Android

Finally Movies For Free! Courtesy Crackle.

June 21, 2011 0 Ricky

The long awaited Android app for viewing movies for free is finally here! Crackle officially announced its free app today. The catch? It’s not for everyone. Yet, Christened as Crackle – Movies & TV, this app lets you watch full-length…

Nokia

Nokia Announces the MeeGo Laden N9

June 21, 2011 3 Rahul S

At the Nokia Connection event underway at Singapore, Nokia has finally taken covers off its newest N-Series handset, the Nokia N9. Unlike most of its predecessors (barring the Maemo laden N900 of course) this one runs MeeGo, an OS that…

Apple

Apple Being Investigated In India Under Competition Act

June 20, 2011 0 Annkur

It seems that anti-competitive government checks aren’t restricted to the west. The Hindu Business Line Reports that Apple is under the scanner in India and the Competition Commission of India is studying a customer complaint. The complaint is filed under of…

India

Google StreetView Hits Roadblock in Bangalore

June 20, 2011 0 Rahul S

Google’s much controversial StreetView service is not yet available in India. However, as a part of its campaign to collect India centric data, a bunch of Google owned cars were on the prowl across various cities in the country so…

India

Airtel Broadband Gets Better, Now Offers Minimum 2Mbps Speed

June 20, 2011 0 Krishnan

A lot of hi-tech gadgets including the latest smartphones and tablet have been hitting the Indian shores of lately. These gadgets will not only provide better experience to the Indian consumers in terms of technology but also facilitate the consumption…

First look

MAXX Announces Launch of Vista MS502 in India

June 20, 2011 0 Krishnan

From gaming phones to Phones with long battery life, MAXX are trying their best to capture the low end market with various attractive offerings. Now, they are out to attract the Mademoiselles and give them something to cherish something about.…

Concept / Educative

EADS’ Zehst Travels At Mach 4, Paris to Tokyo in 2 Hrs! (Video)

June 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

Zehst which stands for Zero Emission Hypersonic Transportation is a concept jet made by EADS, parent company of the Airbus. This is a zero emissions environment friendly jet which was unveiled at the Paris Air Show today. This Concorde look…

Tech Industry News

Commemorative Dutch Coins To Get QR Codes!

June 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

So far we have seen the applications of the QR codes mostly being limited to products as info tags on them. Though there are a few fun apps available to play around with them not much has been done with…

Internet

Lulzsec Offers Sega A helping Hand to Nab Hackers

June 20, 2011 0 Rahul S

In a bizarre turn of events, hacking group Lulzsec has come forward with a helping hand to gaming company Sega whose websites were hacked by anonymous hackers last week. Sega had confirmed that hackers had got in to their systems…

First look

Lost Route or Unable to Find a Direction? ‘Route Finder is Here To your Rescue’

June 20, 2011 0 Krishnan

Going on a trip or some place of which you have no knowledge about? One would simply log on to the internet on your phone to seek out directions. But, what if you don’t have a smartphone and face a…

BlackBerry

[India] Blackberry Playbook Spotted Retailing @ Vijay Sales

June 20, 2011 1 Annkur

As we await the official launch of the Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1/8.9 and the Blackberry Playbook, the little tablet by RIM was spotted retailing at a Vijay Sales outlet in Mumbai. It’s common to see unannounced gadgets to…

Market Watch

Warrantify Hopes To Make You Go Green, Goodbye Papers / Receipts?

June 19, 2011 0 Annkur

An average consumer today has more gadgets than ever before. A smartphone, laptop, camera and if you include all components you purchased when assembling PC or home appliances, the list gets pretty long. Managing their receipts and warranties is without…

Android

Motorola Announces Milestone 3 In China

June 18, 2011 0 Ricky

Motorola officially announced the Milestone 3 ‘XT883’ in China in collaboration with China Telecom. This third installment in the Milestone series will be available for purchase by this July.

