Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Motorola Defy +
Motorola has updated the Defy with Defy + which is scheduled to launch in September. Most of the specs remain the same of the earlier one like Gorilla Glass a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. The size and dimensions also remain the same with 3.7″ screen. Like the Defy, the Defy + is also waterproof, […]
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Google acquires Motorola Mobility for patents
Google has acquired Motorola Mobility essentially for its 24,500 patents. Google has been bogged down by patent hoarding companies which have put pressure on Android as a platform. They decided instead of focusing on innovating, they would focus on building a patent portfolio. Google had no choice to pay for patents,else they would end up losing […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
11 features Apple copied from Android
[amazon_link id=”B00414WBT4″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Congratulations Apple users, you are soon going to have 11 new features which Android users already enjoy 🙂 Many Apple fanboys find Android a copy of the Apple.. now its Apple who is copying from Android. Apple iOS5 has copied 11 features from the Android platform which will show […]
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Friday, June 17th, 2011
Whatsapp a nice cross platform instant messenger
[amazon_link id=”B00414WBT4″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Do you envy when your Blackberry friends talk about BBM, short for Blackberry Messenger. Time to show them Whatsapp. What is Whatsapp? Its a cross platform instant messenger, think SMS/BBM. It works on iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Nokia. Currently BBM is restricted to Blackberries only. It offer messages, videos, photos, […]
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Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Patents hoarders are the new age mafia
[amazon_link id=”0470339454″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Earlier Microsoft sued Android phone makers, now Oracle is suing Google for Android. Patents were to protect innovators instead its being used to stop innovation. The big old daddies of the IT industry are going after the new companies. The old ones have nothing new to innovate. Thy are too comfortable […]
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Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
HTC incredible D provides an update to HTC Desire HD
HTC has launched the HTC Incredible S, which is an update over HTC Desire HD. Here are the improvements of HTC Incredible S over HTC Desire HD. Its lighter, 135g vs 165g Incredible S has 4″ display, while the HTC desire is 4.3″. Incredible S however has better quality Super LCD with the resolution remaining […]
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
10 reasons why I like Android more than Apple iOS
I have been using an Android phone for more than month now. I used the original iPhone which I upgraded upto iPhone 3.0. I have used newer iPhones 3GS, 4Â occasionally. Here is what I find better in the Android platform: No Need for iTunes: Apple insists for syncing music, video and other things, you need […]
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Saturday, March 12th, 2011
Motorola Atrix now available for $599, $129 with 2 year contract
Motorola Atix the most powerful Android phone is now available for purchase. US$599 without any contract and $129 with 2 year contact with AT&T. Order Motorola Atrix on Amazon.
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Samsung Galaxy S II coming
Samsung has announced the I9100 here is whats new.. 8 MP Camera 4.3″ Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen 16 or 32GB memory HSDPA 21 Mbps for high speed data downloads USB on the go, so you can connect other USB devices Full HD, with 1080p video recording Gyroscope sensor for gaming and other applications which […]
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Monday, March 7th, 2011
Samsung Galaxy S replaced by SL
Samsung has discontinued Samsung I9000 Galaxy S and has replaced it with Samsung I9003 Galaxy SL, here is the difference: Sumer AMOLED display is replaced by Super Clear LCD. Resolution remains the same. Slight heavier 131 grams vs. 119 grams. Preloaded with Android 2.2, while Galaxy S has 2.1 but is upgradable to 2.2 Has […]
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Monday, February 21st, 2011
Intel CEO says Nokia should have picked Android
Intel CEO Paul Otellini agrees with me 🙂 Otellini said Nokia’s Chief Executive Stephen Elop received “incredible offers — money” from Google and Microsoft to switch. “I wouldn’t have made the decision he made, I would probably have gone to Android if I were him,” Otellini said Nokia would find it hard to differentiate using […]
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Friday, February 18th, 2011
Yet another dual-OS phone
After the Motorola Atrix which runs both Android and a Linux based OS, ARM showcased a TI OMAP4 based phone that runs Ubuntu and Android. Todays phones have become powerful enough to as a phone as well as provide basic PCÂ functionality. This should get more PCs accessible to People, as more people today have mobile […]
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Motorola defy launched in India
Motorola has finally launched the Defy in India. This is 3 months after it was launched in US by T-Mobile. Motorola is improving, some of their other phones, took 4-5 months to be launched in India. Lets hope they launch the Atrix sooner in India. Here is whats cool: Waterproof, scratchproof, dust proof. Should I […]
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
Google Nexus S
A cool looking phone from Google. Bbuilt by Samsung, hence the similarity to Samsung Galsxy S. Here is what I like: Android 2.3 (first and currently the only phone to have this) 16GB Internal Memory 4″ Display 1 GHZ Processor Here is what I don’t like: No expandable memory slot, Whith 16 GB built in, […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
Its the Motorola’s Atrix 4G vs iPhone 4
Motorola has managed to come up with a very good concept. Its essentially a very powerful phone, which can be converted into a PC or a netbook. This will provide a serious competition to the iPhone4 and also provide a single device which can double up as a PC or a netbook. It has two […]
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
40 percent of new users are choosing Android
More than 40% of U.S. customers who purchased smartphones over the last six months have chosen Android-based phones. Apple is still leading with 28.6 percent, followed by RIM (Blackberry) at 26.1 percent and Andorid at 25. percent. With the current growth, it won’t be long before Andorid becomes number 1. Read the complete report.
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Android will be the dominant smartphone platform says Apple co-founder
Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak says: The Google OS is likely to win the race similarly to the way that Windows ultimately dominated the PC world. Woz stressed that the iPhone, “Has very few weak points. There aren’t any real complaints and problems. In terms of quality, the iPhone is leading.” However, he then conceded that, […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2010
Android is now No. 2 Mobile OS
As per last quarter reports published by Gartner, Android is now number two Mobile operating system with 25.5 percent market share. While Symbian is loosing market share, it still retails the number 1 slot due to Nokia. Android market-share jumped from 3.5 percent to 25.5 percent vs the same quarter last year. Android 2.3 is just round […]
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Should I Buy an iPad?
A while back, my friend Ramnath forwarded me this interesting flow chart, It holds true for iPad and may apply to many of our wants [not needs]. A few people who owned iPads, [althought many would not admit], were finding their iPad had diminishing marignal utility. After a few days of use, they were not […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Motorola Android phone to Defy water
Motorola has announced Motorola Defy which is Water Resistant, Dust Resistant and Scratch Resistant. Which is excellent if you had kids around who like to throw phones into the water! Here are some interesting features: 3.7″ touchscreen  display 480X864 resolution screen 5 Megapixel Camera with Video recording LED Flash 2 GB Internal Memory MicroSD Card […]
