Rumors

Amazon Interested in Buying Texas Instruments’ Smartphone Chip Business

October 15, 2012 0 Tassavur

Texas instruments had recently announced that they will be closing down operations in smartphone and tablets and instead focusing on the embedded systems. Now Assaf Gilad from Calcalist, an Israeli business sheet reports that Texas Instruments is in advanced negotiations…

LG

LG Optimus 4X HD (LG P880) Review: LG’s Comeback Phone

October 15, 2012 0 Tassavur

Along with Motorola, LG is another player in the Android line up which has been sliding down the ranks since the last year. With a not so impressive phone portfolio, plagued with poor software and low build quality LG has…

Apple

Exclusive: Apple App Store Payment System Flaw Allows You to Download Paid Apps For Free

October 13, 2012 0 Tassavur

Yes, you read that right. We have learned that the Apple App store has a payment system flaw that allows one to download all the paid apps for free without even jail breaking their iPhone, albeit the only catch here…

Samsung

Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini Officially launched in Germany, Disappoints Consumers

October 12, 2012 0 Tassavur

So the much rumored Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini has been finally unveiled by Samsung at an event in Germany. Though the device carries a Galaxy SIII tag, it isn’t anywhere close to the hardware beast it was expected to be…

Apple

US Injunction on the Galaxy Nexus Revoked by Appeals Court

October 12, 2012 0 Tassavur

As per Reuters, the appeals court has reversed the US injunction applied on Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus device due to a patent litigation a few months back. US District Court Judge Lucy Koh had placed an injunction on the Galaxy Nexus…

LG

LG Nexus Smartphone Rumors Gain Traction With Leaked Images

October 11, 2012 0 Tassavur

Separate leaks from different sources in the last couple of days are pointing out at a possibility that the next Nexus device is indeed from LG. Here are some of the images posted online from different sources: This one was…

Market Watch

PC Shipments Decline For First Time in a Decade, Hope Floats on Windows 8

October 11, 2012 0 Tassavur

According to reports from IHS iSuppli, Worldwide PC shipments are set to decline for the first time in the last 11 years.  The research suggests that PC shipments are set to shrink by 1.2% from 352.8 million units in 2011…

Microsoft

Steve Ballmer Talks of New Directions & Hints At Surface Smartphone

October 10, 2012 0 Tassavur

Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer has promised a completely new approach for Microsoft in the coming months in his letter to the shareholders and also dropped a hint of the Surface smartphone which is in the rumors since a couple of…

Nokia

Meego Based Sailfish OS Phone to be Unveiled by Jolla Next Month, After Raising €200M

October 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

Nokia abandoned the promising Meego platform but it certainly isn’t dead yet. Jolla, a Finnish startup formed by ex-Nokians has announced that they will be unveiling their first smartphone with a modified version of Meego called SailFish. The other good…

Google

Expect More Cuts at Motorola, Says Google

October 5, 2012 0 Tassavur

Google has warned of further cost cutting measures including restructuring at Motorola as estimates of cost of job cuts has been raised further. Severance related charges are expected to cost the firm 9% higher than expected at $300 million. There…

Nokia

Nokia Headquarter Sales Might Be Too Little Too Late To Save Them: Analysts

October 4, 2012 0 Tassavur

As per a report from Reuters, Nokia is said to be toying with the idea of selling their headquarters in Espoo, Finland in order to cut costs further. Nokia’s spokeswoman Maija Taimi stated that they are looking to get rid…

Rumors

Microsoft Is Working On Their Own Surface Branded Windows Phone (Rumor)

October 3, 2012 0 Tassavur

Microsoft is rumored to be working on their own version of the Windows Phone 8 smartphone and the same is now being reported by multiple sources. The first leak came from China Times, which stated that Microsoft is slated to…

Apple

Preliminary Injunction Lifted on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 by Judge Koh

October 2, 2012 0 Tassavur

In another twist to the Samsung vs Apple patent battle, Judge Koh has dissolved the sales ban imposed on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 was hit by an injunction by the same judge…