Concept / Educative

Out Of Battery, Head Straight To The Strawberry Tree! (Video)

June 18, 2011 1 Tassavur

Yes you read that right! So in Belgrade when people run out of battery they have the option to head to this innovative solar powered mobile battery station located on the street called the Strawberry Tree. Milos Milisavljevic, conceived this…

Leaked / Spyshots

LG Device With Dual Screen And Slide Out Keyboard Coming Soon!

June 17, 2011 0 Ricky

Are you one of those who craves for features and functionality in a device? Ever imagined of a dual screen handset, better still a device with dual screen and even a QWERTY keyboard to go with it? Well then that…

News

LG Optimus 3D Launched In Europe; India Launch Soon?

June 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Remember the LG Optimus 3D? The phone was first displayed at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona earlier this year and had since then been under wraps. In the meantime, LG concentrated on its flagship dual core handset – the…

India

25 Year Old Dies After Being Electrocuted By Chinese Handset

June 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Back in 2008, there was a big hue and cry over the arrival of unbranded Chinese handset in India. These phones, most of which did not have valid IMEI numbers were banned by the government. However, like most “bans”, in…

Apple

Official Facebook Application For iPad In Coming Weeks

June 17, 2011 0 Monis

You must have felt jealous when people on iPhone use the native application for Facebook while you being an iPad owner have to open the browser, enter the facebook url, and surf the website. While there are many applications available…

Future WIP

Microsoft Outs Kinect For Windows SDK

June 17, 2011 1 Annkur

Kinect for Xbox is one of our favorite technologies in recent times and with over 10 million units sold, our excitement about how this technology would shape our future has only increased. Today Microsoft has taken the Kinect’s magic a step further by announcing…

Entertainment

AT&T Ad for the Samsung Infuse 4G (Video)

June 16, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well we certainly know that Ads help catch consumers’ attention towards a brand and increase its Brand Recall; but innovative ads like these take it a step further adding great entertainment value to them. Below are ads by AT&T for…

Android

Rumor: Nexus 4G Launching This November With Android 4.0?

June 16, 2011 0 Ricky

The rumors of the next Nexus device from Google are really heating up as Q4 keeps on closing in. Just last month we had the rumor that HTC will be coming out with the next Nexus without any buttons there…

Nokia

Nokia Launches Symbian Anna Laden X7 Smartphone in Taiwan

June 15, 2011 4 Rahul S

It’s a busy day for folks over at Nokia it seems. After bringing out the Symbian Anna based E6 business handset to India on preorder, the company has announced the launch of its latest multimedia smartphone, the X7 in Taiwan.…

India

Nokia E6 Goes For Preorder in India; Priced At Rs. 17,999

June 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia India has announced that it will start pre-orders for its newest E Series smartphone, the E6 starting today. The E6 happens to be Nokia’s first touch and type monoblock smartphone complete with a full QWERTY keyboard and would also…

Podcast

OG Podcast #12 – We Are Back! Patents, WWDC, Dual-core Androids & More

June 14, 2011 0 Annkur

Update: We seem to have corrupted the edited podcast MP3. Give us sometime and we shall get it back live!

India

Sony Launches NWZ E363 Walkman in India

June 14, 2011 0 Rahul S

Sony has announced the launch of its latest Walkman MP3player, the NWZ-E363 in India . The new Walkman boasts of features like Clear Bass and Clear Stereo enhancement technologies by Sony. Lets now take a closer look at the feature set on this…

Apple

Apple Gives US Unlocked iPhone 4, Why?

