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Nokia

Nokia 700, 701 Shipments Start; Headed towards India

September 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Here’s some good news for all you fast dwindling breed of Symbian lovers out there. Remember the Nokia 700 and 701 handsets announced last month? Well both the devices have started shipping to dealers and are expected to land in…

HTC

HTC Pimps the Sensation; Calls it Sensation XE

September 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

Barely five months after it was officially announced, HTC has come up with a new, pimped up version of its flagship Android smartphone – the HTC Sensation. The device, packs in quite a bunch of new additions to the stock…

eReaders & Tablets

Windows 8 Start Menu, Taskbar (Design) Leaked

September 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

While we are gearing up for the Microsoft Build event scheduled to happen later this week at California where juicier details pertaining to Microsoft’s Windows 8 are expected to be announced, eagle eyed folks over at Toms Hardware has posted…

Android

LG Outs Optimus Hub (E510F) In Italy, Runs Android 2.3

September 13, 2011 0 Annkur

LG has announced an October release for its new mid-segment Android smartphone, the Optimus Hub. The Hub is powered by a 800MHz processor and was previously referred as the Univa. The Hub has a decent spec sheet for the price…

Market Watch

Feature Phones on The Wane in Europe: IDC Report

September 12, 2011 0 Tassavur

We surely expect smartphones to outsell the featurephones in the near future, but we surely didnt imagine that it would happen so soon. As per a new report from IDC smartphones have outsmarted the feature phones in terms of shipments.…

Motorola

Motorola EX119 – Quick Review

September 12, 2011 0 Annkur

Motorola recently launched the EX119 and EX109 Dual SIM QWERTY phones in India recently, and we got our hands on the EX119. The EX119 is a slim and light weight phone that packs in a Touch Screen and  QWERTY keyboard along…

Android

LG Univa aka E510 Revealed; Hopes to become Mid-Range King

September 9, 2011 0 Rahul S

LG Electronics, which is struggling in its fight to keep up with compatriot Samsung in the high end Android smartphone sector, is looking to consolidate its midrange segment it seems. Its high end Optimus 2x hasn’t been able to evoke…

eReaders & Tablets

Budget Tablets: Where are the big brands?

September 9, 2011 0 Nimish

As we got an exclusive hands-on on yet another low-cost tablet (the iBall Slide), there were two rather contrary sentiments running through my ever so ‘humble mind. The first, rather obviously, was one of happiness that the market had yet…

Maxx

OG Review: Maxx Khamoshhh MX401

September 8, 2011 0 Annkur

Maxx Khamoshhh series was released last month, and we played around with the MX401 for sometime. The MX401 is Dual-SIM with a 2.4″ screen and features SAM noise suppression technology. At under Rs 3000, Maxx has brought noise suppression technology to a…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP-Palm: WebOS Software Unit Gets A New Home

September 5, 2011 0 Annkur

HP is exiting the hardware business, and the PSG group that also houses webOS would be spun off shortly. A lot of rumors and speculations have been flying around wrt to the future of WebOS. During the sell-out news HP…

First look

Toughest Phone In The World: Sonim XP3300 Force, Survives 25m Drop

September 1, 2011 0 Annkur

Sonim has secured the title of World toughest phone (Guinness record) for its model ‘XP3300 Force.’ Made for people with the most testing jobs, Sonim applies its learnings from over half million workers from varied industries. The GSM enabled XP3300…

Android

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Announced; October Launch

August 31, 2011 0 Rahul S

How to make an already sexy handset even more hotter? Well learn it from Sony Ericsson who has just pepped up its Xperia Arc smartphone with a bump in the processing department. While it is still not a Samsung Galaxy…

Android

Motorola Announces Gingerbread Powered Pro+

August 31, 2011 0 Annkur

Motorola has announced the Pro+ for Asian and European markets. Similar to the Droid Pro and Fire in looks, the Pro+ packs in a GHz processor with Android 2.3. 2011 seems to be the year when the touchscreen + QWERTY…

