Android

India gets its first Gingerbread phone, the OliveSmart, for less than Rs 20,000

February 9, 2011 0 Nimish

Even as our resident Android specialist Ricky Droid highlighted rumours that some manufacturers are sidestepping the Android 2.3 update and heading straight to version 2.4, Olive Telecom has released India’s first phone running Android 2.3, or Gingerbread as it is…

Android

Google To Move Directly To Android 2.4 In April

February 9, 2011 0 Ricky

Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) was released back in December and as of now, there is only the Nexus S running this version of the OS with no update yet for Nexus One or any other devices in sight. Google had said…

Tech Industry News

Texas Instruments Comes Back With A Bang!

February 9, 2011 0 Ricky

TI is mainly known for its Chip inside the Droids, the Motorola droid, Droid X and many other devices. After the droid X we have not seen any new processors from TI and it was sad to see that no…

eReaders & Tablets

Kindle gets page numbers, greater sharing options with firmware update

February 8, 2011 0 Nimish

Amazon has released a firmware update for the third generation of its phenomenally successful e-book reader, the Kindle. And unlike some updates that mainly prattle about removing bugs and making operations smoother, this one actually adds some very handy features…

Nokia

Nokia X2-01 Lands In India: Oficially

February 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has officially launched its newest low end, QWERTY laden S40 handset, the X2-01 in India. The phone, first seen back in November 2010 was announced along with another low end handset, the C2-01. The X2-01 features a largish 2.4…

Android

Nokia, RIM lose ground as Samsung, HTC advance: IDC Q4 2010 report

February 7, 2011 0 Nimish

In what seems to be yet another sign of the old order changing and giving way to new players in the mobile phone market,  IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker’s round-up of the fourth quarter of 2010, has shown Nokia…

Nokia

Nokia’s E7 Goes On Sale

February 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia’s upcoming flagship business phone, the E7 would be soon arriving on select markets across the globe – Nokia revealed today. The first shipments will start later this week and the device would be available in more markets in the…

Android

VLC Player Coming Soon On Android

February 7, 2011 0 Ricky

VLC has been the best media player on both Windows and Linux for a very long time. Naturally, we were excited about the release of VLC for iPad and expected the android version to come out soon, but it has been…

Gaming

Official ICC World Cup 2011 videogame unveiled

February 7, 2011 1 Nimish

With less than a fortnight to go for cricket’s most prestigious tournament, the 2011 ICC World Cup, Zapak Games has released the official videogame for the tournament. Titled Cricket Power, the game has been made exclusively for the PC (we…

Android

The PS phone is official – Sony E shows off Xperia Play in Super Bowl ad!

February 7, 2011 0 Nimish

We have been hearing rumours about its existence for weeks and even expressed our cynicism about it, but we – and the world – got official confirmation of the existence of a PlayStation phone. And it could not have come…

events

Nine Year Old Whizkid Wows Audiences With Rubik’s Cube Skills

February 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

So you think you’re a Rubiks cube expert? Well I think you should meet nine year old Dhanayush Raniga before you even consider claiming that crown. At the recently concluded Technovanza 2011 event at VJTI Mumbai, Dhanayush was the cynosure…

Android

Official Blogger App Hits Android Market

February 6, 2011 0 Ricky

Google has finally realized that an android application is necessary for its own blogging service, Blogger. Blogging services like WordPress already have their own official application from a very long time and it was sad to see that Google did…

Nokia

Intel’s Secret Pact With Nokia

February 4, 2011 0 Annkur

Last year at MWC, Nokia and Intel came together to merge their mobile OS projects Maemo and Moblin. Thus MeeGo was born. A year down the line, we are yet to see any commercial release for MeeGo powered device, but…

Android

Olive to launch first Indian HSPA+ smartphone – do we smell Gingerbread?

