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Panasonic’s Interesting Launch: An Android Powered Landline Cordless Phone
When thinking about Android powered phones, various things can come to mind from companies like Samsung to Micromax. A few would even extend to projects like Google Glass and on reminding it can come to some that even Music players can be…
Google Announces New Nexus 7, Android 4.3 & Chromecast [Overview & Specs]
Google made quite a few announcement yesterday, one of which was the much anticipated nest version of Nexus tablet. The new Nexus 7 is a definite upgrade on its previous offering and has a new price tag as well.
Along with the new Nexus…
Wireless Charging: Really Useful or Just A Fad?
For anyone who is holding a phone less than an year old and priced over Rs. 30000, there is a possibility that your phone might have a feature none of you have used till now: Wireless charging.
The major phones in India with Wireless…
Laptop-Tablet Hybrid Coming In Vogue, Asus Launches A Powerful One In India!
Asus has always been ahead of the curve where unique products are concerned. Especially in the tablet arena, they have often created products that are different from the competition in more ways than one. It is not a wonder that Google’s…
What Gadgets Do Indian School Students Like? [Report]
TCS has come out with their yearly Gen-Y survey, that reflects the digital habits of school students in India. The survey conducted over 14 Indian cities and 17478 students aged between 12-18 years shows that Smartphones are now becoming…
Smart Connected Devices To Surpass 1 Billion Shipments In Emerging Markets By 2014: IDC
Emerging Markets are seeing a huge surge in smart connected devices, especially Smartphones & Tablets, with roughly 1 Billion units expected to be shipped out by 2014 according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Smart Connected Device…
Nexus 7 32GB arrives on Indian Play Store for Rs. 18999
Google is gradually bringing more devices to India via its Google Play store. Last month they launched Google devices in India with introduction of 16GB Google Nexus 7 priced at Rs. 15,999. Now, Indian users can buy Nexus 7’s popular 32GB…
Nexus 7 3G and 32 GB are here, not in Google Play though!
It took them a long time but finally atleast one nexus device has officially arrived in India. Recently, Nexus 7 (the base 16GB version) was launched in Google Play. In fact, Google has been quite active recently with launching books,…
Transition to E-books in Schools: Will it happen?
The tablet prices have fallen like anything in the past few years. Be it because of the Indian tablet (Aakash) or because of the coming of oh-so-many cheap tablets in the market by Indian manufacturers, even the bigger companies like…
Prepaid Mobile Users: How Indians differ from Global Consumers !
84% of all smartphone owners and 92% of feature phone owners in India have prepaid connections, according to global information and measurement company Nielsen. A majority of Indian smartphone users also prefer data plans that have a fixed…
Apple TV comes to India priced Rs. 7900!
Apple TV has come to India – and according to various news reports, it is priced at Rs. 7900. For those who are not aware, Apple TV is a device which enables viewers to watch internet based multimedia content on TV. Apple TV retails for USD…
Micromax Canvas A116: Worry for Samsung Galaxy Phones [Comparison]
After defeating Nokia in Q3 of 2012, Samsung now holds the crown of the mobile phone industry in terms of market share as well as units sold, there are some areas where it seems to have lost its focus. Samsung seems to be offering less…
Micromax’s Smart Rise over Past 12 months [Overview]
Micromax India, which started out as the go-to company for ‘budget’ mobile phones, has emerged quite positively in the smartphone market. The year 2012 has been very active for the company. With the release of Andro A60, Micromax made its…
MTV, Swipe launch VOLT, a 6 inch Phablet for Rs. 13k
Looks like no one can stay away from entering the Smartphone / Tablet space. Now, MTV has gone ahead and announced launch of “Swipe MTV VOLT” a 6 inch Phablet (Phone+tablet). The Phablet has been bought into the market by Swipe in…
Android vs. iOS (Does it matter?)
There was once a glorious era when there was always an argument. Which is a better OS? Is it Windows, Linux or Mac OS X. Each of the OSes have their own advantages and as nothing is perfect, their disadvantage. The era has changed now. This…
IIT-B launches Aakash App Development Contest for Android & Linux Developers
IIT Bombay has recently launched an app development competition in a bid to create a developer community around Aakash Tablets. This developer contest aims at developing useful Open Source applications and content on Android / Linux for use…
Single device to rule them all: Will the convergence end?
We are going through a period when devices are into a metamorphosis. During the last era, new technologies came into being. These technologies were camera, Television, VCR, Digital Watches, Walkman and everything in between.
Then came…
Most talked about gadgets of 2012!
Every year numerous gadgets, from makers both big and small, hit the stage, some to strike gold, while the rest to be lost in the deluge. The gadget freaks however never seem to get the enough of them. In our wrap-up series of 2012, here…
More on Aakash 2, by the man behind Aakash himself [Video]
Aakash 2 was launched last week, and unlike the first version, the 2nd version of Aakash has been getting some rave reviews, for the specs and well as the content which it promises to carry.
Aakash was conceived over 4 years back, and it…
Google Nexus –Why they are great for Mobile Device Ecosystem!
It was years ago, January 5th, 2010 to precise when Google launched its first Nexus phone. With the help of HTC, Nexus One was launched and presented before the audience to judge and for other manufacturers to get a standard. It wasn’t the…