Android

HTC Evo 3D Comes To India At Rs: 35,990

August 31, 2011 0 Rahul S

HTC India has launched its latest Android smartphone, the Evo 3D here in India. The Evo 3D is the first 3D capable handset from the HTC stables and boasts of quite a few unique features. The most noticeable amongst those…

Market Watch

A Look At Android Phones In India

August 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

The Android platform has grown three fold since the last year. And its presence and acceptance in the Indian market as well has grown by leaps and bounds. The mindshare enjoyed by Android phones in India is much higher than…

Android

Microsoft is the Real Winner of the Google Motorola Deal!

August 19, 2011 0 Tassavur

Google is about to complete its $12.50 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the handset manufacturing arm of Motorola. For now the acquisition is being projected as a move to fend off the patent wars and interestingly being appreciated by manufacturers…

Featured

OG Review: Nokia E6

August 18, 2011 0 Annkur

Authors Note: It’s been long since I have handled a new Nokia device and yet as I hold the touch and type E6-00 in my hand, it feels very familiar to begin with. Until last year, the Nokia E63 was…

Notebook / Laptops

Intel Refuses To Reduce Ultrabook CPU Prices

August 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

According to Digitimes, leading CPU maker Intel has refused the demand from leading notebook makers to reduce the price of Intel’s Ultrabook CPU’s by as much as 50% in order to increase the latter’s profitability and sales. While Intel negated…

Apple

HTC Files Another Lawsuit Against Apple

August 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Once again, fueling the patent and injunction wars that have heated up of late, HTC has decided to make its presence felt in the party by filing a new lawsuit against Apple. The suit, filed at the U.S District Court…

Android

Motorola Announced Defy+, Launches Next Month

August 15, 2011 0 Annkur

Leaked already, Motorola has now gone official with the Defy+. Motorola Defy Plus is a successor to the original Defy that did pretty well being the only rugged Android device on the market (dust and water resistant – IP67). Defy+…

Android

Google Laps Up Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion

August 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

In what has to be one of the most significant tech developments of the year so far, Motorola’s Mobile phones making division, Motorola Mobility has been acquired by Google. The division which just reported losses of $52 million in Q2,…

India

Quick Review: Wynncom OGO O78 Touch

August 3, 2011 0 Tassavur

After a long hiatus another Wyncomm phone has finally landed in our office and its called the Wyncomm OGO. The last time we encountered a Wyncomm handset was exactly a year back and it was their one of the highest…

Apps

Tata Sky Mobile Access App: Universal Remote + Social Networking

July 30, 2011 2 Tassavur

What do you do when you misplace a remote when needed? Isn’t it really irritating for the fact that your TV, DVD player and your DTH all of them have separate remotes. Wish you could have one remote for all…

Google

Google Strengthens IP Bank With Patents Purchase

July 29, 2011 0 Annkur

Google is a busy company, at one end it is fighting the social war with its Google+ offering going against Facebook, the mobile market is exploding and has seen significant investment from Google over the past few years. With lawsuits…

India

Toshiba Looks To Expand Base In India; Plans R&D Unit

July 22, 2011 0 Rahul S

Toshiba has been India for quite a few years but to say that the company has mostly played an extraordinarily passive role in the Indian consumer electronics arena would be an understatement. The company was here since the early 90’s…

Rumors

42 Mbps 4G HSPA+ Smartphones On The Cards With T-Mobile

July 21, 2011 0 Tassavur

T-Mobile had already demoed its 42 Mbps capabilities at the CES early January this year. Well as per the latest reports, Android smartphone manufacturers like the HTC, Samsung and LG are preparing to launch devices in the later part of…

