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Reviews

OG Review: Samsung Champ C3300 / C3303

August 20, 2010 23 Annkur

The samsung champ is another touchscreen mobile that goes on the lines of the samsung star and corby series. The Champ can be termed a mini touchscreen (wonder why it isn’t called mini) that features a 2.4″ touchscreen and a…

Launch Pad

Nokia N8 coming in end-September, to cost $549

August 17, 2010 0 Mr Spock

Nokia has unveiled the price of its forthcoming flagship device, the N8. According to an entry on the Nokia Store, the device will be available at the end of September 2010, and will come with a price tag of $549.…

Reviews

Palm, HP etc

August 17, 2010 1 Annkur

Its a well known note in tech circles around in Mumbai that I am a biased Palm fan and have supported it without even handling the Palm WebOS until last month. My love for Palm goes back to the old…

Launch Pad

Asus brings the NX90 notebook to India (hands-on)

August 17, 2010 0 Annkur

The NX90 from Asus can be best described as a all in one sized notebook that can easily make it to your list of home decorating gadgets. Featured earlier at CES the Asus NX is a bulky aluminum built that…

Android

Another super Android arrives in India: HTC Desire

August 16, 2010 6 Mr Spock

It has been literally raining high-class Android phones in India over the past few weeks. We have had the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S, the Motorola XT720 and Backflip, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro, and the HTC Wildfire…

Samsung

Samsung promotes Super AMOLED (Galaxy S commercial)

August 15, 2010 0 Annkur

We mentioned before that the first thing that attracted us to the Samsung Wave and GalaxyS is the amazing Super AMOLED screen. And it seems that Samsung is trying its best to promote the same and guess thats the right…

Android

Vaporware, eh? India’s $35 tablet makes its appearance!

August 13, 2010 0 Mr Spock

After almost all tech pundits had dismissed it as “vaporware,” the Indian $35 tablet made a surprise appearance on NDTV’s Gadget Guru show. From what could be seen of the device, it was no show-stopper in the looks department, but…

Android

More legal issues for Android, Oracle sues Google

August 13, 2010 0 Annkur

Android has had its own share of controversies and allegations of IP misuse have come back to haunt the open source mobile platform from Google. There couldn’t have been a worse timing for Google to face this lawsuit from Oracle…

BlackBerry

Indian Government sets August 31 deadline for BlackBerry

August 12, 2010 1 Mr Spock

The tangle between the Indian government and RIM over the latter’s e-mail and messaging service continues. The Indian government has now evidently given the cellphone company until August 31 to comply with its decision to allow law enforcement agencies access…

Android

More Hello, Moto: Two more Android phones in Indian market (XT720 / BACKFLIP)

August 5, 2010 0 Mr Spock

Earlier this year, Motorola returned to the high-end smartphone territory in India with the Milestone, after a prolonged absence in which many had written off the company altogether. Now, the company seems to be consolidating its presence with the launch…

First look

Samsung’s Series 9000 Full-HD 3D TV Launched in India!

August 4, 2010 0 Annkur

3D television is gaining momentum and Samsung has brought its CES award winning 3D TV (LED) with full HD capability to the Indian market. The Series 9000 is the worlds slimmest Full HD + 3D television.

Android

Motorola waiting for Android 3 to release a 10″ tablet?

August 4, 2010 0 Annkur

Tablets are the flavor of 2010 and it seems that no one except Apple has got any great momentum in this segment so far. While a lot of Android based pads have been displayed and a lot of Windows 7…

BlackBerry

Four things we like (and do not like) about the BlackBerry Torch

August 4, 2010 0 Mr Spock

So, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is finally out. And as with all tech products that are unveiled, the critics and supporters are out in force, the former calling it a dud and the latter the coolest thing since sliced bread.…

BlackBerry

Blackberry Torch 9800 is official! OS 6 and slidedown QWERTY

August 3, 2010 0 Annkur

AT&T has gone live with the Blackberry 9800 Torch on its site, and this one looks exciting. RIM is yet to go official with the device (the event is ongoing), but here are the meaty details that has come in…

