The Mac App Store, Early Impressions
We have just got the Mac App Store installed on our Macbook in between the CES and Techfest madness. The hefty 100MB+ OS update brings in the lovely App Store icon to the OS X Dock. And getting started is…
No More Android Version Updates For Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Range
In yet another disappointing move by Sony Ericsson, the company has in a tweet, clarified its stand on the future of the Xperia x10 line up. There would be no future updates to the phones that would endow them with…
Fable 3: Limited Collector’s Edition, A Brief Review
All right, we know what you are going to say – “Why would anyone go all the way and unbox a videogame when all the thrill is actually in slipping it into a console and playing it?” Well, our rationale…
IIT B Techfest 2011 Begins Tomorrow! Sneak Peek
Its a double treat for us this year, CES 2011 collides with Asia’s Biggest Science and Technology Festival at IIT B – The Techfest. We are the official online media partners for the IIT Techfest again and our team is…
The Mac App Store is live! More than a thousand apps to start off
It was not launched at Vegas during CES, but could prove to be a much bigger game changer than all the products launched with a lot of razmatazz out there. We are talking of Apple’s Mac App Store, which has…
Die, graphics cards? Intel releases graphics-stacked second generation of Core processors
Even as the crowds flock to Vegas to check out CES, Intel has delivered a whammy of sorts at Mumbai by taking the veil off the second generation of its Core processor family. While there has been the usual talk of better performance, battery life and efficiency, the most spectacular change has…
Sony Ericsson shows the Xperia Arc, with Bravia Engine display, Android 2.3
CES has seen some remarkable products so far, and Sony Ericsson has joined the party with one of the most spectacular smartphones we have seen so far. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc was revealed as the “first of a new generation of Xperia smartphones…
Motorola adds two more to Android smartphone stable – Droid Bionic & Cliq 2
The XOOM tablet and the Atrix (with its laptop dock) might have grabbed all the headlines, but Motorola has not ignored its Android range of smartphones at CES. The company which has been riding high on Android since the high-profile launch of…
Motorola unleashes “the world’s most powerful smartphone,” the Atrix, complete with laptop dock
This might be CES and the air might be thick with hype but still, words like “the world’s most powerful smartphone” should not be used lightly. Well, Motorola has used them to describe its Atrix handset, which not only packs in some seriously impressive specs but has actually grabbed the limelight at the event for…
Motorola shows off XOOM tablet
We had been talking about it for ages and now it has been spotted officially. Motorola has shown off the XOOM tablet, the first tablet with a dual core processor and running Android 3.0 at CES. It comes with a 10.1…
NVIDIA Goes Official With ARM CPU Plans, Project Denver
With Google, Apple and Microsoft all throwing their weight behind ARM architecture, Nvidia has taken the opportunity at CES 2011 to reveal its Project Denver. NVIDIA President Jen-Hsun Huang claimed during his keynote that more ARM processors will ship in…
Live From Microsoft / Steve Ballmer’s Keynote at CES 2011
We are in line to get started with the Microsoft Keynote at CES 2011. Steve Ballmer is expected to be on stage and apart from some rumors, we have no official confirmation on what we might hear. Our bet would…
Samsung Announcements at CES 2011, Live Blog
We are all ready to live blog the Samsung Press Event at CES 2011. Stay tuned, live blog starts 2:00PM PST (3.30PM IST) .. and yes we have the front rows again 🙂
Live From Nvidia Press Event at CES 2011
We are in line for the Nvidia Press Event at CES 2010. We are expecting some updates on 3dvisionlive.com, BMW partnership and lots of 3D gear. We begin at 12:00PM PST (1.30AM IST) from The Venetian. Stay Tuned!
RIM Demos HTML5 and Flash Gaming On BlackBerry PlayBook
RIM’s much awaited Apple iPad killer, the PlayBook is set to be launched in the next few months. RIM has been continuously churning out videos of the PlayBook in action to give us all a hint of what to expect…
HP Issues Invites For February 9 WebOS Event
HP has just issued invites to an event that it has been scheduled to be held on February 9, 2011 at San Francisco. The invite in itself is interesting for it does not have even a single Palm related branding. No sign…
We Are Live From Vegas, CES 2011
The OnlyGizmos team is at CES 2011, and we are gearing up for our first experience of the gadget madness @ Las Vegas. You can expect live coverage of CES 2011 on OnlyGizmos over the next 3 days, we are here until 8th Jan. This…
Honeycomb Android Tablets Require Dual-Core Processors? Probably Not!
Google is all set to reveal Honeycomb along with the Motorola tablet at CES and we guess the SDK / release details would also go out then. While the Honeycomb love is exclusive to Motorola, it is weird to see…
Rovio says Angry Birds for WP7 In ‘Some Months’
Rovio might not be the ones who would send us press releases notifying about its roadmap, but the chatter on Twitter with Angry Birds fans is enough to tell us whats happening. Apparently the Windows Phone 7 version of the…
Its Back! GizmoMeet Delhi – 14th January!
