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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…

Tech Industry News

After Twitter, FTC Settles Privacy Case With Facebook

November 30, 2011 0 Tassavur

It was just yesterday that we discussed about Twitter overtaking Whisper Systems for making Twitter more secure. The step was most probably a result of the fact that they were pulled up by the FTC for lack of adequate security…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Tech Industry News

Coming in 2012: Nano SIM Cards

November 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

First off, we start with some facts. Did you know who invented the SIM card? The tiny piece of chip that finds itself embedded inside almost every mobile phone on the globe was first made by a smart card maker…

Microsoft

Huawei on Microsoft’s Patent Licensing Radar

November 8, 2011 0 Tassavur

After Huawei adopted Google’s Android its market share has been increasing slowly but steadily. And guess what? Even Huawei is added to the list of prominent manufacturers on the Android based platform which includes the like of Samsung and HTC to…

Microsoft

Camera No Longer Mandatory Requirement on Windows Phone 7

November 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

When they announced Windows Phone 7 initially, Microsoft had laid down quite a few mandatory requirements for a phone to be “compatible” with the OS. These included at least a 480*800 pixel display, a capacitive touch screen, the thee hardware…

Internet

Opera Releases new versions of Opera Mini, Opera Mobile Browsers

November 3, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was just three weeks ago that Opera released a new version of its Opera Mini browser for Android devices. It’s now time for Opera to announce new versions of the browser for other platforms as well. Apart from Opera…

Android

Galaxy Nexus India Registration Page Goes Live

November 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

When Google and Samsung officially revealed the Galaxy Nexus a few days ago, there was no reference to an India specific launch. Going by the previous experiences we have had with Nexus devices most of us thought this one too…

Nokia

Nokia’s Anna Update for Symbian Handsets Reach the US

October 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

That headline tells a lot about Nokia’s sad state of affairs in the US, doesn’t it? More than a month after the Anna update rolled out to handsets in other parts of the globe, it is only now that the…

Apps

Mobile 4 Mumbai’s Auto Fare App For Android

October 22, 2011 0 Annkur

Raxit and team have been working hard to keep up with auto and taxi fares for cities across India and release apps for the same. The most popular for them is by far the Mumbai app for checking BEST routes…

Android

Samsung Galaxy Nexus: A closer Look look at the Newest Google Phone

October 19, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was a busy past 20 hours for all of us covering the mobile technology space. First off, RIM started the proceedings with their new announcements at the BlackBerry DevCon. We will have a post up on that soon. Almost…

Apple

Samsung Giving Galaxy SII For $2 To Get People Lining Outside Stores

October 12, 2011 0 Annkur

Last year as the Samsung Galaxy S was being pitched against the Apple iPhone 4, we had highlighted how Samsung (and other smartphone makers) are trying hard to catch up with the iPhone. Their attempts to prove themselves better than…

Apple

Apple Flaunts Momentum With iPhone 4S, Analysts Pitch In With Predictions

October 11, 2011 0 Annkur

Yesterday we heard from Apple that the pre-order numbers for iPhone 4S crossed 1 million in the first 24 hours of opening the booking. The 4S goes on sale this week in US, UK and 5 other countries and would…

eReaders & Tablets

10-inch Windows 7 Dell Tablet ‘Peju’ Leaked!

October 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

Dell hasn’t managed any significant traction in the smartphone and tablets market with its Windows Phone and Android offerings. But as the momentum shifts towards portable computing, the segment gets all the more important for all PC players. As per…

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

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

No 4G Support on the New iPhone: Rumor

October 4, 2011 0 Rahul S

With just hours left for the next generation iPhone to be released, looks like we have the final set of rumors arriving before everything gets confirmed. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the new iPhone will NOT support 4g…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

events

Panasonic Robot To Endure a 230km Triathlon, Evolta World Challenge IV

September 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

If you are wondering, why on earth is a robot running a triathlon and that too 230 km long? Well its Panasonic’s unique way of showing off the power of their rechargeable batteries called Evolta which is put to test…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Shareholder Adds Insult to Injury by Suing HP for WebOS / TouchPad Debacle

September 16, 2011 0 Tassavur

HP which had abandoned WebOS from its future plans after the TouchPad debacle, due to the rising costs and non performance issues it had brough to the company, is now stung by a class-action lawsuit filed by one of its…

Android

Huawei Deuce: Dual SIM Android Handset

September 16, 2011 0 Tassavur

Although Huawei has launched a couple of Android devices in the market viz, the Ideos and the Impulse 4G, it was yet to launch a dual SIM Android handset, surprising considering that is the first feature they bring out in…

Apple

Wait, Hold Those iPhone Rumors!

September 16, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple hasn’t launched a new iPhone  at WWDC 2011 as it did for the past four years. History expected them to do so, but all that came out at WWDC was the iOS 5, OS X Lion and iCloud. iOS…

Android

LG Outs Optimus Hub (E510F) In Italy, Runs Android 2.3

September 13, 2011 0 Annkur

LG has announced an October release for its new mid-segment Android smartphone, the Optimus Hub. The Hub is powered by a 800MHz processor and was previously referred as the Univa. The Hub has a decent spec sheet for the price…

Android

Micromax Launching Sub 20k Dual Core Android Phone?

September 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

Now this one’s really interesting. Micromax Mobiles, which over the past few years had managed to turn quite a few heads with their range of low cost Android handsets like the A60 and the A70 , are at it again. The company…

Microsoft

Windows 8 to Support Windows Phone 7 Apps?

September 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

Now, this sure is a fascinating bit of news we have here. If we are to believe  nVidia’s CEO Jen Hsun Huang, Microsoft’s soon to be released Windows 8 Operating System is likely to feature native support for running Windows…

Android

Next Google Phone: Samsung Nexus Prime GT-I9250

September 7, 2011 0 Annkur

Ever since Google started to ship its own devices under the ‘Nexus’ branding, rumors speculating features, manufacturer and launch of these devices have been frequent. The next Android release ‘Ice Cream Sandwich‘ is due soon, and we can totally expect…

Notebook / Laptops

Acer’s Ultrabook Aspire S3 Debuts, Is Thinner Than MacBook Air!

September 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

Acer, the world’s largest Notebook PC maker has taken covers off its first Ultrabook notebook, the S3 at the ongoing IFA Conference at Berlin. The device, aiming to be a portable, powerful notebook (like most other ultrabooks out there) has…

Market Watch

Samsung To Invest $9. billion In R&D, Buy WebOS?

August 30, 2011 0 Annkur

Samsung has announced that their R&D expenditure for 2011 is expected to total $9.3 billion, (10 trillion won, ) and as much as 50% of that has already been spent. The Korean company spent a similar amount last year. The…

Market Watch

A Look At Android Phones In India

August 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

The Android platform has grown three fold since the last year. And its presence and acceptance in the Indian market as well has grown by leaps and bounds. The mindshare enjoyed by Android phones in India is much higher than…

Android

Microsoft is the Real Winner of the Google Motorola Deal!

August 19, 2011 0 Tassavur

Google is about to complete its $12.50 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the handset manufacturing arm of Motorola. For now the acquisition is being projected as a move to fend off the patent wars and interestingly being appreciated by manufacturers…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Dear HP, Palm Wasn’t A Magic Wand

August 19, 2011 0 Annkur

If you landed here via the homepage, you would have heard it by now: HP Is done with its stint with WebOS / Palm. Last year when HP picked up Palm for $1.2 billion, it raised a hope and as…