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Our six favourite sub-Rs 15,000 Android smartphones

December 26, 2010 12 Nimish

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…

Apple

The Logo Antenna – Apple’s New Antenna Design

December 26, 2010 0 Tamojit

The Apple iPhone 4’s antenna problems are now legendary and proved to be one of the major flaws of the iPhone 4. Well, here’s good news for Apple fans. While woeful fans were figuring out how else they could hold…

App (Marketplace)

Walk n Type, comes as Look n Type on WP7 (Free App)

December 25, 2010 0 Annkur A

The Look n Type app on the WP7 Marketplace isn’t a new concept. Seen first on the iPhone and then Android, this thing comes to WP7 now. This app makes the text input screen of your sms compose window a…

HTC

HTC wants to work with Microsoft to bring Sense UI on Windows Phone 7

December 25, 2010 0 Annkur A

While Sony Ericsson is miffed at the limitations of WP7 and doesn’t want to go down and compete on design and price alone, it seems that HTC is giving all hints of its Sense UI coming on Windows Phone 7.…

Android

Gizmo Podcast #9: Low Cost Android Smartphones

December 25, 2010 6 Annkur

Merry Christmas! A long pause, but we aren’t gone. The Gizmo Podcast is back with the Android special as promised. Joining me was our Senior Editor, Nimish Dubey and we spent a good enough 20 mins discussing Android phones ranging from the Galaxy 3 & 5…

Featured

OG Review: Windows Phone 7 OS – (Good, But Work In Progress)

December 24, 2010 5 Annkur

Right from the desktop OS: Windows 7 last year to this years grand re-entry into the smartphone game with Windows Phone 7. Its been a busy launch season for Microsoft! Windows Mobile (as it was known earlier) was one of the first smartphone OSes to exist , and we just can’t forget…

Android

EA brings holiday discounts to Android too – four games for $0.99 each

December 24, 2010 0 Nimish

Their decision to reduce the price of several of their iPhone/iPod touch games to $ 0.99 sent gamers into ecstasies (we are still busy downloading!). And now EA has brought the same scheme to the Android Market. Mind you, as…

Android

Sony Ericsson’s New Xperia Branded Phones To Debut At MWC

December 24, 2010 0 Rahul S

Sony Ericsson seems to be quite buoyant about its Android prospects of the future. Even though we have almost two months left for the MWC to kick off at Barcelona, Spain the company is looking forward to its event there. Sony Ericsson has traditionally held an event usually a day before the…

Android

HTC Wildfire Gets Much Needed Android Froyo Update

December 24, 2010 3 Rahul S

HTC has officially announced the release of a new update for its mid range Android handset- the Wildfire. The update, which is also available in India, is being dispersed through an over the air mechanism and will update the handset to Android 2.2 Froyo. If you happen…

Tech Industry News

Our top ten sub-dollar iPhone games hit list

December 24, 2010 0 Nimish

Thanks to the Holiday season, it has been raining discounts with just about every major game developer offering games at lower than usual rates. We have been royally spoilt for choice this time around with the likes of EA, Glu and Gameloft offering some terrific games…

Android

Samsung Sold 9.3 Million Galaxy S In 2010

December 23, 2010 2 Rahul S

When Samsung launched the Galaxy S, we knew it was a remarkable phone. Apple fanboys did call the device a “poor lookalike” and that it might never be able to match the dynamics or the awesomeness of the retina display on the iPhone 4.…

windows mobile

Pointless $499 App Appears On Windows Phone Marketplace

December 23, 2010 0 Rahul S

Picture this: You’re a rich spoilt brat who recently got yourself that prized Windows Phone 7 powered device, and now you want to make it stand out from the rest of the Windows Phone 7 pack. You are averse to doing cheesy stuff like embalming your phone with…

eReaders & Tablets

HP’s iPad Competitor PalmPad To Be Showcased At CES

December 23, 2010 0 Rahul S

If 2010 was the year of the tablets, 2011 might turn out to be the year, the entire tablets market evolved from its early nascent stage that we saw in 2010. At last year’s CES, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and HP were particularly bullish about the tablets space. In fact Ballmer’s keynote was particularly focused…

