Nokia has gotten the HTC bug. In other words, Nokia is fragmenting its product line for no real reason. HTC was notorious for this – HTC Sensation, then the Sensation XL and the Sensation XE – to give an example. Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710 are part of Nokia’s confused strategy. If there’s one thing which every […] Read more
![Android's 10 Billion Downloads : A deeper look [infographic]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/10B_2_lg-273x1024.png)
Android market has crossed 10 billion downloads and is now clocking 1 billion app downloads per month. Android 10 billion app journey is neatly documented in the infographic released by Google. Now it has gone further and gave us a little more insight into where these 10 billion downloads came from. And the 10 billionth […] Read more
What’s happening in the big fragmented world of Android? Here are the top three stories you need to know about Android. 10 Billion App downloads Android Market just crossed 10 billion app downloads after hitting the 1 billion mark in July 2010. It is no clocking 1 billion app downloads every month. To celebrate this, […] Read more
The news of Reliance launching its 4G services and a tablet to go with it is nothing new. It started with a Rs.8000 price tag, then it went further down to a Rs. 5000 price tag. The latest price tag we have is Rs. 3500. That is dangerously close to the Datawind Ubislate’s price (aka […] Read more
This is fourth in the series of posts about our experiences with 3G services in India. Read our coverage about Airtel 3G, Vodafone 3G and Reliance Netconnect+. Getting the BSNL Huawei USB Modem was a real pain. The customer service centres kept sending me from one branch to another until finally at the fourth branch […] Read more
Nokia Lumia 800, one of the buzzing smartphones of the year 2011, is up for pre-order. There is no word on the pricing yet and the phone will be available sometime in December. The pricing of the phone is expected to be in the sub-30K range. Knowing Nokia well, Lumia 800 will priced just like […] Read more
This is third in the series of posts about our experiences with 3G services in India. Read our earlier coverage about Airtel 3G and Reliance Netconnect+. Vodafone was the quickest to respond to my request, and I got my connection within 2 hours of asking for it on their call centre number, with activation taking […] Read more
![Clubhack 2011: Event that Android Developers should not miss! [TGF readers get Discount ]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/image_thumb5.png)
Clubhack is a pioneering Annual Hackers Conference being held in Pune – Unlike previous year’s, this time around Clubhack will be having a lot of talks around Android OS hacks – So if you are an Android developer, you should not miss this event. Event Details: What: Clubhack 2011 Where: The O Hotel, Pune [Directions here] When: […] Read more
Remember the 8GB iPhone 4 which we talked about few days back? Now it has landed in Brazil. Contrary to the popular speculation, this iPhone isn’t cheap. In fact it’s the anti-thesis of cheap. It costs $970 without a data plan. This could be a ripping the early adopters price and we might have to […] Read more
This is second in the series of posts about our experience with 3G services in India. Read our Reliance NetConnect+ post. I have been using Airtel’s cellular services for close to ten years, and was very happy with them, so the day they launched, I bought the dongle. Since Airtel did not have a 3G […] Read more
G’Five has launched two touch screen phones, one of which takes a radical approach with its form factor. G’Five G303 is a touch and type phone with the number keys placed vertically like tiles one above the other at the right edge of the phone. G’Five G616 is your traditional QWERTY appended with a 2.8-inch […] Read more
This is the first in a series of documenting our experiences with 3G services in India. First to be covered is Reliance Netconnect+. Later in the series, Tata DoCoMo, Airtel, Vodafone and BSNL will be covered. 3G services have been around for a while now, and there are plenty of options to choose from. Unfortunately, […] Read more
Samsung recently launched Samsung galaxy R GT-I9103 a cheaper and downgraded version of Samsung galaxy S2. Released on 3rd of October 2011 in Sweden, the device is now available in all the major cities of the world. Priced closely to Samsung galaxy W and S Plus. It’s a high mid range phone. In India it is […] Read more
The gadget world is obsessed with cramming in the latest and greatest hardware. At the end of 2010 LG introduced first dual core phone and 2011 turned to be a year of dual core phones. Now thanks to NVdia’s Kal-Ei processor, 2012 will be the year of quad core phones. Without skipping a beat, HTC […] Read more
Engadget, the popular gadget site, has a news item about iPhone 4S impending launch in India. It could have been brushed aside as a regular news post if it wasn’t for the picture that goes with the story. Engadget used Akshay Kumar’s Singh is King movie pose to go with the phone’s launch. Who would […] Read more
Recent Discussions