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Sony’s New Xperia NXT range set to dazzle the Smartphone Market!
Sony Ericsson has been a silent force in the battle for Android dominance. While Samsung have made a slew of super smart and super powerful phones, Sony Ericsson has consistently made unique and powerful devices with great display and a…
5 Cheap Budget Android Tablets in India!
Unless you have a fat pocket and you don't mind spending a bomb on expensive android tablets or even the much awaited Apple iPad 3, you will love the hot picks that we've featured here. Please note that we are not talking about hordes of…
iPad 3 makes India debut on April 27th, cost starting at Rs. 30,500
Unlike iPad 1 & iPad 2, the 3rd generation iPad will not have Indian consumers waiting for too long (atleast officially). According to a press release put out by Apple, the new 3rd generation iPad will arrive in India on April 27th…
Know your Mobile Processors [An Overview]
Smartphone sales have hit an all time high and is growing at an increasing rate. If you are a smartphone user and a premium one at that you wouldn't be surprised at the sheer amount of functionality that your phones have. But have you…
Micromax’s Content rich Funbook Tablet launched at Rs. 6,500
Micromax has finally launched its much awaited tablet and it does not disappoint. Micromax Funbook has decent specifications and is competitively priced tablet that would surely appeal to younger crowd, especially students. Looks like…
The Logic of Bada OS: Why Samsung Still Persists with it
Samsung is one of the largest mobile manufacturers for the Android OS and the Windows OS. Both these OSes have strong ecosystems which sustain and enhance their growth. Samsung however is still going ahead with its Bada OS, and has recently…
Aakash Tablet – Datawind not booted, but IITR is.. [The Reality]
In last few days there has been a talk about Datawind being the shown the door - Most of the online media sites covered this story. We also wrote about it citing NDTV & Livemint articles. However, the reality seems to be quite…
E-Tutor Tablet: A Rs. 7500 Cloud Based Tablet for students! [Image, Specs]
Looks like we now have an elite cousin of Aakash coming up - It is called “E-Tutor Tablet”. Many mainstream media newspaper including Times wrote about it saying it was yet another Government initiative. However, this initiative is anything…
5 incredibly useful iPhone apps for Indians!
We've already covered 10 Indian Android apps earlier so now it's time to offer something to Indian iPhone users. Here are 5 India centric iPhone apps that will arm you will all the necessary information you need while you're in the country.…
Indian Govt. to soon float another Tender for Millions of Aakash Tablets!
There have been talks that Ultra Cheap Aakash tablets may be shelved over the quality of 30,000 tablets provided by Datawind in the first batch. The general feedback from users, who have had a chance to use Aakash Tablet is that, it…
10 Most Popular Smartphones with Indians in 2011!
The best part of the Smartphone market in India going berserk is that customers have been at the receiving end of all the benefits. Features, versions of operating systems and performance statistics are being notched up by the day, bringing…
Tablets & Smartphones – Good, Bad & Ugly [2011 recap]
The headline once read: ‘Tablets made news and changed the game in 2011, and they are here to stay’. With the tablet market almost doubling itself in the last year or so, I have tried to determine a few good, bad & ugly things of some…
Govt. to provide incentives to setup Electronic Mfg. Clusters (EMCs), Preference to home-grown…
Draft National Policy on Electronics was released on October 3rd and it promises to bring about changes that will bring about a major fillip to the Electronic sector in India. Electronics Industry is one of the fastest growing in the world…
Aakash Tablet travels to America – Gets decent reviews!
Aakash, which received nothing but flak from most of the media, is sailing across the Atlantic to meet some Americans. I’m not sure if this will be available for retail. In fact, I would advise, Datawind, Aakash tablet makers to not do…
5 cool techie gifts for this festive season!
One of the biggest headaches during festive season is - Gifting! Are you heading into the festive season with boxes of sweets and firecrackers that are losing their value day by day? Instead of taking consumables that practically leave no…
Ice Cream Sandwich – Newest Android version with NFC Awesomeness!
The internet has been abuzz with the launch of Android’s latest Mobile Operating System and it comes in with lot of goodies including NFC or the Near Field Communication in form on Android Beam! Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich seems to be the…
Want to turn your Android phone into iPhone? Try Espier Launcher!
No matter what the Android supporters have to say, iPhone still has some cool looks. It’s ironic that none of the manufacturers tried to copy that look for many of their unpopular skins. Now an app will do what many should have done…
5 reasons we hate technology!
"Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: VERSIONs." - Dave Barry Now, this rings really true in hindsight, doesn’t it? For a second, imagine how many versions you must…
Buy Kindle Fire & Kindle touch in India through Indiaplaza.com!
Indiaplaza is allowing pre-orders for new range of Kindle’s - Namely Touch & Fire tablet. The new family of Kindles which were announced by Amazon in September are going on sale in November in the US. Indiaplaza is trying to offer the…
MHRD’s Aakash will cost Rs. 2276! Will be sold in Retail
Here is the first news that has come out - The price of the MHRD’s Aakash Tablet is going to be Rs. 2276 and it will be available in retail. It was previously thought that it will only be available to students. But that’s not the case, it…