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LG

WebOs: The Journey From Smartphones to TV’s

November 18, 2014 0 Sharma Karan

WebOS also know as LG WebOS or Open WebOS is a Linux-based operating system for smart TV’s and was formerly also a mobile phone operating system. The OS was conceptualized and created by Palm inc and was eventually sold to HP,…

India

Xiaomi Looks To Set Up Operations In India

November 13, 2014 0 Sharma Karan

Xiaomi is currently the 3rd largest Smartphone manufacturer in the world, behind only Apple and Lenovo. Not bad considering the company was founded only 5 years ago by serial entrepreneur and Billionaire Lei Jun and that the phone still has not…

News

How I Landed With The Nexus 5: A Quest For The Latest Android OS

June 30, 2014 0 Aditya Shenoy

  “When is my phone getting an Android update” is the most frequently asked questions by most Android users I know. My journey with Android started back in 2010 with a Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 which was bought after a…

Android

Can The Google I/O This Year Top Apple’s Satisfying WWDC 2014?

June 11, 2014 0 Aditya Shenoy

June has started and so has the countdown for the upcoming Google I/O; after a highly satisfying Apple WWDC where they opened iOS 8 to do things that were previously only limited to Android, the spotlight is now on Google to…

Opinion

Make Some Noise for the Desi Boys! — It’s Micromax vs. Samsung!

December 31, 2013 0 Prerna

Samsung is a well recognized South Korean brand which is currently one of the world’s largest manufacturers of mobile phones and smartphones. The company is also a major vendor of its Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab collection, and is generally regarded…

Nokia

Nokia Lumia 2520 Windows 8 RT Tablet Arrives

October 23, 2013 0 Rahul S

Along with the Lumia 1520 and the 1320, Nokia also took the opportunity to announce its first ever Windows based tablet at Nokia World, yesterday, The Nokia 2520 as it is known can be termed a distant successor to the…

Featured

When is Google’s Actual Birthday?

September 27, 2013 0 Rahul S

Google – the company that virtually dominates the Internet with its wide array of services and is arguably the most successful “Internet” company ever – has just turned 15! While everyone else is congratulating Google for its tremendous success, I…

Android

Google To Setup “Android Nation” Stores In India

June 20, 2013 0 Rahul S

Following the opening of exclusive “Android Nation” brick and mortar stores in Indonesia, Google is looking to strengthen its Android presence in India by following the same strategy. Google has partnered with Spice Global and will soon set up “Android…

Opinion

Forget Blocking Used Games, Entertainment Industry Needs To Respect IP First

February 12, 2013 0 Annkur

Last week I read a post by Nick on TNW about the possibility of next gen Playstation and Xbox blocking used games. As console makers make a push to move towards an App Store like model where a user buys a game…

Android

Acer To Debut Mid Range Liquid E1 Smartphone Soon

January 25, 2013 0 Hardik Shah

Acer might not be a huge name in the mobile phones space so far but the company does have a few decent handsets under its sleeve. Acer’s “Liquid” brand has been around since 2010 and the company didn’t do much in terms of promotion or launches to keep…

events

IIT Bombay TechFest 2013 In Pictures (And Videos)

January 9, 2013 0 Saif

We had our share of Techfest thrill last weekend, a yearly Science and Technology fest we have been covering for 5 years now. We partnered with IIT Bombay yet again to bring you some great student competitions, exhibitions & performances…

Tech Industry News

SMS Turns 20! R u clbrtng?

December 3, 2012 0 Rahul S

It has become so common nowadays, no one even bothers to notice. But the fact is, the good ol’ SMS, one of the world’s most used communication services has just turned 20. Back in 1992, when cellphones were the size…

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…

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

Samsung’s internal documents reveal its iPhone aspirations.

August 10, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

On the 6th Day of the Apple vs Samsung courtroom trial, Apple’s legal team reiterated that Samsung has copied the iPhone with a 132 page document that reveals, to what extent was the South Korean giant ‘inspired’ with Apple’s product.…

green energy

Blooming Bloom Box Closing in on Profitability

August 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well it was a promising source of green energy which could power your homes and corporate offices. And now Bloom Box has indeed come a long way against all odds after being labeled as another source of green energy to…

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…

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…

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,…

Market Watch

Split Verdit in 3G Roaming for Indian Carriers

July 5, 2012 0 Tassavur

As the world is slowly moving on to the 4G LTE networks, India is still grappling with issues between the government and the carriers.

Opinion

Android’s Delay Is Redmond’s Opportunity

July 2, 2012 0 Annkur

June was a busy month for the mobile market. Apple, Microsoft and Google showed the future of their respective mobiles OSes and the tech world was glued to live streams and blogs. I spent my share of few hours on…

Tech Industry News

Bankrupt Kodak Auctioning Digital Imaging Patents

June 14, 2012 0 Tassavur

It’s disappointing that a century old imaging firm Eastman Kodak is now nearing it’s end and is in the process of monetizing it’s digital imaging patents. Kodak has filed a motion with the court to clear its closed bidding process…

Tech Industry News

New Nano SIM Approved by ETSI

June 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has approved a new nano-SIM design in Europe as the official fourth form factor. Although, the screens have been getting bigger and bigger resulting in larger smartphones, they are increasingly getting slimmer as well.…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Ultrabook – The Personal Computer Evolves, Again!