Yes we are yet to get over the fabulous response to the first ever Gizmo Meet in Mumbai and here comes the second. We are headed to the super cold Delhi this time! Mark your calendars, 14th January would be…
Now, Pune residents can get bus travel info on Google Maps
Pune has become the second city in India, after Bangalore, to get information about its bus service listed on Google Maps as part of the Google Transit project. In simple terms, what this means is that when residents of Pune need…
Vizio Introduces Android Powered VIA Phone
Vizio, which is better known for its LCD TV’s in the US has taken covers off its first Android powered device. Known as the VIA (not the chip maker!) the phone seems to be quite a capable device complete with…
Samsung Galaxy S Sells 10 Million in 2010, Withdrawn From India?
Last time we reported this, the tally of the total sales of Samsung’s entire range of Galaxy S phones sold globally was around 9.3 million. Samsung had set itself a goal to sell at least 10 million of these phones…
HTC fires second Windows Phone 7 salvo, launches Mozart in India
After a period of relative inactivity, HTC seems to have stepped into device release overdrive. Within days of the launch of the HTC HD7 in India, the first Windows Phone 7 device to be seen in the country (notwithstanding no…
Indiatimes Selling Apple iPad In India For Rs.32,000
The Apple iPad, almost a year after its worldwide launch is yet to hit India officially. Naturally, I was surprised seeing an ad on the Times Of India which is apparently offering the 16 GB WiFi version of the tablet here in India for Rs.32,000 through its shopping…
E-Mails Go Missing From Hotmail Accounts
Hotmail users are reporting of a major issue wherein some of their e-mails have disappeared from their inboxes. People posting on Microsoft forums have been complaining for the past few hours about the fact that their e-mails have been deleted automatically. E-Mails from the inbox and…
MEElectronics M9P in-ear headphones with mic (Review)
Getting a perfect pair of earphones is bit easy compared to finding a good headset that promises good quality audio feedback. Even if you manage to find one, it would be difficult for you to stretch your budgets. Here we…
Happy New Year! And here is what we think will happen in it…
Even as the world celebrates the arrival of a New Year, we decided to get into prediction mode and work out the things that are likely to happen. We know that we are going out on a limb with some…
Gizmo Podcast #10 – The Super Gadgets of 2010
2010 has been an eventful year for us at OnlyGizmos and for the gadget world aswell. With more gadget action then ever before, we continue to strive hard in an attempt to bring honest opinions about the same. And what better than speaking it out to you? So…
Now you can loan books on the Kindle
Well, Amazon has gone ahead and implemented it. Kindle users in the US (and hopefully, soon in other countries) will now be able to lend books on their Kindle to other users. And the best part is that the receivers need not…
Patents War Galore! Its Sony vs LG Now
The mobile telephony patent war saga took a far eastern turn earlier today when Sony announced that it would be suing LG for infringing on as many as seven of its valuable patents. The suits have been filed at the U.S. International Trade Commission (U.S. ITC).…
4 Million Nokia N8?s Sold So Far
Soon after its launch in October, Nokia had announced that the N8 has received the highest amount of consumer pre-orders” in the company’s history. Back then, the news was treated with suspicion because the phone was launched amidst quite a bit of negative publicity regarding…
Skype Version 3.0 Arrives For iOS. Supports Video Calling
Skype has finally released a new version of its App for iOS devices that allow users to make two way video calls to all your Skype contacts. The new version is compatible with the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 4th generation and devices running…
Google Nexus S In India For Rs.24,000 (Update)
It has become a trend of sorts for officially unannounced handsets to land in India these days. After the Windows Phone 7 powered HD7 arrived two weeks before its “official’ launch, it seems the Google Nexus S is getting the…
HTC HD7 Arrives In India Officially
We all knew that HTC’s flagship Windows Phone 7 handset, the HD7 was already available in India since the past few weeks. However, it is now that HTC has decided to officially launch the handset across the country. The phone has now been launched…
Official Ashes mobile game released even as England win!
It definitely is a day for mobile cricket games, given the fact that we discovered that Stick Cricket had made its way to the App Store earlier today. In terms of timing, though, this would match the half-hearted slash by an Aussie tailender. With the…
Stick Cricket comes to the iPhone, and it’s free!
The prayers of millions of iPhone cricket gamers seem to have been finally heard. One of the most popular cricket games on the Internet and on cellphones, Stick Cricket (also marketed on some handsets as Ian Botham Stick Cricket) has…
Review: HyperMac Battery for MacBook Pro (60wh)
Its a special feeling to have a gizmo that you can claim is now extinct, well not exactly but the HyperMac won’t sell in this form ever again. After the Apple lawsuit the company has dropped bundling the MagSafe adapters,…
Palm’s WebOS Now Has 5000 Apps
While the likes of iOS and Android have crossed the 100,000 mark when it comes to the sheer number of applications available for the respective platforms, two year old smartphone OS WebOS from Palm is trudging along slowly and has just crossed the 5000 app mark recently. There were…
Our six favourite sub-Rs 15,000 Android smartphones
Following our podcast about affordable Android smartphones a few days ago, we have been deluged with queries about which are the best Android smartphones in the Indian market for less than Rs 15,000. While we did voice some of our…
