events

It Is Raining Mobile & Internet – Startup Weekend Bangalore

January 18, 2012 0 Tassavur

Startup Weekend is coming back to Bangalore this weekend, and we are eagerly waiting to see the upcoming startups. The intense 54 hours Startup event acts as a catalyst for entrepreneurship and gives aspiring entrepreneurs to come up with a…

Internet

Wikipedia goes black as 24 hour long Blackout Commences

January 18, 2012 0 Rahul S

The 24 hour long Wikipedia Blackout in protest against the SOPA anti piracy act that is being moved in the U.S House of representatives has commenced. As I type this, the Wikipedia home page looks like this:

Apple

Apple to debut E-textbooks at January 19 Event?

January 17, 2012 0 Rahul S

We have been hearing about this January 19 Apple events for quite some time now. Earlier, it was thought that the iPad 3 could be unveiled at this event thanks to sources from the Far East. But  those claims have…

Internet

Wikipedia to go ahead with 24 hour blackout on January 18 against SOPA

January 16, 2012 0 Rahul S

It was late last year that the anti-piracy act SOPA, which is currently under consideration in the U.S House of Representatives, evoked strong response from Internet crusaders and free speech activists. The act would give the US lawmakers enhanced powers…

Internet

China has over 500 Million Internet Users Now

January 16, 2012 0 Rahul S

A Chinese industry group has said that the number of Internet users in the world’s most populous country has surged past the 500 million mark. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the total number of Internet users in Mainland…

Internet

Delhi High Court to Hear Google, Facebook Petition

January 16, 2012 0 Rahul S

The Delhi High Court is set to hear a petition filed by Google, Facebook and as many as 21 other social networking websites against warning by a trial court that ruled that these websites could face a ban if they did…

Accessories

Review: Mugen Power Extended Battery for the Nexus One

January 15, 2012 0 Guest Author

Editor’s Note: Aditya Sengupta is a friend and a well wisher of the OnlyGizmos team. In fact he is as much an integral part of the team as any other member and the man behind the coverage and interviews at…

Opinion

Bada Merges With Tizen, Becomes The Android Alternative For Samsung

January 15, 2012 0 Annkur

We should have smelled this way back when Intel announced that MeeGo would be transitioned as a HTML5 centric operating system, called Tizen. Tizen was led by a technical team comprising of folks from Intel and Samsung, and today it…

Internet

Facebook expected to hit 1 Billion users by August 2012

January 13, 2012 0 Rahul S

As the world’s biggest social network, Facebook marches on – adding more and more people to its bandwagon, it keeps on hitting mind boggling numbers. We have been hearing about this ever since 2009 when the site really began to…

Maxx

Maxx Focus (MTP9) Projector Phone Review

January 11, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well there has been a lot of innovation happening with mobile handsets with a new feature being added to these devices every now and then. The year 2011 saw a slew of projector phones hitting the market with a slew…

Microsoft

Nokia Paints Jet Airways Plane with Lumia Colors

January 10, 2012 0 Rahul S

It is no secret that Nokia has spent tons of money on promoting its Windows Phone devices worldwide. Closer home, we have seen concerts being held all over India, Lumia branded vehicles roaming the streets of our cities and TV…

Tech Industry News

Apple, HTC and RIM Face a Kodak Moment; Sued for Photography related Patent Infringements!

January 10, 2012 0 Rahul S

While the Eastman Kodak Company might be facing financial troubles galore with rumors of it reportedly about to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, the company seems to have decided that it is not going to go down without a fight. Confident after…

CES

Nokia announces the Lumia 900 for AT&T

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

While Nokia is busy promoting its flagship handset the Lumia 800 in the rest of the world, it has just announced perhaps its most essential release in the US since the past few years. We are talking about the newly…

CES

CES 2012: Samsung intros connected TV’s, Refrigerators, Washing Machines and Tablets

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

Samsung took covers off a plethora of new products at its launch event organized at this year’s CES. The same occasion had last year seen the birth of the Samsung Galaxy Tab which after the debut of the iPad 2…

CES

CES 2012: XPAL Power intros Cellphone that runs on one AA Battery, Lasts 15 years on Single Charge!

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

XPAL Power, the company behind famous battery brands like Energizer and Powerskin have announced a new mobile phone at CES. The phone, known as the SpareOne is unique in the fact that it is powered by a single AA battery.…

CES

CES 2012: Withings Introduces Internet connected Baby Scale

January 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

We start our CES 2012 coverage with an unlikely gadget –a baby weighing scale. That’s right. A baby scale. But this one’s a different breed compared to your normal baby scale. For starters, this one is connected to the Internet.…

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…

CES

Acer announces the World’s thinnest Ultrabook; The Aspire S5

January 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

Acer has officially revealed its newest addition to its Ultrabooks line up. Known as the Aspire A5, this 13.3 inch notebook is a successor to the Aspire S3 which was released back in September 2011. The Aspire S5 builds upon…