Apple

That was easy! iPhone 4 Jailbreak

August 3, 2010 0 Annkur

The Jailbreakme hack is out to open up our iPhone 4 (or for that matter most iDevices running the iOS 3.x and 4.x). Apparently this hack uses a security hole in the iOS browsers PDF viewer and manages to install…

First look

OG Review: Samsung Wave S8500 (bada OS)

August 1, 2010 5 Mayur

Samsung Wave (S8500) is according to Samsung is one of the two handsets (the other being GalaxyS) that would mark its serious entry into the smartphone space. Last year alone Samsung sold over 40 million touchscreen phones but its a known fact that a majority of…

Concept / Educative

Indian Government shows a $35 tablet, readying a $10 one!

July 23, 2010 1 Nimish

Yes, you read that heading right. The Indian Government is evidently working on a tablet that will cost about as much as a low-end phone – around Rs 1500 ($35 approx). And that is not all, efforts are on to trim the price further to an unbelieved Rs 500 ($10 approx). According to…

eReaders & Tablets

India’s first 3G tablet coming on Thursday!

July 20, 2010 0 Nimish

The folks at Olive Telecom do seem to have a habit of being on the front foot as far as 3G enabled gadgets that are not phones go. Not too long ago, they were the first in India with a notebook with…

Apple

Four things that will be seen in Apple’s press con today!

July 16, 2010 0 Nimish

As the time nears for Apple’s eagerly anticipated press conference (to select media) about the iPhone 4, speculation is rife about what exactly will be said and done. Well, we do not have our crystal ball handy to tell you what exactly will transpire,…

Android

Flash 10.1 Droid-X-perience on your HTC Hero

July 15, 2010 1 Gaurav N

Last week we reported about Adobe Labs showcasing flash 10.1 on Droid X, this time we bring Flash 10.1 right on your updated HTC Hero. Since the moment I saw Ben from Adobe Labs showing Flash 10.1 on Droid X,…

Nokia

Nokia comes to Indian social networking slugfest with stunning C5

July 12, 2010 0 Nimish

We should have seen it coming. After letting the likes of Samsung, LG and INQ boss around the mobile social networking segment, the big N has finally shaken itself up and come out with what we think is a really…

Launch Pad

OG Review: Wynncom Y50

July 8, 2010 3 Mayur

SAR Group’s Wynncom had launched its 7 dual-sim phones a few weeks back and made an entry in an already competitive Indian mobile phone market. Saif Ali Khan being the Brand Ambassador, unveiled these handsets. We have Wyncomm Y50 here…

Concept / Educative

Seen Sixth Sense? Now See Mouseless!

July 5, 2010 1 Annkur

Having a mouse to interact with a computer sounds as natural has our hands to eat, but then when the Sixth Sense guy Pranav Mistry thinks of this, you get mouseless! Pranav along with a couple of his colleagues Patti…

First look

Hands on With The Samsung GalaxyS & Wave S8500

July 4, 2010 2 Annkur

Now this was one exciting weekend with an opportunity to go hands on with the Samsung Galaxy S and the BADA OS powered WAVE. Both these handsets are just launching in India and Samsung claims these to be their first…

Apps

Seven “app”y reasons for the Microsoft Kin’s demise

July 3, 2010 0 Nimish

It came with a lot of fanfare less than two months ago and breathed its last yesterday with nary a sigh of regret to be heard. We are talking of the Kin, Microsoft’s attempt at a social networking phones targeted…

Accessories

Sumdex Aircube: Air cushioned Netbook case

July 1, 2010 0 Mayur

On a hunt for some cool sleeve/cover to protect your netbook from daily bumps? Here is Sumdex Aircube Netbook Sleeve which will definitely catch your eye. Most of the netbook sleeves/covers come with foam padding but this one uses air…

smartphones

A non-touch Smart Phone? Why not?

