Android

The weather looks just fine…on Google on Android, iPhone

January 26, 2011 0 Anupama

It might be sunny, cloudy, pitch dark at midnight, but the weather will always be just brilliant as long as you are checking it on Google on an Android device or an iPhone. Now, when you want to know the…

Tech Industry News

Cheap Tech To Fake Fingerprint Shown Against UID In India

January 25, 2011 5 Rahul S

India’s ambitious UID (Unique Identification Card) project has been underway for quite some time now. Announced back in February 2009, the first of the cards were launched in October 2010 in a tribal village in Maharashtra. With more than a…

Android

Maxx MA440 Android Phone, Hands-on [Exclusive]

January 25, 2011 2 Annkur

Maxx Mobile teased us with a promo video of their Android phone earlier today (at their employee awards function, which we must say was organized in true Filmfare style), but then we just can’t content our appetite for info with…

Android

LG’s Optimus 3D Leaked Just Prior To MWC

January 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

It’s that time of the year when almost all leading phone manufacturers and mobile telephony enthusiasts have their eyes set on the biggest mobile event of the year – the Mobile World Congress. This year too, the event is scheduled…

Apple

The iPad isn’t launching in India on 28th Jan, At least not for Rs 26000!

January 25, 2011 8 Annkur

Apple has sold 7.3 million iPad’s last quarter alone, and there is a healthy list of people around me who own an iPad already. I resisted for months after my initial review of the iPad WiFi, but even I ended…

Apps

Now there’s an app for making your trip – MakeMyTrip comes to BlackBerry

January 24, 2011 0 Anupama

Indian online travel agency MakeMyTrip (MMT) has launched its travel booking app on the BlackBerry App World in India. Called MakeMyTrip Mobile, the app will help users search and compare air fares and booking through authorized transaction channels with Visa…

Android

LG’s Nvidia Tegra 2 Powered Optimus 2X Goes On Sale In Korea

January 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

If there is one smartphone that can boast of totally out of this world specs at this moment, I bet there is only one contender around. LG’s Android powered Optimus 2X. This monster of a phone complete with a dual…

Fixes / Troubleshooting

How to open HTC 7 Mozart Battery/SIM?

January 24, 2011 0 Team OG

HTC might well be promoting the HTC 7 Mozart with its design aspect… single piece of aluminum and all, but you know whats the most difficult part there? Figuring out how to open the battery cover! So here is a…

Android

India gets a dual-SIM Android: Hello, Moto XT800

January 24, 2011 0 Anupama

India has its first Android dual SIM phone , the Motorola Milestone XT800. The phone, which is capable of handling CDMA and GSM networks, runs Android 2.1 and carries what we think, is a stiff price tag of Rs 31,999.…

Android

Sony follows Kindle path, launches Sony Reader app on Android

January 24, 2011 0 Anupama

The e-book revolution has taken another step away from e-readers (of the hardware type). Just as Amazon has made its Kindle software available for reading books on platforms other than its e-book reader of the same name and Barnes and…

HTC

[Video] Quick Review: HTC 7 Mozart and HD7 (WP7 in India)

January 24, 2011 0 Team OG

Gizmomeet Delhi saw a lot of Windows Phone 7 action with both HTC releases – the HD7 and the 7 Mozart coming to us. Currently HTC is the only company selling Windows Phone 7 in India and here is a…

eReaders & Tablets

It’s official – Samsung Galaxy Tab now for Rs 29,299!

January 23, 2011 2 Nimish

When Samsung had launched the Galaxy Tab in India a few months ago, we had loved the device but, had felt that at Rs 38,000, it was way overpriced. However, that price had been coming down, and some retailers like…

Apple

Toshiba pokes fun at iPad on its tablet site!

January 23, 2011 0 Nimish

  The tablet wars are well and truly on and the latest verbal salvo in these (after the mauling handed out to Android by Tim Cook) has been fired by the folks at Toshiba. Just head over to the new…

Apple

Review: Bubble Ball (iOS)

January 22, 2011 0 Nimish

The past couple of days have seen the media buzzing about Bubble Ball, the game made by fourteen-year-old Robert Nay that has knocked Angry Birds Seasons off the top of the free apps charts of the App Store. We decided…

Future WIP

Tegra 3 Coming At MWC? Quad-Core!

