SICT Mobiles has introduced a compact phone in the market, called the iV208. This device comes with dual SIM support and has Dual Band as well. Despite its small size, the phone comes with relatively loud speakers and wireless FM with a dedicated FM key. The iV208 comes with a 5.1cm LCD screen. The iV208 [...]
Archive for January, 2012
On a slow news day, rumour mongering is all we have and after reports of an alleged God of War IV announcement by Sony surfaced today, we have yet another one sprouting up from Xbox.com regarding the recently announced Resident Evil 6. In case you’ve been MIA from the internet since the past few days, Capcom announced Resident [...]
According to UK magazine Play, Sony could officially unveil both God of War IV and Syphon Filter 4 this February. The God of War rumor if true wouldn’t come as much of a surprise since there have been constant rumours regarding that game ever since Kratos’ so called final adventure in 2010. What I’d like [...]
Datawind wants “Made in India” on Aakash
Aakash tablet maker, Datawind is pushing to add the “Made in India” clause on the device. According to the Economic Times, Datawind CEO, Suneet Singh Tuli told PTI that the company will request the Human Resource Development Ministry to include the clause, since the tablet was actually manufactured here, despite many hurdles. He said, “Datawind successfully [...]
RIM CEOs resign due to mounting pressure
Evidently, RIM has been struggling. Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have now stepped down as the co-CEOs and co-chairmen of the company, owing to mounting pressure from investors. According to reports, Thorsten Heins, a former Siemens executive who rose steadily through RIM’s upper management ranks, ever since he joined the Canadian company four years ago, [...]
GLONASS to come to future Xperia phones
We’ll not blame you, if you haven’t heard of GLONASS. It has not been deployed on a wide range of smartphones, but now, as reported by the Verge, GLONASS will be coming soon to all of Sony’s upcoming smartphones. For those not in the know, GLONASS has been in existence since 1976 and it stands for [...]
Here’s how you know when a gadget is good — when it ruins you for other gadgets in its class. That’s pretty much what’s happened to me with the Acer Aspire S3 ultrabook. It is a sweet machine and makes me not want to go back to a good, but much heavier mainstream laptop. Ultrabooks were all [...]
Sony Ericsson has slashed price of its Xperia Pro smartphone by around Rs. 4,000. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro is now selling for Rs. 20,030 at online retail store flipkart.com, while infibeam.com is offering the Xperia Pro at Rs. 19,999. Earlier, the device was selling for 25k. To refresh your memory, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro is an [...]
Microsoft documentation has revealed the hardware certification requirements of Windows 8 tablets, to ensure a consistent quality of experience across devices from different manufacturers. However, documentation also reveals a Secure Boot requirement for ARM-based Windows 8 devices, which limits the user from loading other ARM-compatible operating systems onboard. Hardware requirements for Windows 8 tablets include support for five-point [...]
The Nokia Lumia 710 was announced with the Lumia 800 and this is one of the first handsets from Nokia’s stable to feature the Windows Phone 7 operating system. At the time of launch, this handset was priced at Rs.18,999, giving many consumers the feeling that it was highly priced. A few days ago, the handset became available on [...]