Desktops and laptop market in India achieved a 6.2% growth in the first quarter of 2011. 2.6 million units were shipped in the Q1 2011. The 6.2% growth is over Q4 2010. Growth is driven by laptops aka mobile PC shipments which grew by 23%. Dell,... Read more
We haven’t yet fully digested the Microsoft buying Skype deal and we got one more to munch on. Rumor mill suggests that Microsoft will start talks to buy Nokia’s mobile unit by end of this year. Following Nokia’s moves off late, this can be more... Read more
Mundu TV app which is the tv app for mobiles has introduced IPL as a separate channel. The good news is this IPL on mobile works for countries like US, UK, Australia, Middle East and Malaysia. Bad news is, it doesn’t work for India. My guess is... Read more
India is a virgin market for tablets. An estimated 55 million tablets will be sold in 2011 globally of which India’s sales will be 0.6 million to 1 million. But this figure will most likely improve to 2.5 million units by March 2013. That’s an i... Read more
There are more than 200 mobile phone brands in India and everybody wants a sliver of the mobile handset pie. If 200 companies compete for the same pie, you know what’s going to happen. Saturation, heavy competition and great innovation whi... Read more
Redd Mobile which is a relatively new entrant in Indian mobility space has been making feauture phones so far. Now it has thrown its hat to the Android and touch screen market. Along with other phones and tablets, Redd Mobility will be launching... Read more
Technology is all pervasive. It is only a matter of time it has reached the education sector. In many ways it already has. US schools have started distributing iPads and there is an argument that every kid in America should have an iPad. Educati... Read more
There are two problems with the existing crop of wireless mice. They need a USB dongle and they suck out a lot of batteries. This new wireless mouse from HP uses WiFi to connect to the mouse which ditches the dongle. And it runs for 9 months str... Read more
Nokia is going through a major overhaul. After partnering with Microsoft for WP7 and outsourcing Symbian development to Accenture, it is ditching Ovi brand. Now all the Ovi branding would be transition to Nokia. Ovi will no longer be available a... Read more
Oh! there is an app for that. Isn’t that a standard phrase now? With smartphones and tablets everywhere, apps are fast turning out be key differentiators. Not just differentiation but apps are the only conduit for greater adoption. Even when it... Read more
Tablets are emerging as a very important product category in India. A very good indication of this is Apple’s launch of iPad 2 in India. When Apple enters the Indian market, then we know we have a winner. As per the BS article, India’s tablet co... Read more
Who doesn’t want to be in the tablet game right now? Smartphones and feature phone market is nearing saturation either in terms of features or in terms of competition. That’s where new product portfolio comes into picture. Spice which has launch... Read more
Zinglife will be launching a 10.1 inch tablet in India. This tablet is probably one of the first tablets to carry a broadband port (RJ45). The cost of the tablet is not clear yet but as per the PR, it will be affordable and would be reaching Ind... Read more
Here’s a question for you. How did that cellphone you are dabbling with your hands reach you? Your answer might be I bought it from the store down the road. There are bunch of stores like Sangeetha, Univercell, Hotspot and Next which sell cellp... Read more
Sick and tired of looking at the same old keyboard showing same old letters? We got just the thing for you. This keyboard is rather innovative one in a dull space of computer hardware. Innovation comes in the form of using company logos for each... Read more
Spice has finally launched its successor to MI-300 Android phone. Spice Mi-410 will be available in Spice Hotspots from first week of June at a price of Rs 15000. This by the way is a re-branded Huawei phone. With 4.1 inch screen and a 1 GHz pro... Read more
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