United Nations has declared the year 2011 as the year of forests, but it could easily be declared as the year of tablets. While the western world has their fair share of tablets dazzling them every week, India has so far seen a dozen tablets. More than 100 tablets were showcased in the CES 2011 […] Read more
And that’s about it. That’s all the excitement we have for MSI Windpad. Seriously that’s about it. Don’t believe it? Let’s dig in. To start with the price of this pad is Rs. 34999. Without discussing anything else, let us discuss the price a little further. Samsung Galaxy Tab had an astronomical price of Rs. […] Read more
Honeycomb the Andriod OS designed specifically for tablets is in the making for quite a while. Google has released a preview version few days ago and the final version isn’t too far away. Phandroid, luckily for us, has spotted Honeycomb’s logo. This could be rumor as well, but take a look. Via : AndroidOS Read more
Amazon Kindle is doing to paperbacks, what CD’s have done to cassettes. Kindle books are outselling paperbacks on Amazon. For every 100 paper books sold on Amazon, 115 Kindle books are sold. Probably the first time it has ever happened. With many eBook readers coming out and tablets providing a way to read eBooks, the […] Read more
When it comes to PC’s, Apple is not the immediate name to recall. You have HP, Compaq, Acer, Lenovo and Toshiba. But a new report by Canalys puts Apple in the third spot for the last quarter. Reason : Canalys considers iPad as a PC. Luckily Apple has sold 11.5 million iPads in 2010. HP […] Read more
Android 3.0 aka Honeycomb’s SDK preview is out for developers. Honeycomb is a tablet and similar devices specific Android operating system. Many tablet launches are pending for this launch and the developers have been eagerly waiting for Honeycomb’s launch. Android market place has more than 100K apps which are geared towards mobile phones but not […] Read more
Acer will launch 5 tablets in India this year by March. Acer’s 7-inch tablet is priced at Rs. 24000. Acer’s tablets will range from 4.8 inch to 10 inch screens. Though we disagree with a 4.8 inch gadget called as a tablet. All Acer’s tablets will run Honeycomb. 6000-8000 tablets can be sold in India […] Read more
Ingenuous design always gets the much needed attention. The design should not necessarily attack a big problem. It can solve a solve problem like plugging the USB cable the wrong way and make a big difference. USB devices are ubiquitous. All the devices from computers to tablets we operate these days come with a USB […] Read more
Blackberry Playbook running Android apps – this is the preposterous sounding news of the day we are picking up from several sources. If true, this will really be huge. Bigger than Nokia releasing a Microsoft phone. Research in Motion (RIM) is contemplating on using a Dalvik virtual machine for its Playbook and future smartphones. Dalvik […] Read more
Whoever got their hands on Notion Ink’s Adam, I have to say, good for you. You might be holding a pioneering engineering effort and probably a little ahead of its time gadget. Whoever got their hands on an Adam but bricked it, then head over here, and get it unbricked. From the tone of Rohan’s […] Read more
Right after Steve Jobs went on a medical leave, Apple decided to launch iPad in India. Officially that is. The lowest version of iPad will cost Rs. 26000 and the high-end version will cost Rs. 37000. That would be a competition to both Olivepad and Samsung Galaxy Tab. Samsung Galaxy Tab could as well kiss […] Read more
![Infibeam Pi2 : Touch screen, WiFi eReader [review]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/pimonks1_thumb.jpg)
India’s Infibeam has come up with a touch screen and WiFi enabled eReader with Vizplus eInk display. Called as Pi 2 and read as Pi square, Infibeam Pi2 has a 6-inch resistive touch screen. Pi2 costs Rs. 11999 and is available for pre-order from Infibeam. The orders will ship at the end of February. The […] Read more
![Sony Vaio YB : Laptops in India for Rs. 26990 [review]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/VAIOYBSeriesPink_thumb.jpg)
Sony has released a new series of laptops in its famous Vaio product line. Called as Sony Vaio YB Series, these laptops pack in some serious specs at a very competitive price. The laptop costs Rs. 26990 and comes in three trendy colors – pink, silver and green. Sony is a brand which is typically […] Read more
If Intel press report is to be believed, iPad is the original idea of Intel. The name and the concept. Intel even had truck load of IPAD’s ready to be shipped. Each IPAD would have costed $500. Circuit City was the retailer and an ad in New York Times was out too. But then, Intel […] Read more
Marvell India has plans to launch a 10-inch tablet with capacitive touch screen for Rs. 10000. This could be a 3G tablet running Android Froyo. Marvel has also plans to launch 7-inch resistive tablets and 7-inch capacitive touch screen tablets. The price for 7-inch tablets could be Rs. 6000. A high-end tablet competing with Galaxy […] Read more
How many of you check the atmospheric pressure on a daily basis? If you have put off that exercise because of not having a handy barometer, then Motorola’s Xoom will come in handy. Honeycomb (Android 2.3) has barometer support and Motorola took advantage of it. Accelerometer, magnetometer and yeah, we will throw in a barometer […] Read more
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