Market Watch

Samsung Bada OS, here to shake the Android, iPhone?

February 14, 2010 0 Annkur

No, I ain’t speculating, but the fact remains that both android and iPhone comes from truly sophisticated Internet + software companies, I may be wrong, but I doubt if Samsung can deliver that level of a smartphone os. The touchwiz…

Google

Buzz about Google Buzz

February 14, 2010 0 Guest Author

This is  a guest post by Moksh Juneja, Social Media Catalyst and Founder of Avignyata. Follow him on twitter @mokshjuneja The choice of integration of Google Buzz with Gmail was a good choice rather than creating a whole new application…

Nokia

Think only the iPhone can do magical things? see the N900

February 10, 2010 0 Annkur

For all the cheer that iPhone fans had all these years with all the geeky hacks on the Jesus phone, well here comes N900. Yes that’s a Nokia N900 running Windows 95! We know that the Maemo 5 that N900…

Tips n Tricks

Solved: Tata Photon not working on Windows 7? (EpiValley SEC-8089 driver)

February 10, 2010 30 Annkur

Got a Tata Photon+? Happy about the 3.1mbps connection? Well it sure works like a charm – and I would confess here that all videos we uploaded to youtube during the IIT Techfest coverage this year was using a Tata…

Automobiles

Segway making an official entry in India soon!

February 10, 2010 0 Annkur

Though Segway’s aren’t extremely popular for automobile or technology enthusiasts, Neil Nitin Mukesh did manage to get some traction for the same in India it seems. Segway is a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle that promises to give you a non…

Reviews

Do we need a 1280×1024 mobile?

February 10, 2010 0 Annkur

I just came across this really sexy and sleek Qisda mobile that would launch sometime soon. On the specs front, this promises 1280×768 resolution on a 4? touchscreen. Thats even higher than the 854×480 we saw on the Motorola Droid. And…

events

Exhibitions at Technovanza 2010 @ VJTI

February 8, 2010 0 Annkur

Technovanza 2010 at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) was bigger than ever before. Technovanza team had set out with the aim to take Technology to the society this year and the various initiatives we saw at the exhibitions  left us…

events

Humminger 3.0 shows off its potential at Technovanza [Video]

February 8, 2010 0 Annkur

Combining the stability of a Chopper and the efficiency of an aeroplane, the Humminger concept had won the Stage-I of DRDO Students Competition in 2008 ranking amongst top 10 of 272 teams across India. With constant improvements made to the…

Entertainment

Crazy Rubik’s Cube action @ Technovanza 2010

February 8, 2010 0 Annkur

One of the many impressive views at the VJTI annual festival – Technovanza was the Rubik’s cube competition. Endorsed by the World Cube association the competition at Technovanza saw rubik’s enthusiasts from all over India going head to head. Having…

Android

Nexus One proves how important carrier tie-ups are!

February 6, 2010 1 Annkur

If there is anything that the poor sales of the Google Nexus One proves to me, its the control, the evil control rather – that the US carriers have over the mobile market. Long before Google unveiled the Nexus one,…

Apps

Classics iPhone app inspires iBooks on the iPad (AppStore Free)

February 6, 2010 0 Daksh

Now for this app giving the name of Classics is very rhetorical, because the future of books is This, as this the core thing on iPad. Let me clarify myself here, Someone once said the future is very much reading…

picture

International Exhibitions @ IIT Bombay Techfest 2010

February 5, 2010 0 Tassavur

If the internal IITB exhibitions rocked this year the international exhibitions were no less and pretty much upto the mark compared to the previous versions. There were many innovative and advanced technologies at display (read James Bond style technology if…

Humour

ATM haunted with BSOD – Picture of the month

February 5, 2010 0 Annkur

Via @sengupta‘s Flickr Stream

Nokia

Open source Symbian: opportunity or challenge?

February 4, 2010 0 Annkur

Last June Nokia announced its plans to go open source with the Symbian platform. Already handed over to the Symbian Foundation, the smartphone OS that currently powers over 300million handsets has been battling it out with the Apple iPhone, Android…

Tech Industry News

… in other news – 4/2/10

February 4, 2010 0 Annkur

All that we aren’t taking about at OG, but there is a chatter in the tech town! OS 3.2 reveals details of next iPhone, 720p video recording? Higher res? HD? – read at Intomobile Aspen: The green business phone from…

Rumors

Samsung S8500 and S8200 coming to MWC with USB 3.0 & BADA OS?

February 2, 2010 0 Annkur

I have probably mentioned it a dozen times that Samsung is missing a smart OS in its touch screen range (viz Corby, Star) and perhaps BADA OS would fill that gap. We are hearing that the S8200 would be the…

eReaders & Tablets

First Look: The Google tablet interface

February 2, 2010 0 Annkur

The iPad came and went down with a lot of criticism. In a market where traditional PC’s rule and only the scaled down version of the mere same interface sells, Google tried to sell us the Chrome OS concept last…

Concept / Educative

N-Gage gone, in comes the Nokia Ovi Orion concept

February 2, 2010 0 Annkur

  Nokia has said RIP to Gage for sure, but you never know what’s actually cooking in Finland. Nokia might well be planning some groovy gaming phones that could match up with the challenge thrown by the iPhone / Android…

Future WIP

Sharp rolling out solar powered phone this month

February 1, 2010 0 Annkur

Later this month Sharp is rolling out the SH6230C in Chinese market. Whats special is that, this is the first solar powered mobile from Sharp and another step towards clean tech coming to smartphones. While it would make a much…

Reviews

Quick Review: Samsung Star Superb (GT-S5560)

February 1, 2010 178 Annkur

Samsung is leaving no stone unturned in the battle of the smartphones, leaving Nokia and others a real uphill task in the touchscreen race. Having sold 40 million touch phones in 2009 alone, Samsung has enough wisdom to know what…

