As per some experts, we are already in the post-PC era. Smartphones, Tablets and the perceived ubiquity of cell phone signals and Internet connections have ushered in the post-PC age in some parts of the world. Some parts of the world are getting their first taste of what Internet is, and yet have all the […] Read more
LG Optimus Pro which was announced in July has surfaced for pre-order on Flipkart. LG Optimus Pro is priced at Rs. 9990 and is expected to ship in the third week of September. 3G enabled Optimus Pro is powered by Android 2.3 and comes with a 2.8 capacitive touch screen and a full QWERTY keypad. […] Read more
Global mobile phone shipments for the second quarter of 2011 have reached 361 million, of which 110 million are smartphones. While the feature phone is slowly becoming a dying breed, it is what is keeping Nokia on top of the heap. Nokia has shipped 88.5 million phones in Q2 2011 followed by Samsung’s 74 M […] Read more
Adobe has announced Flash Media Server 4.5 which enables iOS devices to play Flash content. iOS devices do not run Flash videos right now. Flash as a technology was rejected by Apple for its high CPU consumption. Though Adobe has waited for a while for Apple to budge, it has given up on Apple and […] Read more
Micromax, which has launched three Android phones priced under 10K, is trying to move upscale. While these are still rumors, as you know in the technology world nothing ever is a rumor. Micromax A85 is a high-end (by Micromax standards) Android phone powered by 1GHz Nvdia Tegra 2 Dual core processor. That’s not it. There […] Read more
Vodafone is launching its own branded devices aggressively. Vodafone Blue is the second phone announced by Vodafone after Vodafone Smart. Vodafone 555 Blue is a full QWERTY phone with a 2.4 inch screen and comes with an integrated Facebook button. Cute looking Vodafone 555 Blue is priced at Rs. 4950. No, it’s not an Android […] Read more
Reliance Communications is working hard to gain and retain data users. After launching its 3G Tablet, it is now launching a CDMA Android phone, Coolpad D530. CDMA users who want to jump on the Android ship but don’t want to spend big bucks now have Coolpad D530. The phone is powered by Android 2.1 (sorry […] Read more
![Top 5 mobile handset manufacturers [2001-2010]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Top5HandsetOEMs20012010_4e65e82b7b2e9_thumb-256x1024.png)
Analyzing the data for a decade and marking trends on that data is an interesting activity. VisionMobile, a market analysis firm, has done just that for the mobile handset manufacturers (OEM’s). Mobile handset market has seen a steady growth from 2001 with a dip only in year 2009. Throughout the 10 year period (2001-2010), two […] Read more
![So Samsung is dropping Android? [rumor]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/samsunglogo_thumb.jpg)
What’s been Sammy up to off late other than launching a device with a giant screen and calling it a phone? A whole lot actually. If the rumors are true, of which there are many, Samsung will be changing the mobile landscape one more time, sending jitters down Google’s spine marking the first biggest casualty […] Read more
Indian mobile handset market is expected to grow at 25% by volume in 2011. Of which, smartphones will be one of the hottest growth category comprising 6% of the shipments. 2.5 million smartphones were shipped to India in 2009 and 6 million smartphones were shipped in 2010. Estimates put a possible 12 million smartphone shipments […] Read more
Baidu’s mobile operating system is no longer a rumor. It’s is real, available and imminent. Baidu Yi, is Baidu’s mobile operating system, which is built by forking Android. From the looks of it, Baidu Yi is Android well done, with its seamless cloud integration and other useful apps. Baidu Yi has Integrated voice search, Maps, […] Read more
How many of you are guilty of using a mobile phone while watching a movie, during a meeting, in an airplane, on a date or worse while in the loo? I don’t see any hands rising up. Well that’s good news because, using a cell phone during the five mentioned places is supposed to be […] Read more
![History of Remote [infographic]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/evolutionoftheremote_4e63ab10bdffe_thumb.jpg)
Every electronic device we can’t shove in a pant pocket comes with a remote. TV’s, DVD players, DTH receivers and Microwave ovens, all of these come with a remote control device. How did this ubiquitous device, we are so used, come into existence? Out of human laziness of course. The first remote control was born […] Read more
Microsoft is getting serious with its mobile platform. While the Windows Mobile (Mango) enabled phone is only a few weeks away, Microsoft seems to be spending some time and money on viral marketing. Not a bad idea. Because, sometimes a simple infographic would do in place of an expensive in-your-face advertising. Window’s phone blog has […] Read more
Android and iOS have glamorized the mobile operating system market. Few people forget the fact that they are less than 4 years old. Mobile operating systems existed much before Android and iOS. Palm OS is the oldest and one of the longer running mobile operating system. Since Palm OS, as many as 22 mobile operating […] Read more
Do you know that meeting rooms in America can be bugged with a special device which gathers air waves in the room and records the conversations? This is some kind of stealth technology which no one has heard of. Especially folks in India. While our search troops are still looking for this magical device, we […] Read more
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