February 4, 2011 2 Nimish

We have received an invite from the folks at Olive Telecom, asking us to “witness the launch of the first Indian HSPA+  smartphone” in Delhi on February 9. First, let us get the jargon out of the way and clarify…

events

Technovanza VJTI – Day 1

February 4, 2011 0 Rahul S

Fresh on the heels of the memorable IIT Techfest, we’re at the VJTI Mumbai covering day one of the Technovanza. The event still seems to be in the “cold start” mode with the crowd yet to pour in. But then,…

Accessories

AT&T announces pre-order for Moto Atrix, laptop dock costs as much as an iPad

February 3, 2011 0 Nimish

Arguably the most talked-about phone at the recent CES 2011 event, the Motorola Atrix 4G, now has a price tag. AT&T has announced in a press release that the phone will be available on pre-order from February 13, and will…

Android

Dell Brings Venue (Android) & Venue Pro (WP7) to India

February 3, 2011 1 Annkur

Another Windows Phone 7 comes to India in the form of the Dell Venue Pro, and tagging along is the Android powered Venue! Both these phones have a similar built with a 4.1″ AMOLED screen, however the Venue Pro adds…

Accessories

Logitech Launches Solar Powered Keyboard In India

February 3, 2011 0 Rahul S

Logitech has announced the launch of its first ever Solar Powered Wireless keyboard in India. The K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard powers itself whenever there’s light, even indoors, thereby avoiding the use of rechargeable batteries altogether. It has an integrated solar…

Apple

iPad 2 Display Leaked from China

February 2, 2011 0 c0rex

Apple iPad 2 is expected to hit the production floor from this month onwards. So we expected to see some iPad 2 tablet parts on the web. China based iPhone 4 Repair shop – ifixyouri has provided the photos of…

Android

Android Market Webstore Out, Fills A Gap

February 2, 2011 0 Annkur

It was just yesterday that we published our Android app and I was pulling my hairs on the bad Android Market structure. And just 24 hours later, here comes the new Android Market Webstore announced at the Android event by…

Android

Android Market Webstore Out, Over the Air Love, Fills A *Big* Gap

February 2, 2011 0 Annkur

It was just yesterday that we published our Android app, and I was pulling my hairs on the bad Android Market structure. And just 24 hours later, here comes the new Android Market Web store announced at the Android event…

Apple

The iPad gets its Daily newspaper, courtesy Rupert Murdoch

February 2, 2011 1 Anupama

The Daily, an exclusive iPad newspaper has been launched just few minutes ago. The newspaper has been made only for the Apple iPad, and is perhaps the first newspaper to appear on a tablet rather than in print. It  comes from…

events

Event Watch: Technovanza Is Back! 4th-6th Feb

February 2, 2011 0 Annkur

Technovanza 2011 is here, and we are proud to announce that we are the official media partners for the Techno-Mgmt festival of VJTI. We had some geeky displays at the event last year with the Hummingbird, Rubiks Cube action and…

Apple

Big games- Bioshock, CoD 4, Borderlands – start arriving at the Mac App Store

February 2, 2011 0 Nimish

It has been a trend that has passed relatively unnoticed, but the past few days have seen some significant gaming titles arrive on the Mac App Store. Among the worthies who have been arriving there are Bioshock, Borderland, LEGO Harry…

Hacks / Tutorials

Dell Venue Gets Rooted

February 2, 2011 0 Ricky

Dell Venue is just new to the market it runs on Android version 2.2 froyo with 1 GHz processor and has an AMOLED touchscreen. Though this device is new it did not keep the Developers and Android enthusiasts from rooting…

Android

SlideIT Keyboard updated to 3.0, Test Video

February 2, 2011 0 Ricky

SlideIT keyboard has been around in the android market for quite some time now, when we had first used this stock keyboard replacement application, it lagged terribly too much, and it had many features missing. Just recently SlideIT received a…

Android

SlideIT Keyboard updated to 3.0, Test Video

February 2, 2011 0 Ricky

SlideIT keyboard has been around in the android market for quite some time now, when we had first used this stock keyboard replacement application, it lagged very much and it had many features missing. Just recently SlideIT received a major update,…

Android

Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) To Be Previewed Today!

