eReaders & Tablets

Amazon To Update Kindle Fire, Improve Silk Browser in Two Weeks

December 12, 2011 0 Tassavur

Although, the Kindle Fire has been well received in the market with the its price tag making it stand out from the rest of the competition, its the performance part that has come under heavy criticism from the industry experts.…

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

Official Symbian Belle Update coming February 2012: Nokia

December 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

While the latest version of Symbian, the Belle has been around for the past few months on newly launched handsets including the likes of the Nokia 603, 701 and the 700, Nokia has for some reason not released an update…

Maxx

Maxx Launches First Ever Touch-Screen Projector Phone (MTP9)

December 8, 2011 0 Team OG

Maxx Mobiles today announced a full touch screen projector phone – the Maxx Focus MTP9. The device is capable of projecting the contents of phone via in built projector. The phone come with 5MP camera and it also provides users…

Android

Daily App: Flipboard for the iPhone

December 7, 2011 0 Nimish

One of the killer apps of the iPad finally comes to the iOS’s smaller screen. We get up and close with Flipboard for the iPhone and iPod touch.

BlackBerry

Blackberry loses BBX Trademark Court Battle; Renames it to BlackBerry 10

December 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM, had on the eve of the recent BlackBerry DevCon named its upcoming OS for next generation BlackBerry devices as BBX. Little did it know at that time that BBX was actually a trademark registered and owned by another company…

Android

Hands-on: Motorola Droid RAZR XT910 (Pictures)

December 7, 2011 0 Annkur

Motorola has re-invented itself with an all Android line-up and the company that first glamorized cellphones with a the stylish MotoRazr half a decade ago is back. Motorola Droid Razr (XT910) is the latest Android from Motorola and it is a…

Android

Aakash Tablet Launch delayed. Upgraded Model to be available by January

December 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

Looks like the wait to get your hands on the cheapest Android tablet has just been lengthened by a month. The company which makes the Aakash tablet for the Government of India, Datawind has confirmed that there would be some…

Internet

Facebook acquires Location Sharing Service Gowalla

December 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

While it was clear that Foursquare had already won the location sharing app wars long back, there is no doubt that another service known by the name “Gowalla” was fairly popular. But then, it could never match the popularity of…

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…

Android

HTC Rhyme comes to India, Costs 27,499

December 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

HTC has just announced the launch of its newest Android powered handset, the HTC Rhyme in India. The Rhyme, which was announced back in September this year features a Unibody design like most HTC handsets of today. It is slightly…

Sony

Sony Ericsson Brand to be Phased Out; Sony to Make only Smartphones

December 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

After the much talked about acquisition of Ericsson’s share by Sony in the ten year old joint venture between Sony and Ericsson, there has been numerous talks about the kind if strategy the company currently known as Sony Ericsson will…

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.

Apple

Daily App: The Legacy of Steve Jobs

December 1, 2011 0 Nimish

The future of books might not be e-books, but books designed like apps. And Fortune’s app about Steve Jobs is a prime example of this phenomenon.

Nokia

Nokia Asha 200 Launched in India

December 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was back in October that Nokia first showed off its Asha series of low to mid-range handsets to the world. A little over a month later, the first of the Asha series have made it to India. It was…

Nokia

Nokia Announces the X2-02 Dual SIM Music Phone

December 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has announced the launch of its newest dual SIM music phone, the X2-02. The handset, a successor to the X1-01 which was launched earlier this year packs in quite a punch when it comes to features. Some of the notable…

BlackBerry

RIM Showing That They Can Answer The Challenge

November 30, 2011 0 Guest Author

Will the BlackBerry brand even be around in five years? From a surface standpoint, the prospect might look grim. It has been a tough couple of years for RIM. The former king of the smartphone realm has fallen far, and…

HTC

Hey Wait, No HTC Products Are Getting Banned in Germany

November 29, 2011 0 Tassavur

We understand that Germany has been host to a lot of patent battles. Recently we have witnessed Samsung taking a hit at the hands of Apple in one of the German courts. There was a similar battle brewing between HTC…

Apple

Daily App: Superman HD for the iPad

November 29, 2011 0 Nimish

No, we have no idea what kept Kal-El, Man of Steel, away from the App Store in game form for so long. Yes, we are mighty delighted that we can step into his super shoes. So much so that we…

Apple

Daily App: Today in History for iOS

November 28, 2011 0 Nimish

Not all good apps have dazzling interfaces. Some score purely because they are so darned handy. Today in History is one such app that history buffs will love.

First look

Nokia Asha Series Headed To India, 303 Priced At Rs 8150?

November 27, 2011 0 Annkur

Lumia 800 and 710 aren’t the only two devices that Nokia is pushing into India, the Symbian powered Asha series is also said to be launching alongside the Windows Phone offerings from Espoo. Asha series phones run S40 OS and…

Accessories

Diamond VC500: One Touch Video Capture (Review)

November 26, 2011 0 Venki

Capturing video from unconventional sources like video conferences or video games are sometimes desired for professional or leisure activities. But the process usually is so complicated that most of the average users give up even before they try it. Hence…

HTC

HTC Blames Recession for Slump in Sales in Q4, While Citi Group Says its “Inferior Products”

November 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

HTC Corp is the largest smartphones seller in the US. But its run at the top now seems to be short lived after they cut their revenue expectations by as much as 23% for the second time in the week.

