Indian Govt. gets access to RIM's BBM service, can now spy on you
- Category: BlackBerry
- Monday, 09 April 2012 15:42
- by Amol Mathur
The war of words between the Government of India and Research In Motion (RIM) over the encryption of messages on RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger service finally seems to have come to an end, as RIM is almost done with all the process to grant the Indian Government access to its servers based in Mumbai.
Now Indian Government has got all the requires access to RIM’s BBM service and can now spy over the BBM messages of any BlackBerry user freely, but yes there is a permission needed to access them from the Centre.
Youm is Samsung’s flexible AMOLED display
- Category: Samsung
- Monday, 09 April 2012 13:39
- by Kunal Khullar
We know Samsung has been working on a flexible display for mobile devices and tablets. Well, today we know that it will be called ‘Youm’. The name is confirmed by Samsung as they have filed a trademark along with WAMOLED, FAMOLED, PAMOLED, TAMOLED and we might just see this display go in for a 2012 release.
The flexible AMOLED features a TFT Film, Organic Layer Encap (Film) and a Polariser. Samsung Mobile display use a special plastic material to reach the high resolution and the bending property. The flexible displays have already gone into mass production, so we just might see them in a device or two this year itself, but definitely we can expect a number of devices next year.
HTC officially reveals the One series in India
- Category: HTC
- Monday, 09 April 2012 11:56
- by Kunal Khullar
HTC had shown off its amazing One series at the MWC 2012 and left fans jumping with joy. Well today the company has officially unveiled its new HTC One series of smartphones India. The smartphones will be coming with a bundled offer for Airtel mobile customers across the country.
Of course we have already seen the smartphones being available in various online stores, and we can also confirm that the new smartphones are available in various retail stores.
Top 5 Android 4.0 ICS tablets below Rs. 10,000 in India [April 2012]
- Category: Mobile Phones / Tablets
- Monday, 09 April 2012 11:21
- by Amol Mathur
Not everyone out there can afford to buy tablets like the iPad or the Galaxy Tab given that their prices are pretty high. And for the normal Indian consumer there are many tablets which are much affordable and are actually quite nice too.
So we have compiled a list for all the prospective buyers who wish to buy a tablet within the price range of Rs. 10,000. The best thing about this list is that all the tablets that we are mentioning here are running on the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. YES! So read on for more.
Nokia bringing new swiping gestures to S40 feature phones
- Category: Nokia
- Saturday, 07 April 2012 16:24
- by Kunal Khullar
Just moments ago we posted about a leaked full-touch S40 handset coming from Nokia, and now according to a leaked manual of what we think is the same device, we believe that Nokia is bringing some new swipe gestures to its S40 feature phone platform.
The platform will have three homescreens now, one for apps, one for shortcuts and one for a most used app, like the dialler. Now this reminds us of the Nokia N9, which has a similar three homescreen UI.
Series 40 running Nokia 306 full touchscreen mobile leaked, three more devices appear
- Category: Nokia
- Saturday, 07 April 2012 14:50
- by Amol Mathur
A new Nokia device namely the Nokia 306 (RMN 768) which seems to be a full touchscreen running on Nokia’s Series40 OS has leaked over NokiaPort. The device appears in a user manual and might be the first full touchscreen S40 running device.
Until now we have only seem touch and type devices running on the S40 platform but with the Nokia 306, it seems that Nokia really wants to change the way people know the S40 platform.
No more Beats Audio headphones for future HTC devices
- Category: HTC
- Saturday, 07 April 2012 14:18
- by Kunal Khullar
Yes, you heard it right. HTC has said that it won’t be giving away Beats Audio headphones with their future products.
However the company also said that they are not going to stop integrating the brand and functionality into its smartphones, which means that the software technology will still be present in their products.
Karbonn Mobiles to launch the Smart Tab 1 Android 4.0 tablet
- Category: Karbonn Mobiles
- Saturday, 07 April 2012 13:51
- by Kunal Khullar
With budgeted Android ICS tablets flowing in, here is a new contender in the game. Karbonn Mobiles have put up the Smart Tab 1 on their website, which is another one of those 7-inch tablets which will be running Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich.
After HCL and Micromax, this might be another affordable tablet offering some decent specs in its segment.
After HCL and Micromax, this might be another affordable tablet offering some decent specs in its segment.
RIM may consider going on sale as top executives continue to leave
- Category: BlackBerry
- Saturday, 07 April 2012 13:29
- by Amol Mathur
A not-so-good-news is coming in for all the BlackBerry lovers. It seems that Research-In-Motion (RIM), the makers of BlackBerry may sell off the company if it is not able to sustain for some more time. We all know that RIM has indeed been going through a hard rough patch since last year, when the company’s stock fell by about 77% and the market share dropped to just about 8%.
Many executives at the top posts have quit the company and recently two executives, including Senior Vice President Alan Brenner have called it quits form the Canadian giant’s office. This news comes in via Bloomberg who received a written statement from one of the spokespersons of RIM, informing them about the departure of the executives.
Intel processor equipped Lenovo K800 scores decent benchmark results
- Category: Lenovo
- Saturday, 07 April 2012 13:00
- by Kunal Khullar
According to sources, Lenovo will be launching the first ever Intel Medfield processor equipped smartphone, the K800 in about two months of time in China.
Till then we have some benchmark results of the smartphone which aren’t that mind-blowing, but yes the numbers are pretty close to the Samsung Galaxy Note. The K800 will have a 1.6GHz Atom Z2460 processor and will be running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, however for the benchmark testing, the prototype was running on Android 2.3.7. The graphics performance wasn’t at its highest, but it managed a decent overall score.