Micromax

Guess who inspired Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Ad

October 13, 2010 1 Annkur

We saw the plethora of smartphones running Windows Phone 7 being released by Microsoft and a concept that interests me. One thing that actually made me think seriously of Microsoft’s WP7 approach is their ads. And here is what I…

Android

Videocon Launches New Android Handset in India

October 13, 2010 3 Rahul S

Homegrown phone maker Videocon mobiles has just launched it’s Android handset in India. Called the Zeus, the phone, at least going by the specs looks interesting. Let’s now see what the phone has on offer for you. The Zeus comes…

Featured

Nokia N8 Review Part 3: Competition and Conclusion

October 11, 2010 20 Mr Spock

Even as the N8 gets ready to be officially unveiled in India,  here we are with the final part of our epic Nokia N8 review. We have looked at what the phone looks like, what it has to offer and…

HTC

Windows Phone 7 Arrives. 10 New Handsets Made Official

October 11, 2010 1 Rahul S

Microsoft has officially launched its next generation smart phone operating system, Windows Phone 7. As many as 10 new handsets made by a horde of manufacturers are in the fray vying your attention. The new handsets include ones from Samsung,…

Microsoft

Samsung Omnia 7 Press Shots Out. Already

October 11, 2010 0 Rahul S

Looks like Samsung can’t wait to release their Windows Phone 7 handsets! What else could explain Samsung Russia posting images and spec details of the Omnia 7 (GT-I8700) on their website long before the commencement of the event where these…

Android

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 Launched in India

October 11, 2010 1 Rahul S

Sony Ericsson has just days ago announced that it has started shipping its Xperia X8, Android smartphone. What we did not expect back then was an India launch so soon! Thats right ladies and gentlemen, the Xperia X8 has been…

Nokia

Nokia Starts Shipping The C7

October 11, 2010 0 Rahul S

Nokia has announced that it has started shipping its second Symbian^3 based handset, the C7 to costumers across the world. The C7, was unveiled at the Nokia World Conference held a few weeks ago which was mainly in the news…

Nokia

Nokia N8 Review Part 2: Features and Performance

October 10, 2010 5 Mr Spock

We are back with the second part of our review of the Nokia N8. After discussing its look and feel (and getting loads of feedback, for which we cannot thank you enough), it is time now to seriously look at…

Nokia

Quick Review: Unboxing the Nokia E5

October 10, 2010 0 Nimish

The media might have been abuzz about the N8, but that is by no means the only arrow in the quiver of the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer. We managed to get our hands on the latest addition to the E…

Apple

Limera1n Jailbreak Tool for iOS 4.1 Arrives

October 10, 2010 0 Rahul S

After discovering a new Bootrom exploit and working for over six months, Geohot has released his limera1n to jailbreak iOS 4.1 and iOS 3.2.2 based devices. The release of comes just a day before the release of greenpois0n by the…

Samsung

Samsung adds three Bada phones in Wave family

October 9, 2010 0 c0rex

Samsung has announced three new Wave phones - Wave 525, Wave 533 and Wave 575. All three Wave phones will run Samsung Bada OS and are practically same devices with few changes in specifications.

Nokia

Nokia N8 review part 1: Look and feel

October 9, 2010 16 Mr Spock

A few years ago, people would have laughed if you had said you were going to write about how a Nokia phone looked. After all, Nokia phones were supposed to be performers rather than lookers. Times, alas (we think) have…

Android

Adobe Air Comes to Android

October 8, 2010 0 Rahul S

While Apple is yet to get over with its differences with Adobe, Android seems to be the one who is making hay when the sun shines- well, literally! As promised back at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona, Adobe has…

Featured

Discussing the Nokia N8 (Preview) – Gizmo Podcast #5

October 8, 2010 0 Annkur

Myself and Nimish went into a midnight call to discuss the upcoming Nokia N8. Though our own Mr Spock has brought some cheer to us with exclusive unboxing pics (his review coming soon), the lesser mortals like us are still…

Apple

Greenpois0n jailbreak for iOS 4.1 due on 10/10/10 at 10:10:10AM GMT

October 8, 2010 0 c0rex

Joshua Hill aka p0sixninja of Chronic Dev Team, the iPhone software platform hackers, has confirmed new greenpois0n jailbreak will be released on binary date – 10/10/10 at binary time – 10:10:10AM.

Android

Sony Ericsson Starts Shipping the Xperia X8 and Cedar

October 8, 2010 0 Rahul S

Sony Ericsson has in its Product Blog revealed that it has begun shipping its Xperia X8 Android smartphone to stores around the world. It has also started shipping the Cedar, a Green Heart branded, Eco-friendly  phone from the company. Coming…

Featured

OG Unboxing the Nokia N8

October 8, 2010 0 Mr Spock

Finally, we have the Nokia N8 landing on our desk and here are some quick unboxing shots before we go down and do a complete review:

Android

Windows Phone7 Unlikely to Help Microsoft Regain Lost Glory: Gartner

October 8, 2010 0 Rahul S

Market research firm Gartner has in a latest research predicted that Microsofts upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS would only marginally increase the market share of Microsoft in the smartphones segment. The OS, which has to be Microsoft’s most anticipated launch…

Android

Firefox 4 beta for mobile released…but only for Android, Maemo

October 8, 2010 0 Nimish

Mozilla has finally released a public beta of Firefox 4 for mobile for download and test. But we would advise the cheering to be a bit restrained – the browser is available only for Android (version 2 and above) and…

eReaders & Tablets

India gets a sub-Rs 9,000 tablet – the Magnum

October 7, 2010 1 Nimish

Barely a couple of days within Dell’s launching its Streak tablet in the Indian market at what to us seems to be a stiff price of Rs 34,990, comes a tablet that costs less than a third of it –…