Nokia

OG Review: Nokia 5233 (+ video)

January 31, 2010 40 Tassavur

After failing to capture the touchscreen market in 2009. Nokia is back with a bang in 2010 with a slew of touchscreen handsets (or smartphones I must say) being released one after the other. With the 5800 doing well initially but failing to maintain…

Launch Pad

Intel & AMD gearing up for six-core releases

January 30, 2010 0 Annkur

Android

Hands-on with Acer Liquid – Quick Review

January 29, 2010 0 Tassavur

We just went hands on with the Android and Snapdragon powered Acer Liquid. While most handsets we handled here were prototypes, we were lucky enough to get a few minutes with Mr Richard Tans’ (Country Head, Acer India & Sales Manager Asia…

Android

Motorola CEO confirms another Google phone, NexusTwo?

January 29, 2010 0 Annkur

Motorola CEO Mr Sanjay Jha revealed during their last quarter earnings call that they are indeed working on a Google branded phone. I can imagine that a Co like Motorola that is making a comeback to the mobile arena and going profitable again with respectable releases like the Droid,…

Apple

Did Apple redefine netbooks?

January 28, 2010 1 Annkur

Steve Jobs started his keynote yesterday with the question if there is a space between the smartphone and notebooks. He then went on to saw that Apple’s answer to the netbook which is low powered and inefficient is the iPad.…

Apple

The Apple iPad, nothing magical?

January 27, 2010 11 Annkur

Steve Jobs just unveiled the iPad on stage and much as expected it runs the iPhons OS 4.0 (guessing). The design of the tablet though is to my surprise just a oversized iPhone itself. While I hear people going WOW…

Google

Conversation with Dr Lars Rasmussen – Wave, Maps, IBM Vulcan … more

January 27, 2010 0 Team OG

Having watched his infamous 80 minute Google Wave demo twice over- we were looking forward to see the man in real life. And the man did not disappoint. Using his distinctive wit, he quipped, “I always start my lectures with…

Android

HTC Supersonic brings Android 2.1 with Sense UI? HD3?

January 27, 2010 0 Annkur

Ever since HTC gave the HD love to Windows Mobile, we have been waiting for a Android HD and perhaps here it comes as the Supersonic. Leaked images (Yes we know tha the images are in a bad shape) of…

eReaders & Tablets

And the Infibeam Pi ebook reader is real!

January 27, 2010 2 Annkur

Whoa, we got this one right for sure! Just as we revealed to you all exclusively that Infibeam is all set to unveil the Indian Kindle, they have actually gone on sale with an e-book reader. Called the “Pi” this…

Apple

Apple Event today: what are your predictions? (Contest)

January 27, 2010 4 Annkur

Today is the big day and in Exactly 24 hours we would be anxiously glued to our computer screens, refreshing the live coverage pages all over the web. The Apple event promises to introduce us its “latest creation” and this…

Apple

This is not the Apple tablet!

January 26, 2010 0 Annkur

Yes this looks convincing, is all over the web and let me tell you – These are not real! via

Security

Security exploit takes down Techcrunch, is it WP?

January 26, 2010 0 Annkur

Techcrunch.com is down since morning, and the site has just updated this with an official confirmation of the hack (you are advised not to visit the link mentioned on the image above!)               Earlier tonight techcrunch.com was compromised by a…

TechFest

Event Roundup – IIT Bombay Techfest 2010

January 26, 2010 0 Annkur

It was our third year at the Techfest and the 72hours at IIT Bombay would certainly be remembered as one my best outings for OnlyGizmos. Over the years I have seen the same journalists and students attending sessions and competitions,…

TechFest

Bots play football @ Free Kick (Techfest 2010)

January 25, 2010 2 Annkur

One of the geekiest setups we saw at the Techfest was for FreeKick. Each participating team had to make 2 autonomous bots that reside on a (mini) football field against its opponents and four plastic balls. Whichever bot scores the…

Apple

Apple announcing end of AT&T with iPhone on wednesday?

January 25, 2010 0 Annkur

It is known that, the iPhone exclusivity with AT&T is going to end sometime in 2010. While AT&T hasn’t been able to renew its contract with Apple, it seems that rumors of Verizon’s Apple tablet love is coming true. Come…

TechFest

IIT B Internal Exhibitions at Techfest 2010

January 25, 2010 1 Annkur

The IITB internal exhibition rocked this year, and is as good as the international exhibitions. Can’t believe it then you need to see it. Oh you didn’t, than you can see the images of all the individual exhibits right here…

Entertainment

[Video] Technoholix: Nexus Europe, Sand animation & Pa-li-Tchi

January 25, 2010 0 Annkur

Breathtaking, unseen, refreshing! Technoholix @ Techfest 2010 The Day 2/3 of the Techfest 2010 saw amazing peformances as always. We let the video do the talking 🙂

Entertainment

Future Aero Engineers battle it out @ Blackbird

January 24, 2010 1 Tassavur

Another regular like the Full throttle, this one event has caught the imagination of the IITians. They seem to be not only enjoying it but also getting addicted to it at the same time. Probably one of the reasons they…

TechFest

High Rise Rescue Demo by NDRF – Techfest 2010

January 24, 2010 0 Annkur

The NDRF (National Disaster Rescue Force) is currently doing a High Rise Rescue Demo at Techfest Day 3 and here we have the live video and pictures for you.

TechFest

Scintillations showcase at IITB Techfest 2010

January 24, 2010 0 Tassavur

If you are any regular at the IIT Techfest, you would be used to all the terms such as Technololix or Lecture Series, but this year a new segment added to the techfest is “Scintillations”. Proving that we are out…