May 10, 2012 0 Annkur

A few years back during the days of Orkut, I once asked my friends if they prefer a desktop computer or a laptop. To my surprise, laptops was the popular choice already and I wondered how one can use a…

Dell

Review: Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook

May 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

It was not very long ago that Dell announced the launch of its first Ultrabook, the XPS 13. The product, a much sought after one by Dell fans was recently launched in India as well. Dell was kind enough to…

Entertainment

PlayStation 4 to be known as Orbis; Second Hand Games Unsupported

March 30, 2012 0 Rahul S

Reports are flowing in about the likelihood of Sony’s next generation PlayStation gaming console to be codenamed the ‘Orbis’. In fact, we might see Sony dropping the legendary “PS” brand name altogether with this next generation console.

Market Watch

30 million units of NFC enabled handsets sold in 2011

March 27, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

If reports from the research firm Berg Insights are anything to go by, the global sales figure of Near Field Communications (NFC) enabled phones has surpassed 30 million units mark in 2011. This increase in the sales figures, is almost…

Apple

iPad 3 Launch, Our Predictions!

March 6, 2012 0 Team OG

As the launch of the third edition of the iPad draws ever so closer, the rumor mills are running wild speculating on the features of the latest iPad. So here is our take on what we think the iPad 3…

Internet

Shammi Kapoor’s Twitter Account Hacked?

January 17, 2012 0 Rahul S

Shammi Kapoor’s, the Bollywood acting legend was quite an active Internet user. Being a fan, he was one of the few Bollywood people I used to follow on Twitter. While not frequent, he used to post from his Twitter account…

Apple

Chinese Writers file $1.9 million lawsuit against Apple

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

Now this is undoubtedly a first. While until now we have heard of U.S based companies going after Chinese companies for infringing upon intellectual property, for once, we are seeing the Chinese go after the Americans. A group of Chinese…

Android

Flashback 2011: Why Android Tablets Underwhelmed

January 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

Back in January 2011, fresh on the news about the fast paced growth trajectory of Android on smartphones – almost everyone – tech analysts, industry experts and even Android vendors assumed that by the end of 2011, Android would be…

eReaders & Tablets

OG Review: Sony Tablet S

January 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

Ever since the tablet rush started all over again in 2010 with the Apple iPad, almost all leading PC and Phone makers have jumped into the market with their offering. A bit to our surprise, Sony has taken its time…

Tech Industry News

HTC Granted Injunction Against IPCom by Dusseldorf Court in Germany

December 22, 2011 0 Tassavur

Now this is another patent story in existence since 2009 when IPCom sued HTC for infringing on their UMTS – 3G standards. Though unlike the HTC – Apple patent case wherein HTC was ruled as infringing on the Apple patent,…

Microsoft

Now Motorola is Found Guilty of Infringing Microsoft Patent By ITC

December 21, 2011 0 Tassavur

It was just yesterday that we heard the news of HTC being in trouble for infringing on an Apple patent. Well now just 24 hours later the International Trade Commission have passed another ruling which states that Motorola indeed infringes…

Android

Kindle Fire Growing Faster Than iPad, Though Android Share Drops: Millennial Report

December 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

Millennial Media, a mobile ad network, released its monthly Mobile Mix report for November which has thrown up some surprising results. As per the report Kindle Fire has managed a daily growth rate of 19% per day since its launch…

Nokia

Symbian’s Last Stronghold Breached; Android now Top Smartphone OS in India

December 19, 2011 0 Rahul S

While it is clear that Nokia had taken hands off Symbian ever since Windows Phone took over as its primary smartphone focus, its fall from the top spot was nothing less than dramatic. Within a year, it has gone from…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP Taking WebOS Open Source, Who Would Make The Hardware?

December 9, 2011 0 Annkur

The webOS saga makes for a good movie script. The story began with HP acquiring Palm last year and raising the market expectations from what was a new and promising platform in the mobile space. Android and iOS had pretty…

Nokia

Nokia Lumia 800 (Windows Phone) – First Impressions

December 5, 2011 0 Team OG

Just over a year back Redmond re-invented itself with the Windows Phone 7 and the same has done well to brand Microsoft that was being referred to as the dinosaurs of the mobile / internet era. What Microsoft created with…

Featured

Rendezvous with Antti Öhrling of Blyk Media

December 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

Till date the mobile advertising space has been the most underutilized if one considers the potential reach and intimacy the medium can share with its audience. Understanding of this channel has also proven to be a challenge, with most of…

Apple

Daily App: Infinity Blade 2 on the iPad

December 2, 2011 0 Nimish

Believe it or not – iOS’ killer gaming app just got a whole lot better. Yes, we are THAT impressed by Infinity Blade 2.