Android OS

One of the first announcement made by an Indian company at ongoing Consumer Electronic Show is a dual boot tablet from Micromax. The 10.1” tablet, aptly called “Canvas Laptab” comes with dual OS, Windows and Android. This is the first…

Android started as a very meek OS to be honest. Compared to the first iteration of iOS, Android was to use the right word, half baked. It was akin to what Apple maps were at the launch. However, it was under Google, a company known for…

This BIG news for Android users… For those unfamiliar, CyanogenMod is a different version of Android maintained by a team- CyanogenMod. Upon its initial launch it was just a developer’s way of sharing his version of Android with others.…

This is something that is not talked about often, at least not more than passing. While there are phones that are over Rs. 40,000 and are the prodigal children of the companies. The flagships that offer you the world - Quad core processor,…

With the advent of smartphones, the threats which computers used to face earlier are being passed down to smartphones as well. With the PC market shrinking and the tablets-smartphones growing by leaps and bounds every year, programmers are…

Market moves where the customers are. If there are no customers for a product it will get discontinued howsoever good it might be. There are many examples for this including the recent Google Reader. Unfortunately, along with the market,…

The Hurricane Sandy splashed water over the Google's Android which was bound to happen on 29th October where they were to announce some new Nexus devices along with a new version of Android. Google had to cancel the event but they went…

In 2007, Nokia was the undisputed champion and the biggest brand in the mobile phone industry but it is no longer a heavy weight. Nokia which was valued at $150 Billion in 2008 but has now slipped to an overall valuation of only $6 Billion.…

After years of leading the mobile handset market, in both hardware and software, Nokia is now slipping down at a alarming pace. With every passing quarter, companies like Apple, Samsung & HTC are increasingly grabbing up the Nokia’s…

If there is any doubt about Symbian’s Indian connection, Statcounter’s numbers should dispel all of them. Symbian occupies a prominent position in India’s mobile OS world. With a near 72% share, Symbian has an unassailable lead. Symbian is…