Android
Bluestacks, which isn’t open for public yet, has a software which will let you run Android apps right from your cozy comfort of Windows OS. The software loads on to Windows as a virtual OS and doesn’t need a dual boot. The software apparently handles the multi-tasking remarkably well and uses all the windows drivers. […] Read more
How many apps are there in Apple store? How many are there in Android market place? Just how behind is Android in the app race? All these question can be answered with a simple chart. Today’s chart of the day comes from Mobilewalla, the app discovery site. It has a menu option called Clash of […] Read more
For mobile app developers the hardest thing is not building a ground breaking app but to get that app to the intended consumer. For the mobile app consumers finding the right app is always a challenge. With Android rising and Windows platform making decent strides, app discovery is becoming more and more important. Many solutions […] Read more
Andy Rubin’s new job description includes policing. Google has decided that enough is enough and Android is getting out of hand and it needs to control it. Google is signing up ‘non-fragmentation clauses’ with all major manufacturers and Andy Rubin has to sign on any changes or customizations the manufacturers try to do. What does […] Read more
Samsung Google Nexus S is available on Flipkart for pre-order and should be shipping in second week of April. The price of this phone is Rs. 27999. Nexus S is launched in the US few weeks earlier. To get it so soon to India does say something about Indian market. As for the phone, it […] Read more
If we go by the number of Android phones it has launched in India, looks like HTC is winning the Android race. The last time we counted HTC had 10 Android phones circulating in the country and with HTC Incredible S it has launched its eleventh phone – most by any manufacturer. Though Android OS […] Read more
MTS, the service provider is turning out to be a sales provider. MTS is selling an Android phone called MTS Pulse and we are not excited about it. MTS Pulse is an Android phone which runs version 2.1, costs Rs. 18000 and it is a re-branded HTC Hero. That’s why. First off, we are not […] Read more
In what comes as a revelation to the iPhone vs Android debate, 57% of the Android phones accessing Android market place run Android 2.2 version. 29% run Android 2.1. Which means 86% of the phones are working on the two latest versions of Android operating system. Neat. But not so fast. Android’s latest OS, 2.3 […] Read more
And thus began the appstore war. Amazon which holds quite a hold on the online retail space, the ebook space and ebook reader space has entered the appstore market with its Android appstore. All the money is in the appstores and if the recent spate of segmented appstore launches aren’t a good indication, Amazon’s Angry […] Read more
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, the playstation smartphone, could land in India very soon at a price of Rs. 34000. Take this with a pinch of salt or pepper, whatever your choice is. This could be rumor as well but when it comes to the tech world, nothing ever is a rumor. The phone is real, […] Read more
Flipkart gets it first. Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, the next super phone running Gingerbread will be available in India from mid-April. Flipkart has already listed the phone for pre-order. Sony Xperia Neo is one of the first Gingerbread running phone to hit Indian shores. Sony Xperia Neo comes with a 1 GHz Qualcomm Scorpion processor, […] Read more
CDMA users who are outnumbered by GSM users by a ratio of 1:3 never had a great choice of mobiles. Reliance is working hard to change that. Reliance is bringing Samsung Galaxy i500, a CDMA Android phone to India for a cost of Rs. 25000. Galaxy i500 joins the growing list of India’s Gigahertz club. […] Read more
What do you do when you run out of producing mobiles which have four SIM’s to outright outrageous idea of mobiles doubling up as mosquito repellants? You dig deep into what goes on the mobile. The apps and the content happens to be the next gold rush. As per a recent estimate, mobile apps is […] Read more
Android caught the world by storm and Nokia off-guard. Top manufacturers like LG, Samsung and HTC are quick to spot the trend and launched Android phones, which the rest are trying to catch up. Android is an operating system of choice for low-cost smartphones. There’s no question about it. But is Android designed for just […] Read more
Viewsonic’s Viewpad4 was announced last year. Viewpad4 has a 4.1 inch touch screen, 1 GHz Qualcomm processor, 5 megapixel camera, front-facing VGA camera and other basic connectivity options including HDMI. Viewpad4 looks like this : Fast forward to Feb 9, 2011, Olive Telecom has launched its Android phone called OliveSmart. The specs on OliveSmart are […] Read more
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