February 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

So, the day is finally here. In a few hours from now, Google would finally preview the much awaited Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). This latest version of Android OS, designed specifically for tablets would obviously be Google’s main tool to compete…

Android

Firefox For Android Arrives: Touted To Be The Fastest Yet

February 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

Mozilla has announced  the release of its current beta version of Firefox 4 browser for devices running Android and Maemo. The browser is claimed to be the fastest mobile version of the browser yet and gets much faster start up…

Apple

iPad India Launch – Gizmo Podcast #11

February 1, 2011 0 Annkur

The Apple iPad is here, and its creating waves, some positive, some negative and we couldn’t have discussed anything apart from the iPad India launch for our latest Gizmo Podcast. The iPad costs Rs 27900 for the base model in…

News

How to revert to Windows Mobile 6.5 From Windows Phone 7 on HTC HD2

February 1, 2011 1 Ricky

In the earlier post we had seen how to port Windows 7 on the HTC HD2 which is not fully functional and if you feel like going back to your Windows 6.5, then you can follow this procedure:

Apps

Optimized Nokia Internet Radio Arrives For Symbian^3

February 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia’s Internet Radio application was undoubtedly one of the most popular Symbian apps. It’s been around since the S60 V3 days. However, it was much maligned for being not optimized for Symbian^1 devices that arrived later. It was also compatible…

Android

First build of OnlyGizmos App out in the Android Market – Grab it!

February 1, 2011 4 Hamster

Android phones have been the latest boom around the globe, and we want to stay in touch while you are on the go. Hence, we have made an extremely easy app, and we would love to know – What is…

Android

Now anyone can create an Android app – just use AppsGeyser

January 31, 2011 0 Nimish

Creating apps for Android just got a whole lot easier, thanks to an online service called AppsGeyser. You do not need to do any coding whatsoever, just enter some information in an online form, and you can have an Android…

Apps

ADW Launcher EX, best launcher yet?

January 31, 2011 0 Ricky

We have never been a big fan of the stock user interface provided by the different manufacturers like the HTC Sense UI or the Motorola’s MotoBlur. The first thing we do with a Android is to flash it with a…

Android

Android 2.3 Has Serious Security Vulnerability: Researcher

January 31, 2011 0 Rahul S

A computer security researcher from the North Carolina State University (NCSU) has revealed that he has come across serious security vulnerability in Android 2.3 – the latest version of Android OS for smartphones. Xuxian Jiang, the researcher figured out that…

Android

Will Nokia Opt For Android?

January 31, 2011 2 Rahul S

It’s been just a few days since Nokia announced its not so inspiring Q4 2010 results and people are already talking about the possibility of the company opting for Android sometime in the near future. The latest reason for this…

Fixes / Troubleshooting

Windows Phone 7 finally ported to HTC HD2 [Video]

January 31, 2011 1 Ricky

 Thanks to DFT and the guys at XDA Developers the HD2 users finally have windows phone 7, well most of it. By this method, you will not be able to use your SD card while running windows 7 and also…

Apple

Indian software Boom wins Best of Show award at Macworld 2011

January 30, 2011 0 Nimish

It seems to have been an “Apple Weekend” for India. While the fact that the iPad was launched in the country made most headlines, Indian company Global Delight wowed Mac fans by winning a Best of Show Award at the…

Android

Waterproof, scratch-proof, dust-proof Motorola Defy comes to India for Rs 18,500

January 29, 2011 0 Anupama

Whatever their pros and cons, no one can deny that Motorola’s phones generally have excellent build quality. And the latest phone from the Moto stable, the Moto Defy takes that one step forward. It is built to be resistant to…