Apple

Can We Talk Value for Money in the Premium Segment, Please?

October 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

Earlier this week, there was a heated debate amongst techies in India about a recent report by Bloomberg about the state of the iPhone 4 here in India. At the end of it, the talk veered to the niche “30k”…

Android

Is The $35 “Indian” Tablet Actually Chinese?

October 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

Update: We have now confirmed that the Aakash is made by Datawind at a manufacturing facility in Hyderabad. It does however have some parts from China – which is perfectly acceptable! Keeping the article as is, for posterity’s sake: As it turns…

Android

India’s $35 Tablet to be Announced Today

October 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

It looks like the wait will finally end today. India is all set to officially announce its affordable, uber cheap $35 (Rs. 1750) tablet later today when Kapil Sibal, the Telecoms and Education Minister will reveal the product. The product…

Apple

iPhone 4S – Whats New?

October 4, 2011 0 Annkur

After months of speculations, rumors and delay from its usual refresh cycle, Apple has went official with the 5th generation iPhone. The iPhone 4S is reality, and that is the only new iPhone Apple released. With the 4S, Apple has…

Apple

Quick Compare: iPhone 4S vs iPhone 4

October 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

Apple has retained the same design and retina display on the new iPhone, it is called the 4S. However, it seems that a lot has changed on the inside. Compared to the iPhone 4, the 4S has an all new…

BlackBerry

Indian Government Close To Being Able To Monitor Blackberry Users

October 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

Remember the Blackberry issue wherein the Indian Government wanted access to the Blackberry servers, email and its messaging service? Well, it seems that the Indian Government, rather Department of Telecommunications (DOT) to be more precise along with Research in Motion…

Tech Industry News

Microsoft Kills Zune Hardware, 301s To Windows Phone

October 4, 2011 0 Annkur

Microsoft has had a rocky road leading up to the launch of Windows Phone 7 last year. The original Windows Mobile that we loved proved to be irrelevant in the post iOS / Android era that saw an entire new…

Apple

Six myths about the iPhone in India…busted!

October 4, 2011 0 Nimish

It may be called the Godphone, but for many in India, it is an overpriced devil in disguise. But is it really? We take a look at  six myths about the iPhone in India. And how they stack up against…

Apple

Daily App: FIFA 12 for the iPad

October 3, 2011 0 Nimish

The latest instalment of the famous FIFA franchise arrives on the iPad. And we have a stab, or rather a kick, at playing it. When it comes to sports games, not too many have the kind of following that EA’s…

Microsoft

Microsoft Accidentally Reveals Names of Upcoming Windows Phone 7 Handsets

October 3, 2011 0 Rahul S

In what seems to be an inadvertent error by the folks looking after the Microsoft Canada website, the company has revealed the names of forthcoming Windows Phone powered handsets from various manufacturers on this page.

Apple

iPhone Sales Plateau in India; Has only 2% Smartphones Market Share

October 3, 2011 0 Rahul S

India sure is an unconventional market. While the rest of the world were reeling under depression back in 2008, this country still managed to showcase decent GDP growth rate figures. While India sure was a closed economy, until the 1990’s…

Nokia

Nokia Designing New “Meltemi” OS for Low end Phones?

October 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

After literally abandoning Symbian and the much loved MeeGo in favor of Windows Phone 7, looks like Nokia’s bread and butter S40 series might be axed too in the not too distant future. No, we are not in the mood…

Android

Wacky Sunday: Dude, Which is My Kindle?

October 2, 2011 0 Nimish

The Kindle Fire might have grabbed all the attention, but the fact is that there were three other devices launched by Amazon last week, taking the total Kindle count to seven. We try to work out which suits you best.

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Dear Amazon, Are You Buying webOS?

October 1, 2011 0 Annkur

Precap: HP has messed up the Palm acquisition for which it spent over USD 1 billion last year. Rumors about the future of WebOS are plenty. Today marks another chapter in the Palm story, a rumor that raises some hope. Amazon…

Android

Daily App: Flickr for Android

September 29, 2011 0 Nimish

It might have lost out to Instagram on the iPhone, but Flickr has not given up the mobile photo sharing battle, as can be seen from its Android app. Photo sharing by mobile devices has been given a new dimension…

netbook

OG Review: Acer Aspire One Happy 2 Netbook

September 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

 Today, we have with us Acer’s recently launched Aspire One Happy 2 netbook for review. The funkily colored netbook has an eye-catching design and gives the user an option to either boot in to Android 2.2 or Windows – the…

Entertainment

Nokia Launches NFC enabled 600, 700 & 701 Handsets in India; Promotes Shahrukh’s Ra-One

September 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

Along with the launch of Nokia’s recently announced Symbian Belle powered handsets, the 700, 701 and the 600, Nokia also seems to be betting big time on the future of NFC Technology here in India. In an industry first, at…

Opinion

How I Got My DTH Connection Without Making A Single Phonecall

September 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

To start with, let me confirm that this is not a sponsored post by anyone. I am just penning down my experience with a leading DTH company in India I had earlier this week. Usually, the blogosphere is filled with…

Android

Bluntly speaking: for India, the Reliance 3G Tab is better than the Kindle Fire…as of now!

September 29, 2011 0 Nimish

We know this is going to shock the daylights out of many people, but the stark fact is that as things stand today, the Reliance 3G Tab takes out Amazon’s much-hyped “iPad-killer” as far as Indian users are concerned.

Rumors

Amazon Losing Money On Kindle Hardware Is No Surprise!