Cameras

Sony’s 16.41 Megapixel Sensors for Cameraphones Arrive

October 7, 2010 1 Rahul S

If you thought we were almost at the end of the megapixel war when it comes to cellphones, Sony has thrown up a surprise in the form of its latest sensor that can capture images at 16.41 megapixels. As of…

Google

Google Instant Search released in India

October 7, 2010 0 Nimish

Indian Web surfers rejoice! Google has made its new Instant Search available for Indian users. The new search that literally shows search results even as you type was released a couple of weeks ago. In simple terms, it literally kills…

social media

Facebook Introduces New Features, Greater Privacy Controls

October 7, 2010 2 Rahul S

Facebook, which of late has been in the midst of a raging privacy controversy has just announced a set of new features which according to them would offer greater control to the end user. New feature additions include Groups and…

Apple

Tit for Tat: Motorola Sues Apple

October 7, 2010 0 Rahul S

Good Morning and welcome to the latest edition of daily lawsuit news. The only show on the planet where we talk about all those interesting lawsuits and counter-suits being filed by tech companies on a daily basis. In todays edition…

Launch Pad

Dual SIM Phones Galore! Wynncom Intros New Handsets

October 6, 2010 0 Rahul S

The rate at which Indian companies are announcing new dual SIM phones is mind-boggling. While mainstream manufacturers are yet to fully take the plunge when it comes to introducing low cost, dual SIM handsets, smaller companies like Micromax, G’Five and…

Android

We’re Open to Windows Phone 7, says Motorola Co-CEO

October 6, 2010 3 Rahul S

It was just last week that Microsoft sued Motorola for using as many as nine of their patented technologies on its Android phones. Motorola, who incidentally was a major Microsoft partner with its Windows Mobile based handsets had been reeling…

Android

Motorola Announces New Android Handsets: Spice and Droid PRO

October 6, 2010 1 Rahul S

Motorola seems to be very upbeat about its Android prospects. Of late it has been launching new devices based on Android with regular frequency. The latest devices to be added to Motorola’s Android portfolio happens to be the Spice and…

Gaming

Panasonic working on online gaming console – The Jungle!

October 5, 2010 0 Nimish

While everyone has been busy talking about the Move, the Kinect and the next DS, a new player has made its move into the gaming arena. It is none other than Panasonic, which is talking about what seems to be…

Android

Android 2.2 Froyo Market, now available on Android 2.1

October 5, 2010 3 Gaurav N

You already heard that paid apps are now available in India too. But have you noticed what else is available with the Android Market? With the release of Froyo(Android 2.2) Google really made some great enhancements in Android Market App…

eReaders & Tablets

Ballmer: Windows Slates Before Year End

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

The tablets race is crazy. I doubt if I have ever heard so much news about any gadget that is yet to prove its real utility, but the whole world is going crazy about it. Half baked releases and lot…

Android

LG delays its tablet, waiting for Android 3.0

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Not too long back LG had boldly announced its plans for an Android tablet that would be better than the Apple iPad and it seems that they have now realised what iOS is to iPad now. After teasing the market…

Android

Dell Launches its Streak Android Tablet in India

October 5, 2010 1 Rahul S

Dell’s much awaited Android Tablet, the Streak has been launched in India today. The Streak  boasts of a not so large 5 – inch display which makes it  dimensionally smaller than some of the full fledged tablets out there. That…

Android

HP drops Android plans, See you with Palm WebOS at CES 2011!

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

HP put us in a little confusion with the Andoid based tablet Zeen leaking out the other day. But here comes the official confirmation that HP has dropped its Android based tablet / smartphone projects in favor of the Palm…

Android

Android Market populates paid apps in India

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Just tuning into tweets from some Indian Android owners, it seems that paid apps have finally started to flow in here. Part of Google’s promise to take Android market commercial in a whole new lot of countries. Way to go,…

Reviews

Speed test using iPhone 4 – EDGE/GPRS vs 3G vs WiFi-broadband (India)

October 5, 2010 0 Guest Author

As India is waiting for the 3G revolution to roll out across India. We thought of doing some internet speed test over Edge/GPRS, WiFi and 3G. 3G Speed test gave us awesome result compared to our old fashioned Edge/GPRS. We just wanted…

Rumors

Whatever happened to Samsung AMOLED

October 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Yesterday we started to hear about the new Bada OS handset Wave II from Samsung and guess what? This one has almost the same specs as the original Wave (S8500) but no AMOLED display. It was hard to digest a…

Microsoft

It is official! Windows Phone 7 coming on October 11

October 4, 2010 1 Nimish

The cat is finally out of the bag. After all the speculation, it has been confirmed that the next version of Windows Mobile – Windows Phone 7 – will be released on October 11. The Microsoft website talks of a…

Android

Samsung Tab coming to India in November for (gasp!) Rs 47,000?

October 4, 2010 0 Mr Spock

All right, we must state up front that this is purely a rumour but as it comes from no fewer than THREE Samsung Store executives and two market observers (none of whom want to be named, for obvious reasons), we…

picture

OG Picture of the month: Public Twitter Booth

October 4, 2010 0 Annkur

Now this is surely unique and weird, a public twitter booth!

Featured

Weeding out fake SIM cards & messing the environment [India Telecom]

October 4, 2010 1 Guest Author

Following is a Guest Post by Dinesh Bareja (blog), Information security and CSR consultant. Originally posted on IndiaKiAwaz The Government has blindly issued orders to all telcos to confirm the identities of 600 million (60 cr) subscribers since they assume that…