First look

Hands on With The Samsung GalaxyS & Wave S8500

July 4, 2010 2 Annkur

Now this was one exciting weekend with an opportunity to go hands on with the Samsung Galaxy S and the BADA OS powered WAVE. Both these handsets are just launching in India and Samsung claims these to be their first…

Apps

Seven “app”y reasons for the Microsoft Kin’s demise

July 3, 2010 0 Nimish

It came with a lot of fanfare less than two months ago and breathed its last yesterday with nary a sigh of regret to be heard. We are talking of the Kin, Microsoft’s attempt at a social networking phones targeted…

eReaders & Tablets

Amazon outs new Kindle DX (graphite), fights iPad?

July 1, 2010 2 Annkur

Apple increased the heat on Amazon Kindle (and for that matter all ebook readers in the market) and its Amazon’s turn to respond with a new Kindle DX that comes at a cheaper price and better contrast (not to miss…

Accessories

Sumdex Aircube: Air cushioned Netbook case

July 1, 2010 0 Mayur

On a hunt for some cool sleeve/cover to protect your netbook from daily bumps? Here is Sumdex Aircube Netbook Sleeve which will definitely catch your eye. Most of the netbook sleeves/covers come with foam padding but this one uses air…

smartphones

A non-touch Smart Phone? Why not?

June 30, 2010 4 Nitish

What an odd topic to chose for writing something … a Non-touch smart phone? Who the hell in this modern world wants that? Are you really sane talking about this in age of Nokia N8, iPhone4 and BlackBerry Storm? Stats..…

Android

Installing .cer certificates on your updated HTC Hero (Android 2.1)

June 30, 2010 13 Gaurav N

Just as we expected last weekend HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 (éclair) was released in India. With this new software upgrade there were some different settings available to install and use certificates. Since, many people had trouble in installing…

Android

100k+ Samsung Galaxy S sold in six days, Froyo coming!

June 30, 2010 1 Mayur

Samsung’s Galaxy S has started to make its impact in the  South Korea. Galaxy S seems to have struck gold for Samsung, in just first 5 hours it sold over 10,000 pieces and in 6 days of its launch, it…

Android

HTC Hero Android 2.1 Update Demystified (India)

June 30, 2010 11 Gaurav N

Just as we expected last weekend HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 (éclair) was released in India. Following post presents the detail about what is included in this update and which features HTC Hero users found missing. I was eagerly…

Humour

How things work when you employ too many lawyers (LOL)

June 29, 2010 0 Annkur

Now thats what explains the difference in approach by Microsoft and Apple. Guess having too many lawyers around, isn’t a good idea always! Source

Accessories

Concept: Solar Camera Strap for your DSLR

June 28, 2010 1 Mayur

Do you often forget to carry extra batteries when out for some cool image shooting? No worries. The solar powered strap for your DSLR will come to your rescue. This is just like a normal strap which includes solar cells…

Apple

Eight reasons why the Kindle beats the iPad as an e-book reader in India

June 28, 2010 7 Nimish

It is an utterly unfair comparison but one that has been making the rounds ever since Apple released the iPad a few months ago. We are talking of the Kindle vs iPad battle that is being waged between tech users…

Android

The Motorola Droid X – Android with the ‘X’ appeal?

June 25, 2010 1 Tushar

Keeping up with the Joneses seems to the prevailing mantra in the smartphone segment. Just as the early lines started forming in front of Apple stores in the US for the iPhone 4, Motorola hit back for Android with their…

Apple

81% of Apps Sold On iTunes Are Free: Analyst

June 24, 2010 0 Annkur

Here is some interesting analysis of the iTunes business model that Apple has built. The iTunes division has earned Apple $3.6 billion till date and based on the fact that Apple has paid out $1 billion to developers, its own…

Android

Nvidia Promises Tablets With Tegra 2, Flash Player 10.1 & Android 2.2!