June 30, 2010 4 Nitish

What an odd topic to chose for writing something … a Non-touch smart phone? Who the hell in this modern world wants that? Are you really sane talking about this in age of Nokia N8, iPhone4 and BlackBerry Storm? Stats..…

Android

Installing .cer certificates on your updated HTC Hero (Android 2.1)

June 30, 2010 13 Gaurav N

Just as we expected last weekend HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 (éclair) was released in India. With this new software upgrade there were some different settings available to install and use certificates. Since, many people had trouble in installing…

Android

100k+ Samsung Galaxy S sold in six days, Froyo coming!

June 30, 2010 1 Mayur

Samsung’s Galaxy S has started to make its impact in the  South Korea. Galaxy S seems to have struck gold for Samsung, in just first 5 hours it sold over 10,000 pieces and in 6 days of its launch, it…

Android

HTC Hero Android 2.1 Update Demystified (India)

June 30, 2010 11 Gaurav N

Just as we expected last weekend HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 (éclair) was released in India. Following post presents the detail about what is included in this update and which features HTC Hero users found missing. I was eagerly…

Humour

How things work when you employ too many lawyers (LOL)

June 29, 2010 0 Annkur

Now thats what explains the difference in approach by Microsoft and Apple. Guess having too many lawyers around, isn’t a good idea always! Source

Accessories

Concept: Solar Camera Strap for your DSLR

June 28, 2010 1 Mayur

Do you often forget to carry extra batteries when out for some cool image shooting? No worries. The solar powered strap for your DSLR will come to your rescue. This is just like a normal strap which includes solar cells…

Android

The Motorola Droid X – Android with the ‘X’ appeal?

June 25, 2010 1 Tushar

Keeping up with the Joneses seems to the prevailing mantra in the smartphone segment. Just as the early lines started forming in front of Apple stores in the US for the iPhone 4, Motorola hit back for Android with their…

Android

Nvidia Promises Tablets With Tegra 2, Flash Player 10.1 & Android 2.2!

June 24, 2010 0 Annkur

Adobe has just announced the general availability of Flash Player 10.1 and the flood of Flash enabled mobile devices that was expected in 2H 2010 officially gets a green light. We have seen a few crude prototypes of Android based…

eReaders & Tablets

Priced at Rs 13k, the Kindle finally talks business in India!

June 23, 2010 9 Nimish

Buried beneath all the talk of the new iPhone OS (iOS, if you will) and the delights and disappointments of E3 was a little news item – Amazon had slashed the price of its Kindle e-book reader by a staggering…

Reviews

Buying a “Chinese” phone? Six points to keep in mind

June 21, 2010 0 Nimish

Want to try out one of those low-cost-high-feature offerings from one of the new cellphone manufacturers but terrified of being ripped off by a “Chinese” phone with a brand stamped on to it? And as the phone is relatively low…

eReaders & Tablets

Is Nokia testing a MeeGo tablet?

June 21, 2010 0 Annkur

Digitimes has just sparked off rumors of an ARM based Nokia tablet that is being prepared for a Q4 launch. Last we noted a Nokia tablet rumor, it was a analyst claim on a Windows 7 thing. The claim this…

First look

Infibeam gets its own hardware again, mobiles it is!

June 21, 2010 1 Annkur

While this isn’t as big as a surprise as the Infibeam Pi was, this certainly is an attempt by Infibeam to cash in on the booming mobile market along with other new entrants like Micromax, Karbonn, Wynncom etc. The entire…

First look

Hands on with Lenovo ThinkCentre M90z all-in-one

June 19, 2010 0 Annkur

Lenovo went official with their latest all-in-one for enterprises, the ThinkCentre M90z last week and we managed to get our hands on a demo unit. The M90Z is a massive 23″ all-in-one that makes the 2009 A70z (19″) look tiny.…

Reviews

Quick Review: Spice Mobile S-1200

June 16, 2010 6 Mayur

Spice S-1200 wow’d us with its specs. It would be unfair to refer to this as nothing other than a digital camera with a mobile phone! Spice S1200 comes in to answer an age old question that I have been…