Apple

iPad Mini Rumored To Be Unveiled on October 17th

October 2, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well the iPad Mini or the iPad Air rumors have resurged again. And this time Fortune is stating that one of the major Apple investors claims that he has information from multiple sources about a possible launch of the device…

Nokia

Nokia Lumia 920 & Lumia 820 Finally Gets a Price Tag & Availability of November in Europe

September 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

Nokia’s launch of its next generation Windows Phone 8 devices, Lumia 920 & Lumia 820 didn’t go exactly as planned and was criticised by tech industry pundits across the globe due to lack of any info on the availability or…

BlackBerry

RIM Restores BlackBerry Services In Europe After Outage

September 22, 2012 0 Rahul S

RIM (Research In Motion) has confirmed that its BlackBerry services have been restored across Europe following a three hour long outage. The outage which incidentally happened on the same day – archrival Apple launched its newest iPhone 5 model caused…

Apple

Exclusive: Apple iPhone 5 to Launch in India on November 5

September 21, 2012 0 Tassavur

We have learned from one of our reliable sources that the Apple iPhone 5 is slated to be released on the 5th of November in India. The source adds that the delay in the launch of the iPhone 5 is…

Reviews

Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 Portable HDD Review

September 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

Talking of portable hard drives Western Digital is the first that would pop in your mind. And WD certainly has been making our lives easier with its My Passport series of portable drives. Though as a result of our unquenchable…

Apple

iOS Maps Fails To Excite Apple Users

September 20, 2012 0 Rahul S

Google on Wednesday, released a much sought after software update  for the iPhone, the newer iPod Touch models and the iPad. The major change with this iOS 6 update was that the ubiquitous Google Maps application which had been around on…

Security

Anonymous Hacks BJP Website; Calls For Uprising

September 18, 2012 0 Rahul S

Anonymous has attacked and hacked the official website of  India’s second largest political party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The group has called for a nationwide uprising against the policies of the ruling UPA government while also adding that other political…

Android

LG Announces New Flagship Android Handset – The Optimus G

September 18, 2012 0 Rahul S

Days after Apple came out with its best iPhone ever, it is the turn of its supplier from South Korea to unveil its own Android powered flagship. That’s right. Worlds number 5 mobile phones maker LG has announced its newest…

Apple

Apple Fans Order 2 Million iPhone 5’s In 24 Hours

September 17, 2012 0 Rahul S

It might not be the most revolutionary iPhone ever. Competitors might have caught up – on specs and user experience. But it seems there is no stopping the iPhone juggernaut. Why? In just 24 hours since the just announced iPhone…

Tech Industry News

India Aims At Developing Fastest Supercomputer By 2017

September 17, 2012 0 Rahul S

If India’s current Union Minister for Telecommunications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal has his way, India could boast of having the worlds’s fastest Supercomputer by the year 2017. India’s current fastest supercomputer can be spotted at the CSIR (Centre for…

Android

iPhone 5 Initial Benchmarks Reveal A6 Chip Faster Than Galaxy S III, iPad 3

September 17, 2012 0 Rahul S

With the initial frenzy over the launch of the iPhone 5 over, people are now interested in learning more about the spruced up hardware inside the device. Unlike Android players who clearly announce the processor details and the number of…

Android

Has Nokia Out-Innovated Apple With The Lumia 920?

September 13, 2012 0 Rahul S

In the past five years, ever since the introduction of that legendary iPhone, the mobile phones industry has gone through a sea change. Old biggies have been reduced to minnows. Non existent players have become market leaders  and the ubiquitous…

Apple

iPhone 5 Skips NFC. Lightning Connector To Be Around For Years

September 13, 2012 0 Rahul S

Now that the iPhone 5 is finally out, speculations regarding whether the new model would support the latest “in” thing – NFC have been laid to rest. The answer is a resounding no. In an interview with AllThingsD soon after…

Apple

Apple Debuts the iPhone 5

September 12, 2012 0 Rahul S

Just 11 months after the iPhone 4S arrived, Apple has officially taken covers off its brand new iPhone model. While many expected the iPhone 4S to carry the iPhone 5 tag, it is the sixth generation iPhone that finally got…

