In the market today there are a plethora of mobile tablet devices that provide users with a choice that simply did not exist earlier. These new devices are light, extremely powerful and very flexible in terms of what they can do and how they work. While the most popular is the iPad – for reasons […] Read more
Consumer reports has released their tablet ranking and it should not come as a surprise that iPad 2 is excellent in all categories. Other tablets from Motorola, Dell and Samsung made the cut of top 10 but are left behind the incredible iPad 2. For all its tablet OS for tablets and I am the […] Read more
Google tricked the world when it released Gmail motion as their April fools joke. In fact GMail started as a April fool joke. With technology nothing ever will be a joke. Gmail motion which is a gesture based email isn’t all that surreal. FAAST crew has used Microsoft Kinect sensor and a middleware library to […] Read more
Information Technology spending worldwide would reach $3.6 trillion in 2011. This is a 5.6% increase from the 2010 levels. IT spend includes the amount spent on hardware, software, services and telecom. Spend on tablets was $9.6 billion in 2010. 2011 estimate for media tablets is $29.4 billion. Adding media tablets has raised the global hardware […] Read more
The newer devices launching will be slicker or slimmer. But Logitec has gone from the norm and launched a router with antennas protruding. From the front-view the router looks like a mini wind-turbine. It would be a good concept design for router which powers itself by a wind turbine. A photogenic router. But the router […] Read more
All roads lead to India. Apple iPad, Motorola Xoom and now RIM Playbook have all made their India launches. Research in Motion is planning to start selling its new tablet RIM Playbook in India from May. This shouldn’t be a big news considering that India has its fair share of tablets. But all the launches […] Read more
This came from no where. HCL has launched 3 Android tablets in its ‘Me’ range. The tablets are priced between Rs. 14990 to Rs 32 990. Needless to mention which segments and existing tablets they were targeted against. This launch is probably the most comprehensive tablet launch by any company. There were one-off tablets by […] Read more
India is warming up to tablets. The sales are at 8000 units per month, but that will only pick up when two things happen – hardware prices fall and so does the data plans. Hardware prices have a wide range right now. The cheapest can go for Rs. 8000 and the most expensive one can […] Read more
If mobiles and tablets are hot all the time with connectivity, what’s stopping from netbooks to be hot all the time. Nothing. All it needs is decent hardware and a pretty tie-up with a telecom provider. Quite a few manufacturers have gone that route. Bundled netbooks wouldn’t be a rarity anymore. They could just as […] Read more
There is a rumor going on that an announcement about iPad 2 India might be coming in two weeks. This is coming from an insider as per CIOL. I want that to be true and already gave out three reasons why iPad2 will come to India. But something somewhere is amiss. We are talking about […] Read more
Apple might just mend its ways a teeny bit when it comes to India strategy. Apple’s India strategy is : “no new products for India, if it is leftovers – you can have it”. iPad was launched a year after its US launch. There are still no signs of iPhone 4. Almost everyone in India […] Read more
Oh! you should love Seth Godin by now. If you aren’t already loving him then I recommend reading his book Linchpin. All the book talks about is how to do your job with passion and how you can create art, in almost every field. Art isn’t limited to painting or writing. There’s art everywhere. You […] Read more
No other company’s gadgets receive a royal treatment and a riotous treatment all on the same day. Apple’s product has this dubious distinction. People gather around various sales points withering the blistering cold to grab their gadget. Some even pay $900 for a spot to get into the shop first. After the first few hours […] Read more
Kolkata based C2K Communications will launch an entry level Android tablet for a cost of Rs. 6999 tablet. That would make the C2K tablet, cheapest tablet available in the Indian market, beating Wespro ePad. The tablet is a 7-inch device and is part of a product series launch by C2K. Other two tablets might have […] Read more
Motorola has always treated India well. It has launched quite a few Android phones along with its global launches. Now its tablet, Motorola Xoom, the tablet which is supposed to give iPad a run for its money is being launched in India. The price of Motorola Xoom is set at Rs. 35000 and is available […] Read more
Acer which figures in the top pc manufacturers in India along with HP, HCL, Dell and Lenovo has launched a new netbook series. Acer One Happy is the new series laptops which come in peppy colors of green, blue and pink. The netbook costs Rs. 17000 and comes with one year warranty. Acer One Happy […] Read more
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