Wednesday, September 27th, 2017

Bill Gates now uses an Android phone, has no interest in an iPhone

Bill Gates announced this past weekend that he is using an Android phone, you could say that there’s been a slight tectonic shift, as though the plates below the surface of the planet are adjusting. It’s no small surprise. Microsoft stopped emphasizing mobile operating systems some time ago, releasing Nokia (acquired in 2013, sold last […]

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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017

One Plus 5 is here

When One Plus One was launched, it was the most talked about phone.  Now after successfully launching phones for a few years, One Plus has launched the One Plus 5. While they do create a lot of fanfare around launches, for this one people actually paid to attend the launch! of course One Plus threw in lots of […]

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Wednesday, June 15th, 2016

The One Plus 3 is Here!

One Plus has always provided cutting edge phones at less than half the price of leading branding. Today they launched the One Plus 3 with some great specifications. The good thing is, you don’t need an invite anymore. Here are some great specifications: Snapdragon 820 Quad Core processor 6GB RAM (more than my PC :)) […]

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Tuesday, October 13th, 2015

One Plus 2 Open Sale, no invite required 24,999

Lots of people have asked for the invite for the OnePlus 2 which I never had! Looks like today have an open sale, no invite required..go for it 🙂  

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Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

Nexus 6 price drop in US starts at $350

Amazon.com has dropped the pricing for Nexus 6. The Nexus has had a good reputation of top notch hardware at a reasonable price. However this changed with the Nexus 6 launch. While it was great hardware, it wasn’t cheap this time. Now Nexus 6 is finally had a price dropped and it now makes sense. A […]

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Thursday, July 16th, 2015

Raspberry Pi stays high in Hacker Survey

Last month, LinuxGizmos.com and the Linux Foundation’s Linux.com community website sponsored a 10-day SurveyMonkey survey that asked readers of both sites to choose their favorite three Linux- or Android-based open-spec single-board computers. This year, 1,721 respondents — more than twice the number from the 2014 survey — selected their favorites from a list of 53 […]

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Tuesday, April 21st, 2015

One Plus One Phone available without an invite

The best phone money can buy, one plus one is now available without an invitation. If you are in the market for a new phone, here is your chance.

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Monday, April 20th, 2015

One Plus One Invites

Here are three invites for One Plus One – India edition. Grab them before they last 🙂 Click on the link below.   Use any of these 3 4 invite codes: INFN-X2IG-EPM5-ZGRT INBM-589Q-DPIM-WQYQ INBV-E96S-OZS0-SMWH INL1-ZVCC-ZAXY-NIXS  

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Monday, February 9th, 2015

OnePlus One available without an invite

If you have been eyeing the OnePlus One, you have good news! Buy the OnePlus One without an invite at Amazon India. This deal is only Tomorrow Tuesday 10th Feb at 10AM.  

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Monday, November 24th, 2014

Dual Booting Android 5.0 and Ubuntu Touch on Nexus 4

My setup: Laptop with Ubuntu 14.04LTS  and Nexus 4. I also assume you are comfortable with the command prompt. You need to run some commands from terminal. If you are already running Android 5.0, you can skip Step 1 and go directly to Step 2 to root your device. In my case, I didn’t wait […]

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Thursday, September 11th, 2014

iPhone 6 Plus vs Android Phablets: Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Note 3 Neo, LG G3 and Sony Xperia Z3

After the  iPhone 6 vs Android: Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC M8 and Xiaomi MI3,  I am now comparing the Phablets: iPhone 6 Plus, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and LG G3, Sony Xperia Z3 and Note 3 Neo. I picked the top Phablets and also the budget Note 3 Neo. Features iPhone 6 Plus Note 4 LG […]

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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014

iPhone 6 vs Android: Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC M8 and Xiaomi MI3

I was watching the iPhone 6 launch last night and was wonder what the fuss is all about? Well it’s from Apple and people may be drooling. Lets find out how the iPhone 6 compares with the Leading Android phones. I am only comparing the specifications and features and not the actually quality which is very subjective. Here […]

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Monday, March 10th, 2014

Huawei MediaPad X1 interesting phablet

Huawei’s MediaPad X1 is not only a good alternative to an iPad Mini but also has phone capabilities. Announced at Mobile World Congress and expected to be launched in March 2014. Claimed to be the slimmest 7″ tablet, Here is what is cool about it: 3G with calling facility 4G LTE (optional) Quad Core Processor […]

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Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Andy Rubin Offered Android to Samsung First; And They Laughed Just Two Weeks Before Google Snapped Android Up

Interesting tidbits: Rubin recounted his first meeting with Samsung’s executives by saying “You and what army are going to go and create this? You have six people. Are you high?’ is basically what they said. They laughed me out of the boardroom. This happened two weeks before Google acquired us.”  Considering that there were actually […]

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Friday, January 24th, 2014

Xolo Q3000 – high end phone at an affordable price.

A friend of mine was looking for a budget phone with a lot of features. While there are bigger brands which are more expensive, I came across Xolo Q3000 which offers similar features at an affordable price. Here is what I liked about it: 5.7″ IPS  full HD display – good if you like big displays […]

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Friday, September 6th, 2013

Newkia the new Nokia ?

Former Nokia employees have got together to start Newkia, a company which plans to do what Nokia missed — Build an Android phone. Sounds like a great idea, since Nokia has very good engineers and one of the best hardware, what they lacked was good software. Read More.

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Thursday, May 9th, 2013

The $200 Android PC coming ?

While it is not certain if Google is going to offer Android or ChromeOS for PCs, but Intel is already working on making the $200 Android PC to boost the sagging PC sales. So far, the notebook market is dominated by two players, Windows and OS X, but there’s an operating system that could drop […]

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Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Asus Cube looks interesting

[amazon_link id=”B00CBYYKKY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Asus Cube (was earlier Qube), looks like an interesting device. 5″ Cube, not exactly small enough to fit behind your TV. HDMI in and HDMI out LAN and Wireless 2 USB Ports IR Ports for remote Remote with keyboard Android 3.2 with Google TV Streaming media: Google, Amazon and […]

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Thursday, January 31st, 2013

Battle of the large dual sim-phones

While Samsung is busy launching the Galaxy Grand and Micromax the A116 Canvas HD, Karbonn has launched the S1 Titanium. All of them are big screen phablets (phone+tablets) and here is what is common and whats not. Dual Sim 1GB RAM Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Here is the difference, Lets see which one rocks. Samsung […]

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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

Faceoff: Samsung Galaxy Grand and Micromax A115 Canvas HD

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Grand while Micromax has launched the A116 Canvas HD. Both are big screen phablets (phone+tablets) and here is what is common and whats not. 5″ Screens Dual Sim 1GB RAM 8 Megapixel camera Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Here is the difference, Lets see which one rocks. Samsung Galaxy Grand Micromax […]

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