June 24, 2010 0 Annkur

Adobe has just announced the general availability of Flash Player 10.1 and the flood of Flash enabled mobile devices that was expected in 2H 2010 officially gets a green light. We have seen a few crude prototypes of Android based…

eReaders & Tablets

Priced at Rs 13k, the Kindle finally talks business in India!

June 23, 2010 9 Nimish

Buried beneath all the talk of the new iPhone OS (iOS, if you will) and the delights and disappointments of E3 was a little news item – Amazon had slashed the price of its Kindle e-book reader by a staggering…

Apple

Apple iOS 4.0 out, Unlock for iPhone v3.3.3 3G/3GS & OS 4 out!

June 22, 2010 1 Annkur

Its been crazy few hours in the iPhone world with the iPhone OS version 4.0 going live and the dev team releasing the unlocking tools that they were holding back for a long time now. Apparently the v3.1.3 of the…

Reviews

Buying a “Chinese” phone? Six points to keep in mind

June 21, 2010 0 Nimish

Want to try out one of those low-cost-high-feature offerings from one of the new cellphone manufacturers but terrified of being ripped off by a “Chinese” phone with a brand stamped on to it? And as the phone is relatively low…

eReaders & Tablets

Is Nokia testing a MeeGo tablet?

June 21, 2010 0 Annkur

Digitimes has just sparked off rumors of an ARM based Nokia tablet that is being prepared for a Q4 launch. Last we noted a Nokia tablet rumor, it was a analyst claim on a Windows 7 thing. The claim this…

First look

Infibeam gets its own hardware again, mobiles it is!

June 21, 2010 1 Annkur

While this isn’t as big as a surprise as the Infibeam Pi was, this certainly is an attempt by Infibeam to cash in on the booming mobile market along with other new entrants like Micromax, Karbonn, Wynncom etc. The entire…

Apple

Weak Supply Of Retina Display May Disrupt iPhone 4 Rollout?

June 20, 2010 0 Annkur

Steve Jobs claimed at WWDC 2010 that iPhone 4 would reach 88 countries in September. This would by far be their fastest rollout for any handheld and of-course we were excited about the prospects of iPhone4 in India. But then, here comes…

Reviews

To buy or not to buy: the Chinese phone issue

June 19, 2010 0 Nimish

The deluge of new phone brands might be pushing phone prices down in the Indian market while adding stacks of features, but it has also brought up a new problem: are many of these new brands simply rubber-stamped versions of…

First look

Hands on with Lenovo ThinkCentre M90z all-in-one

June 19, 2010 0 Annkur

Lenovo went official with their latest all-in-one for enterprises, the ThinkCentre M90z last week and we managed to get our hands on a demo unit. The M90Z is a massive 23″ all-in-one that makes the 2009 A70z (19″) look tiny.…

Reviews

Quick Review: Spice Mobile S-1200

June 16, 2010 6 Mayur

Spice S-1200 wow’d us with its specs. It would be unfair to refer to this as nothing other than a digital camera with a mobile phone! Spice S1200 comes in to answer an age old question that I have been…

Apple

Did you succeed in pre ordering an iPhone 4?

June 16, 2010 3 Annkur

While we are holding a little longer to pre-oder our iPhone 4 from US (the unlocked UK version is attracting us), it seems that the millions (ok exaggerated)  of us looking to pre-order a iPhone 4th Gen using the ATT/Apple Store…

Apple

iOS 4.0, quick review and competition with Android!

June 16, 2010 0 Tushar

The dust from the mega announcements at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference hadn’t even settled before the new avatar of the iPhone OS, iOS 4 as it is succinctly named, was released into the wild. Adventurous iPod Touch 3rd Gen and…

Apple

New Mac mini unveiled – not mini in power, this

June 15, 2010 0 Nimish

The E3 event might be cornering most of the headlines but that doth not mean that the rest of the tech world has gone to sleep. Apple, for one, certainly is in no mood to let the world’s premier gaming…

Gaming

And now, a slimmer, quieter, Xbox 360

June 15, 2010 0 Nimish

It is raining announcements from Microsoft. We had barely come to terms with the unveiling of Kinect, its no-controller gaming system for the Xbox 360, when the Redmond biggie took the wraps off a new Xbox 360. And it definitely…

Leaked / Spyshots

Nokia N9 slider featuring MeeGo teased on video?