Launch Pad

KHAMOSHHH – MAXX MQ601 & MX401 Noise Suppression Phones Launched

July 20, 2011 0 Annkur

India: MAXX Mobile has outed a couple of low cost phones powered by SAM noise suppression technology. While the MAXX MX401 is a bar phone, the MXQ601 is QWERTY. Branded as Khamoshhh, these phones aim to make it easy for…

Android

Exclusive: HTC Launching ChaCha In India (Updated)

July 19, 2011 0 Annkur

HTC is holding an event in Mumbai tomorrow, and while the invite reads a new product (in association with Tata DoCoMo), we have learnt that HTC would actual unveil the ChaCha tomorrow. HTC already has the Salsa retailing in India,…

Android

HTC Sensation Quick Review

July 18, 2011 0 Prasad Naik

The Sensation is HTC’s flagship smartphone and as such embodies the very best of what the company has to offer. It will be competing in the ultra high-end of the Android smartphone spectrum, going against the likes of the Samsung…

Android

P2P NFC Transactions Demoed By PayPal, Mobile Payments FTW

July 13, 2011 0 Annkur

You have probably seen the Bump app on iPhone that lets you just bump your phones and transfer data / songs. Well, how about transferring money in a similar fashion? This summer you would be able to get such capabilities…

Android

LG Optimus Black P970 Review

July 7, 2011 0 Prasad Naik

The under-20,000 segment is suddenly starting to heat up. Smartphones that you’d normally get for a much higher price can now be found under this price bracket, which is a good thing as it is still viewed by many as…

Android

Unboxing The LG Optimus Black P970 (Video)

July 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

Though the LG Optimus Black (P970) was launched around two months back in India, it’s only a week since it has been made available in the market. And the Limited Edition Black has landed in our office. Well we must…

HTC

OG Review: HTC Salsa C510e Facebook Phone

June 25, 2011 0 Annkur

Back in February, at the grand stage of Mobile World Congress, HTC announced its two Facebook phones, the Salsa and Chacha. We decided to pick up the HTC Salsa C510e for review and gave the Facebook phone a quick test…

Apple

iPhone 3GS 8GB Launched In India; Priced Under Rs. 20,000

June 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

Back in May, we had reported that Apple would be launching the iPhone 3GS here in India at a super low price. Today, friends over at BGR India have just confirmed the news. The product has been launched in India for…

Nokia

Nokia Announces the MeeGo Laden N9

June 21, 2011 3 Rahul S

At the Nokia Connection event underway at Singapore, Nokia has finally taken covers off its newest N-Series handset, the Nokia N9. Unlike most of its predecessors (barring the Maemo laden N900 of course) this one runs MeeGo, an OS that…

BlackBerry

[India] Blackberry Playbook Spotted Retailing @ Vijay Sales

June 20, 2011 1 Annkur

As we await the official launch of the Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1/8.9 and the Blackberry Playbook, the little tablet by RIM was spotted retailing at a Vijay Sales outlet in Mumbai. It’s common to see unannounced gadgets to…

News

LG Optimus 3D Launched In Europe; India Launch Soon?

June 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Remember the LG Optimus 3D? The phone was first displayed at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona earlier this year and had since then been under wraps. In the meantime, LG concentrated on its flagship dual core handset – the…

News

Quietly Brilliant: HTC Salsa and Sensation Go On Sale In India

June 13, 2011 0 Annkur

Just as we reported the Salsa is on sale in India and along with a bonus, the HTC Sensation. We have gone hands-on with both these devices in Mumbai and you would see almost all retailers (small or big) selling them…

Android

OG Review: HTC Wildfire S

June 11, 2011 4 Annkur

HTC has recently put the WildfireS on sale in India and the little Android phone is one of the many smartphones that HTC is rolling out this month. The original Wildfire was one of the bestsellers, more for its price…

India

3G Micro SIM by TATA DOCOMO

June 3, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well with the iPhone officially making its way to India along with the Samsung Galaxy SII for company; the smartphone market is spiraling its way upwards. Not only the competition in the smart phone market will be getting intense but the 3G…