
Mumbai: Google and Asus, who were earlier expected to bring their Nexus tablet in July this year, will now reportedly launch it as soon as next month. DigiTimes, quoting upstream supply chain sources in Taiwan, has reported that Google and Asus will ship about six lakh units of the Nexus tablet next month. Google chairman Eric Schmidt did spill the beans about the affordable $250 (approximately Rs 12,500) tablet with...

12:36 PM, May 25, 2012

New Delhi: Asus India has launched two new notebooks - Multimedia N56VM and Gaming Notebook G75VW. The multimedia N56VM is the latest addition to Asus' popular N Series of multimedia notebook. It is said to utilise SonicMaster Premium audiophile-worthy sound, wide-view screens with Full HD 1080p, and an all-new look with zinc alloy casing. The Asus N56VM is powered by an Intel 3rd generation core processor, which is claimed to...

11:02 AM, May 17, 2012

New Delhi: Google's first tablet, unofficially dubbed Nexus tablet, will not hit the market until July at the earliest, according to a report from The Verge, an American technology news website. The tablet was earlier reported to come in the month of May, but reportedly Google pushed back the planned release so that it could tweak the device, reported the Verge, adding, "the company plans to make some design changes...

02:51 PM, Apr 08, 2012

Mumbai: Mobile phone chipmaker, Nvidia has hinted about possibility of a $200 (Rs 10,000 approximately) tablet. Most likely that tablet may have the company's latest quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 mobile processor in it. Over here, we just estimating the possibility of an affordable range of tablet packing a great hardware. Nvidia's chief executive officer, Jen-Hsun Huang told NY Times in an interview, "We took out $150 in build materials, things...

12:26 PM, Apr 02, 2012

San Francisco: Google Inc is planning to open an online store to sell tablet PCs directly to consumers, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The online store would offer tablets made by Samsung Electronics Co and Asustek Computer Inc based on Google's Android software, according to the report, which cited anonymous sources and which Reuters was not able to confirm. Google declined to comment. Google...

11:33 AM, Mar 30, 2012

New Delhi: Reportedly, Amazon's Kindle Fire will soon have its competitor. If reports are to be believed, Google is planning to hit the market with a 7-inch Nexus tablet in the coming months for $199. A new report from Android & Me said, "The Asus MeMo 370T that was revealed at CES has been scrapped after Google contracted with Asus to produce their 'Nexus tablet'." It further reported that the...

01:01 PM, Mar 17, 2012

Mumbai: Google is reportedly working on a 7 inch tablet under its Nexus brand which is expected to ship sometime later this year. According to reports, Google is working closely with Asus, a leading tablet manufacturer, on the 7-inch Nexus tablet which is expected to be priced at $249 (Rs 12,500 approximately). This 7-inch Nexus Tablet will have specifications of a high-end tablet. Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt did hint...

01:01 PM, Mar 10, 2012

New Delhi: Asus has launched its new range of desktops in India, which includes 6 different desktop PCs under its CM and CG Series, with models featuring Intel's H61 to Z68 Chipsets. The complete lineup includes CM6731, CM6731 (i3), Essentio CM6830, Essentio CG8250 (i7), Essentio CG8250 (i5) and ROG CG8565 desktops. ASUS desktops are already available globally in Europe, South America and 7 APAC countries - with ASUS being one...

02:42 PM, Mar 07, 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

New Delhi: The Indian tablet market is full of entry level tablets priced below Rs 15,000, but none of them have the specification and quality to match what is coming from Asus. Asus plans to launch its Memo 370T in the month of May for Rs 15,000. The tablet will come with Tegra 3 quad core processors, Android Ice Cream Sandwich, and will be 3G ready with SIM slots. Talking...

01:59 PM, Mar 02, 2012

New Delhi: Asus has finally launched its much-awaited Eee Pad Transformer Prime in India. Announced about four months ago, the device had its India launch on Thursday. The tablet is touted to be the world's first quad-core CPU tablet. Running Android 3.2 Honeycomb (with a free upgrade to Android 4.0), the device has a unique design. It can be transformed to notebook mode with a full QWERTY chiclet keyboard dock....

12:25 PM, Mar 01, 2012

Rostov-On-Don: Russian officials say an Islamist warlord, seven militants, four officers and one civilian have been killed in three separate incidents in Russia's violence-plagued southern Caucasus region. Russia's Anti-Terrorist Committee spokesman Nikolai Sintsov said the leader of Islamist separatists in the province of Ingushetia was killed in a shootout on Friday in the village of Ekazhevo along with two other militants. Also on Friday, police spokesman Vyasheslav Gasanov said four...

09:29 PM, Jan 27, 2012

Las Vegas: Don't trash your keyboard and mouse just yet. But three companies at the International Consumer Electronics Show demonstrated depth-sensing cameras that let you to control your computer by moving your hands or body. Microsoft's Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 console has already popularised these cameras for gaming. Now, the technology is being set loose for use on other devices. However, like many gadgets shown at the annual...

10:51 AM, Jan 14, 2012