June 14, 2010 0 Mayur

Looks like just as  iPhone 4 leaked, its time for Nokia’s N9! It was spotted in a recent video tease. Nokia N9 will be featuring Nokia’s MeeGo operating system. Well this snap was one among many other in the video…

Tech Industry News

Adobe Flash may reach 250 Million Devices by end of 2012

June 14, 2010 0 Swapnil

Adobe has recently claimed that they expect Flash to be installed on over 250 million mobile devices by the end of the year 2012. Soon after Steve Jobs slammed Adobe Flash, we immediately saw the mobile-version of Flash which allows…

Gaming

Project Natal is here, and it’s called Kinect!

June 14, 2010 0 Nimish

It has been a busy year for Microsoft with the company taking the wraps off a number of products including a revamped Hotmail, MS Office 2010 (with a web avatar to boot), Windows Phone 7, among others, but nothing –…

Launch Pad

Archos 13 Ultraslim Dual-Core Atom Notebook now on Sale

June 14, 2010 0 Swapnil

Archos is exceptionally well known for their android based tablet devices, and they are now entering the notebook market with their new Archos 13 Ultraslim Notebook. This new notebook is powered by a dual-core Intel Atom processor (1.66 GHz Intel…

Nokia

OG Review: Nokia N900

June 14, 2010 3 Tushar

For Nokia, it really is a case of it being the best of times, and the worst of times. Think about it – one the one hand, it has the sheer installed base of its phones, more so in a…

Entertainment

Five Best Football Games in Town!

June 14, 2010 2 Nimish

With the World Cup in full swing, there is no time like the present to take a look at the best football games in video gametown. There are games of just about every sort and on every platform, ranging from…

Apple

Apple manufacturing 3 million iPhone 4 per month?

June 12, 2010 1 Annkur

Apple has had its share of shortages with the 3GS and the iPad recently, but it seems that they have ramped up production for the iPhone 4 long before it was launched. Steve Jobs announced at WWDC 2010 that this…

Leaked / Spyshots

Nokia C7 Images Leaked

June 11, 2010 1 Swapnil

A member of the Daily Mobile Forum has published some images of what seems to be the Nokia C7. Although there is no officially confirmation from Nokia, here are the specifications of the phone according to the forum member. Symbian^3…

Android

Motorola launching a 2GHz Android Phone this year

June 11, 2010 1 Swapnil

It is well known that Motorola has plans to unveil some brilliant Android smartphones by the end of this year and just lately there has been news that they are working on some really powerful Android devices. Motorola CEO Sanjay…

Google

Google Explains its New Caffeine Indexing System

June 9, 2010 0 Mayur

Google has let out some new insights about its new web indexing system called Caffeine. Caffeine was introduced 10 months back and finally after proper testing very soon it will be implemented in the Google Search engine. Indexing done by…

First look

Toshiba Introduces 11.6″ Notebook, Satellite T210

June 8, 2010 1 Mayur

Toshiba has announced a thin and light weight notebook, Satellite T210. Toshiba’s Satellite T210 adds to the many of its kind present in the market. It looks quite similar to its previous releases. It’s got a metallic interior design with…

Launch Pad

Sony goes aggressive with the Vaio E series (India)

June 8, 2010 1 Annkur

Sony India is hoping to get the bottom of the pyramid with its Vaio E (EA & EC). Until now the only presence Sony made in the notebook market was in the price range over Rs 40000. But that’s changing…

Apple

Six things to expect from Apple after iPhone 4

June 8, 2010 1 Nimish

Even as the debate on just how good or bad the new iPhone is rages on in different tech circles, we think we noticed enough to make six bold predictions about what to expect from the fruity sounding company from…