Market Watch

GSMA Hits Out at India, Terms 2G Spectrum Prices Exorbitant

July 24, 2012 0 Tassavur

The global mobile operators association GSMA, has found India’s revised and lowered rates of 2G spectrum to be too high with the GSMA Director General Anne Bouverot describing the new prices as “still prohibitive”. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)…

Sony

Sony Xperia Neo L is Now Available at Rs. 17,800

July 24, 2012 0 Tassavur

As per expectations, the Sony Xperia Neo L is finally available in the Indian markets in the fourth week of July at a less than expected price of Rs. 17,800. The Xperia Neo L comes with a 1.5 yrs manufacturer…

Accessories

Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt Portable Hard Drive Now Available in India

July 24, 2012 0 Rahul S

Japanese memory solutions provider Buffalo Inc. has just launched its newest portable hard drive range in in India. The two models that have been launched are the HD-PA500TU3 and the HD-PA1.0TU3 which boast of 500 GB and 1 Terabyte of…

Android

Intex Launches Slimmest 7 inch tablet in India

July 24, 2012 0 Rahul S

Intex has announced the launch of a new 7 inch Android powered tablet in Tamil Nadu. Known as the Intex i-Buddy, the tablet is claimed to have been designed keeping the youth in mind. The device is just 9 mm…

Android

HTC cancels Android 4.0 update for the Desire HD

July 24, 2012 0 Rahul S

All you HTC Desire HD owners out there! Time for all of you to be officially disappointed. HTC has announced that its erstwhile flagship Android handset, the Desire HD would not be seeing an official update to Android 4.0 Ice…

Android

Dead Trigger Free – It is not about Android, It is the user profile!

July 24, 2012 0 Tassavur

Dead Trigger in a Facebook statement revealed that piracy on Android was unbelievably high, thus prompting them to make the game free (from earlier price of $0.99) Dead Trigger App continues to cost $0.99 on iOS. It is popular enough app with…

Nokia

New Marketing Strategy of Exclusive Carriers for Nokia WP8 Smartphones

July 23, 2012 0 Tassavur

Nokia has already started choking after Microsoft said that the current line of Windows Phone Mango smartphones would not be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8. And now they’ve hushed up the release of their latest Windows Phone 8…

Apple

Kodak Patent Suit Against Apple & RIM Dismissed by ITC

July 23, 2012 0 Tassavur

Kodak which has already gone bankrupt and is in the process of selling off its digital patent portfolio was looking to make some quick bucks by suing top smartphone manufacturers like Apple and BlackBerry maker RIM over an image previewing…

Android

Google Runs Out of 16 GB Nexus 7 Tablets; Suspends Sales

July 23, 2012 0 Rahul S

Google’s much talked about Nexus 7 tablet seems to be doing exceedingly well. The device, made by Taiwanese electronics major and Google partner Asus, was announced at the Google I/O Developers Conference late last month. The first commercial device to…

Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S III sales Cross 10 Million Units

July 23, 2012 0 Rahul S

The CEO of Samsung Electronics Lee Kun had last month predicted that he expected the sales of the company’s flagship Android handset – the Galaxy S III to top 10 million units by the end of July. Beating his expectations…

Apple

Fighting Android, The Apple iPhone Strategy

July 21, 2012 0 Annkur

It is easy to see an Apple iPhone selling for $199 and feel that it affordable. Or for that matter any phone selling the US. Only when the same super-out-of-the-world-phone launches in an unsubsidized form, we know the actual price…

Google

Google posts Q2 report – 35% increase in net revenue.

July 20, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

After giants like Research In Motion, Nokia and Microsoft posting losses in their quarterly financial report, here is a news that uplifts the gloomy mood surrounding tech world. Google Inc announced its second quarterly reports, posted a $12.21 billion in…

Tech Industry News

Android Jelly Bean updates for HTC One and Nexus S

July 20, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Everyone who a owns a device that runs Google’s Android platform seemed excited with the announcement of the latest update Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). However back then, it was not clear as to when and on which devices the latest…

Nokia

Q2 Results Highlight Nokia’s Troubles!

