By design or by fate, tablets have broken the $99 price tag. While what’s inside the $99 thing differs from piece to piece, these tablets raised quite a few expectations. LACS, a Bangalore based company has unveiled its $99 LACS Magnum. HP Touchpad which used to cost in excess of $400 is now available at […] Read more
Commodre 64 which debuted in 1982 is the best selling computer of all time. A total of 12.5 to 17.5 million units were sold. Commodre 64 was priced at $595 when it was launched. Interestingly, it is also the cheapest computer available at that time. Atari 800 and Apple II were the two competitors for […] Read more
HP Touchpad which is going on sale for $99 for the 16 GB version is the most desirable tablet in the market right now. HP’s webOS is a decent little tablet operating system which does many things that are expected of it. If the price is the first and the most compelling reason to buy […] Read more
Now this is a burning question in the tablet world. Not actually as the burning question in the tablet world is, would there be a worthy opponent for iPad ever. But keyboards for tablets is doing the rounds too. Steve Jobs, made tablets (read iPad) a tremendous success by simply taking away the keyboard from […] Read more
India is moving past mobile phones. If the recent surge of smartphones and tablets aren’t indicative enough, then may be a dedicated gadget shop would be convincing. Lootspot is India’s first gadget accessory shop. From ear phones to laptop batteries and bags to pink mobile cases, Lootspot sells it all. If you are a hobbyist […] Read more
HP’s I-am-an-enterprise-software-guy CEO has announced that HP’s PC business is a burning platform, cut the cord on the PC business (tablets and smartphones), set a fire ale for TouchPad and bought an enterprise software company for $10 bn. If that’s a mouthful, imagine what was the reaction when it all happened in the span of […] Read more
A school assignment to Rachel Walsh was to explain a modern Internet/computer concept to someone who lived in the 18th century. Powerpoint was an obvious choice but Rachel Walsh did not use power point. Instead, she took a book, cut a whole lot of wedges in it, and inserted small books – 40 to be […] Read more
While I’m eagerly watching the stream go by about the Tech Sparks and Anna Harare’s fight against corruption, a breaking news passed along. Being a Gadget Fan, this news is hard to ignore. A little known company in Bangalore, called LACS, has launched a $99 tablet. The title sure pulled me in. I mean who […] Read more
Beetel Magiq tablet which surfaced few weeks back is now officially launched. Beetel Magiq is a 3G tablet which is available for a price of Rs. 9999. Yes the barrier of 10K for a good tablet is finally broken by Beetel Magiq. Tablet market is still warming up and Beetel Magiq might add the much […] Read more
Acer has beat Hewlett Packard in India’s PC shipments to become the second biggest vendor behind Dell. Acer holds a market share of 12.1% for the second quarter of 2011. Dell held on to its top position with 16.7% market share. A total of 2.5 million desktop and mobile PC’s were shipped in the second […] Read more
Wearing a watch is redundant as there is a watch on almost every device. Until now that is. You might want to make an exception for this watch which costs 250 euros and pairs up with iPhone. The watch called as I’m watch pairs with iPhone over Bluetooth and displays, calls, sms, mails, stock quotes, […] Read more
Looks like Logitech is betting big on tablet accessories. After launching its tablet mouse, Logitech has come up with a tablet keyboard. This keyboard is exclusively designed to work with Samsung Galaxy Tab 10. The sturdy looking keyboard costs $99.9. Logitech GalaxyTab keyboard is ZAGG protective case which is made of aircraft grade aluminum. The […] Read more
TechBerry, the mobile phone company, which brought us the Tendulkar projector mobile and a James Bond phone has come up with an Android tablet. Called as TechPad, the tablet has a 7-inch touch screen, VIA860 800 MHz processor and runs Android 2.2 operating system. TechPad’s 7-inch touch screen is TFT LCD with 800×480 screen resolution. […] Read more
Where is the Indian tax payer money going? It’s going to buy some fancy Apple and Samsung tablets for our politicians, more precisely, Rajya Sabha members. A whopping Rs. 50000 has been allocated to each member for purchasing a tablet. Now which tablet costs Rs. 50000? Don’t answer that. Apple might ship a special delivery […] Read more
Reliance Communications has launched its 3G Android tablet at a price of Rs. 12999. The tablet is powered by Android 2.3 operating system, has a 7-inch touch screen and comes bundled with Reliance 3G data plans. Reliance 3G Tablet comes with 512 MB RAM, 2 megapixel rear camera and a front-facing camera. Reliance is offering […] Read more
Karbonn mobiles which is making a lot of noise in the mobile handset arena, is coming up with its own tablet called K-pad. The pricing and other details aren’t known yet for Karbonn K-pad but as per Sushir Hasija of Karbonn Mobiles, the tablet(s) will come by end of this year. Karbonn will be releasing […] Read more
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