January 21, 2011 0 Annkur

NVIDIA has sure made an impact with its Tegra 2 offering, and the real impact of the same was seen at CES 2011. Bringing dual-core love to handhelds, the Tegra 2 has surely upped the industry expectations for performance from…

Android

Samsung Gem i100 Spotted, Entry Level Android

January 21, 2011 1 Annkur

We would have expected Samsung to throw in Bada OS for an entry level phone like this, but it seems that the Gem (SCH-i100) would have some Android love. The design is reminiscent of the good old Samsung Monte, though…

Apps

Starbucks Comes Up With iPhone, BlackBerry Mobile Payments

January 21, 2011 0 Rahul S

In what we believe is a first of its kind, it seems Starbucks is all set to implement mobile payments in a way, never before seen at a coffee shop. Starbucks have started its mobile payment system that would allow…

Gaming

Nintendo 3DS coming on March 27 – 3D gaming without glasses for $249

January 19, 2011 0 Nimish

So, after a relative no-show at CES 2011, Nintendo has finally told the world when its next portable gaming console will be hitting the shelves (in the US, at least). According to a release that we have just received, the…

netbook

A 1.4 kg Vaio for Rs 26,990? Sony releases the YB series

January 19, 2011 0 Nimish

They may be among the most stylish notebooks, but one thing that most people tend to associate with Sony’s Vaio series of notebooks are relatively stiff price tags. Well, that might be set to change with Sony taking the wrappers…

Apple

Apple Talks iPad Competition, Honeycomb vs iPad

January 18, 2011 0 Annkur

Every since Apple and Google started to comment aggressively about each others business and products, each earnings call or product launch is filled with some punches going around. So here is what Tim Cook (Apple COO) had to say about…

Featured

Twitter Discussion: What’s Wrong With Nokia?

January 18, 2011 3 Annkur

Twitter is know for open debates and extreme opinions. And we ran into a conversation yesterday, with over 100 tweets flying around from the tech community (includes our team). And where did all this start from? Well as we trace…

eReaders & Tablets

Renders of Palm-HP webOS Tablet Leaked! On Sale Sept 2011?

January 18, 2011 0 Annkur

Engadget has leaked out the upcoming Palm tablets, and there are two of them as it seems. A 9″ version dubbed ‘Topaz’ and another 7″ (reading focused) version called the Opal. No mystery spec like a PixelQI screen here, but…

Apple

OneNote arrives in App Store, will MS Office follow?

January 18, 2011 0 Anupama

Microsoft has released a version of its note-making application, OneNote, for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The app which is part of the MS Office suite on computers and is being used by over 80 million people in the…

Gaming

Final Fantasy XIII gets silly name sequel – Final Fantasy XIII-2!

January 18, 2011 0 Nimish

At long last the folks at Square Enix have announced the sequel to the six million copy selling Final Fantasy XIII RPG. And in terms of lame gaming nomenclature, this has got to take first prize. No, it is not…

Featured

OG Interview: Ajay Sharma, Country Head, HTC India

January 18, 2011 1 Nimish

After being in the news for coming out with some amazing smartphones over the past few years, HTC had a relatively quiet holiday season in India, with no major releases. However, the company seems to be back in the swing…

Apps

We have got a Facebook Mail ID! Are we switching to it? Umm…No!