July 20, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Looks like the tech world is bleeding. After RIM posted a net loss for the first time in 8 years for the first quarter of 2012 and Microsoft posting its first quarterly loss since 1986, Nokia posts €826 million ($1…

Android

Google Updates the Play Music App; Gets Spruced Up UI

July 20, 2012 0 Rahul S

Google has issued a fresh update to its default music player app for Android devices – the Google Play Music application. The update endows the player with a freshened, spruced up look – although it is up to the end…

Microsoft

Microsoft Posts First Ever Quarterly Loss since Being Listed

July 20, 2012 0 Rahul S

Software giant Microsoft has for the first time ever since the company went public back in 1986 posted a quarterly loss. In an earnings statement published yesterday, the company revealed that it posted a net loss of 492 million dollars.…

Android

Reliance Launches 3G Tablet For Rs.14,499

July 19, 2012 0 Rahul S

Reliance has announced the launch of a new 3G enabled 7 -inch tablet in India earlier today. This new Android powered device seems to be a better spec’d version of the Reliance 3G Tab which was announced a few months…

Microsoft

Microsoft Windows 8 to Go On Sale Starting October 26

July 19, 2012 0 Rahul S

If you have been patiently awaiting the launch of Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 8, well you now have a date to watch out for! Microsoft has announced that the OS would go on sale starting October 26, 2012 –…

Tech Industry News

Qantas Airways replaces BlackBerry with iPhone

July 18, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Research In Motion is not only losing its grip in the smartphone market, but also losing its corporate clientele, the latest being Qantas Airways. The Australian company is all set to replace RIM’s BlackBerry with Apple’s iPhone.

Accessories

Review: Capdase Smartpocket Xpose+Posh Value set for BlackBerry Curve 9380

July 17, 2012 0 Rahul S

Today we are checking out the Capdase Smartpocket Xpose + Posh Xpose Value set for the BlackBerry Curve 9380. This product, manufactured by HongKong based Uniconcept is sold under the Capdase brand worldwide.

Tech Industry News

Marissa Mayer joins Yahoo! as the new CEO

July 17, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

A top position was up for grabs at the internet company, which was among the few first companies to ride the dotcom bubble wave. Much to our surprise the position is now filled by Google Inc’s Vice President of Local Maps, and…

Tech Industry News

Microsoft introduces The New Office (Office 2013)

July 17, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

The last time we got a new version of Microsoft Office for Windows was three years ago, when the software giant released Office 2010. It was about time for a new version of Office, and just ahead of the Windows…

Tech Industry News

Screen Capture Finally Coming to Windows Phone 8

July 17, 2012 0 Tassavur

China based tech website WPDang reports that, Microsoft’s Windows Phone will finally get the screenshot feature in its latest iteration i.e. Windows Phone 8.

Nokia

Nokia reduces the price of flagship phone by 50%

July 16, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Nokia is all out, to push the sales of phones, that won’t be getting the upgrade to Windows 8. Remember, we told you about the ‘Amazing Money Back Challenge’ campaign done by Nokia India, where customers who buy Lumia 800…

Tech Industry News

RIM denies developer’s losing interest in BB10 OS

July 16, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

A report from a new survey by Baird Equity Research concluded that developers sentiment toward BlackBerry 10 has reached new lows from 4.6 points out of 10 three months ago, to 3.8 — a 17 percent decrease. Also developers interest…

LG

LG Cinema 3D Smart TV 55LM8600 Review

July 16, 2012 0 Tassavur

It’s no secret that our “Idiot Boxes” are getting smarter by the day. And the world is quickly moving on from the days of flat panels, LCD’s to the huge and swanky LED TV’s which are getting bigger and better…