Featured

Unboxing The LG Optimus 7 (E900), Windows Phone 7 (Video)

December 23, 2010 2 Annkur

We have got our hands on one of the first Windows Phone 7 devices out there. The Optimus Seven if LG’s first WP7 device and LG has got a strong design out there. Sporting a 3.7″ touchscreen, this thing is…

Apps

Samsung updates its desktop sync software Kies 2 (Beta)

December 22, 2010 0 Annkur

Samsung has been heavily criticized for the poor performance of its desktop syncing software Kies (pronunciation as ‘Keys’). Kies is the life line for Samsung BADA OS users and the new version, though still in beta promises several upgrades. Kies…

Entertainment

Call of Duty: Black Ops tops $1 billion in sales in just six weeks!

December 22, 2010 1 Nimish

In a staggering achievement, Call of Duty: Black Ops has topped the one billion dollar sales mark in a mere six weeks of being in the market. These figures have been revealed in a press release from the game’s publishers…

App (Marketplace)

Samsung Updating WP7 App To Fix MMS On Unlocked Devices

December 22, 2010 0 Annkur A

Countering the fact that most Windows Phone 7 devices were outed with carrier tieups, the manufacturers are catching up with apps to help network connectivity of unlocked phones that would be used with various carriers. HTC and LG apparently already…

Android

It’s Official: Nexus One Getting Android 2.3 Update Soon

December 21, 2010 0 Rahul S

We all knew this was coming soon. But it is always good when the arrival of the obvious is officially announced. We are talking about the good ol’ Nexus One getting the all important update to Android 2.3 “Gingerbread”. Yes…

Internet

Croma Comes Up With App Store For Netbooks

December 21, 2010 0 Rahul S

Looks like just about everyone is interested in having their own app stores up there on the web. With the launch of Apple’s Mac App Store expected very soon, here’s yet another small entry of Indian retailer Croma in to the world of App…

Notebook / Laptops

Asus Intros New G53 And G73 Gaming Laptops In India

December 21, 2010 0 Rahul S

ASUS India has announced the launch of two new high end gaming notebooks in the country with the debut of the G53 and G73 gaming notebooks. Belonging to ASUS’ famed Republic of Gamers (ROG) series these new notebooks pack in powerful features including support…

eReaders & Tablets

Motorola Videos Teases Honeycomb Tablet, Throws A Punch At Apple / Samsung

December 21, 2010 0 Annkur

Motorola sure has Google’s blessings for early releases of latest Android builds. Be it the original Droid with Android OS 2.0 or the upcoming tablet build of Android aka Honeycomb. After Andy Rubin showed off a prototype honeycomb tablet by…

Featured

Why we aren’t writing about Notion Ink!

December 21, 2010 36 Annkur

We started hearing about this cool startup from Hyderabad sometime back and started to follow its updates regularly ever since. Contacted them for a chance to interview, offered to visit them in Hyderabad (no luck) and finally met up with…

Apple

Hallelujah! Gameloft too cuts iPad/iPhone game prices for Christmas

December 20, 2010 0 Nimish

Gamers on the iPhone and iPad can seldom have had a better Christmas. After EA reduced the price of several of its titles for the two platforms to 99 cents to celebrate Christmas, its great rival Gameloft has followed suit, albeit on a smaller level. The company has slashed the…

Concept / Educative

Google’s Body Browser Debuts. Offers 3D Views Of Your Insides

December 20, 2010 4 Rahul S

Google has introduced a new interesting browser based tool called Body Browser, an app analogous to Google Earth – but limited to viewing the details of the human body – in full 3D. The app is a complete “in browser” affair and uses HTML 5 and Web GL, a…

News

Samsung Wave 2 lands in India for Rs 18,999, with updated Bada OS but minus super AMOLED screen

December 19, 2010 4 Nimish

Samsung has released the successor of its first Bada OS flagship device in India. The Samsung S8530 or the Wave 2 has not been launched with the fanfare that preceded the original Wave. In fact, we have not even received a press release about it, and discovered…

