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On a fine Boxing day, you have decided to hang your boots. I am not talking about Ricky Ponting but your adorable iPhone. You finally said, alright Steve, enough pampering. I want out. I want out of the super slick, non-fragmented, i-don’t-know-what-goes-inside and i-cant-use-without-a-bloated-itunes-install of the iPhone user experience. Steve says, not so fast cowboy. […] Read more
Ever since Blackberry announced the launch of its instant messaging service-BBM on other mobile operating systems, there has been quite an interest in the users especially previous Blackberry users to try the BBM app on their android phones. To capitalize on the potential user interest, Samsung had infact gone out to claim exclusive 3 month […] Read more
For those who do not know, CyanogenMod is a group of people who felt that Google could do better on their OS. As Android is Open Source, they decided to do something about it and thus launched CyanogenMod – a forked OS which can be installed on your Android phone which will give it capabilities […] Read more
In line with the tradition of naming it’s OS after various desserts , Google has codenamed Android 4.4 as KitKat. The earlier versions being called Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. Interestingly, while all previous Android OS versions have been named after generic names of desserts, Google chose to […] Read more
Smartphone screens are quite small and most mobile users find it quite difficult to manage various aspects like managing contacts, file transfers, taking backup etc. With these things in mind, Chinese gaming giant, ‘Beijing Gamease Age Digital Technology Co. Ltd’ has launched an Android based application called MOBOGENIE. Mobogenie is essentially an android mobile phone […] Read more
If you are not aware UMI Mobiles made announcement of UMI X2 quad core phone in March 2013 – At the time of announcement, people were very surprised with the high technical specifications that UMI X2 phone boasted, at a price that was very cheap. UMI X2 phone, a 5 inch, 1.2 GHz quad core […] Read more
Chinese Computer Giant Lenovo needs no Introduction. Having become one of the Top companies in Desktop and Laptop market after buying out IBM’s Computer division, Lenovo has now entered the mobile market too with little success. Recently, they have launched 2 new models in Indian market namely Ideaphones S890 & P770 These handsets have smartly […] Read more
Since its inception, the nexus series has been a lucrative option for those who want to buy a great Android phone with good features and stock Google experience. While the hardware is usually not as high end as of the other companies like Samsung Galaxy S-series, it’s the pure google experience and its always up-to-date […] Read more
We are within a few days reach of the grand unboxing promised by Samsung Electronics for its latest Galaxy series offering, the S4. Over the last few days, the internet is ripe with rumours about the features of the S4 and whether it will be able to compete with iPhone, HTC One X or Nokia […] Read more
Last year, Sony made some good phones. There is no doubt about it. The Xperia line up may not be getting as much hype as the Samsung’s Galaxy line up but the phones are gorgeous looking devices and have good hardware in them. I personally am impressed with Sony’s phones more than Samsung’s. In fact […] Read more
What is the biggest gripe of Android users? Battery! and the second one? Android updates. There are a lot of terms floating around like fragmentation and variety but the bottom line is- There are too many Androids out there. Now, there is a difference between having different variants of the same version and having different […] Read more
There was once a time when the smart phones had QWERTY and I found them useless. There was a time when the best screen size in a phone was a 2.8” screen and I bought a phone having that screen. It had no touch and it was a simple slider (SE W910i to be precise). […] Read more
It’s that time of the year again. Christmas is right around the corner and almost everyone wants to find that 64GB smartphone with an A6 processor, Retina Display, the intelligent assistant with a sense of humor and most importantly, “a fifth row of icons” or the phone with a 4.8 inch screen with Super AMOLED […] Read more
Things may not be going too well for Nokia so far. With news of the existing Lumia range of smartphones not supporting the Windows 8, the Lumia range has suffered a slight set back. The Lumia smartphone line-up was not as big a hit as they expected. Nokia managed to sell just 7 million Lumia […] Read more
In the past we have been cautious to keep our smart phone clear of any key stroke logger or a cell phone monitoring software in order to keep our personal information safe. However the latest Android threat is not interested in stealing your information rather it is out to destroy it and cause as much […] Read more
There was a time when the mobile in your pocket with a Bluetooth and VGA camera was in the ‘in’ thing. Options were limited, but so was our usage. The texting and calling would suffice the communication between people, as far as mobiles were concerned. Skipping Symbian and other operating systems, which were completely based […] Read more
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