Tech Industry News

3LiveShop Brings WebCam Chat & Product Display on Your Screen (Video)

November 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

Want a convenient way of taking a look at handsets you intend to purchase and compare their features with others before you buy them. How about being able to do all the research and complete your purchase, all from the…

Reviews

Sony Ericsson TXT: Quick Review

November 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

It’s no secret that QWERTY keyboard based chat phones are an instant hit with the youth. Off late, we had a slew of social networking based phones hitting the market, which includes the likes of Vodafone Blue, Motorola’s Motokey Social…

Market Watch

China Surpasses US To Become World’s Largest Smartphone Market

November 25, 2011 0 Tassavur

We have been stressing that we are in a smartphone boom since a while now and it seems the growth has reached its peak now. Surprisingly China has already passed the United States to become the largest smartphone market in…

Reviews

Quick Review: Samsung Champ 2 (C3330)

November 25, 2011 0 Annkur

Samsung has kept the momentum on the low end touchscreen market with regular launches and updates. Be it the Champ Duos to succeed the original Champ or the Corby II and Start II to take forward successful series. Here is…

BlackBerry

BlackBerry Launches the Bold 9790, Curve 9380 and Curve 9350 in India

November 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM has expanded its lineup of BlackBerry OS 7 powered handsets in India with the launch of three new handsets in the country. The handsets to be officially launched today include the BlackBerry Bold 9790, Curve 9380 and the Curve…

Android

Idea Android Phones Launched To Push 3G Adoption

November 23, 2011 0 Annkur

Idea cellular has went official with two low cost Android phones in order to boost adoption of its 3G services. Idea MD Mr. Himanshu Kapania made it clear that they would remain service providers and don’t intend to compete with handset manufacturers. The…

HTC

Facebook, HTC working on yet another Facebook Phone?

November 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

There was a time earlier this year when the term Facebook Phone evicted only a handful of responses. There were specific “Facebook phone” launches this year as well. The “official” Facebook phone – meaning the one backed by Facebook too…

eReaders & Tablets

Windows 7 Tablets anyone? Dell Latitude ST Tablet Comes to India

November 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

For once, this is not your usual consumer centric tablet. But then, since anything that passes off as a tablet evicts tremendous consumer interest, here is what the Dell Latitude ST is all about. As you might be already aware, Dell’s…

Google

Google to retire Knol, Google Wave Services

November 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

As a web services company, Google is known for its extremely successful services, most of  which have been lapped up by customers from across the globe. However, not all of its services have been successful and Google knows it. In a…

Featured

Violet 3D: World’s First Space Sensing Home Theatre System

November 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

We went to NasscomPC 2011 with a quest to find if successful hardware manufacturing startups can be possible in the Indian sphere. Though the scenario of such an event happening looks bleak with consistent domination of China and the failure…

Apple

Airtel: Siri Would Support Indian Accent, iOS 5.0.2 Arriving Before 25th November?

November 20, 2011 0 Annkur

The iPhone 4S hype has reached its peak and given the enthusiastic promotions by Airtel and Aircel, we know that Apple is rolling out the 5th generation iPhone in India and in all probability several more countries on 25th November. The pricing…

eReaders & Tablets

Teardown by iSuppli Reveals Amazon is Indeed Losing Money on Kindle Fire Hardware

November 19, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well Amazon’s Kindle Fire certainly took the tablet market by storm with its cheapest tablet with substance tag. And as soon as it was announced, twitter was abuzz with how Amazon is making a loss to the tune of $50…

Apple

Price be damned! Seven reasons why I will be buying the iPhone 4S

November 18, 2011 0 Nimish

The air is still blue with people cursing Apple for the pricing of the iPhone 4S in India (why the service providers hawking it have not taken flak is another story). And let’s face it, at a beginning price of…

Nokia

Will The Lumia Lift Nokia?

November 17, 2011 0 Annkur

Over the past few years, we have seen a major disruption in the mobile market. 5 billion mobiles, 1 billion smartphones, the usage has shot up many folds. Many dominant players (hey RIM, Nokia) have taken a beating, while others…

Android

Samsung Announces ICS Update For Galaxy SII, Checks Competition?

November 17, 2011 0 Annkur

Google went official with yet another major release of Android and speculations (read hopes) of manufacturers updating their devices to the latest version is in full swing. While Samsung is blessed with the Galaxy Nexus which happens to be the…

Future WIP

Batteries That Last Ten Times Longer, Coming Soon!

November 16, 2011 0 Tassavur

Without doubt batteries today on smart phones is a headache, with the current crop hardly lasting even half a day. Though we have been hearing about longer batteries with funny names like the Jelly battery, the fact remains that none…