Apple

Fifth Gen iPod Touch Launched with Retina Display, iSight Camera & Siri

September 12, 2012 0 Tassavur

The world’s most popular music players in the world just got better with the addition of a Retina display, iSight camera and Siri. The fifth generation iPod Touch is the thinnest till date at 6.1 mm weighing at just 88…

Apple

Pocket Sized 7th Generation iPod Nano Launched for Rs. 12,500 in India

September 12, 2012 0 Tassavur

On a day when the launches of the iPhone 5 and the iPod Touch almost overshadowed the iPod nano. This 7th generation iPod nano is no ordinary device either and just like the others is easily way better and improved…

Android

Google Android Activations Cross 500 Million Mark

September 12, 2012 0 Rahul S

It was just days ago at the launch of the new Motorola DROID RAZR line up of phones that Google Chairman Eric Schmidt announced  that they have crossed more than 480 million Android activations. Since then, Android Product Manager Hugo Barra has…

Apple

Giesecke & Devrient Confirms MicroSIM Cannot be Cut to Nano SIM

September 12, 2012 0 Tassavur

With the 4FF (4 Form Factor) i.e. Nano SIM certain to make its debut with the iPhone 5 soon, a lot of people across the globe were left wondering if they could cut their micro SIM’s (3FF) to the size…

Tech Industry News

IIT Kanpur Shuts Down Real Time Train Tracking Service SIMRAN; Returns To Life Hours Later (Updated)

September 12, 2012 0 Rahul S

Launched amidst much fanfare back in October 2011 – barely a year ago, as part of a collaboration between IIT Kanpur and the Indian Railways, project SIMRAN was a Rs.100 crore project that aimed to help users track real time location of…

Tech Industry News

Mobile Services In Rajasthan Affected After Removal Of Mobile Towers

September 11, 2012 0 Rahul S

If you happen to be a mobile subscriber in Rajasthan, chances are high that you might be facing huge connectivity issues right now. Before you get frustrated and decide to call the customer care number of your telephone operator, let us tell…

Apple

YouTube Debuts New iOS App Days Before New iPhone Release

September 11, 2012 0 Rahul S

YouTube earlier today announced the release of a brand new YouTube standalone application. Until the announcement of iOS 6, Apple shipped its iPhones with its own YouTube application. However, the company earlier this year announced that with the agreement with…

Lenovo

Lenovo Launches The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook In India

September 10, 2012 0 Rahul S

At an event held earlier today in Mumbai, Lenovo kicked of the 20th anniversary celebrations of of the iconic ThinkPad brand by announcing a refreshed version of its top of the line X1 notebook. This refreshed version of the ThinkPad X1 is…

Nokia

Review: Nokia Asha 305, Full Touchscreen Screen Dual SIM Phone

September 10, 2012 0 Tassavur

Although the feature phone market is shrinking globally, it still generates considerable chunk of revenues and market share for Nokia – especially in developing markets like India. Also, with the low cost Android smartphones on the boundaries of the feature…

Apple

iPhone 5 Rumors Round Up, What We Know Till Now!

September 10, 2012 0 Monis

With less than a couple of days to go for Apple to unveil its next generation iPhone. Since the media invites have already been sent by the Cupertino based company, it’s now official that there would certainly be a release…

Android

Samsung Galaxy Note II To Get Dual SIM Version In China?

September 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

The much talked about successor to the Samsung Galaxy Note made its grand debut a few weeks ago. The device, obviously named the Galaxy Note II received a slightly larger display (5.5 inches), an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and a…

Nokia

Nokia Demoes Symbian Belle FP2 On Nokia PureView 808

September 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

Symbian might be down and out when it comes to its overall market share which has been on a free fall ever since the arrival of iOS and Android. However, Nokia which had outsourced the development of Symbian to Accenture,…

Nokia

Nokia Lumia 820: First Look

September 7, 2012 0 Rahul S

Nokia’s newest mid range Windows phone powered device, the lumia 820 will be a lesser endowed (ahem) cousin of the Lumia 920 which we talked about here. This phone features a 4,3 inch display with a resolution of 800*480 pixels. The phone…