavur

If you are any regular at the IIT Techfest, you would be used to all the terms such as Technololix or Lecture Series, but this year a new segment added to the techfest is “Scintillations”. Proving that we are out…

Concept / Educative

[Video] Interview with Dr Ajay Bhatt, co-inventor of the USB

January 23, 2010 0 Guest Author

Special thanks to @sengupta (Blog) for the interview on behalf of OnlyGizmos Dr. Ajay Bhatt certainly knows how to use self deprecatory humour well. He began his lecture by screening this clip of him trying to emulate the rockstar image…

Entertainment

[Video] M.A.D Mountbike & Activ8-3D – Technoholix Techfest 2010

January 23, 2010 0 Annkur

This event is one of the main features of Techfest and like every year this time as well it attracted a huge amount of the crowd in gigantic proportions. The crowd bustling in, exciting vibes and the resultant chaos and…

Concept / Educative

The Age of Stupid – Time for a reality check

January 23, 2010 1 Annkur

I have just returned after a terrific 18 hour coverage of the IIT Techfest 2010 Day 1 and the last event I attended was the screening of this Documentary / Movie – The Age of Stupid. While in another 6…

TechFest

IIT Techfest 2010 Day 1 – Action begins

January 22, 2010 2 Annkur

IIT Techfest 2010 is bigger than ever before, and the Day 1 is full of addictive enthusiasm and amazing energy. Enough for the 6 member OG team to skip lunch and keep hunting for this exclusive footage that we are…

eReaders & Tablets

Infibeam working on an Indian version of Kindle, named Pi?

January 22, 2010 6 Annkur

are hearing from a pretty reliable source that  Infibeam (yes the shopping portal) is cooking up its ebook reader and has already got “killer” tieups with some publications. Currently no ebook reader has actually launched in India, and local publishers…

Concept / Educative

The hunt for the best technology startups has begun

January 21, 2010 0 Annkur

While we count the days to the upcoming Apple event that would shed some official light (hopefully) on the entire tablet case. A lot of speculation about the technical specification and Apple’s game plan has just emerged (warning: take every…

TechFest

Event Watch: The IIT B Techfest 2010 coming up this weekend

January 20, 2010 0 Tassavur

exclusive Techfest 2010 pictures 🙂 Common people await the new year hoping that it will bring in newer better brighter things in their lives. Some hope for friends, some for promotions love or what not. But if you are an…

Tech Industry News

Tipster spills the beans on Windows Mobile 7, launch at MWC?

January 19, 2010 0 Annkur

According to a MobileCrunch tipster (who is actually a developer) Microsoft is going pretty Apple-like with the upcoming Windows Mobile 7. Apart from the old rumors of the WM 7 making an official appearance at MWC next month we now…

Concept / Educative

Sensor Networks — robot to anything, interaction

January 19, 2010 0 Annkur

As we gear up for the IIT Techfest 2010, lets have a look at what powers those wondrous robots that we see at the TechFest every year. Saptarshi Chatterjee from Robosoft Systems (the official component suppliers for Techfest) explains the…

Google

LOL video: Nexus One Ninja unboxing

January 19, 2010 0 Annkur

If you thought that the famous Nokia N900 unboxing video was the best that we could see, well Google just upped the bar for any one looking to do a geeky unboxing. Here is the Ninja unboxing video of the…

Apple

Will Apple revolutionize mobile advertising?

January 16, 2010 0 Tassavur

With the Apple – Google rivalry heating up by each passing day and the resultant competition will definitely bring in new dimensions to the industry. The news doing the round these days is that Apple (read Steve Jobs) is trying…

Android

NexusOne being Sued!

January 15, 2010 2 Tassavur

From consumer complaints to confusion to the software problems, Google is seeing it all. But this one has come right out of the blue.  From what we read, it seems like Nexusone is being sued for copyright violations. Now this…

Concept / Educative

Charging batteries with WI-FI: RCA AIRNERGY

January 14, 2010 0 Tassavur

We have already heard about solar chargers and kinetic chargers (theses are the ones with the dynamos attached to it). The latest one doing the rounds is the WI-FI charger. Yes, you heard it right and its no typo error……

Apple

AppStore piracy is almost $0.5 billion market!

January 14, 2010 0 Annkur

Apple has proudly sold 3 billion apps on the iPhone platform. But the pirated apps market is booming, and estimations suggest that it has dented Apple’s revenues considerably. Had the pirated apps been purchased legally by Apple; app developers would…

Apple

Daily rumors on iPhone 4G and Apple iSlate (tablet)

January 13, 2010 0 Annkur

We are certainly going crazy trying to keep a track of all the crazy rumors, leaks and predictions about the Apple tablet and the 4th Generation iPhone. As soon as I write a post about the possibility of the iPhone…

Concept / Educative

Cometh the Warming Cometh the Solution: Husk Power Systems

January 13, 2010 2 Tassavur

As the warning of the Global Warming looms large on planet earth and the unfortunate failure of the highly publicized Copenhagen Summit where leaders from all around the world failed to reach an amicable conclusion on emissions.

Android

Lenovo LePhone in pictures

January 12, 2010 0 Annkur

The Lenovo LePhone announced for China at CES 2010 is surely a beauty. Powered by the Snapdragon the Le Phone is the latest to be added to the 1GHz smartphone club. Other features include:   3.7? capacitive touchscreen screen (800×480) Android…

Android

Will different versions trip up Android?

January 11, 2010 1 Nimish

It has been more than a year since Google’s mobile operating system, Android, was released. And the last few months have finally seen it making its presence felt in the market with a number of terrific handsets, most notably the…

iPhone

Is iPhone really the inspiration for nextgen smartphones?

January 11, 2010 0 Annkur

Its 3 years since we saw the first glimpse of the Apple smartphone and over the past 2.5 years it has changed the face of the mobile industry. The iPhone in no time has managed to top the charts and…

Android

Nexus One: We are Underwhelmed

January 6, 2010 2 Nimish

At last it is out in the open – Google finally launched its Nexus One handset a few hours ago. And while most of the tech world has responded with enthusiasm, one can just about hear the traces of disappointment…

Future WIP

Talking Computers, the next generation of computing

January 5, 2010 0 Gaurav

Remember how we are awed by the Talking robots which appear in Movies. Be it Flubber with the flying talking Robot, or the sweet little Wall-E, they all amaze us. But in a few years Movies will not be the…

Google

And the best tech product of 2010 is…Chrome OS!

January 4, 2010 3 Nimish

All right, the new year is underway and rather than dwell on making lists of which rocked which category in 2009 – there are way too many categories now, forget the products – I would rather stick my neck out…

Automobiles

Meet the geekiest auto driver in town!

January 2, 2010 5 Annkur

Sandeep Bachhe is by far the most hi-tech and geekiest auto driver around. A step into his autorickshaw and you would wonder if its 2050 already. A resident of Bandra, Mumbai; Sandeep has a fully loaded ride that assures its…

smartphones

Is Windows Mobile 7 coming to HTC HD2?

January 2, 2010 2 Annkur

HTC’s official twitter handle in Russia accidentally tweeted about a Windows Mobile 7 update for the HD2 coming soon. This was indeed fantastic news for HD2 owners who surely deserve better than the current WM 6.5 on such a beautiful…