New Delhi: Siri, Siri on the wall, Which smartphone is the best ever? Wait for it... Nokia Lumia 900! That's right, if you ask Apple's speech recognition software, Siri, which is the best smartphone ever made, the software betrays its maker Apple and answers Nokia Lumia 900, the Windows Phone device. Siri's answers are based on search results from Wolfram Alpha, which gets its own information from user reviews. The...
11:00 AM, May 13, 2012
Mumbai: Kobian, a leading player in computer peripherals and tablets announced the iXA Tab, especially designed for the growing number of students and masses, in general. Tagged at a sub-4K price, the iXA Tab will compete directly with Datawind's UbiSlate 7C tablet, another soon to be released tablet in this price bracket. The iXA Tab allows web surfing, access to one's e-mail, viewing videos, music, games, e-books and much more....
12:30 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Yahoo India announced the launch of Flickr Uploadr, a new feature that enables simpler, easier, and faster upload of photographs on Flickr. The feature available for both Pro and Free users on the photo storage and sharing service, currently supports Firefox 8, Safari 5, and Chrome 6 browsers. The new Flickr Uploadr runs on an advanced HTML 5 browser technology. Uploadr simplifies the process of adding photos by...
02:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: May 3rd will mark the day that Samsung will raise the curtains on their next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III. Over the last few hours there has been a ton of information regarding the handset and it has certainly grabbed a fair share of the spotlight as far as tech news goes. The biggest bit of information is when a leaked prototype of the handset surfaced with...
02:11 PM, Apr 22, 2012
One of the key reasons why BlackBerry rules the smartphone roost in India has been the entry-level Curve 8520, released way back in August 2009. A basic smartphone without 3G and specs like a 2 MP camera, the 8520 was a mega-success primarily because it was affordable and provided access to BBM, social media feeds and e-mail"different facets of the BlackBerry service. So, despite the smartphone's low-end features, the price-sensitive...
03:44 PM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: The world is coming to grips with the greatness of the quad-core monster for HTC, which is the One X. The flagship handset was put through the rigours of our tests and it did a great job in our review as well. At the time of announcing the One X, HTC unveiled two other handsets as well, which are the One XL, One S and One V. Out...
11:35 AM, Apr 15, 2012
Mumbai: Were surely looking into the future with this technology. Officials behind the world's fourth largest railway network, the Indian railways are, according to a report by The Economic Times toying with the idea of fitting a GPS-based solution in trains, to help it provide real-time tracking - accessible on mobile devices and PCs. Although still under debate and discussion, the reports have confirmed that the Centre for Railway Information...
04:02 PM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: The next device to jump out of Genius' kitty into the Indian market is the DVR-HD550 HD. This new product line, which is also the first video recorder from Genius is capable of recording everything in case of emergency. The Genius DVR-HD550 has a HD video recorder /30fps with 2.4-inch panel and has been aptly designed to provide evidence as a reference. The DVR-HD550 has been crafted especially...
12:54 PM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: So, we've got the new iPad, but what about the original one? Don't let the naming (or the lack of it) confuse you, here, because we have the iPad and the new iPad, and the iPad 2 slotted in the middle somewhere. Anyway, what we're talking about here is the original model, which was launched a way back in the month of April in 2010. The first generation...
02:03 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Mumbai: Apple has sent out an e-mail to all its iWork.com beta registered users that they are planning to discontinue the service from July 31. As reported by MacRumors, this news comes as Apple is gearing towards mass adaptation of their new iCloud service and hence its urging its users to make the shift to iCloud as well to sync all their work data. For those not in the know,...
12:06 PM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: The wait seems to be finally getting over for all Samsung Galaxy S II owners, as very soon, well, next week in fact, you'll be receiving the coveted Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich update. Samsung will probably be rolling this update out in phases and so in case you don't get a prompt a few days after March 15, don't worry as you can always update it...
03:54 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: Back in September, even before Google's current operating software was introduced, it was reported that Google would name their future Android OS, Jelly Bean. Google has a tradition of adopting names of desserts for the operating software and have in the past gone with the likes of Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb and more recently Ice Cream Sandwich. Another interesting piece of information is that all these monikers are titled...
10:43 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Mumbai: The battle of the operating systems continues to intensify and the latest advancement in technology comes from Canadian smartphone manufacturer, Research in Motion. Gone are days when one just tapped a bunch of physical buttons on their smartphone to unlock it and with improvements in all smartphone features; the ability to unlock a handset has taken on a cool turn. Swipe to unlock and then putting in a password...
01:04 PM, Mar 03, 2012
Mumbai: Media players are that software category that get a lot of attention from users. Now VLC is one of the most popular media players on the desktop and there are those who stand by it, no matter how many alternatives come up. VLC Player has made a landing on the mobile platform, but that was on iOS and the player was removed from the app store following some licensing...
12:51 PM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: Epson has launched the new PictureMate PM245, which is a completely portable 4 x 6 compact photo printer. The printer promises cost effective performance, alongside superior print quality. It delivers 4-inch x 6-inch photos and allows users to offer customisable special prints for their ID or passport photos as well with just the click of a button. The printer also offers professional quality prints and claims to offer...
06:53 PM, Feb 27, 2012
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