Tech Industry News

Lenovo launches World’s Smallest Enterprise Desktop PCs

July 14, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

In today’s world, when desktops and laptops are in the danger of going obsolete, as smartphones and tablets are gaining more prominence due to their portable nature and increasing multi-tasking abilities. Even though, there is a considerable market, which awaits…

Tech Industry News

ZTE comes under FBI radar for selling U.S. equipments to Iran

July 14, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Last month Department of Commerce, United States enquired ZTE in relation to selling American goods to Iran, a nation with whom trade is prohibited by the government of United States of America. Well if, the document posted by The Smoking…

Accessories

Review : Griffin Slap case for iPod Nano 6th Gen

July 14, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Today, we at OnlyGizmos.com, are going to review a product that has been existing for almost two years now. You would ask, why review now, if the product has been around for quite some time. The answer to this is,…

Microsoft

Amazon hires Robert Williams as App Store Director

July 12, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Former Senior Director of Windows Phone Business Development, Robert Williams is now a Director of App Store, for Amazon. Williams is the man responsible for Microsoft’s Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. Well, this is not the first time that someone from…

Samsung

Angry Birds comes to Samsung Smart TVs

July 12, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Angry Birds battlefield has just got a lot grander as we can fling them on the green swines on the much larger screens of the Samsung Smart TVs. Samsung Electronics has released the popular smartphone game as a smart TV…

Tech Industry News

Samsung and Google send OTA updates to carriers that disables local search on Galaxy S III

July 12, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

In the recent past, Samsung has been losing out on the legal battle against Apple in the U.S. This was clear when, not only was their plea to uplift the ban on their Galaxy Tab 10.1 was rejected, but also…

BlackBerry

What happened at RIM’s Annual General Meeting

July 12, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

We had earlier talked about RIM’s downfall in the past year, as a prelude to AGM. Here is all the information you need, as to what really happened at RIM’s Annual General Meeting. Well, the AGM looked a lot like…

Featured

Is Finnish Startup Jolla Nokia’s Plan B?

July 10, 2012 0 Tassavur

Nokia now officially has only the Windows Phone platform to ride on. And so far the journey couldn’t have been rockier for Nokia as their shares have stumbled to their lowest since 1996 and currently trading at a paltry $1.80.…

BlackBerry

Chronicles of RIM’s Downfall – A Prelude to AGM

July 10, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

As this article is being written, Research In Motion stakeholders might be attending the Annual General Meeting, and the company being scrutinised for its dismal performance in the past year. We at OnlyGizmos present to our readers, a Chronology of…

LG

LG planning a super-smartphone to take on Samsung and HTC

July 10, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

News is that something super-smart is brewing in the LG Electronics stable. And no, its not a smart television this time. Instead LG is developing a new smartphone, that will be its first to feature a quad-core processor and a…

Nokia

Nokia activates ‘Money Back Challenge’ campaign for Lumia 710 and 800

July 9, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

To increase the sales figure for Lumia 800 and 710 series of smartphones, Nokia initiated the promotional campaign titled “Amazing Money Back Challenge”, where customers who buy the said devices, can return it within seven days for a full refund…

Tech Industry News

Beware: Aggressive ads in apps possess increasing risk to privacy

July 9, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

If figures from the security firm LookOut is anything to go by, there is an increase in the risk to privacy, due to the aggressive ads in apps, as reported by Reuters. Some ad networks, especially those on the mobile…

Nokia

Ex-Nokia Employees Working on Building MeeGo Based Smartphones

July 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

In an inspiring move, Nokia’s ex staff and other MeeGo enthusiasts have joined hands together to form Jolla, which means “dinghy” in Finnish.

Samsung

Samsung Says Microwave Oven behind the Exploding Galaxy SIII

July 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

While imploding smartphones isn’t a recent phenomena, this one on Samsung’s latest flagship device the Galaxy SIII had caused quite a lot of stir around the globe forcing Samsung to jump into action and go into damage control mode.