June 14, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple today started to sell unlocked iPhone 4 in United States, thus ending a 4 year long stretch of locked phones in its biggest market. Apple announced the iOS 5 and iCloud at WWDC earlier this month, but didn’t announce…

Apple

Nokia – Apple End Litigation, Apple To Pay Royalties

June 14, 2011 0 Annkur

Mobile manufacturers have been fighting it out in court rooms across the globe and just when we started to lose track of all the suits and counter suits, there is a settlement. Apple and Nokia have settled all their litigation bringing…

India

Nokia Launches Pink N8 Variant In India

June 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has announced the launch of a new pink variant of its flagship camera smartphone, the N8 in India. The device, obviously targeted at the fairer sex has gone on sale in various cities (18 to be precise) across India…

News

Quietly Brilliant: HTC Salsa and Sensation Go On Sale In India

June 13, 2011 0 Annkur

Just as we reported the Salsa is on sale in India and along with a bonus, the HTC Sensation. We have gone hands-on with both these devices in Mumbai and you would see almost all retailers (small or big) selling them…

India

MEElectronics SP51 In-Ear Headphone (Review)

June 11, 2011 0 Tassavur

We had a pretty good experience with the MEElectronics M9P in-ear headphones. After a long hiatus we have got another interesting headphone from MEElectronics i.e. the SP51 in-ear headphone. We have seen a lot of earphones but this one promises…

Android

OG Review: HTC Wildfire S

June 11, 2011 4 Annkur

HTC has recently put the WildfireS on sale in India and the little Android phone is one of the many smartphones that HTC is rolling out this month. The original Wildfire was one of the bestsellers, more for its price…

Android

Got A Samsung Galaxy S II? Facing Any Of These Symptoms? And The Typo?

June 11, 2011 9 Annkur

There is no denying that Samsung Galaxy S2 is the only high end smartphone that I have seen so many people on my twitter timeline tweeting about. And it’s not just tweets talking about it, its tweets full of excitement,…

India

BlackBerry PlayBook Goes International, India Launch In Weeks

June 10, 2011 0 Rahul S

It’s been quite some time since RIM launched the BlackBerry PlayBook in the US and Canada and looks like RIM is now ready to bring the tablet to a bunch of new countries in the next few weeks.  Thats right,…

Android

Motorola Announces Photon 4G, Sprint’s First World phone

June 10, 2011 0 Ricky

Motorola announced Photon 4G their latest dual-core device just yesterday at the event organised by Motorola and Sprint. The Photon 4G will be Sprint’s first dual-core device from Motorola  and also the manufacturer’s first WiMax compatible phone.

eReaders & Tablets

HP’s webOS Powered TouchPad Going On Sale From July 1, Starts $499

June 9, 2011 0 Annkur

After demoing it early and making the market wait for a fair bit of time, HP (Palm) has finally confirmed that its 9.7″ tablet ‘TouchPad’ would go on sale from 1st July in US. TouchPad runs webOS which was developed…

India

[India] HTC Salsa Coming Up For Rs 20,500

June 9, 2011 0 Annkur

The Wildfire S as we pointed is out on sale and HTC is now bringing its Facebook phone ‘Salsa’ to India. Announced at MWC and rumored to be hitting UK later this month, HTC ChaCha and Salsa are termed Facebook…

Apple

Apple Kills Drunk Driving Apps From The App Store, Revises Terms

June 9, 2011 0 Rahul S

After getting rapped by US authorities for allowing appas that display DUI (Driving Under Influence) traps on iOS, Apple has started purging these apps from the app store. They have also updated the terms and conditions of the App Store…

sony ericsson

Sony Ericsson Launches Mix Walkman and Txt Pro Handsets

June 9, 2011 2 Rahul S

Sony Ericsson has announced the launch of two new handsets following a worldwide competition open to the fans of Sony Ericsson on Facebook. The two new devices include a Walkman branded phone and a messaging oriented, QWERTY keyboard laden device.…

News

Vodafone UK Drops 10.1v, Gets Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

June 8, 2011 0 Annkur

Now Samsung has given you enough reasons to be confused about the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. To begin with all its tablets are called the Galaxy Tab (right from the 7″ to 10.1″). Thus making the lineup something like this,…

eReaders & Tablets

Will Microsoft Build Its Own Tablet? (Rumor)

June 8, 2011 0 Annkur

Microsoft has given multiple hints on Windows 8 this year. Earlier at CES they announced that Windows 8 would work on both x86 and ARM architectures and recently they demoed the touch oriented UI of Win8. While the debate on…