Apple

Five reason why Apple’s Mac App Store could be revolutionary

December 19, 2010 1 Nimish

Apple has announced that it will be launching an App Store for its Mac computers on January 6, and as usual, debate and discussion have already started about whether it will be a hit or a failure. We have had our share…

App (Marketplace)

Marketplace App: VLC Play

December 18, 2010 0 Annkur A

We tried out VLC Play on Windows Phone 7 Marketplace and it works brilliantly with our PC. VLC play lets you control your PC from your Windows Phone 7 – totally wire-free. To get started all you need to do…

News

How to Sync Windows Phone 7 (WP7) with a Mac

December 18, 2010 0 Annkur A

Windows Phone 7 is out in the market and for the ones wondering if the new OS from Redmond would play along with Apple’s Mac OS or not, well there is some good news. Apparently Microsoft does have a Mac…

BlackBerry

RIM Blackberry holds emerging markets, how long?

December 18, 2010 3 Annkur

Over the past few days taking a look at how RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis dogged questions at the D Dive Into Mobile Conference and subsequently the last quarter results which just came out (14.2 million handsets shipped), its clear that Blackberry is holding its ground…

News

Samsung Wave (S8500) Bayern Munchen Limited Edition Launched

December 18, 2010 0 Annkur

What do you do when a product faces shortage in the market due to low supply of super AMOLED displays? Well if its Samsung, throw out a limited edition! Samsung has unveiled a limited edition model of its first BADA…

Android

Sony announces PlayStation app for Android, iOS

December 17, 2010 0 Nimish

Just days after we talked about the prospects of a PSP phone, Sony has announced on its PlayStation Blog that it will soon be releasing an official PlayStation app for the Android and iOS platforms. Now, before you get your hopes up too…

Apple

Review: The 2010 iPods – nano 6G and touch 4G

December 17, 2010 0 Annkur

We have been sitting over the new Apple iPods for some time now and its just amazing as to how Apple manages to UP the game each passing year. Along side the original iPhone in 2007, Apple launched the iPod touch later that year and since then its pretty clear as to…

Apple

App Store gets its first 1GB game – Riven!

December 17, 2010 0 Nimish

One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, is now available for download for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The game had won widespread acclaim when it was released in 1997, a…

Android

Motorola Quench XT5 Comes To India; Priced At 13,990

December 16, 2010 0 Rahul S

Motorola has been in the Android game for quite some time now. Along with high end handsets from the Milestone series, it has also concentrated on the low cost, mid range Android segment of phones priced below the Rs.15k mark. Back in…

HTC

HTC HD7 Lands In India For 29,999

December 16, 2010 0 Rahul S

Looks like the official launch of the HTC HD7 in India isn’t much far apart. Folks over at Flipkart are already selling the HTC HD7 in India for Rs.29,999. The HD7 is HTC’s flagship Windows Phone 7 handset that boasts of a 4.3…

Cameras

Sony Launches Alpha NEX-3 and NEX-5 Compact DSLR Cameras In India

December 16, 2010 1 Rahul S

Sony has announced the launch of its compact DSLR camera from the Alpha Nex Series in India today. Claimed to be the worlds smallest and lightest Interchangeable Lens Digital Cameras, the company is currently offering two models for India –…

sony ericsson

Sony Ericsson Yendo Launched Delayed Further

December 15, 2010 0 Rahul S

Remember the Sony Ericsson Yendo Walkman phone? The phone was first seen back in June 2010, and Sony Ericsson had previewed it in India in August promising a September launch. After that Sony Ericsson seems to have hit a roadblock with it still showing no sign…

Android

Latest Android Market Update Hits India, Adds Security & More

December 15, 2010 4 Gaurav N

The latest Android Market update we tested yesterday, hit India today. This update brings new enhancements and a nice looking user interface to the Android Market application. So what’s in the package? Just find the details below!

Android

Upcoming Android Market Update: Exclusive Screenshots

December 14, 2010 0 Gaurav N

As seen on Android Developers Blog, Google is all set to roll out one more Android market update in coming weeks before Christmas. Last time we kept you updated for the previous Android Market, but this time we took a…

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