January 18, 2011 5 Anupama

Facebook is one of the most popular social networking services around – it has even inspired a film. So when it was announced late last year that Facebook would be launching a mail service too (called Facebook Messaging), we applied…

First look

Akai ‘Trio’ Triple SIM Phone Goes on Sale, Priced Rs 3295

January 18, 2011 0 Annkur

We have seen the Quad SIM phone, but the nearest you can get your hands-on for now is the Akai triple SIM phone. With a claim to be the first triple phone in India (Intex sure would feel offended by…

events

Connector Kinetic Robots (Modular Robot) – Techfest

January 17, 2011 0 Guest Author

Coverage by our in-house scientist – Aditya Sengupta. You can must follow him on twitter: @sengupta! One of the tough things about sophisticated robots these days is they are considerably difficult to modify and adapt. At this point, it takes considerable time…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP Hints WebOS Netbook? Wait A Minute…

January 17, 2011 0 Annkur

While HP-Palm missed CES 2011 and we saw nothing about the WebOS coming out there, it was clear that its coming up at MWC. However it wasn’t to be at MWC, but a HP event on 9th Feb that is…

Apple

Steve Jobs on Medical Leave Again, No Return Timeframe Mentioned

January 17, 2011 0 Annkur

When it was Tim Cook (COO, Apple) talking the stage at the Verizon iPhone event, many believed Steve Jobs is missing as it isn’t an Apple event. But this may be wrong. In a release today, it is revealed that…

Nokia

Has Nokia pulled the plug on Ovi Music Unlimited?

January 17, 2011 0 Nimish

Nokia might have been having a relatively rough time in the smartphone market (it remains the leader, though), but one thing that really worked in its favour was the Ovi Music Unlimited service. It lets users download an unlimited number…

events

ECCERobot – The Humanoid At Techfest 2011

January 16, 2011 0 Guest Author

Coverage by our in-house scientist – Aditya Sengupta. You can must follow him on twitter: @sengupta! One of the striking observations about most “humanoid” robots today is how unhuman they actually are- particularly on the inside. They are filled with motors,…

events

Roundup – IIT Bombay Techfest 2011

January 16, 2011 1 Annkur

While some more coverage (includes some superb videos) from the IIT B Techfest 2011 would keep on flowing until month end, here is a round up of the IIT B Techfest 2011. This was our 4th year at Asia’s Biggest…

Apple

Apple’s iPad 2 With Quadrupled Pixels? Retina? (2048×1536)

January 16, 2011 0 Annkur

With the iPhone 4, Apple started an all new race for display resolutions. More than half a year after it was introduced, the Retina display still has little competition. But its not about the iPhone now, it’s the time of…

HTC

Unboxing the HTC Mozart 7 (WP7)

January 15, 2011 2 Team OG

We did a super unboxing of the HTC Mozart 7 at the Delhi GizmoMeet yesterday. The Mozart 7 is one of the first Windows Phone 7 phones to be launched in India and what better than a live audience of…

HTC

Dining with the HTC HD7 (WP7) [Pictures]

January 15, 2011 0 Annkur

A dinner with geeks after the GizmoMeet Delhi has its own geeky taste. Amongst others, we were served the HD7, another Windows Phone 7 device from HTC. To begin with, it has a 4.3″ screen, enough to; even encourage this…

events

GizmoMeet #2 – Thank You New Delhi!

January 15, 2011 0 Annkur

GizmoMeet #2 – Thank You New Delhi! As out team departed for New Delhi, all charged up for the 2nd edition of GizmoMeet, we were warned about the cold winter in Delhi, fog, canceled flights and the recent communal tension.…

Apple

Devil May Cry coming to iPhone, iPod touch

January 12, 2011 1 Nimish

The Sony PSP brigade and Nintendo DS fan club might disagree, but the iPhone and iPod touch are rapidly turning into full-fledged mobile gaming platforms, thanks to the rash of games available on the iTunes App Store. And the latest…

BlackBerry

Video: RIM Blackberry Playbook with QNX OS

January 12, 2011 1 Luke Abell

We went hands-on with the RIM tablet i.e. the Blackberry Playbook at CES 2011, and here is a fairly detailed demo of the same (running the QNX OS). The Playbook is due to come out in Q1 of 2011 and…

Android

Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc & LiveView [Video]

January 12, 2011 0 Luke Abell

We are back from CES 2011 and here is a detailed hands-on video of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc announced last week. The Arc is certainly one of the most visually appealing smartphones announced recently. Running Android 2.3 (gingerbread) and…