More than 10 million smartphones shipped to India in 2011
India is witnessing rapid growth in the number of smartphone users. A latest report from CyberMedia Research (CMR), estimates that smartphone shipments crossed the 10 million mark for the first time, in the first eleven months of 2011, accounting for 6 percent of the 166 million mobile shipments being made in the year. Continue Reading »
Mobile phone to be able to convert spoken words into SMSes
Hate typing out long SMSes? Your mobile phone would soon be able to understand your spoken words and convert them into written messages. According to the Times of India, a new mobile technology developed by the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) would enable mobile phones to accept speech as input and convert the spoken words into text messages or SMSes. Continue Reading »
CES 2012 in pictures
With the curtains drawn on this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, we take a look at some of the key highlights from the expo. Continuing on last year’s trend, the consumer electronics industry remains focused on tablets, smartphones and laptops. Intel returned to the expo with renewed focus on processors for mobile computing devices and forging significant alliances with the likes of Lenovo and Motorola to take on ARM in the mobile phone sector. A lot of this hardware revolved around Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system that is being developed for both desktop and mobile computing. So, it appears that year 2012 will be all about Wintel, which means that its rivals have their work cut out for them. All images courtesy of Reuters Continue Reading »
Nokia Asha 200 available for purchase in India
The first in the new Asha series from Nokia is now available in India. This mobile phone is called Asha 200. Continue Reading »



