You just got your Android phone. Now what? Be it the cheapest in the market like Micromax A60 or the most expensive money can buy like Dell Streak, they share a common infrastructure. The operating system is the same and the apps that can be installed on them are the same. For the most part […] Read more
![Android app : MapsofIndia Quiz [review]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/23_thumb.png)
This might be the year for a perfect Android phone as there will be more Android apps coming our way. MapsofIndia has a quiz app released on Android platform. The app has a database on questions related to Indian history. App can be downloaded in apk format and have to be directly installed on to […] Read more
![Android App : Auto fare calculator - Tuk Tuk [review]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/9_thumb.png)
I like applications which are designed for Indian audience. There were many apps which I have reviewed so far for iOS and Android. None of these apps come close to the simple usefulness of Tuk Tuk. MindHelix Technologies, a startup based in Kochi, has come up with an app for India’s urban traveler. Auto Rickshaw, […] Read more
What’s the point? Well there’s no point in letting Google solve a sudoku puzzle for you. But it’s fun to try it out at least for once. It’s just amazing how the whole technology works. First off is the image scanning and then processing and then recognizing that the image is of a sudoku and […] Read more
![iPhone app : Moneycontrol [review]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_0881_thumb.png)
Moneycontrol has an iPhone app. iPhone apps of popular Indian sites are few and far in between. Which only reflects the number of iPhones sold in India. Moneycontrol’s iPhone apps bridges the gap for getting up to date stock news and getting the health of indices in one place. Hitting on any of the indices […] Read more
App of the day has created a nice infographic dissecting Apples App store. There are a total of 300, 00o apps with 67% of them being paid. Take a look at it this very informative graphic : Source :FastCompany Read more
Let’s have some weekend fun shall we. I was sifting through the iPhone India app catalog and found two apps. I wouldn’t go as far as calling them gems but they are worth a shot. Actually more than a few shots for one of the apps. You got nothing to lose to try these apps […] Read more
Wikileaks, the proponent of free information, has proliferated on the Internet on more than 100 locations. This is all good but can can I read it on my iPhone? Well some good folks has made it available for iPhone reading. Spread over several books and dates, the archive is a little difficult to browse. If […] Read more
Google’s much awaited eBook project has come to light. With over 3 million titles to read and buy from, Google eBooks is device agnostic. Google has come out with all guns blazing with its sleuth of apps for almost all the popular devices. With the launch of eBooks, Google has opened up a potentially new […] Read more
Can you believe that? A simple torch light cum SOS signal sending application is the top global app on Nokia Ovi store. And this Ovi application is developed by CellApp technology of India. CellApp has other apps on Ovi store like DataMonitor, Callback and Voice reminder. The app is called as QTorch and it provides […] Read more
Nokia Ovi Store, which is a recent entrant to mobile app market, has reached 3 million downloads per day. This comes after it has reached 2 million downloads per day only in August. Not bad for a store which was launched only a year ago. 3 million downloads per day are achieved with just 18,000 […] Read more
Data Infosys, which is no way affiliated to Infosys, has launched a blackberry type application for select Nokia phones. Called as BharatBerry, this app is a 900kb installation for Symbian 3rd edition based Nokia phones. The service will let users access push email, over-the-air backup of contacts, calendar and notes. It can sync up with […] Read more
A Pune-based startup, Optinno Mobitech, has come up with a very useful app – smsBloicker. It does what it says. It blocks 95% of spam text messages based on the content, send, language and pattern of the message. smsBlocker has a Daily Block Counter feature on the phone home screen which will show how many […] Read more
ST Ericsson u8500 which has a dual-core ARM cortex A9 chip is running Meego. The hardware is solid and will be delivering stunning 3D graphics at a very low power. The most notable thing here is not the hardware but the software it runs on- Meego. Meego is the new mobile operating system which Nokia […] Read more
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has decided to support the new mobile platform Meego. AMD will be providing engineering expertise to Meego platform. Meego is a jointly developed mobile platform by Nokia and Intel. It is based on Linux variant. Meego powered devices are rumored to be hit the market next year. In all likelihood, Meego […] Read more
Nokia has just released a free utility to make a great OVI map for your blog or website. All you have to do is enter a url and upload two logo pictures of your website. With Nokia’s renewed interest in the smart phones and touch screen segment, it is bound to sell more devices. With […] Read more
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