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…

Android

Move over Aakash, OLPC’s XO3 Tablet is here

January 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

Just a week or so after we woke up to news about the fact that India’s own, $50 tablet, the Aakash is selling like hot cakes, we now have news about yet another contender for a low cost tablet. This…

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…

Site Announcements

It’s Time to Sail

January 1, 2012 0 Annkur

The date was decided long back, and as this day arrives, it just feels like yesterday when I was struggling to learn how to setup a domain on a shared server and get started. Yet, in my near 10 years…

India

Maxx Mobiles Launches Touch Screen Phone Maestro MT255

December 29, 2011 0 Krishnan

As the number fo keypad models getting introduced goes down by each passing day, its the touch screen that seems to be the in thing not only on the latest smartphones but also the feature phones. And I must admit…

Tech Industry News

Airtel’s Malad Data Centre fire causes network outage in Western India

December 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

A fire that happened at its Malad data center in Mumbai has left lakhs of Airtel customers reeling under either no network coverage, SMS’ or data access. The fire reportedly happened in the wee hours of December 27 and lakhs…

Android

OG Review: Motorola Razr XT910

December 27, 2011 0 Team OG

The Razr brand of cellphones from Motorola has always been associated with style and sophistication. The lineup so far has had 3 phones – V3, V3i and Razr2 V8 – each of them were loved for their design. After four…

Apple

iOS 5.0.1 Untethered JailBreak, The Current Situation

December 25, 2011 0 Monis

Many, of us who own an iPhone, iPod or iPad have been desperately waiting for the iOS 5.0.1 untethered JailBreak. Apparently, semi-tethered JailBreak is not a permanent solution. You can deal with it at the time of urgency, but many…

BlackBerry

BlackBerry 10 isn’t Even As Good As iOS 1.0 or Android 2.0!

December 23, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well blackberry isn’t exactly in the best of shape would be a sheer understatement. Though, still it’s staggering for the downward hit it has taken in the stock market valuations. Add to it the ever increasing pressure from the investors…

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,…

BlackBerry

RIM Rejected Buyout Offer From Amazon

December 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

As per Reuters, Research In Motion apparently rejected takeover bids from the retail giant Amazon and instead preferred to continue as it is. Although it is unclear at what stage the discussions had reached before the offer was annulled by…

Android

HTC Phones Face Ban in the US After ITC Rules in Favor of Apple

December 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

It was only yesterday that we spoke of the possibility of Apple being in trouble after ITC had announced that they would be reviewing a decision made earlier by an ITC judge in which Apple was acquitted of infringing on…

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…

Entertainment

Buggy PS Vita Creates Furore in Japan, Sony Issues Apology (Video)

December 19, 2011 0 Tassavur

It’s been only a few days since the PlayStation Vita was launched in the Japanese markets by Sony. The gaming device has had an impressive opening on December 17 as it managed to sell around 3,21,407 of the total 7,00,000…

Android

Is Google Launching a New Tablet in First Half of 2012?

December 19, 2011 0 Tassavur

Has Google’s Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt mistakenly let the cat out of the bag? While talking to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera on the occasion of the opening of Google’s new office, during the course of the interview Schmidt…

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…

Android

Mobile Security Trends: Nothing is Foolproof from Android to iOS

December 17, 2011 0 Tassavur

The other day I was speaking to a techie who has good knowledge of things at Microsoft. Amongst iOS, Android, Mobile market, Windows 8 and other topics of discussion, we spoke about mobile security. The person in question highlighted that…

iPhone

Nokia Lumia 800 vs Apple iPhone 4 – Camera Samples

December 16, 2011 0 Annkur

Nokia is all set to launch the Lumia 800 (and 710) with Windows Phone 7 in India and Apple is out with the iPhone 4S. Both devices sport a 8MP camera. While the Lumia manages 720p video recording, the 4S…

Apple

Will Microsoft Really Buy Nokia? New Rumors

December 14, 2011 0 Annkur

Rumors of Microsoft buying out Nokia is past. Shot down multiple times and so far no official sense of truth in it. But then it keeps coming back. Microsoft is making a comeback in the mobile game and Windows Phone…

Android

Aakash Tablet goes on Sale: Upgraded version Available for Preorder

December 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

The much awaited $35 tablet (which is actually nearer to the $47 mark now)  has finally been launched. The Aakash which was officially announced back in October is actually made by a Canadian company called DataWind.

Launch Pad

Vodafone Launches new 3G Android phone “Vodafone Smart”

December 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

Vodafone seems to be quite upbeat about its 3G prospects in India. in what is seen as a move to attract more youngsters to adopt 3G, the company has announced the launch of a new entry level 3G capable smartphone…

Apple

Chronic Dev Team Demonstrated iOS 5 Untethered JailBreak Video

December 12, 2011 0 Monis

Chronic DevTeam has recently posted a video on twitter according to which they have found iOS 5 untethered Jailbreak. From the past few months, there were many new things in the hacking community. And finally, someone has come up with…