September 28, 2011 0 Annkur

Just as a hectic day in technology reporting ends with Samsung signing a patent licensing deal with Microsoft followed by the huge Kindle announcements from Amazon, we hear this little bit on our twitter “Amazon Losing $50 Per Kindle Fire?”…

eReaders & Tablets

Amazon Gets Into Touch Territory With Kindle Touch And Fire

September 28, 2011 0 Nimish

Amazon got itself well and truly into touchscreen territory, launching four new Kindles. But no, we don’t think Cupertino will be worried. When they write the history of ebook reader, September 28 will go down as the day when Amazon…

Android

Patent Settlement: Samsung To Pay Microsoft For Every Android Sold!

September 28, 2011 0 Annkur

One of the largest makers of Android phones and tablets, Samsung has entered into a patent licensing agreement with Microsoft, thus paying up a royalty for every Android device it sells. The cross licensing allows Samsung to continue doing business…

Opinion

As MeeGo Goes For A Talespin, Tizen Is Born

September 28, 2011 0 Annkur

Today we are witnessing the death of another operating system that raised hopes of bringing a refreshing change to the handheld industry. After the sad handling of webOS at HP, we not have MeeGo undergone another transition. Industry insiders and…

Apps

Daily App: Chomp for the iPhone

September 28, 2011 0 Nimish

Searching for apps on the iTunes App Store just got a whole lot more fun, thanks to a totally revamped Chomp. We take a look at one of the iPhone’s most popular app search apps.

Apple

Apple Sends out Invites for “Lets Talk iPhone” Event; iPhone 5 Launch Imminent?

September 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

We knew this was coming in the first week of October anyway. But then, it’s always happy to hear an official confirmation. After months of speculations and rumors, Apple has finally made it official that they would be “talking” about…

BlackBerry

RIM Debuts the Blackberry Curve 9360 in India

September 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

In the latest addition to its line up here in India, RIM has launched its newest member from the Curve family -the BlackBerry Curve 9360. The new handset runs BlackBerry OS 7 and packs in a sufficiently large 2.4 inch…

Nokia

Meego Powered Nokia N9 Starts Shipping

September 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has announced that their much awaited, critically acclaimed handset, the N9  has started shipping starting today. The phone, first showcased back in June 2011 was well received by Nokia users and critics alike. It runs the Linux based MeeGo OS…

Apple

iPhone 5 to get Improved Voice Control feature Called Assistant

September 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

Over the course of the past few weeks, we have been hearing about the imminent launch of the iPhone 5 sometime next month. It’s time we look at a few more iPhone 5 related rumors that have cropped up over the past few…

Apple

Facebook Application For iPad Delayed, Team Leader Quits For Google

September 27, 2011 0 Monis

Months ago, New York Times reported that Facebook application for iPad would arrive in weeks. Later on, folks at TechCrunch told us about a hack on how to install the fully functional application on iPad. However, the method was soon…

Apple

Daily App: Evri for the iPad

September 26, 2011 0 Nimish

Has Flipboard on the iPad met its match? Based on what we have seen of Evri, the latest news-as-a-mag app on Apple’s tablet, it might have.

Apple

Wacky Sunday: Five Things We Will NOT See in iPhone 5

September 25, 2011 0 Nimish

While everybody and their grandmothers are speculating about what the iPhone 5 will be like, we decided to check out what it is likely NOT to have.

Nokia

NFC: The Ecosystem Challenge

September 25, 2011 0 Annkur

Cellphones over the years have grown beyond wireless telephone devices. Back in the early days, it was conceived as a communications device, but did we truly expect to pack in so much power? Today a mobile phone has rendered your…

Android

Is That The Motorola Xoom 2?

September 24, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well Motorola didn’t exactly set the market ablaze with its first Android tablet, the Motorola Xoom. Motorola had an exclusive launch with the Honeycomb update for Android, and the lucrative tablet market has so far seen many me-too products ever since…

Nokia

Quick Review: Nokia 101 (Dual SIM)

September 24, 2011 0 Tassavur

Nokia has set its sight on recovering the market share it has lost in the low cost budget phone segment to the local players. Hence Nokia has upped the ante and rapidly released a number of low cost dual SIM…

Android

Review: Motorola (XT530) Fire XT

September 23, 2011 1 Annkur

The race for affordable Android devices is on and most players including Samsung, LG and Motorola are in a bitter fight for conquering this segment. Be it an Android phone with physical QWERTY or simply an affordable full touch-screen, there…

Apple

Daily App: Where’s My Water? for iOS

September 23, 2011 0 Nimish

Disney might have come to the iOS gaming party a trifle late but is sure making up for lost time. Where’s My Water? features an entirely new Disney character, Swampy the alligator.

Apple

Daily App: Real Steel for iOS

September 22, 2011 0 Nimish

Real Steel, DreamWorks’ sci-fi  robot fisticuff film starring Hugh Jackman is due to hit cinema halls on October 7. But we already have got our hands on the official game of the film for iOS from Jump Games.

Internet

Now, You Can Convert Your 2D Videos Into 3D @ Youtube

September 22, 2011 0 Tassavur

Although, 3D televisions have flooded the market their sales more or less have been extremely poor which has got more to do with the lack of 3D content than with the technology or their prices. This is exactly what YouTube…

Apple

Daily App: Instagram for iPhone

September 21, 2011 0 Nimish

One of the most popular photography apps for the iPhone just got a massive update. We get up and close with the new Instagram.

Apple

iPhone 5 Announcement On October 4, Availability in Weeks?

September 21, 2011 0 Monis

Earlier, iPhone 5 was rumored to be launched in September, afterwards end of September, and now the date has shifted to October. According to AllThingsD sources who have previously claimed of an October launch told them that Apple is all…